31. märtsist kuni 2. aprillini 2004  toimub Ljubljanas ILO konverents kollektiivsete läbirääkimiste teemal "Roadmaps to Labour Peace: Conflict Resolution Mechanisms in the Acceding Countries", kus arutatakse ja analüüsitakse juba väljatöötatud rahvuslikke projekte. 
 
Konverentsile sõidavad Tarmo Kriis Tööandjate Keskliidust ja Urmas Sule Haiglate Liidust.

ROADMAPS TO LABOUR PEACE:
CONFLICT RESOLUTION
IN THE ACCEDING COUNTRIES

Objectives

The objectives of the conference are
 
a. To bring together the employers, trade unions, governments and academic people
b. To investigate how social dialogue can support

• resolving rights and interests disputes
• how to prevent disputes and 
• how to implement the national development projects on conflict resolution

c. In order to promote social welfare and labour peace in harmony for employers and employees’ benefit in the Acceding Countries.

Working method in the Conference

Work in the conference will take place according to the social dialogue foresight method. The method was developed for the development projects. By now it has produced national conflict resolution development projects for all Acceding countries. Two five-country workshops were organised in Prague in October 2003 and January 2004. The method consists of the following main features:

a. Thinking: Participants will think about how social dialogue can support the resolution of the rights and interest conflicts in the workplace and how to prevent conflict in order to promote social welfare and labour peace in harmony for employers and employees’ benefit in the Acceding Countries.
b. Debating: National tripartite groups will analyse the strengths and weaknesses of the drafted development projects. Debate in the groups will take place in the participants’ own native language. Conference presentations will take place in English, which gives the possibility of learning from other countries’ projects. 

c. Shaping: Using social dialogue as a tool the tripartite groups will prepare an action plan and a schedule for the national implementation programme. 
d. Evaluating: A final evaluation of the whole social dialogue project will take place at the Stockholm conference in April 2004. 

National development projects on conflict resolution

Prague I workshop in October 2003:

Poland

• Improvement of the representation of both sides of social dialogue

a. Directives of works councils and
b. Unions to discuss about their organisations.

• Support peaceful dispute resolution of collective conflicts

c. Expert group must be set up and
d. Services to the mediators must be increased.

• Extra juridical procedures of grievance dispute must be developed, it is a individual rights dispute resolutions system

e. Voluntary procedures agreed upon by the social partners
f. Codification bases must be set up.

Estonia

• Development of social dialogue and conflict resolution in the public sector
• The Case of health care sector
  

Hungary

• Reinforcing individual conflict resolution mechanisms in the workplaces

Malta

• Vision for the future social dialogue and conflict resolution development
• Enterprise level
  - Conflict resolution system has to be made more expedition
  - Training has to be intensified in the conflict resolution
  - Advisory unit must be strengthened
  - Increasing solidarity, programme must be drafted
• Sectoral level
  - Private conflict resolution systems (ERB) has to be developed for different sectors and role must be defined
  - Objective criteria for measurement of productivity and competence must be defined jointly
  - EIRA should be developed to cover private and public sector
• National level:
  - Culture of change must be developed: from confrontation to cooperation
  - MCESD: enhance the role of conflict resolution in the workplaces by developing the code of ethics
  - To Institutionalise LLL and multi-skills

Slovenia

• Enforcement of social environment of industrial relations by developing the role of mediators in local conflict resolution

Prague workshop II in January 2004:

Latvia:

• Development of peaceful conflict resolution mechanisms

Czech Republic:

• Development of individual and collective mediation systems

Cyprus:

• Enhancement of existing conflict resolution mechanisms for disputes over interests in essential services

Slovakia:

• Improvement of conflict resolution mechanisms focusing on prevention of individual and collective labour conflicts

Lithuania:

• Development of national mediation system

Participants

The invited participants of the Ljubljana workshop in April 2004 are representing the governments (2 persons), employers (2), trade unions (2) and researchers (1). Experts are representing some of the EU 15 countries and the US.

Investment

The European Foundation and the Swedish Work Life and EU Enlargement project have decided to invest in the project by paying travel and daily allowances to the participants.

WELCOME

European Foundation
Wyattville Road
Loughlinstown
Co. Dublin
Ireland

Draft agenda

ROADMAPS TO LABOUR PEACE:
CONFLICT RESOLUTION
IN THE ACCEDING COUNTRIES

WEDNESDAY, 31 MARCH 2004

Chair: Willy BUSCHAK, Acting Director, European Foundation, Dublin

12.00 Registration, coffee and sandwiches

13.00 Welcome address
Willy BUSCHAK, European Foundation, Dublin
Slovenian Minister of Social Affairs and Employment (tbc) New leader of WLE, Labour Market Board, Sweden

14.00 Conflict Resolution Mechanisms in the Acceding Countries
Christian WELZ, European Foundation

14.20 The national development projects- Conflict resolution  - EMU 
Timo KAUPPINEN, European Foundation, Dublin

14.40 Discussion

15.00 Coffee break

15.15 GROUP WORK SESSION I
National conflict resolution projects SWOT analysis on the drafted development projects
A group: Cyprus, Estonia, Latvia, Poland, Slovakia,
B group: Czech Republic, Hungary, Malta, Lithuania, Slovenia

16.00 Feedback from the rapporteur of each national working group
A group: comments by Peter HURTGEN B group: comments by Chris MARTIN

17.15 JOINT SESSION:
Commentators’ reports from the working groups

17.45 Closing the first day
Kees VOS, Ministry Social Affairs and Employment, the Netherlands

THURSDAY, 1 APRIL 2004

Chair: Timo KAUPPINEN, Research Manager, European Foundation

09.00 JOINT SESSION:
- How to resolve rights and interest disputes at workplace level?- How to prevent them? Conflict Resolution Mechanisms in the US
Peter HURTGEN, Director, Federal Mediation & Conciliation Service, USA
Discussion
Conflict Resolution Mechanisms in Germany
Anneliese BÜGGEL, Germany
Discussion
Confllict Resolution Mechanisms in Greece
Matina YANNAKOUROU, National Economic and Social Committee, Greece
Discussion

10.15 GROUP WORK SESSION II
Redrafting the national development projects on workplace conflict resolution
A group: Cyprus, Estonia, Latvia, Poland, Slovakia
B group: Czech Republic, Hungary, Malta, Lithuania, Slovenia

11.00 Coffee break

11.15 Feedback from the rapporteur of each national working group
A group: Comments by Anneliese BÜGGEL
B group: Comments by Matina YANNAKOUROU

12.30 JOINT SESSION:
Commentators’ reports from the working groups

13.00 Lunch

14.00 JOINT SESSION:
- How to resolve rights and interest disputes at workplace level?- How to prevent them? Conflict Resolution Mechanisms in the UK
Chris MARTIN, Area Director, ACAS, UK
Discussion

14.30 GROUP WORK SESSION III:
Drafting the national implementation plan for the conflict resolution
A group: Cyprus, Estonia, Latvia, Poland, Slovakia
B group: Czech Republic, Hungary, Malta, Lithuania, Slovenia
 
15.30 Coffee break

15.45 Feedback from the rapporteur of each national working group
A group: Comments by Peter HURTGEN
B group: Comments by Chris MARTIN

17.00 JOINT SESSION:
Commentators’ reports from the working groups

17.30 Concluding remarks from the second day
Jürgen KRETZ, DG Employment and Social Affairs, Brussels

FRIDAY, 2 APRIL 2004 

Chair: Christian WELZ, Research Manager, European Foundation

09.00 JOINT SESSION:
Training Resources for Workplace Conflict Resolution  Social Dialogue Budget Line of the Commission
Ann BRANCH, DG Employment and Social Affairs, Brussels (tbc) Swedish WLE project (new director)
Research resources for conflict resolution
Angela LIBERATORE, DG Research, Unit on Research in the Social Sciences and Humanities, Brussels (tbc)

10.00 GROUP WORK SESSION IV
Finalisation of the workplace conflict resolution projects
A group: Cyprus, Estonia, Latvia, Poland, Slovakia
B group: Czech Republic, Hungary, Malta, Lithuania, Slovenia

11.00 Coffee break

11.15 JOINT SESSION:
Presentation of the national implementation projects
Rapporteur for each country will present their national project

12.45 Concluding remarks
Timo Kauppinen, European Foundation

13.00 Closing the conference/workshop