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Participating countries and involved trade unions

Bulgaria - Confederation "Podkrepa"
Hungary - LIGA Trade Unions
Lithuania - LPS “Solidarumas”
Latvia - Free Trade Union Confederation of Latvia
Poland - Ogólnopolskie Porozumienie Związków Zawodowych (OPZZ)
France - Confédération française démocratique du travail (CFDT)

Country experts

Bulgaria: Adrian Iliev
Hungary: Balázs Rossu, Kepesné Szabó Ildikó
Lithuania: Arvydas Guogis
Latvia: Raita Karnite (EPC Ltd)
Poland: Małgorzata Bogdanowicz (Formac Polonia s.p. z.o.o.)

Project manager

Melinda Kelemen (LIGA Trade Unions)

"An attempt to revitalize social dialogue and national industrial relations systems in some of the CEECs" - lesson learnt and best practices in the way out of the crisis

The research project focuses on collecting more information by academics and joint learning of representatives of social partners - first of all, representatives of trade union organizations in the involved countries: Hungary, Bulgaria, Lithuania, Latvia and Poland. Also it aims to exchange best practices within some of the CEECs and more developed countries (France). The project partners aim to introduce in details to each other their industrial relation system, ways of social dialogue and related activities, how they cope with the challenges imposed by the crisis, especially since 2012.

The above objective is reached through country studies and a comprehensive overview study written by external experts. The country studies build on key findings of the European Commission's Industrial Relations in Europe 2012 report.

For the members of the target groups (representatives of trade unions on national, sectoral and company level) international seminars will be organized in Lithuania, Bulgaria and Latvia.

In the completion phase, using the country studies and outcomes of international events, a comprehensive summary study will be prepared by an external expert. The comprehensive summary study aims to identify convergences and differences between the industrial relations systems and practices. Hopefully the country studies and the comprehensive summary study will help to refine and contribute to updating relevant chapter(s) of "Industrial relation in Europe report 2012".

The project results will be disseminated in a final international conference - as it is foreseen in 2016 in Budapest, Hungary - consisting of participants from EU and national level social partners and experts from various countries.

The project also plans to strengthen the international cooperation and solidarity among the national level worker's organisations through events and expert co-operation, aiming international exchange of experiences.