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Master MIER

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Bureaux for Employers' Activities

Summary

ACT/EMP technical assistance

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Employers’ and Business Membership Organization

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The Employers’ Groups

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The ILO: a Tripartite Organization

The ILO: a Tripartite Organization

The ILO was created in 1919, as part of the Treaty of Versailles that ended World War I, to reflect the belief that universal and lasting peace can be accomplished only if it is based on social justice. The Constitution of the ILO was drafted in early 1919 by the Labour Commission, chaired by Samuel Gompers, head of the American Federation of Labour in the United States. The process resulted in a tripartite organization, the only one of its kind, bringing together representatives of governments, employers and workers in its executive bodie.

The only tripartite U.N. agency, since 1919 the ILO brings together governments, employers and workers of 187 Member States

The ILO: a Tripartite Organization

The unique tripartite structure of the ILO gives an equal voice to workers, employers and governments to ensure that the views of the social partners are closely reflected in labour standards and in shaping policies and programmes.The Office itself is not tripartite and is composed by Units and departments. The Bureaux report directly to the Director General.

Employers’ & Workers’ Groups

Secretariats of the Employers’ & Workers’ Groups

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The Employers’ and Workers’ Groups

Under Article 3(5) of the ILO Constitution, Governments in ILO member States nominate delegates to the ILC in consultation with the most representative national employers’ & workers’ organizations.Employer & Worker delegates to the ILC elect the employer & worker members of the Governing Body.Employer & Worker members of the Governing Body elect the Employer & Worker Vice-Chairs of the Governing Body.Principle of autonomy of the Groups: “each group shall control its own procedure” – and representatives

Employer and Workers delegates to the ILC elect the Secretariats of the Employers’ and Workers’ Groups - for now, representatives of the International Organization of Employers (IOE) and of the International Trade Union Confederation (ITUC). The Secretariats of the Groups represent and act on behalf of the Groups

ILO Bureaux for Employers’ (ACT/EMP) and Workers’ (ACTRAV) Activities

The Bureaux

Roles and Responsibilities

Part of the ILO – ILO liaison offices with the Employers’ and Workers’ GroupsManage relations with the ILO Employer and Worker constituents and support the Groups – do not represent the Groups

What are Employers’ and Business Membership Organization?What do they do?

Membership must be: Voluntary Open to all private companies (and/or sectoral or territorial business association)

A membership based organisation set up to promote and advance the interests of employers

An EBMO advocates for a business environment conducive to enterprise creation and development, generating employment and contributing to socio-economic development of the country

An EBMO must be independent and apolitical

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1. Represent business interest

2. Provide services to members

What do EBMOs do?

which specialize in representing only interests related to the labour market and industrial relations (Labour Law, Social Security, Occupational Safety and Health, Skills and human resource development);

'pure' employers’ organisations

'pure' trade/business associations

'dual' associations

Types of EBMOs

which represent only the product market interests of their members (trade promotion, regional economic development, sector specific associations, general services to their members)

which combine the representation of labour market interests and product market interests.

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1. MergingMerging old fashioned employers’ organizations with other organizations representing business and create Business Associations

2. Extending the mandate of employers’ organizations beyond labour issuesIn Western Europe, almost no pure employers’ associations exist any longer

Even at the ILO we preferably talk about EBMO - Employers and Business Members Organizations and not Employers’ Organizations

Two trends in the way business is representing business

National Cross sectoralorganization

Sectoral organization

Territorial organization

National cross sectoral EO (also called APEX)

Sectoral and territorial organizations

Companies

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Vertical organized / integrated model

The competitive model

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Business of representing business: different models and implications for ILO

ACT/EMP Development Cooperation Program for EBMOs

Designed to develop strong, independent and representative employers’ organisations Strengthen organizational governance and strategy Develop membership recruitment and retention strategies, including by improve membership services Strengthen capacity to analyse and address enterprise needs through evidence-based advocacy, and ability to provide business leadership.

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1) Develop and manage a constructive relationship between the ILO and EBMOs and TUs– focal point for direct contact between the Office and the ILO’s Employers’ /Workers’ constituents 2) Act as the interlocutors and primary communication channels with the Secretariat of the Employers’ / Workers’ Group 3) Provide the Director-General and the Office as a whole with research and information on major developments in employers’ and workers’ organizations 4) Promote coherence between the policy priorities of the employer / worker constituents and the work of the Office so that ILO research, programmes, strategies, meetings, and other elements are informed by their views5) At the country-level, fully deliver organizational and institutional capacity building program to develop strong, democratic, independent and representative social partners 6 )Contribute to the design, development and implementation of ILO development cooperation programmes to ensure that they respond to constituents’ needs and priorities, and secure the support of social partners for ILO projects and activities

7) Provide technical support to the Employers’/Workers’ Group and the Secretariat during the International Labour Conference, Governing Body, and other ILO meetings 8) Facilitate the nomination of Employer / Worker representatives in ILO meetings and activities by liaising with the Groups’ secretariat 9) Represent the Office in national, regional and international events organized by and for employers’ / workers organizations.

ACTRAV

ACTEMP

Entry point for ILO engagement with the private sector (companies)

-ACTRAV is the main link between the ILO and one of its key stakeholders : the workers' organisations

Role of the Bureau is to help the ILO take full advantage of its tripartite structure, both in HQ and in ILO regional/country offices 1) Develop and manage a constructive relationship between the ILO and EBMOs and TUs– focal point for direct contact between the Office and the ILO’s Employers’ /Workers’ constituents 2) Act as the interlocutors and primary communication channels with the Secretariat of the Employers’ / Workers’ Group 3) Provide the Director-General and the Office as a whole with research and information on major developments in employers’ and workers’ organizations 4) Promote coherence between the policy priorities of the employer / worker constituents and the work of the Office so that ILO research, programmes, strategies, meetings, and other elements are informed by their views 5) At the country-level, fully deliver organizational and institutional capacity building program to develop strong, democratic, independent and representative social partners 6) Contribute to the design, development and implementation of ILO development cooperation programmes to ensure that they respond to constituents’ needs and priorities, and secure the support of social partners for ILO projects and activities