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• Final EU conference

Dear Madam/Sir,
Dear Colleagues,

The SUSODCO project partners and the European Federation of Building and Woodworkers have the pleasure to invite you to the Final Conference in the framework of the SUSODCO project, which will take place in a (limited) hybrid form in the EFBWW meeting room in Brussels on 16 March 2022.

The SUSODCO project, which was launched in March 2020, brings together the national social partners of the construction sector from Central (Slovenia, Hungary), South-East (Croatia, Bulgaria) and Southern Europe (Cyprus, Greece). Its main objective is to enhance the communication skills and capacities of the participating partners for an improved and effective social dialogue through the exchange of good practices, awareness raising on key social dialogue issues and the organisation of seminars.

During the Final Conference, the project partners will present the results of the national project campaigns and possible future trends for Social Dialogue. The European partners will share their experiences of the Social dialogue at European level and the SUSODCO platform will be launched officially. We will also try to explore how to proceed in the future with the Social Dialogue. 

Meeting modalities:
The Conference will take place in a (limited) hybrid form, i.e. both online (unlimited number) and with physical presence (limited to maximum 10 persons and restricted to representatives of the project partners only). Project partners who plan to be physically present can indicate this in the registration form. Should the quota of 10 persons be exceeded, then the EFBWW and the project partners will make a selection. Please wait for confirmation of your participation by the EFBWW before making any travel reservations.

Participants’ registration
Please complete the ONLINE REGISTRATION FORM, the confirmation, Zoom meeting link, and final agenda will be sent to all registered participants.

Simultaneous interpretation:
Simultaneous interpretation will be provided from and into the following languages: English, Bulgarian, Croatian, Greek, Hungarian, and Slovenian.

Should you need any additional information, please do not hesitate to contact the EFBWW Secretariat.

We look forward to seeing you at the final conference of the SUSODCO project.

• Third SD Capacity Building Event in the SUSODCO project:  28-29 June 2021 (virtual event via ZOOM tool)

SUSODCO consortium has the pleasure to invite you to the third virtual Capacity Building Event (CBE) on the theme: “Digitalization and digital skills within the social dialogue agenda”, part of SuSodCo project. The hosts of the event are the Bulgarian Construction Chamber (BCC) and the Federation of Construction, Industry and Water supply Podkrepa (FCIW – PODKREPA). 
As usual, the event is divided into two sessions – seminar and workshop. The seminar will take place on 28 June 2021 from 9:00 am until 12:30 pm (CET). The first panel will focus on digitalization from the perspective of the European social dialogue and its impact on the following core elements – employment, remuneration, VET (training and retraining), work conditions and conflicts. The second panel of the seminar will be devoted to tailor-made training in digital skills, covering the following topics: efficient dissemination of social dialogue content and appropriate channels (websites, social networks, media, and other platforms), digital marketing, social network management and tips for writing content for different media channels.
The workshop, planned for 29 June 2021 from 9:00 am until 12:00 am (CET), will involve employers’ and employees’ representatives in an interactive session. Participants will be divided in three international groups to practice their newly acquired skills on content writing and usage of digital tools, applicable to social dialogue.
The official languages of the seminar and the workshop are English and Bulgarian. Simultaneous translation into the following languages Bulgarian, Croatian, Greek, English, Hungarian, and Slovenian will be provided only during the seminar on 28 June 2021.

Both events will be conducted over the Zoom platform. Please register here to receive the respective ZOOM links.

We look forward to seeing you at the forthcoming third Capacity Building Event of SuSodCo project

• Second SD Capacity Building Event in the SUSODCO project:  15 and 21 April 2021 (virtual event via ZOOM tool)

Communication Strategy for an Effective Social Dialogue

Please register for participation here 

The Susodco consortium is pleased to invite you to the second Capacity Building Event, aimed at equipping social dialogue partners with crucial capacities to support the industrial relations in Central and South-eastern Europe. Please find attached the Invitation and the Draft agenda.
This is the second out of four Capacity Building Events, conducted within the framework of SuSodCo project. The project aims to improve the strategic planning and the communication skills of national social dialogues partners in the construction sector in Bulgaria, Croatia, Cyprus, Greece, Hungary and Slovenia. The consecutive virtual events are divided into two sessions – seminars and workshops. The seminars will involve prominent panelists and trainers to illustrate the recent European social dialogue trends and polish participants’ communication and digital skills. The workshops will bring participants together in interactive sessions, role plays and attractive scenarios to practice the acquired knowledge. The next two events are planned for:

• June 2021: The digitalization of the economy within the social dialogue agenda and digital skills, and
• September 2021: The essence of the communication skills. Polishing partners’ skills gaps.

All Capacity Building Events are targeted at trade unions, employers’ organizations and other social dialogue partners at national, regional and European level. The events are suitable for CEOs, HR consultants, legal officers, negotiation group members and experts involved in industrial relations in the construction sector.
We are looking forward to seeing you in our online capacity building sessions.

• The SUSODCO web platform CCIS call for tenders, 14.1.2021 

A CALL FOR TENDER
ANNEX 1
ANNEX 2
ANNEX 3

CANCELLATION OF THE TENDER >>>

• First SD Capacity Building Event in the SUSODCO project: 9 and 16 December 2020 (virtual event via ZOOM tool)

9-12-2020 event:   Please register for participation here and indicate whether you require translation the latest by 01 Dec 2020
16-12-2020 event: Please register for participation here the latest by 07 Dec 2020

OFFICIAL INVITATION LETTER
OFFICIAL AGENDA
SPEAKERS BIOGRAPHY

How to join the virtual event:
ZOOM LINKS SEMINAR 9-12-2020: https://us02web.zoom.us/j/87845106503?pwd=YWZEcENSaCtYcUlNMFFVOEpuYnhidz09  
ZOOM LINK for MIRO orientation workshop, not obligatory 14-12-2020  from 17.00 to 18.00: https://us02web.zoom.us/j/89040956827?pwd=bm05Vm5sV1laMHRhTlNGMGdJK1IyQT09
ZOOM LINKS WORKSHOP 16-12-2020: https://us02web.zoom.us/j/89145340292?pwd=M0Q3dUFXcVFTZDRqcnZNWlpMakZmdz09  

The Susodco consortium is pleased to invite you to the first Capacity Building Event, aimed at equipping social dialogue partners with crucial capacities to support the industrial relations in Central and South-eastern Europe. Please find attached the Invitation and the Draft agenda.  This is the first out of four Capacity Building Events, conducted within the framework of SuSodCo project. The latter is devoted to improve the strategic planning and the communication skills of national social dialogues partners in the construction sector in Bulgaria, Croatia, Cyprus, Greece, Hungary and Slovenia. The consecutive virtual events are divided into two sessions – seminars and workshops. The seminars will involve prominent panelists and trainers to illustrate the recent European social dialogue trends and polish participants’ communication and digital skills. The workshops will bring participants together in interactive sessions, role plays and attractive scenarios to practice the acquired knowledge. 

The themes of the other 3 planned Capacity Building Events (seminar + workshop) are following:
- Apr 2021:The importance of the Communication strategy for effective social dialogue.
- June 2021:The digitalization of the economy within the social dialogue agenda and digital skills.
- September 2021: The essence of the communication skills used for implementation of social dialogue. Polishing partners’ skills gaps.

All Capacity Building Events are targeted at trade unions, employers’ organization s and other social dialogue partners at national, regional and European level . The events are suitable for CEOs, HR consultants, legal officers, negotiation group members and experts involved in industrial relations in the construction sector. 

We look forward to seeing you in our online capacity building sessions.

INTERESTING READING BEFORE THE EVENT:
https://www.ilo.org/global/about-the-ilo/multimedia/video/institutional-videos/WCMS_758858/lang--en/index.htm
https://www.ilo.org/global/about-the-ilo/newsroom/news/WCMS_758785/lang--en/index.htm
https://www.ilo.org/wcmsp5/groups/public/---dgreports/---dcomm/---publ/documents/publication/wcms_758550.pdf

• The partners have successfully launched the project in March 2020

  The consoritum had our first, kickoff meeting through the online tool Teams, on March 30 and 31 2020. Through events like this we get to know each other better, we are strengthening our mutual trust and we make foundations for a fruitful future cooperation.
  During the meeting we have reviewed the social dialogue (SD) activities on national levels and exchanged our opinions. We have made concrete plans for our future tasks. We have started our preparatory activities – national social dialogue capacity researches, covering current issues and trends in sectoral SD and comparison with sectoral multiannual SD action plan. We are going to perform 4 such joint researches – 3 desk and 1 field research, which will be followed by 4 thematic reports.