ILAB Technical Cooperation Project Summary
PROJECT TITLE |
Promoting fundamental principles & rights at work and social dialogue |
ILAB PROGRAM |
The project (1) promotes tripartite communications among business, labor and government representatives needed to maintain effective industrial relations; and (2) provides assistance to develop greater capacity within the Ministry of Labor needed to improve labor inspections. |
REGION/COUNTRY |
Bahrain |
PROJECT DURATION |
August 2006 — September 2010 |
FISCAL YEAR AND FUNDING LEVEL |
Total - $379,000 |
PROBLEM TO BE ADDRESSED |
Bahrain has only recently enacted legislation and policy that provides for free association and collective bargaining. Tripartism as a labor mediating function does not exist. However, as labor problems emerge, there is a compelling need to develop effective social dialogue among workers, employer and the government in order to mitigate labor unrest. |
TARGETS |
Worker and employer associations and the Ministry of Labor. |
PROJECT OBJECTIVES |
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SUMMARY OF ACTIVITIES |
1) A series of seminars with the trade unions on the role, functions, responsibilities and internal organization of modern trade unions. 2) A series of seminars for employers and their organizations to build awareness and support for practice of dialogue, with a view to modernizing the economy and resolving labor market problems. 3) A series of seminars for workers, employers, government and members of parliament, academics, and other relevant persons and organizations to explain the functioning of a tripartite labor system, raise the understanding of the CLS and the Declaration, explain methods for giving effect to core international labor standards, and promote social dialogue.
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PARTNER ORGANIZATIONS |
Executing Agency: International Labor Organization |
DATE LAST UPDATED |
September 2009 |