<?xml version="1.0" encoding="utf-8"?><rss xmlns:content="http://purl.org/rss/1.0/modules/content/" version="2.0"><channel><title>aicesis</title><link>https://aicesis.org/</link><description></description><item><title><![CDATA[Portugal- Conseil Économique et Social]]></title><link>http://aicesis.org/en/oit-database?view=companies&companyId=55</link><pubDate>Wed, 14 May 2025 16:21:44 +0000</pubDate><description><![CDATA[<img src="https://aicesis.org/media/com_jbusinessdirectory/pictures/no_image.jpg" width="150" /><br>Institutional characteristics
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Establishment
Date of creation: August 17, 1991
Legal Framework: Established under Law No. 108/91, as outlined in Article 92 of the Portuguese Constitution
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Composition
Number of members of the ESC: 76 members (including the President)Duration of the term 4 years renewableProcess of designating the members The President of the Council begins the process of appointing Members of the Plenary in the 15 days following his inauguration as provided in Law No. 108/91 of 17 August.
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Mission and attributions
The Economic and Social Council is a constitutional body for consultation and social concertation. Its main goals are to promote the participation of economic and social agents in the decision-making process of the organs of sovereignty, mainly within the scope of social and economic issues. It is the prime space for dialogue between the Government, the Social Partners, and the remaining representatives of an organised civil society. The Constitution of the Portuguese Republic (Article 92) grants the Council two types of competencies, one consultative and the other of social concertation.
The Council’s consultation role is taken forward via the collaboration with organisations that represent the Portuguese society and economic agents and is carried out by writing opinion reports, either requested by the Government or other organs of sovereignty, or upon the Council’s own initiative. Through these opinion reports, the Council expresses an opinion on the final drafts of policy documents such as the country’s major options of the plan, plans for economic and social development, economic and social policies, Portugal’s place in European institutions in light of those policies, the use of European funds at the national level, the country’s policies of restructuring and social and economic development, the country’s economic and social situation, and the regional development policies.
The social concertation role aims to promote social dialogue and negotiation between the Government and the Social Partners – the latter being trade unions and employers’ representatives – and it is taken forward via tripartite negotiations with representatives of such bodies, during which legislation proposals are appraised, especially with regards to social and labour issues, and social concertation agreements take place.
The arbitration activity also operates under the Council, and it aims at settling collective conflicts in the labour relations. Arbitration takes on several forms, namely mandatory arbitration, required arbitration and arbitration to define minimum services.
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Administrative organization and functioning of the ESC
The Economic and Social Council’s work is carried out via the legal entities that constitute it, namely the President, the Plenary, the Specialised Standing Committee on Social and Economic Policy, the Specialised Standing Committee for Regional Development and Land Planning, the Specialised Interdisciplinary Standing Committee for Fertility, the Coordinating Board, the Administrative Board, and the Social Concertation Standing Committee. The latter works independently of the Social and Economic Council, which is nonetheless tasked with providing the logistic and administrative support for its functioning.
The President of the Council is one of the Council’s governing bodies and is appointed by the Portuguese Parliament, by a majority of two thirds of the Members present, as long as this is greater than the majority of MPs in office. His/her mandate corresponds to the legislative period of Parliament and is renewable without limitations. He/she represents the Council at national and international levels, in addition to presiding and coordinating its several bodies, namely the Plenary, the Coordinating Board, and the Administrative Board. Also has a seat in the Social Concertation Standing Committee, with no voting rights.
The Plenary consists of 76 full members – the advisors – including the President of the Social and Economic Council, who chairs the Plenary meetings and is elected by Parliament, and four Vice-Presidents, elected by the Plenary itself, and who assist the President.Although the Council’s advisory members are not formally associated with a group, it is possible to consider six groups, distinguished by the nature of the interests the advisors represent:• Government• Employers• Workers• Representatives of regional and local government• Sundry interests• Individuals of renowned meritThe Plenary holds a vast range of functions and roles, of which the opinion reports of Government proposals are highlighted, such as the final draft proposals for the “Major Options of the Plan,” and the “Social and Economic Development Plans”. Unless stated otherwise in legal or regulated proceedings, the Plenary’s decisions are taken via simple majority, with the president having the deciding vote, in case of a tie. Voting at Plenary meetings is public, unless the Social and Economic Council is deliberating on a request from the organs of sovereignty.
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International Activities:
sharing best practices by maintaining close cooperation with:• AICESIS• European Economic and Social Committee (EESC)• The other EU ESCs]]></description></item><item><title><![CDATA[Belgium - National Labor Council]]></title><link>http://aicesis.org/en/oit-database?view=companies&companyId=54</link><pubDate>Wed, 22 Jun 2022 15:56:07 +0000</pubDate><description><![CDATA[<img src="https://aicesis.org/media/com_jbusinessdirectory/pictures/no_image.jpg" width="150" /><br>Institutional characteristics
1. Establishment
- Date of creation: 1952
- Year operational: 1953 (Règlement d'ordre intérieur du conseil national du travail Approuvé par l'arrêté royal du 21 avril 1953)
- Nature of the texts that create the institution (Constitution, law, decree, etc.):&nbsp;
The National Labour Council (NLC) was established by a law of 29 May 1952.
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- Have any changes in recent years happened concerning the nature, membership, capacities of the Institution.
Its composition and operation have been modified by the law of 30 December 2009 laying down various provisions. Notably, the non-profit sector (or social profit sector) was included as a full member in the context of a reform of the membership of the Council in 2009.
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2. Mandate
Consultation and advisory ☐
Negotiation ☐
Both ✅
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3. Mission and attributions
The first and by far the most important mission is to give opinions or formulate proposals concerning employment and social matters to the attention of the Belgian Government and/or Parliament.
The second, residual, is to issue opinions on the conflicts of attribution that may arise between the joint committees at sectoral level.
Since the Act of 5 December 1968 entered into force, the NLC also has the power to conclude collective labour agreements either for all sectors of economic activity or for one of these sectors.
In addition, various laws confer on it a mission of opinion or proposal prior to the adoption of regulations. This is the case both with regard to individual and collective labour law (working hours, employment contracts, protection of remuneration, etc.) and social security law (subjection to social security, the concept of contributory remuneration, pensions, etc.).
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4. Composition :
- Number of members: 26
- Duration of the term: 4 years
- Membership categories:
Federations of Employers/ Representatives of Trade Unions
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- Process of designating the members (election, nomination, by whom, etc.):
members are appointed by royal decree for a period of 4 years; mandates are renewable.

13 Representatives from the Federations of EmployersFEB/VBO : 8SME : 3Agric : 1Not for profit : 1
13 Representatives of Trade UnionsFGTB/ABVV : 6CSC/ACV : 6ACLVB/CGSLB : 1

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5. Management organs
Presidium / Bureau / Cabinet / Other: Please specify role, composition, designation :
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Assembly General / Plenary session / Other: Please specify role, frequencies of meeting: 1 session buy two months
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General Secretariat: Please specify role, composition, designation:
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Plenary Council :At least one meeting by month. Adoption of collective labour agreements, opinions, reports, and other instruments. The plenary Council has 26 full members and 26 alternate members. They are appointed by royal decree for a period of 4 years; mandates are renewable. The seats are divided equally between the workers' and employers' organizations. Only full members have a deliberative vote.
Executive Board (Bureau) :At least one meeting by month. Practical organization of council’s work.
The Executive Board is constituted by the Council and composed of 10 members: the President, four Vice-Presidents, four members chosen equally by the Council and the Secretary.
Its mission is to:

to set the agenda for the Council's work;
to prepare the consideration of the items on the agenda and to define the procedure;
to ensure the implementation of Council decisions;
to submit to the Council the annual budget proposals.

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Committees + Working Parties :Actual work of the Council. Meetings when required according to Council’s activities.
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Secretariat :provides the logistical support necessary for the performance of its tasks. The Secretariat is currently composed of about forty staff appointed by the Council; the Secretary and the Deputy Secretary are appointed by the King.
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6. Operational arrangement of the Permanent Secretariat
Yes ✅
No ☐
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7. Gender balance (% of women)
Between 0% and 9% ☐
Equal or more than 10% ☐
Equal or more than 30% ☐
Equal or more than 50% ✅
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8. Reporting Institution
Government ✅
Parliament ✅
Cabinet of President ☐
Cabinet of Prime Minister ☐
Ministry of Finance ☐
Ministry of Labour ✅
Ministry of Social Affairs ☐
Others (please specify):
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9. Budget
Amount :
Between $0 and $249,000 ☐
Equal or more than $250,000 ☐
Equal or more than $500,000 ☐
Equal or more than $750,000 ✅
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Budget from the Employment Ministry
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III. Organizational Structure
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1. Committees/Sub-committees/working groups:
The actual work of the NLC takes place in committees whose tasks are determined by the Executive Board. The effective and alternate members of the Council shall participate in these committees and may be assisted by experts.
The commissions that generally operate are (notably) as follows:

the Works Councils Commission ;
the Committee on Individual Labour Relations;
the Committee on Collective Labour Relations;
the Social Security Commission;
the “Europe” Committee;
the International Labour Organisation Committee.

Given the competences of the Central Council of the Economy, when common problems are examined (mobility, SDG, Recover and resilience strategy, etc.) there are discussed in joint committees where members of both Councils and experts are invited.
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2. Is there in your country any institutions of social dialogue outside your institutions?
The social partners are represented in the various bodies in charge of the management of the social security.
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IV. Functioning of the ESC
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1. Who convenes the Institution?
The China Economic and Social Council
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2. Has the Institution a legal right to issue own-initiative opinion? Yes.
yes
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3.How are decisions taken inside the Institution
By vote ☐
By consensus ✅
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4. What kind of payment do the Councillors receive: wage, compensation, other?
Compensation for participation to the meetings.
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5. Is the Government obligated to follow the opinion issued by the Institution? 
No with the exception of some specific legislations.
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6. Is the Government obligated to report on the fate of the Institution opinions?
No
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7. Are there official publications of the Institution opinions? 
Collective agreement are declared generally binding by royal decree published in the “Moniteur belge”.
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8. Is the public opinion informed about the Institution works? How?
Press released are published on the web site of the council. Various press articles are published on important opinions and collective agreements adopted by the council.
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9. What kind of relationship does the ESC have with civil society?
Part of the Institution ☐
Institutionalised relation ☐
Uninstitutionalised relation ☐
Collaboration ✅
Participation in the drafting of reports ✅
Nothing at all ☐
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V.Main technical areas of competencies
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Since the Council discusses topics upon social partners´ interest and request, all the mentioned fields are subject of discussion within the Working Teams and Plenary Session.
Agriculture : ☐
Civil Society ☐
Corporate Social Responsibility : Involvement in the national action plan on business and human rights
Culture ☐
Education and Training : Consultation on the individual learning account, Inter sectoral and sectoral policies on vocational training.
Employment policy and labour market regulation : Collective labour agreements : minimum wage, working time, telework, labourcontracts (part-time,temporary contracts), prepensionsystem.
Environmental Policy : Mobility plan for workers, involvement on SDGs, greening economy, collective labour agreement on eco vouchers
European Affairs : Regular follow up of European activities true a specific committee, Transposition of European instruments (directives as for instance on posting of worgers, trasparent working conditions,Implementation of European framework agreements, Involement in the European semester (consultation on National Reform Program, on the Recovery and Resiliance Plan)
Financial and Economic Policies : CEuropean semester, recovery and resilience strategy. Tax shift, social security contributions.
Fiscal and Taxation Policies ☐
Fundamental principles and rights at work : Involvement in ILO activities
Gender equality and anti-discrimination : Collective agreement on equal treatment, brochure on diversity.
Governance : ☐
Health and Medical Policy : Return to work process of long term seek workers
Infrastructure, Transport, and Energy Policies : SDG, mobility
International affairs : ILO
Labour Law reform : Status of workers, platform workers, green and digital transition, collective agreements on end of careers, vacation and break of career schemes.
Legal Affairs ☐
Productivity and competitiveness : Collective labour agreements on wages and on part time transition to end of career for defined categories of ageing workers
Science, Technology and Innovation Strategy and Industrial Policy : ☐
Social Affairs : Consultation on social affairs policies
Social Dialogue and Tripartism : Transposition of Directives on European Works Councils, on the involvement of employees in the European Company, and on the involvement of employees in the European Cooperative Society.
Industrial relations and Collective bargaining ☐
Dispute prevention and resolution ☐
Social Security and Social Protection : Digitalisation of social protection, access to social security systemes, social status of workers (artists, platform workers, etc.)
Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) : Follow up of SDG and national Plan.
Territorial Management ☐
Workplace compliance and working conditions : Health and security policies, Burnout, fight against social and fiscal fraud.
Youth Employment ☐
Other :
VI. Brief description of major results obtained by your Institution in the last 3 years
Please give examples (Recommendations issued, Reports, Collective Agreements concluded, Conflict prevention and social peace obtained, National policies or legal frameworks including recommendations, Reform of your institution) and attached relevant documents
Competitiveness – wages – part time transition to end of career for defined categories of ageing workers:

CLA N° 43/15 of 15.07.2021 on progressive increases of the national minimum wage and opinion 2237 of the same date related to fiscal and para-fiscal support and compensation measures implementing the central social partners (Group of 10) framework agreement of 25.07.2021.
CLA N° 156 and 157 of 15.07.2021 on part time transition to end of career for defined categories of ageing workers and opinion 2238 of 15.07.2021 also implementing the G10 agreement.

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Impact of the Covid 19 crisis

Interprofessional collective Labour Agreement (CLA) No. 149 of 26.01.2021 and 149/2 of 07.12.2021: Telework made mandatory or recommended by the authorities due to the coronavirus crisis
CLA No. 147 of 18.03.2020: Total suspension of the employment contract and/or reduced-time work regime in case of lack of work due to the coronavirus crisis
CLA No. 160 of 19.11.2021: Justified absence from work for a covid-19 screening test on the basis of the self assessment testing tool.
Social partners’ Joint declaration of 29.06.2021 on the prohibition of discrimination against workers on the basis of their Covid-19 vaccination status
Opinion 2226 of 29.06.2021: Temporary support measures due to the covid-19 pandemic
Opinion 2258 of 07.12.2021: Extension of various measures in the field of labour law following the covid-19 pandemic

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Green economy mobility

CLA No. 98/9 of 21.12.2021: eco-vouchers
Joint opinions with CEC on mobility:
Opinion 2239 of 28.09.2021 on the draft law organising the fiscal and social greening of mobility
Opinion 2259 of 21.12.2021 on the "Basic principles for the vision of rail 2040"
Opinion 2273 of 26.01.2022 : Prices of train cards from 1 February 2022
Opinion 2274 of 26.01.2022: Flexible subscriptions: levers for increasing daily journey from home to work by train

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Work organisation

Opinion 2170 of 30.06.2020: AIP 2017-2018 – Innovative work organisation

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Participation in the European debate and in the implementation of European instruments

Opinion 2197 of 05.02.2021: Proposal from the European Commission of 28 October 2020 on minimum wage fixing – conventional nature of the Belgian minimum wage system for the private sector.
Opinion 2216 of 05.05.2021: Implementation of Council Recommendation (EU) 2019/C387/01 of 8 November 2019 on access to social protection for employed and self-employed persons.
Report 122 of 05.05.2021: Annual report on the implementation of the European Framework Agreement on Digitalisation
Report 123 of 13.07.2021: Synthesis report on the implementation by the Belgian social partners of the European Framework Agreement on active ageing, March 2017
Opinion 2252 of 30.11.2021: Transposition of Directive (EU) 2019/1937 on the protection of whistleblowers - Draft law
Opinion 2263 of 21.12.2021: Setting national targets following the European Action Plan implementing the European Pillar of Social Rights
Opinion 2264 of 21.12.2021: Transposition of the Directive on work-life balance - Work in progress about 2 CLA
Opinion 2265 of 21.12.2021: Non-discrimination - Protection against retaliation (transposition of the "Hakelbracht" ECJ judgment).
Opinion 2272 of 25.01.2022:T ransposition of Directive (EU) 2019/1152 on transparent and predictable working conditions in the European Union – Work in progress

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Return to work

Opinion 2099 of 25.09.2018 : Voluntary return to work process for people with a health problem

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Posting of workers - Fight against social fraud and tax evasion/ social dumping

Opinion 2147 of 26.11.2019: Transposition of Directive EU 2018/957 of the European Parliament and of the Council of 28 June 2018 amending Directive 96/71/EC concerning the posting of workers in the framework of the provision of services – Work in progress (ELA, Brexit, Single Digital Gateway, Working in Belgium)
Opinion 2255 of 30.11.2021: Posting of drivers in the field of road transport
Cooperation Protocol with SIRS
Opinion 2227 of 29.06.2021 : Investigation into social fraud – Contribution to the SIRS Strategic Plan 2022-2025 and Action Plan 2022

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Burn out
As part of the implementation of the 2017-2018 inter-professional agreement and in close cooperation with the FPS Employment, the National Labour Council has set up a support system for pilot projects implemented within companies in the primary prevention of burn-out.
&nbsp;]]></description></item><item><title><![CDATA[Armenia]]></title><link>http://aicesis.org/en/oit-database?view=companies&companyId=53</link><pubDate>Wed, 22 Jun 2022 13:00:57 +0000</pubDate><description><![CDATA[<img src="https://aicesis.org/media/com_jbusinessdirectory/pictures/no_image.jpg" width="150" /><br>]]></description></item><item><title><![CDATA[Argentine - Forum Consultatif Économique et Social du Mercosur]]></title><link>http://aicesis.org/en/oit-database?view=companies&companyId=52</link><pubDate>Wed, 22 Jun 2022 12:59:04 +0000</pubDate><description><![CDATA[<img src="https://aicesis.org/media/com_jbusinessdirectory/pictures/no_image.jpg" width="150" /><br>]]></description></item><item><title><![CDATA[Algerie - National Economic and Social Environment Council- NESEC]]></title><link>http://aicesis.org/en/oit-database?view=companies&companyId=51</link><pubDate>Wed, 22 Jun 2022 12:41:18 +0000</pubDate><description><![CDATA[<img src="https://aicesis.org/media/com_jbusinessdirectory/pictures/no_image.jpg" width="150" /><br>Institutional characteristics
1. Establishment
- Date of creation: 06 November 1968
- Year operational: 1968-1970
- Nature of the texts that create the institution (Constitution, law, decree, etc.):&nbsp;
decree
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- Have any changes in recent years happened concerning the nature, membership, capacities of the Institution.
The NESEC was promoted in 2021. Thus, it became a center of studies and research as well as a decision support tool. In addition, it appropriates the environmental dimension. NESEC in replacement of NESC is committed to environmental issues and fully involved in sustainable development and energetic transition.
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2. Mandate
Consultation and advisory ☐
Negotiation ☐
Both ✅
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3. Mission and attributions

Involvement of civil society in national consultation on economic and social development policies.
Continuity of dialogue and consultation between National Economic Social and Environmental partners.
Assessment and study issues of national interest in the economic, social, educational, training and higher education fields.
Formulation of proposals and recommendations related to public affairs.

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4. Composition :
- Number of members: 200
- Duration of the term: 3 years (renewable once)
- Membership categories:

seventy-five (75) for economic sectors, social and environmental;
sixty (60) for civil society;
twenty (20) as qualified personalities designated; “Intuitu personae”;
Forty-five (45) in respect of administrations and state institutions.

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- Process of designating the members (election, nomination, by whom, etc.):

Software dedicated to the selection of members according to the requested criteria.
Election

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5. Management organs
Presidium / Bureau / Cabinet / Other: Please specify role, composition, designation :
&nbsp;
Assembly General / Plenary session / Other: Please specify role, frequencies of meeting: 1 session buy two months
&nbsp;
General Secretariat: Please specify role, composition, designation:
&nbsp;

President - plenary session - bureau – permanent commissions (seven 7).
The plenary assembly of the Council meets, in ordinary session, four (4) times a year, when convened by its president.
the secretary general directs, animates and coordinates the activities of the structures of the council

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6. Operational arrangement of the Permanent Secretariat
Yes ✅
No ☐
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7. Gender balance (% of women)
Between 0% and 9% ☐
Equal or more than 10% ☐
Equal or more than 30% ✅
Equal or more than 50% ☐
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8. Reporting Institution
Government ☐
Parliament ☐
Cabinet of President ✅
Cabinet of Prime Minister ✅
Ministry of Finance ☐
Ministry of Labour ☐
Ministry of Social Affairs ☐
Others (please specify):
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9. Budget
Amount :
Between $0 and $249,000 ☐
Equal or more than $250,000 ✅
Equal or more than $500,000 ☐
Equal or more than $750,000 ☐
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state budget
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III. Organizational Structure
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1. Committees/Sub-committees/working groups: Committees
Skills, Human Capital and Digital Transformation commission;
Competition, Regulation and the World Economy commission;
Demography, Health and Territories commission;
The Environment, Energy Transition and Sustainable Development commission;
Financial Governance and Economic Policies commission;
democratic processes and citizen participation commission;
Algerians living abroad commission.

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2. Is there in your country any institutions of social dialogue outside your institutions?
National Civil Society Observatory
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IV. Functioning of the ESC
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1. Who convenes the Institution?
President- Prime Minister
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2. Has the Institution a legal right to issue own-initiative opinion? Yes.
yes
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3.How are decisions taken inside the Institution
By vote ☐
By consensus ✅
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4. What kind of payment do the Councillors receive: wage, compensation, other?
Wage, compensation
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5. Is the Government obligated to follow the opinion issued by the Institution? 
No.
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6. Is the Government obligated to report on the fate of the Institution opinions?
No
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7. Are there official publications of the Institution opinions? 
Yes
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8. Is the public opinion informed about the Institution works? How?
Yes, by council official website and the official journal when the report is published
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9. What kind of relationship does the ESC have with civil society?
Part of the Institution ✅
Institutionalised relation ☐
Uninstitutionalised relation ☐
Collaboration ✅
Participation in the drafting of reports ✅
Nothing at all ☐
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V.Main technical areas of competencies
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Since the Council discusses topics upon social partners´ interest and request, all the mentioned fields are subject of discussion within the Working Teams and Plenary Session.
Agriculture : The ESC approach to the sector is in terms of "territoriality of public policy" which is measured by the efficiency of added value to the concerned territories.
Civil Society :-Reports on the associations, the professional organizations and the labor unions action.- The civil society organisations are considered as a part of a solid partnership in all the process of ESCs studies in terms of territorial approaches and the implementation of territorial projects. The Civil society is always associated for accompanying the studies process to know the state of territories and territorialized public policies. Its support in the implementation of territorial projects is appreciated.
Corporate Social Responsibility : ☐
Culture : Study on the cultural economy
Education and Training : Report on mechanisms of Teaching the STEM and English in the School.
Employment policy and labour market regulation : Report on employability and the outputs of professional training
Environmental Policy : Elaboration of models that analyze the links between the systems balance of the energy and the economy under climatic constraints.
European Affairs : Studding the impact of European policies on the Algerian economy and how to improve the economic corporation.
Financial and Economic Policies : Evaluate &amp; monitor the implementation of public policies aimed at improving financial inclusion and financial intermediation; Advising the government on the implementation of policies aimed at developing domestic financial markets and the private equity industry;
Fiscal and Taxation Policies :-Elaboration of a model that aims to design an optimal economic (monetary and fiscal) policy through a coherent strategy that effectively combines the objectives of monetary and/or budgetary operations. In other words, the pursuit of complex multiple objectives through the formulation of mixed policies. -Evaluation of national tax policy (oil and ordinary taxation, tax collection, etc.) and their evolution and impact on economic development.-Study of aspects of international tax treaties established in the framework of economic cooperation and development.-Assessment of national fiscal policy and its degree of influence on the performance of the national economy
Fundamental principles and rights at work ☐
Gender equality and anti-discrimination ☐
Governance : Studies on territorial governance, which designates a mode of local territorial management. It is based on the mobilization of human resources, on the capacity to regulate a territory within the framework of a partnership system with multiple actors. It ensures that political, social and economic priorities are based on a broad social consensus and that the voices of the poorest can be heard. Review the extent of state interventions in the economy; Advising the government on issues related to reinforcing the state regulatory and supervisory roles.
Health and Medical Policy : Development of analysis notes on the state of children’s health and the mother. Elaboration of notes on the demographic situation in Algeria
Infrastructure, Transport, and Energy Policies : - Evaluation of public policies related to the housing sector, tourism, the local government and transport;- Provide council members with all information dealing with water, oil, energy and gas;- Produce reports and notes on the economic situation and energy issues (evolution of the world oil and gas markets)- Elaboration of studies and reflections in the energy field;- Participation to international meetings and workshops related to the energy field, especially those organized by the World Energy Council
International affairs : Studying the impact of the international affairs on the national economy and how to get opportunities in the foreign markets.
Labour Law reform ☐
Legal Affairs ☐
Productivity and competitiveness :☐
Science, Technology and Innovation Strategy and Industrial Policy : Studies on the national innovation system
Social Affairs : Evaluation of child-sensitive social protection programs; Measurement and analysis of multidimensional poverty.
Social Dialogue and Tripartism ☐
Industrial relations and Collective bargaining ☐
Dispute prevention and resolution : Current works with the UNDP on the file of Mediation in Algeria which is a practice and a discipline which aims to define the intervention of a third party to facilitate the information circulation, clarify or restore relations after conflicts.
Social Security and Social Protection : Food Price Monitoring Analysis (FPMA) as part of the strengthening the National Economic, Social and Environmental Council (CNESE) statistical and information capacities. The CNESE has taken action to install a price monitoring and analysis system food
Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) :-Tahat is a project developed with the support of UNICEF and the collaboration of CSF (Community Systems Foundation) as part of the Data 4 All initiative, for the benefit of CNESE. The Data4All initiative is a global and an important tool for monitoring the SDGs and achieving, under the best conditions, the 2030 Agenda.- Preparation of the national human development report (Theme of the report: Economic development in relation to education)
Territorial Management : The imperative of territorial coherence is now imposed on public intervention in terms of planning and development at both national and local levels. Precisely one of our main missions is to analyze the relevance of territorial coherence in Algeria. The CNESE must bring out not only an inventory for each specific territory but also the issues and challenges, the major trends as well as the long-term development scenarios. The objective aimed is to establish a close link between spatial planning and sustainability and make the latter a priority concern for any intervention in the field of spatial planning.
Workplace compliance and working conditions ☐
Youth Employment ☐
Other :-Report on social and economic impact of Covid-19 on small companies.-Report on the Covid impact on families-Studying the Possibility of creation or development of companies.-Algerian Public Procurement: appreciating foreign companies that can get involved in the realization of major projects of national interest.-Commodities Market analysis -Study of economic agents’ behaviour
VI. Brief description of major results obtained by your Institution in the last 3 years
Please give examples (Recommendations issued, Reports, Collective Agreements concluded, Conflict prevention and social peace obtained, National policies or legal frameworks including recommendations, Reform of your institution) and attached relevant documents
The work of the NESEC during the last three years essentially consisted of:

Organization of meetings and seminars on current topics in order to exchange good practices and take advantage of international experiences to support the process of reforms that Algeria is committed to achieving in the years to come.
Drafting of notes on themes relating to the board's area of intervention (environmental, economic and social).
Give opinions on finance bills, investment code.
Report on the economic, social and environmental state of the nation 2020.

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For more information on the NESEC and its recent publications, please consult the official website: https://www.cnese.dz/en
&nbsp;]]></description></item><item><title><![CDATA[Bulgaria - Economic and Social Council]]></title><link>http://aicesis.org/en/oit-database?view=companies&companyId=50</link><pubDate>Wed, 22 Jun 2022 11:52:41 +0000</pubDate><description><![CDATA[<img src="https://aicesis.org/media/com_jbusinessdirectory/pictures/no_image.jpg" width="150" /><br>]]></description></item><item><title><![CDATA[Russia - Civic Chamber of the Russian Federation]]></title><link>http://aicesis.org/en/oit-database?view=companies&companyId=49</link><pubDate>Wed, 22 Jun 2022 09:33:45 +0000</pubDate><description><![CDATA[<img src="https://aicesis.org/media/com_jbusinessdirectory/pictures/no_image.jpg" width="150" /><br>Institutional characteristics
1. Establishment
- Date of creation: April 4, 2005
- Year operational: 2006
- Nature of the texts that create the institution (Constitution, law, decree, etc.):&nbsp;
the Federal Law No. 32-FZ
&nbsp;
- Have any changes in recent years happened concerning the nature, membership, capacities of the Institution.
&nbsp;
2. Mandate
Consultation and advisory ☐
Negotiation ☐
Both ✅
&nbsp;
3. Mission and attributions
The Civic Chamber’s goal is to provide engagement and establish interaction between citizens, NGOs, civil associations, other institutions and state and municipal authorities.
The objectives are as following:

	Exercise public oversight over the government activities,
	Develop institution of public electoral monitoring,
	Provide public expertise of socially significant legislative initiatives,
	Advise state policies towards civic associations, NGOs, and other institutions acting to develop civil society in Russia,
	Protect citizens’ civil rights, including those in detention,
	Exercise public initiatives and respond to the citizens’ appeals,
	Develop relations and exchange experience with similar civic society institutions worldwide.

&nbsp;
4. Composition :
- Number of members: 168
- Duration of the term: every 3 years
- Membership categories:
40 members approved by the Presidential Executive Order, 85 members elected from regional civic chambers, and 43 representing nationwide public organizations
&nbsp;
- Process of designating the members (election, nomination, by whom, etc.):
Since 2014 the Civic Chamber has been elected every three years and has comprised 168 members, including 40 members approved by the Presidential Executive Order, 85 members elected from regional civic chambers, and 43 representing nationwide public organizations. Once a new chamber is formed, the new members hold an organizational plenary meeting to elect the President and Vice Presidents of the Civic Chamber.
To become the Civic Chamber member, one should be either an opinion maker, a professional in any sphere, or work for a nonprofit or religious organization. Inspiring public leaders are preferable.
In different compositions of the Civic Chamber such prominent figures of the Russian society served their public mission as its members: governor of the Udmurt Republic Alexander Brechalov, poet Andrey Dementyev, Russian film, theater and TV actress, cofounder of a countrywide Russian nongovernmental charitable organization Podari Zhizn (Gift of Life) Chulpan Khamatova, founder and rector of the National Research University Higher School of Economics Yaroslav Kuzminov, Soviet and Russian cosmonaut Alexei Leonov, ex-Vice UN Secretary General Sergei Ordzhonikidze, founder and president of Interros Group investment company Vladimir Potanin, head of Russia’s Federal Agency for the Commonwealth of Independent States Affairs, Compatriots Living Abroad, and International Humanitarian Cooperation Yevgeny Primakov, noted pediatrician, expert for the World Health Organization Leonid Roshal, ex-Russian minister, ex-State Duma deputy, President of the Russian Union of Industrialists and Entrepreneurs Alexander Shokhin, curator, film director and director of the Multimedia Art Museum in Moscow Olga Sviblova, world known painter, sculptor and architect, Member of the Russian Academy of Sciences, ethnologist Valery Tishkov, mayor of the Lipetsk city Yevgenia Uvarkina, and many others.
&nbsp;
5. Management organs
Presidium / Bureau / Cabinet / Other: Please specify role, composition, designation :
&nbsp;
Assembly General / Plenary session / Other: Please specify role, frequencies of meeting: 1 session buy two months
&nbsp;
General Secretariat: Please specify role, composition, designation:
&nbsp;
Executive Office of the Civic Chamber of the Russian Federation
provides organizational, legal, analytical, information, documentary, financial, and logistical support for the activities of the Civic Chamber of the Russian Federation;
ensures interaction between the Civic Chamber and the Federal Assembly of the Russian Federation, the Government of the Russian Federation,
federal public authorities, public authorities of the subjects of the Russian Federation, and local authorities, and organizes the presence of members of the Public Chamber at plenary sessions and meetings of committees and commissions of the chambers of the Federal Assembly of the Russian Federation, the Government of the Russian Federation, and the boards of federal executive authorities;
coordinate the interaction of the Civic Chamber with international nongovernmental organizations.

The Head of the Office is appointed by the Prime Minister of the Russian Federation.
6. Operational arrangement of the Permanent Secretariat
Yes ✅
No ☐
&nbsp;
7. Gender balance (% of women)
Between 0% and 9% ☐
Equal or more than 10% ☐
Equal or more than 30% ✅
Equal or more than 50% ☐
&nbsp;
8. Reporting Institution
Government ☐
Parliament ☐
Cabinet of President ☐
Cabinet of Prime Minister ☐
Ministry of Finance ☐
Ministry of Labour ☐
Ministry of Social Affairs ☐
Others (please specify): civil society
&nbsp;
9. Budget
Amount :
Between $0 and $249,000 ☐
Equal or more than $250,000 ☐
Equal or more than $500,000 ☐
Equal or more than $750,000 ☐
&nbsp;
Source of funding:
&nbsp;
III. Organizational Structure
&nbsp;
1. Committees/Sub-committees/working groups:
Every member of the Civic Chamber works for one of the commissions. The current 7th the Civic Chamber (2020-2023) has 20 specialized commissions covering almost all spheres of public life in the country, i.e.

	Commission on Physical Training and Promotion of Healthy Lifestyle;
	Commission on Health Care and Public Health Development;
	Commission on Ecology and Environmental Protection;
	Commission on Examination of Socially Significant Draft Laws and Other Legislative Initiatives;
	Commission on Territorial Development and Local Government;
	Commission on Charity and Social Work;
	Commission on Youth, Volunteerism and Patriotic Education;
	Commission on Accessible Environment and Inclusive Practices Development;
	Commission on Security and Cooperation with Public Supervisory Commissions;
	Commission on Demography, Protection of Family, Children and Traditional Family Values;
	Commission on Harmonization of Interethnic and Interreligious Relations;
	Commission on Development of Information Society, Mass Media And Communications;
	Commission on Culture Development and Preservation of Spiritual Heritage;
	Commission on Preschool, School and Secondary Vocational Education and Educational Activity;
	Commission on Development of Higher Education and Science;
	Commission on Development of Economy and Corporate Social Responsibility;
	Commission on Housing, Public Utilities, Construction and Roads;
	Commission on Social Policy, Labor Relations and Support of Veterans;
	Commission on Nonprofit Sector Development and Social Benefit Nongovernmental Organizations Support;
	Commission on Development of Agricultural Sector and Rural Areas

Other working bodies of the 7th Civic Chamber include 4 intercommission working groups, a scientific advisory council, 10 coordination councils, 9 working groups affiliated to the Civic Chamber, and 2 working groups affiliated to the Civic Chamber commissions.
The Civic Chamber operates in various formats: public hearings, roundtables, offsite meetings, etc. Every year the Civic Chamber holds several hundred public events, including plenary sessions attended by all members to address the most significant issues related to the country’s and civil society’s development. On average, there are 3-4 plenary sessions per year.
&nbsp;
2. Is there in your country any institutions of social dialogue outside your institutions?
There are now 85 regional civic chambers and more than 2,000 municipal chambers.
&nbsp;
IV. Functioning of the ESC
&nbsp;
1. Who convenes the Institution?
&nbsp;
2. Has the Institution a legal right to issue own-initiative opinion?
yes
&nbsp;
3.How are decisions taken inside the Institution
By vote ✅
By consensus ☐
&nbsp;
4. What kind of payment do the Councillors receive: wage, compensation, other?
No payment
&nbsp;
5. Is the Government obligated to follow the opinion issued by the Institution? 
Since 2009 the Civic Chamber has examined socially significant bills prior to their review in the State Duma (the lower chamber of the Russian Parliament). It is up to the commissions to decide whether bills are socially significant and worth debating. And since 2014 the Civic Chamber has acquired the right of holding preliminary hearings of the bills.
&nbsp;
6. Is the Government obligated to report on the fate of the Institution opinions?
The Civic Chamber’s proposals are usually incorporated in the process of consideration and adoption of the Parliamentary bills.
&nbsp;
7. Are there official publications of the Institution opinions? 
Every year the Civic Chamber releases its Report on the State of Civil Society in the Russian Federation, covering the analysis of the current trends in the civil society development, assessment of ups and downs of the civil society initiatives, review of the most pressing issues of the third sector, recommendations on systemic response to those challenges. The Report is distributed among the state authorities and civil society institutions.
The Civic Chamber annually publishes a compendium of the best practices of the regional civic chambers featuring the most engaging social work cases, problems solved, decisions suggested, goals achieved and leaders emerged. The idea is to exemplify the best practices of one region and disseminate them all over the country.
Commissions of the Civic Chamber also produce special reports on different topics of current priority, focusing on the roadmaps and approaches the civil society brings forward to the issues the country faces. Recently the following reports were published:

	Demography 2024: how to Ensure Sustainable Natural Population Growth;
	Involvement of the Nonprofit Organizations in Providing Social Services to the Citizens;
	How to Preserve Rural Communities: Problems of Employment;
	On Activities of the Public Supervisory Commissions in the Regions of the Russian Federation.

&nbsp;
8. Is the public opinion informed about the Institution works? How?
The Civic Chamber has a website www.oprf.ru as well as different social media accounts:

	facebook.com/CivicChamber/
	Instagram.com/oprf_official/
	Telegram: t.me/oprf_official

&nbsp;
9. What kind of relationship does the ESC have with civil society?
Collaboration ✅
Part of the Institution
Institutionalised relation ☐
Uninstitutionalised relation ☐
Collaboration ☐
Participation in the drafting of reports ☐
Nothing at all ☐
&nbsp;
V.Main technical areas of competencies
&nbsp;
Since the Council discusses topics upon social partners´ interest and request, all the mentioned fields are subject of discussion within the Working Teams and Plenary Session.
Agriculture :
All the activities are exercised by the Commission on Development of Agricultural Sector and Rural Areas
&nbsp;
Civil Society
Since 2015 the Civic Chamber has organized the Community active citizens’ forum, an open platform for dialog between civil society, business and government to improve the development and implementation of social projects and advance cooperation. There are several forums organized in the Russian regions within a year and the final forum is held in Moscow. The forums’ goal is to define the civil society’s state and develop socially oriented practices, discuss current problems and ways out, find and expand best practices. The Community forums are both a means of searching for public opinion leaders and a promotion for moving upwards on the social ladder for active citizens and NGO representatives.
“My Project to my Country” is an annual contest of the socially significant projects held by the Civic Chamber since 2017. The idea is to uncover and boost the best practices, to support and involve its leaders in developing the civic engagement. More than 6,000 applications have been received since the start of the contest. Since 2017 the Civic Chamber has been holding the annual civil society festival “Kind People” in Moscow, which introduces participants to the NGO’s activities. Being a place for the presentation of projects implemented by charitable foundations, public associations and social activists, the Festival also informs people about the opportunities for an ordinary citizen to participate in social projects. The Festival program includes interactive workshops, lectures by practicing experts, performances by famous benefactors, artists etc. In 2020, the Festival was attended by over 1.2 million people and more than 20 charitable foundations became partners. In 2020, the Festival’s motto was "Doing good together!"
&nbsp;
Corporate Social Responsibility :
All the activities are exercised by the Commission on Development of Economy and Corporate Social Responsibility
&nbsp;
Culture
Countering the trend for falsifying the historical science and distributing false historical facts, which has recently became evident in the information space, the Civic Chamber together with the Russian Historical Society and the State Central Museum of Contemporary History of Russia developed a concept of annual winter and summer international historical schools for young researchers and teachers from Russia and foreign countries. Participants are to be selected through competition. The schools’ programs will prioritize historical issues connected with contemporary topical issues (ethnical self-awareness, inter-ethnical conflicts, ethno- and politogenesis, historical memory, impact of the history on the current political agenda). The topic of the Second World War will become mandatory in the schools’ programs.
&nbsp;
Education and Training
The University of the Civic Chamber of the Russian Federation is a series of training for social leaders and innovators. The University unites successful and ambitious leaders of social projects by providing them with an efficient platform for interaction, communication and self-improvement.
&nbsp;
Employment policy and labour market regulation ☐
&nbsp;
Environmental Policy
In the Russian Federation, there are 109 state nature reserves, 64 national parks, and 60 federal nature protected areas, which cover 3.2 per cent of the country’s surface area. It is in preserving and enlarging them that our primary objective consists. Currently, the Civic Chamber, together with the government institutions, business and expert communities, public organizations, and associations focuses on improving the protected natural areas’ development and management system. the Civic Chamber regards these areas as socio-economic growth points for regions, and are taking steps to maintain biodiversity and to create there tourist and recreational clusters as well as environmental education system. The Civic Chamber has drawn up the list of best practices for business structures. As a result, in 2021 more than 40 environmental projects are planned to get support from major Russian industrial companies. By engaging parties in a constructive dialog, the Civic Chamber ensures the opportunity for civil society to participate in the historical, cultural, and natural heritage preservation of the Russian regions.
&nbsp;
European Affairs ☐
Financial and Economic Policies ☐
Fiscal and Taxation Policies ☐
Fundamental principles and rights at work ☐
Gender equality and anti-discrimination ☐
Governance ☐
&nbsp;
Health and Medical Policy
All the activities are exercised by the Commission on Health Care and Public Health Development
&nbsp;
Infrastructure, Transport, and Energy Policies ☐
International affairs :
Annually the Civic Chamber receives approximately 20 foreign delegations and pays around 30 visits to the partner organizations abroad. Members of the Civic Chamber participate in major international forums hosted by the leading institutions and organizations like the UN, OSCE, ILO, etc. The Civic Chamber has signed 26 memoranda and cooperation agreements with similar civil society institutions in various countries.
Among the most significant global events held in the Civic Chamber the international conference “From Inequality to Justice: Global Experience and Solutions for Russia” hosted in Moscow on December 11, 2019 is to be mentioned. Experts, academics, politicians, public figures and representatives of the economic and social councils and other Civic Chamber partner institutions within the AICESIS from 43 countries attended the conference to discuss the reasons behind the high level of inequality in economy, education, health, ecology, etc. the world now faces and ways to reduce it using the world’s best practices.
In 2007, the Civic Chamber of the Russian Federation joined the International Association of Economic and Social Councils and Similar Institutions (AICESIS), which unites organized civil society institutions in 75 countries and is meant for promoting dialogue and exchange of views and good practices among its members. Member organizations should be autonomous with the authority on a national level that is based on the Constitution, a law, a decree or any other recognition from the authorities and represent a faithful representation of the economic and social interests.
In 2011, the Civic Chamber of the Russian Federation became member of the Board of the AICESIS. In 2013-2015, the Civic Chamber chaired the AICESIS.
Annually the Civic Chamber participates in the AICESIS General Assembly and biannually – in the Board meetings.
&nbsp;
Labour Law reform ☐
&nbsp;
Legal Affairs :
All the activities are exercised by the Commission on Examination of Socially Significant Draft Laws and Other Legislative Initiatives
&nbsp;
Productivity and competitiveness ☐
Science, Technology and Innovation Strategy and Industrial Policy :
All the activities are exercised by the Commission on Development of Economy and Corporate Social Responsibility
&nbsp;
Social Affairs ☐
Social Dialogue and Tripartism :
The Civic Chamber systematically supports the nonprofit organizations methodologically, educationally, and informationally. In 2009, the Civic Chamber initiated the development of the Federal Law “On Support of the Social Benefit Nongovernmental Organizations” which was adopted in 2010. In 2014, the Civic Chamber initiated an update of the NGOs legislation and forming a register of the NPOs. Since then, the Civic Chamber holds serious research on uncovering the most efficient NGOs and helps to form the register of the Social Benefit NGOs. In 2020, the Civic Chamber introduced a regional rating of the third sector, “REGION-NGO”, which analyzed the nonprofit sector development level and quality in each Russian region. The project is meant to be annual. During the pandemic of COVID-19, the Civic Chamber initiated the creation of support measures special package for the nonprofit organizations providing help to the citizens confined by the lockdown.
&nbsp;
Industrial relations and Collective bargaining ☐
Dispute prevention and resolution ☐
Social Security and Social Protection :
All the activities are exercised by the Commission on Social Policy, Labor Relations and Support of Veterans and the Commission on Demography, Protection of Family, Children and Traditional Family Values
&nbsp;
Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) ☐
Territorial Management :
All the activities are exercised by the Commission on Territorial Development and Local Government.
&nbsp;
Workplace compliance and working conditions :
All the activities are exercised by the Commission on Social Policy, Labor Relations and Support of Veterans
&nbsp;
Youth Employment
In February 2020, the Civic Chamber established the Coordination Council for the Development of Young Professionals’ Communities to promote the value of work and professionalism among youths and Russian society in its entirety. Its main task is to create an effective system for support and development of the young professionals’ communities across the country. In practical terms, what is important is to establish communication between the two parties: leading Russian brands, by outlining the values they promote, and young people who are in search of their professional identity. Thus, it is easier for young specialists to find their place in national companies and see career prospects within the country. The dialogue platform provided by the Civic Chamber offers young employees of all industries the opportunity to communicate and discuss ideas and projects from the perspectives of different experiences and practices. These discussions foster the synergy among the participants and enable them to become stronger owing to the experience and ideas of a larger team.
Other :
VI. Brief description of major results obtained by your Institution in the last 3 years
Please give examples (Recommendations issued, Reports, Collective Agreements concluded, Conflict prevention and social peace obtained, National policies or legal frameworks including recommendations, Reform of your institution) and attached relevant documents
In 2018, the Civic Chamber formed a public standard of social and engineer infrastructure accessibility in rural areas, underscoring the necessity of social facilities and improving the rural areas’ living conditions. In 2018, the institution of public ecological inspectors was established.
In 2019, the President of the Russian Federation signed a law protecting the bona fide real estate purchasers' rights, a bill the Civic Chamber had been working on for 4 years. In 2019, the Civic Chamber mediated the public protests on an SMW landfill near Shies in Arkhangelsk region, which led to the suspension of its construction. While working on the conflict, the experts of the Civic Chamber revealed loopholes in the legislation on the public oversight and proposals for their elimination were drafted.
In 2020, the Civic Chamber also mediated the conflict on the “shihan” hills, unique natural objects in the Republic of Bashkortostan. The local residents and ecologists strongly opposed the industrial development of the remained Kushtau shihan. The Civic Chamber supported bestowing a “specially protected natural area” status to the Kushtau shihan. Moreover, the Civic Chamber is endorsing the initiative to grant Kushtau the status of “specially protected natural area” of federal significance.
In 2020, the Civic Chamber pressed for an amendment to the Tax Code of the Russian Federation, providing a corporate income tax deduction for legal entities that donate property (financial assets) to the Social Benefit NGOs. This measure is meant to enhance the involvement of the business community in charity and support for socially significant activities, thereby stimulating the development of the third sector.
&nbsp;]]></description></item><item><title><![CDATA[Burkina Faso - Economic and Social Council]]></title><link>http://aicesis.org/en/oit-database?view=companies&companyId=48</link><pubDate>Wed, 22 Jun 2022 08:52:39 +0000</pubDate><description><![CDATA[<img src="https://aicesis.org/media/com_jbusinessdirectory/pictures/no_image.jpg" width="150" /><br>Institutional characteristics
1. Establishment
- Date of creation: 19/05/1959
- Year operational: 1959
- Nature of the texts that create the institution (Constitution, law, decree, etc.):&nbsp;
Constitution
&nbsp;
- Have any changes in recent years happened concerning the nature, membership, capacities of the Institution.
Depuis l’adoption de la Constitution du 02 juin 1991 et ses différentes révisions, qui l’institutionnalise comme une institution républicaine, le CES-BF n’a plus connu de changement ni dans sa nature, ni dans sa composition et attributions.
&nbsp;
2. Mandate
Consultation and advisory ✅
Negotiation ☐
Both ☐
&nbsp;
3. Mission and attributions
Le CES-BF est chargé de donner son avis sur les questions à caractère économique, social ou culturel portées à son examen par le Président du Faso ou le Gouvernement ;
Le CES-BF peut être consulté sur tout projet de plan ou programme à à caractère économique, social ou culturel ;
Le CES-BF peut également procéder à l’analyse de tout problème de développemnt économique et social. Il soumet ses conclusions au Président du Faso ou au Gouvernement ;
Le CES-BF peut désigner l’un de ses membres à la demande du Président du Faso ou du Gouvernement, pour exposer devant ces organes, l’avis du Conseil économique et social.
&nbsp;
4. Composition :
- Number of members: 90 membres et un Président
- Duration of the term: 3 ans renouvelable
- Membership categories:
les représentants de l’Administration publique, le Patronat, le Syndicat, les Organisations de la société civile (OSC), les Organisations Non-Gouvernementales (ONG).
&nbsp;
- Process of designating the members (election, nomination, by whom, etc.):
La nomination en qualité de Conseiller du CES est faite un décret du Président du Faso.
Les Conseillers sont désignés de la manière suivante:

	Les représentants de l’administration sont désignés par leur Ministre;
	Les représentants des autres organisations sont désignés selon les modalités propres de leur structure;
	Dix (10) membres « Es-qualité » désignés par le Président du Faso.

&nbsp;
5. Management organs
Presidium / Bureau / Cabinet / Other: Please specify role, composition, designation :
L’organe exécutif du CES est le Bureau composé de sept (07) membres dont : Un (01) Président, Quatre (04) Vice-Présidents; Deux (2) rapporteurs.
Les Vice-Présidents sont les Présidents des quatre (04) Commissions spécialisées de l’Institution. Hormis le Président, les autres membres du bureau sont choisis par vote en Assemblée Générale ou désignés par consensus pour une durée d’un (1) an renouvelable
&nbsp;
Assembly General / Plenary session / Other: Please specify role, frequencies of meeting: 1 session buy two months
L’Assemblée générale est l’instance suprême de décision du Conseil. Elle se réunit deux fois par an en session ordinaire et chaque fois que de besoin en session extraordinaire sur convocation du Président du CES ou à la demande des 2/3 de ses membres.
Les sessions du CES se déroulent soit en plénière soit en Commissions. Les plénières se passent sous la conduite du Président du CES et les travaux en Commissions sous la direction des Vice-Présidents.
NB : les sessions du CES ne sont pas publiques.
&nbsp;
General Secretariat: Please specify role, composition, designation:
Le Secrétariat général est assuré par les deux (02) rapporteurs du Bureau du CES. Les rapporteurs sont désignés par l’Assemblée générale lors de la mise en place de ses organes.
&nbsp;
Concernant les sessions, le CES tient de façon statuaire deux (02) sessions ordinaires par an, mais peut organiser une ou plusieurs sessions extraordinaires par an.
Pour atteindre ses objectifs, le CES est appuyé par un personnel administratif opérant dans trois structures ( Cabinet, Secrétariat général, Observatoire économique et social).
1-Le Cabinet du Président, assiste et coordonne les activité du Président relatives au protocole, à la sécurité, aux déplacements, aux audiences, à la communication et aux relations publiques.
2-Le Secrétariat général. Le CES est assisté dans son fonctionnement par une administration qui a en charge toutes les activités administratives, techniques et financières et joue un rôle d’appui-conseil au Président et aux commissions techniques.
3-L’observatoire économique et social est un instrument d’appui au CES chargé entre autres de faire des études prospectives sur les questions économiques et sociales; évaluations des politiques et programmes de développement; Rapports publics du Conseil économiques et social.
&nbsp;
6. Operational arrangement of the Permanent Secretariat
Yes ✅
No ☐
&nbsp;
7. Gender balance (% of women)
Between 0% and 9% ☐
Equal or more than 10% ✅
Equal or more than 30% ☐
Equal or more than 50% ☐
&nbsp;
8. Reporting Institution
Government ☐
Parliament ☐
Cabinet of President ✅
Cabinet of Prime Minister ✅
Ministry of Finance ☐
Ministry of Labour ☐
Ministry of Social Affairs ☐
Others (please specify):
&nbsp;
9. Budget
Amount :
Between $0 and $249,000 ☐
Equal or more than $250,000 ☐
Equal or more than $500,000 ☐
Equal or more than $750,000 ✅
&nbsp;
Budget de l’Etat du Burkina Faso
&nbsp;
III. Organizational Structure
&nbsp;
1. Committees/Sub-committees/working groups:
Le Conseil économique et social est composé de quatre Commissions spécialisées :

	La Commission des affaires institutionnelles et de la bonne gouvernance (CAIBG);
	La Commission du développement humain et de l’intégration sociale (CDHIS);
	La Commission de la production et de soutien à la production (CPSP);
	La Commission de l’orientation économique des finances et de la conjoncture (COEFC).

A ces commissions sont rattachées les structures opérationnelles de l’administration du CES qui sont :

	Le Département des affaires institutionnelles et de la bonne gouvernance (DAIBG);
	Le Département du développement humain et de l’intégration sociale (DDHIS);
	Le Département de la production et de soutien à la production (DPSP);
	Le Département de l’orientation économique des finances et de la conjoncture (DOEFC).

&nbsp;
2. Is there in your country any institutions of social dialogue outside your institutions?
Il y a bien d’autres institutions de dialogue social
Nous avons entre autres:

	Le Médiateur du Faso;
	Le Haut Conseil du Dialogue Social (HCDS);
	Le Haut Conseil pour la Réconciliation et l’Unité Nationale (HCRUN).

&nbsp;
IV. Functioning of the ESC
&nbsp;
1. Who convenes the Institution?
Le President du CES
&nbsp;
2. Has the Institution a legal right to issue own-initiative opinion? Yes.
oui
&nbsp;
3.How are decisions taken inside the Institution
By vote ✅
By consensus ☐
&nbsp;
4. What kind of payment do the Councillors receive: wage, compensation, other?
&nbsp;
5. Is the Government obligated to follow the opinion issued by the Institution? 
Pour le moment, au regard de la nature consultative de l’Institution, les avis et recommandations issus des travaux du CES n’ont pas un caractère obligatoire vis-à-vis du Gouvernement.
&nbsp;
6. Is the Government obligated to report on the fate of the Institution opinions?
Nous répondons par l’affirmative, en ce sens que ces dernières années un comité de suivi des avis et recommandations a été mis en place au niveau de la Primature et qui est chargé de faire un feed-back concernant le niveau de mise en œuvre de ceux-ci.
&nbsp;
7. Are there official publications of the Institution opinions? 
Il existe plusieurs publications officielles des activités du CES. Il y a les actes des sessions, le journal «Le Conseiller», la production du rapport public annuel, le Journal officiel. Le Conseil dispose d’un service de documentation et des Publications qui en assure l’archivage.
&nbsp;
8. Is the public opinion informed about the Institution works? How?
L’opinion publique est informée quant au déroulement de toute activité au sein de l’Institution. Les principaux canaux de diffusion de l’information sont les mass-médias (télévision, radio), les affiches publicitaires (banderoles notamment), les réseaux sociaux (Facebook)
&nbsp;
9. What kind of relationship does the ESC have with civil society?
Part of the Institution ✅
Institutionalised relation ☐
Uninstitutionalised relation ☐
Collaboration ✅
Participation in the drafting of reports ☐
Nothing at all ☐
&nbsp;
V.Main technical areas of competencies
&nbsp;
Agriculture : ☐
Civil Society ☐
Corporate Social Responsibility ☐
Culture ☐
Education and Training ☐
Employment policy and labour market regulation ☐
Environmental Policy ☐
European Affairs ☐
Financial and Economic Policies ☐
Fiscal and Taxation Policies ☐
Fundamental principles and rights at work ☐
Gender equality and anti-discrimination ☐
Governance ☐
Health and Medical Policy ☐
Infrastructure, Transport, and Energy Policies ☐
International affairs ☐
Labour Law reform ☐
Legal Affairs ☐
Productivity and competitiveness ☐
Science, Technology and Innovation Strategy and Industrial Policy ☐
Social Affairs ☐
Social Dialogue and Tripartism ☐
Industrial relations and Collective bargaining ☐
Dispute prevention and resolution ☐
Social Security and Social Protection ☐
Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) ☐s
Territorial Management ☐
Workplace compliance and working conditions ☐
Youth Employment ☐
Other :
VI. Brief description of major results obtained by your Institution in the last 3 years
Please give examples (Recommendations issued, Reports, Collective Agreements concluded, Conflict prevention and social peace obtained, National policies or legal frameworks including recommendations, Reform of your institution) and attached relevant documents
Au cours de ces trois (03) dernières années le Conseil économique et social s’est intéressé à l’étude de diverses thématiques d’actualité et de pertinence avérée. Il s’agit des thèmes suivants :
1. Protection et promotion des personnes âgées au Burkina Faso : quelles stratégies pour une vieillesse plus sécurisée et contributive ? (Première session 2019) ;
2. Utilisation des technologies de l’information et de la communication et valeurs sociales au Burkina Faso : quelles stratégies pour une jeunesse et une citoyenneté responsable ? (Forum juillet 2019) ;
3. Utilisation des produits chimiques dans l’Agriculture au Burkina Faso : quels impacts sur la santé, l’environnement et le développement des filières de production ? (Deuxième session 2019) ;
4. Economie numérique : réalités et perspectives au Burkina Faso. (Rapport public 2019)
5. Gestion de la crise humanitaire dans le contexte d’insécurité au Burkina Faso : Quelles stratégies pour une meilleure résilience des personnes déplacées internes ? (Première session 2020) ;
6. Stratégie de mobilisation des ressources endogènes pour un développement durable du Burkina Faso : état des lieux, défis et perspectives (Deuxième session 2020) ;
7. Diversité culturelle et développement durable au Burkina Faso : état des lieux, défis et perspectives (Forum juillet 2020) ;
8. Mécanismes de lutte contre le blanchiment de capitaux et le financement du terrorisme en zone UEMOA : cas du Burkina Faso (Rapport public 2020) ;
9. Session extraordinaire du Conseil Economique et Social (CES) consacrée à l’examen du « Projet de Référentiel national de développement (RND) 2021-2025 » (31 mai au 2 juin 2021) ;
10. La problématique de la gestion actuelle des terres au Burkina Faso : quelles solutions pour un développement durable ? (Première session ordinaire de l’année 2021,) ;
11. Session extraordinaire consacrée à l’installation du Président et des membres du Conseil économique et social (21 octobre au 04 novembre 2021) ;
12. Crises universitaires au Burkina Faso : Causes, impacts, gestion et prévention (Forum novembre 2021) ;
13. Accroissement substantiel et durable des productions agricoles irriguées : quelles stratégies pour assurer une disponibilité et une exploitation efficace des eaux aux Burkina Faso ? (Deuxième session ordinaire de l’année 2021).
RECOMMANDATIONS
2019
1ère session, thème : Protection et promotion des personnes âgées au Burkina Faso : quelles stratégies pour une vieillesse plus sécurisée et contributive ?
Améliorer la prise en charge sanitaire des personnes âgées.
Le CES recommande une prise en charge sanitaire adéquate des personnes âgées par :

	La gratuité des soins au profit des personnes âgées ;
	La promotion de Centres de gériatrie et le renforcement des unités sanitaires de base pour la prise en charge des personnes âgées;
	La formation et le renforcement des compétences des professionnels de la santé pour l’animation des services de gériatrie dans les formations sanitaires.
	Revaloriser les pensions de la caisse nationale de sécurité sociale (CNSS) et de la caisse autonome de retraite des fonctionnaires (CARFO)
	Institutionnaliser un forum national des personnes âgées tous les trois (03) ans
	Ratifier le protocole à la charte africaine des droits de l’homme et des peuples relatifs aux droits des personnes âgées

&nbsp;
2e session, thème : Utilisation des produits chimiques dans l’Agriculture au Burkina Faso : quels impacts sur la santé, l’environnement et le développement des filières de production ?
Recommandations

	Mettre en place une structure nationale chargée de la coordination des actions de tous les acteurs intervenant dans la gestion des produits chimiques
	Renforcer les capacités des acteurs sur la bonne utilisation des pesticides et sur l’adoption des méthodes alternatives
	Renforcer la surveillance et le contrôle de l’importation, du transport, du stockage, de la distribution et de l’utilisation des produits chimiques en élevage
	Mettre en place un système d’appui-conseil de proximité adéquat pour les utilisateurs des produits chimiques dans l’agriculture, l’élevage et les forêts

&nbsp;
Forum, thème : Utilisation des technologies de l’information et de la communication et valeurs sociales au Burkina Faso : quelles stratégies pour une jeunesse et une citoyenneté responsable ?
Recommandations

	élaborer un Code de la presse et du numérique ;
	créer une institution publique indépendante dotée de la personnalité juridique et de l’autonomie financière qui aura en charge la régulation du secteur convergé des TIC ;
	renforcer les activités de sensibilisation et la formation à l’usage des TIC ;
	former et spécialiser des magistrats sur les questions liées au TIC ;
	sensibiliser les populations sur leur droit d’accès à la justice en cas de violation de leur vie privée ;

&nbsp;
Rapport Public,thème : Economie numérique : réalités et perspectives au Burkina Faso.
Recommandations relatives aux cadres juridique et institutionnel :

	mettre en cohérence le cadre normatif de régulation et veiller à son effectivité ;
	adopter une loi spécifique portant protection du consommateur des TIC ;
	adopter des textes pour encadrer l’installation des antennes des opérateurs de téléphonie mobile ;
	adopter un Code qui regroupe tous les textes juridiques régissant l’économie numérique ;
	renforcer la lutte contre la cybercriminalité.

&nbsp;
Recommandations relatives aux infrastructures numériques

	mettre en œuvre les dispositions préconisées par le Schéma directeur d’aménagement numérique (SDAN) notamment la mutualisation des réseaux de fibre optique entre opérateurs privés ;
	utiliser les fonds d’accès au service universel pour combler les zones délaissées par les opérateurs et réduire ainsi la fracture numérique à l’intérieur du pays.

&nbsp;
Recommandations relatives aux plateformes numériques

	créer un environnement de confiance numérique, garant d’une large appropriation des usages et services numériques par l’ensemble des acteurs et de la société burkinabè ;
	développer à court terme un intranet gouvernemental en réalisant une extension du RESINA (ou la création d’un nouveau réseau) pour relier toutes les structures des collectivités territoriales et des services déconcentrés de l’Etat (les hôpitaux, les écoles, etc.) ;
	assurer le déploiement d’infrastructures large bande (haut débit) de qualité sur l’ensemble du pays, support indispensable au développement de l’e-gov au sein des administrations publiques.

&nbsp;
Recommandations relatives aux « services financiers numériques »
accorder un rôle stratégique aux établissements de monnaie électronique dans la stratégie et les programmes d’inclusion financière. La relative bonne couverture du territoire par les points de service (orange money, mobicash, Yup) fait que ces établissements constituent un atout pour l’offre de services financiers aux personnes traditionnellement exclues du système financier;
accorder une attention particulière aux « fintechs » dans le financement de l’entrepreneuriat numérique car les fintechs ont le meilleur potentiel pour assurer le « last mile » en matière d’accès aux services financiers par les populations et donc d’inclusion financière;
réduire le coût des communications

&nbsp;
2020
1ère session, thème : Gestion de la crise humanitaire dans le contexte d’insécurité au Burkina Faso : Quelles stratégies pour une meilleure résilience des personnes déplacées internes ?
Recommandations

	Faire une mobilisation nationale autour de la question des personnes déplacées internes
	Renforcer le cadre juridique national de protection et de gestion des personnes déplacées internes
	Mettre en place un programme multisectoriel pour accompagner la réinsertion des PDI
	Pérenniser la sécurité dans les zones reconquises
	Sensibiliser les populations pour développer les réflexes sécuritaires

&nbsp;
2ème Session ordinaire, thème : Stratégie de mobilisation des ressources endogènes pour un développement durable du Burkina Faso : état des lieux, défis et perspectives
Recommandations

	Systématiser l’évaluation a priori et a posteriori des niches fiscales
	Construire un cadastre exhaustif, systématique, informatisé et actualisé
	Instituer un quitus fiscal pour les postes électifs, les hautes fonctions de l’état et des organisations professionnelles
	Construire un système intégré rigoureux et efficace de contrôle de la production minière
	Élaborer une stratégie de programme budgétaire « mobilisation des ressources »

&nbsp;
Forum, thème : Diversité culturelle et développement durable au Burkina Faso : état des lieux, défis et perspectives
Recommandations

	Accroître le financement public au profit du secteur de la culture et allouer 1% du budget national au ministère en charge de la culture et du tourisme d’ici à 2025
	Renforcer les capacités managériales et professionnelles des acteurs culturels en vue d’améliorer la qualité de leur production
	Poursuivre la construction et l’équipement des salles multifonctionnelles et les centres culturels au profit de chaque région, province et commune
	Évaluer les effets induits du secteur culturel dans les autres secteurs de l’économie
	Dynamiser la coopération culturelle tant au niveau bilatéral que multilatéral

&nbsp;
Rapport public, thème : Mécanismes de lutte contre le blanchiment de capitaux et le financement du terrorisme en zone UEMOA : cas du Burkina Faso
Recommandations sur le cadre juridique

	Rendre obligatoire les poursuites en cas de suspicions de BC/FT sur la base des rapports de la CENTIF et autres organes administratifs impliqués dans la lutte ;
	Rattacher à la compétence du pôle anti-terroriste la répression de la criminalité transnationale organisée ;
	Travailler à uniformiser l'interprétation des textes portant création des pôles judiciaires spécialisés ;
	Adapter le dispositif de LBC/FT à la réalité économique du Burkina Faso ;
	Renforcer les mécanismes de contrôles des assujettis, notamment ceux des professions libérales telles que les avocats, les notaires, les huissiers de justice, les experts comptables, etc.
	Mettre en œuvre de façon effective les techniques spéciales d’enquêtes.

&nbsp;
Recommandations sur le cadre institutionnel

	Créer un cadre de concertation et de coopération entre les acteurs impliqués directement dans la lutte contre le blanchiment de capitaux et le financement du terrorisme,
	Désigner les autorités chargées du contrôle de l’application des exigences de LBC/FT au niveau des EPNFD qui sont dotées de pouvoirs suffisants de contrôle et de sanctions

&nbsp;
2021
1ère Session, thème : « La problématique de la gestion actuelle des terres au Burkina Faso : Quelles solutions pour un développement durable »
Recommandations

	Réviser la loi n°057-2008/AN du 20 novembre 2008 portant promotion immobilière au Burkina Faso ;
	Mettre en place une autorité de régulation en matière de gestion du foncier et de l’immobilier ;
	Instituer une taxe sur les superficies non exploitées en zone rurale depuis plus de 5 ans dans le cadre de l’agro business

&nbsp;
2e session, thème : Accroissement substantiel et durable des productions agricoles irriguées : quelles stratégies pour assurer une disponibilité et une exploitation efficiente des eaux au Burkina Faso ?
Recommandations

	Instaurer une gouvernance vertueuse des aménagements hydrauliques dans la conception, la réalisation et l’exploitation à travers le renforcement du dialogue de gestion et la synergie d’actions entre les acteurs.
	Diligenter l’audit des périmètres aménagés pour leur mise en valeur efficiente.
	Mobiliser et inciter les investisseurs privés en vue accroître le financement de la recherche scientifique dans la réalisation des infrastructures et équipements hydro-agricoles.
	Mettre en place des chambres froides de grande capacité dans les régions à fort potentiel pour la conservation des produits issus de la production agricole irriguée.
	Créer des écoles nationales d’ingénieurs, de lycées techniques, de centres de formation professionnelle en hydraulique.

&nbsp;
Forum, thème : Crises universitaires au Burkina Faso : Causes, impacts, gestion et prévention 
Recommandations

	Revoir à la hausse les frais d’inscription des étudiants dans les universités publiques en concertation avec les différents acteurs
	Renforcer les capacités des organisations de promotion du dialogue comme le CES, le HCDS, etc. en vue d’une meilleure prévention des crises et d’une gestion responsable des revendications
	Dynamiser les cadres de dialogues existants au sein des universités publiques et des institutions supérieures de recherche
	Augmenter le budget de l’enseignement supérieur et de la recherche à la hauteur des ambitions politiques et pédagogiques
	Initier des actions de mobilisation des ressources propres des universités publiques
	Mettre en place une infrastructure de connexion internet de haut débit dans toutes les universités publiques pour assurer les activités pédagogiques et académiques
	Renforcer la collaboration entre les universités publiques et leurs différents partenaires nationaux et internationaux en vue de consolider la coopération pédagogique interuniversitaires
	Former les enseignants chercheurs aux nouvelles méthodes pédagogiques d’enseignement et d’évaluation des connaissances
	Améliorer les œuvres sociales universitaires dans leur ensemble suite à des concertations des parties prenantes en tenant compte du niveau de la vie
	Revoir de manière concertée avec les syndicats d’enseignants chercheurs l’arrêté conjoint N°2021-341/MESRSI/MINEFID du 27 septembre 2021, portant réglementation des taux de prise en charge afférente aux actes de la vie universitaire et des commissions ad hoc dans les IESR, au CNRST et au CENOU

&nbsp;
&nbsp;]]></description></item><item><title><![CDATA[China Economic and Social Council (CESC)]]></title><link>http://aicesis.org/en/oit-database?view=companies&companyId=47</link><pubDate>Fri, 17 Jun 2022 14:31:40 +0000</pubDate><description><![CDATA[<img src="https://aicesis.org/media/com_jbusinessdirectory/pictures/no_image.jpg" width="150" /><br>Institutional characteristics
1. Establishment
- Date of creation: 02/07/2001
- Year operational: 2001
- Nature of the texts that create the institution (Constitution, law, decree, etc.):&nbsp;
Approved by the relevant national government department of China
&nbsp;
- Have any changes in recent years happened concerning the nature, membership, capacities of the Institution.
No changes
&nbsp;
2. Mandate
Consultation and advisory ✅
Negotiation ☐
Both ☐
&nbsp;
3. Mission and attributions
Oriented toward the trinity of advanced think tank, bridge of communications, and platform for consultation, the CESC is devoted to overall, strategic and forward-looking research on crucial economic and social issues. As the founder of the AICESIS and member of its Board, the CESC makes positive contributions to consolidating social and public support for the bilateral ties between China and other countries by strengthening the connections, dialogues and communications with foreign counterparts, think tanks, mainstream media and noted public figures.
&nbsp;
4. Composition :
- Number of members: 239
- Duration of the term: 5 years
- Membership categories:
chairman, vice-chairman, board of directors, member
&nbsp;
- Process of designating the members (election, nomination, by whom, etc.):
Elected by the Plenary session
&nbsp;
5. Management organs
Presidium / Bureau / Cabinet / Other: Please specify role, composition, designation :
composed of 1 chairperson, 13 vice-chairpersons and the secretary-general
&nbsp;
Assembly General / Plenary session / Other: Please specify role, frequencies of meeting: 1 session buy two months
The plenary session is held once a year.
&nbsp;
General Secretariat: Please specify role, composition, designation:
The General Secretariat composed of five departments: Department of Administration, Department of Research, Department of Information and Liaison, Department of External Relations and Department of the Journal of China Economic and Social Forum
&nbsp;
6. Operational arrangement of the Permanent Secretariat
Yes ✅
No ☐
&nbsp;
7. Gender balance (% of women)
Between 0% and 9% ☐
Equal or more than 10% ☐
Equal or more than 30% ✅
Equal or more than 50% ☐
&nbsp;
8. Reporting Institution
Government ☐
Parliament ☐
Cabinet of President ☐
Cabinet of Prime Minister ☐
Ministry of Finance ☐
Ministry of Labour ☐
Ministry of Social Affairs ☐
Others (please specify):
&nbsp;
9. Budget
Amount :
Between $0 and $249,000 ☐
Equal or more than $250,000 ✅
Equal or more than $500,000 ☐
Equal or more than $750,000 ☐
&nbsp;
Donation and financial assistance
&nbsp;
III. Organizational Structure
&nbsp;
1. Committees/Sub-committees/working groups:
none
&nbsp;
2. Is there in your country any institutions of social dialogue outside your institutions?
yes
&nbsp;
IV. Functioning of the ESC
&nbsp;
1. Who convenes the Institution?
The China Economic and Social Council
&nbsp;
2. Has the Institution a legal right to issue own-initiative opinion? Yes.
yes
&nbsp;
3.How are decisions taken inside the Institution
By vote ✅
By consensus ✅
&nbsp;
4. What kind of payment do the Councillors receive: wage, compensation, other?
none
&nbsp;
5. Is the Government obligated to follow the opinion issued by the Institution? 
No.The Government take the opinion as advice.
&nbsp;
6. Is the Government obligated to report on the fate of the Institution opinions?
No
&nbsp;
7. Are there official publications of the Institution opinions? 
Journal of China Economic and Social Forum
&nbsp;
8. Is the public opinion informed about the Institution works? How?
By news, by the Journal of China Economic and Social Forum.
&nbsp;
9. What kind of relationship does the ESC have with civil society?
Part of the Institution ☐
Institutionalised relation ☐
Uninstitutionalised relation ☐
Collaboration ✅
Participation in the drafting of reports ☐
Nothing at all ☐
&nbsp;
V.Main technical areas of competencies
&nbsp;
Since the Council discusses topics upon social partners´ interest and request, all the mentioned fields are subject of discussion within the Working Teams and Plenary Session.
Agriculture : Conduct in-depth research, hold special forum or seminar
Civil Society ☐
Corporate Social Responsibility : Conduct in-depth research
Culture ☐
Education and Training : Conduct in-depth research
Employment policy and labour market regulation ☐
Environmental Policy : Conduct in-depth research
European Affairs : Hold the China-EU Round Table with the European Economic and Social Committee
Financial and Economic Policies : Conduct in-depth research
Fiscal and Taxation Policies ☐
Fundamental principles and rights at work ☐
Gender equality and anti-discrimination ☐
Governance : Conduct in-depth research
Health and Medical Policy ☐
Infrastructure, Transport, and Energy Policies : Conduct in-depth research
International affairs : Enhance the communication and cooperation within AICESIS members and relevant institutions by attending or holding seminars on different topics,improving mutual understanding and promoting common development .
Labour Law reform ☐
Legal Affairs ☐
Productivity and competitiveness : Conduct in-depth research
Science, Technology and Innovation Strategy and Industrial Policy : Conduct in-depth research
Social Affairs : Conduct in-depth research
Social Dialogue and Tripartism ☐
Industrial relations and Collective bargaining ☐
Dispute prevention and resolution ☐
Social Security and Social Protection ☐
Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) : Conduct in-depth research, attend seminars
Territorial Management ☐
Workplace compliance and working conditions ☐
Youth Employment ☐
Other :
VI. Brief description of major results obtained by your Institution in the last 3 years
Please give examples (Recommendations issued, Reports, Collective Agreements concluded, Conflict prevention and social peace obtained, National policies or legal frameworks including recommendations, Reform of your institution) and attached relevant documents
For the past years since its establishment, the CESC has made great contributions in promoting sustainable development of China’s economy and society through providing consulting services. The CESC has established the “China Economic and Social Forum”, held special seminars and conducted in-depth research on the key economic and social issues. Suggestions and advice are accumulated from government officials, business representatives, experts and scholars and provided to the policy-making authorities. Some suggestions are accepted and filed. As a full member of the AICESIS and a member of the Board, the CESC takes an active role in various activities under the auspices of the AICESIS, strengthening the communication and cooperation within its members and relevant institutions.The CESC has made great contributions in improving mutual understanding, consolidating traditional friendship and promoting common development between China and other countries of the world.
&nbsp;]]></description></item><item><title><![CDATA[Tunisia - National Council for Social Dialogue (NCSD)]]></title><link>http://aicesis.org/en/oit-database?view=companies&companyId=46</link><pubDate>Fri, 17 Jun 2022 13:16:13 +0000</pubDate><description><![CDATA[<img src="https://aicesis.org/media/com_jbusinessdirectory/pictures/no_image.jpg" width="150" /><br>Institutional characteristics
1. Establishment
- Date of creation: July 24, 2017
- Year operational: November 2018
- Nature of the texts that create the institution (Constitution, law, decree, etc.): 
Law ( Law N°2017-54 date July 24, 2017) established the National Council for Social Dialogue and determined its mandate and operational modalities
 
- Have any changes in recent years happened concerning the nature, membership, capacities of the Institution.
No changes
 
2. Mandate
Consultation and advisory ✅
Negotiation ☐
Both ☐
 
3. Mission and attributions
According to articles 2 and 3 of the law N°2017-54, the NCSD is responsible for organizing and managing social dialogue on social and economic issues of common interest for the social partners. It allows workers’ and employers’ organizations to participate in the debate on national issues, contribute to the development of sectoral policies and promote the economic and social development model, in addition to taking part in the debate on issues related to employment, unemployment, education and administration reform as well as the reform of social funds
 
4. Composition :
- Number of members: 105
- Duration of the term: 6 years
- Membership categories:
Tripartite Government ( 35 members); Workers (35 members -UGTT); and employers ( 30 members UTICA and 30 members UTAP)
 
- Process of designating the members (election, nomination, by whom, etc.):
nomination

	UGTT: Union Générale Tunisienne du Travail
	UTICA: Union Tunisienne de l’Industrie du commerce et de l’Arisanat
	UTAP: Union Tunisienne de l’Agriculture et de la Pêche

 
5. Management organs
Presidium / Bureau / Cabinet / Other: Please specify role, composition, designation :
 
Assembly General / Plenary session / Other: Please specify role, frequencies of meeting: 1 session buy two months
 
General Secretariat: Please specify role, composition, designation:
 
Designation by decree
Rapporteur of assembly general and bureau
Director general of administration for the NCSD
6. Operational arrangement of the Permanent Secretariat
Yes ✅
No ☐
 
7. Gender balance (% of women)
Between 0% and 9% ☐
Equal or more than 10% ✅
Equal or more than 30% ☐
Equal or more than 50% ☐
 
8. Reporting Institution
Government ☐
Parliament ☐
Cabinet of President ☐
Cabinet of Prime Minister ☐
Ministry of Finance ☐
Ministry of Labour ☐
Ministry of Social Affairs ✅
Others (please specify):
 
9. Budget
Amount :
Between $0 and $249,000 ☐
Equal or more than $250,000 ✅
Equal or more than $500,000 ☐
Equal or more than $750,000 ☐
 
State budget
 
III. Organizational Structure
 
1. Committees/Sub-committees/working groups:
6 committees :(18 members /committee)
professional training and employment and human resources development Committee
The labor relations and decent work Committee
Social protection Committee
Regional development, economic growth, natural resources and strategic sectors Committee
Purchasing power, productivity, economic and social analyzes Committee
Transition from the informal economy to formal economy Committee

 
2. Is there in your country any institutions of social dialogue outside your institutions?
No
 
IV. Functioning of the ESC
 
1. Who convenes the Institution?
The president
 
2. Has the Institution a legal right to issue own-initiative opinion? Yes.
The NCSD may voluntarily take up questions relating to work and professional relations, which it deems worth raising and present proposals on this subject to the competent parties.
 
3.How are decisions taken inside the Institution
By vote ✅
By consensus ✅
 
4. What kind of payment do the Councillors receive: wage, compensation, other?
The councilors signs service contract
 
5. Is the Government obligated to follow the opinion issued by the Institution? 
No
 
6. Is the Government obligated to report on the fate of the Institution opinions?
No
 
7. Are there official publications of the Institution opinions? 
Yes
 
8. Is the public opinion informed about the Institution works? How?
Yes – website
 
9. What kind of relationship does the ESC have with civil society?
The NCSD examines legislation (laws+ decrees )relating to this field + strategy +document
Part of the Institution ☐
Institutionalised relation ☐
Uninstitutionalised relation ☐
Collaboration ✅
Participation in the drafting of reports ☐
Nothing at all ☐
 
V.Main technical areas of competencies
 
Since the Council discusses topics upon social partners´ interest and request, all the mentioned fields are subject of discussion within the Working Teams and Plenary Session.
Agriculture ✅
Civil Society ☐
Corporate Social Responsibility ☐
Culture ☐
Education and Training ✅
Employment policy and labour market regulation ✅
Environmental Policy ☐
European Affairs ☐
Financial and Economic Policies ✅
Fiscal and Taxation Policies ✅
Fundamental principles and rights at work ✅
Gender equality and anti-discrimination ☐
Governance ☐
Health and Medical Policy ☐
Infrastructure, Transport, and Energy Policies ☐
International affairs ☐
Labour Law reform ✅
Legal Affairs ☐
Productivity and competitiveness ✅
Science, Technology and Innovation Strategy and Industrial Policy ☐
Social Affairs ✅
Social Dialogue and Tripartism ✅
Industrial relations and Collective bargaining ☐
Dispute prevention and resolution ☐
Social Security and Social Protection ✅
Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) ✅
Territorial Management ✅
Workplace compliance and working conditions ✅
Youth Employment ☐
Other : *The NCSD may voluntarily take up questions relating to work and professional relations which it deems worth raising and present proposals on this subject to the competent parties.
 
VI. Brief description of major results obtained by your Institution in the last 3 years
Please give examples (Recommendations issued, Reports, Collective Agreements concluded, Conflict prevention and social peace obtained, National policies or legal frameworks including recommendations, Reform of your institution) and attached relevant documents
Collective agreements concluded: wage increase agreement in the private sector of the period (2022-2024) concluded on January 01, 2022 – see attached document
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