Towards a European Sectoral Social Dialogue in Education

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Towards a European Sectoral Social Dialogue in
Education

• The state of the play
• Martin Rømer, ETUCE General Secretary
• Brussels, 4-5 June 2007

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The background

• Lisbon Process
• Education Training 2010
• Copenhagen Process
• Existing Dialogues
• Local Government/ Cross sectoral
• ( Central Government)

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The difficulties

• Education at all levels
• Who are the employers
• Where are the employers
• No national organisation
• No European organisation

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The preparations

• Study on the State of Social Dialogue in
  Education in Europe.
• Survey on the Employers in Education in Europe
• Sub-regional seminars

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What are we aiming at ?

• A sectoral Committee for Social Dialogue in
  Education in Europe
• Bipartite representation
• National follow-up structures

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What should we do in a dialogue?

• Influence European initiatives
• Interpret Framework Agreements
• Undertake studies and surveys
• Exchange of information and good practise.

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Examples

• The demographic challenge
• Professional development
• Carrier development
• Teacher education
• LLL
• Etc, etc

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Employers situation

• Diverse structure
• No organisation
• Internal competition
• But

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Getting an employers network

• Better coop at national level
• Relations with other employers in other countries
• And of course the dialogue with teachers
• What to lose ?
• Essential with trust and concensus.

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Teachers situation

• Organised at national and European level, however
  in some countries fractions of rival.
• Single representation a challenge
• -pre, primary and secondary education
• -VET
• -Higher Education

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Next steps

• The commitment and organisation of employers in
  education.
• The coop at national level.
• Statutes for the dialogue.
• Preliminary work programme.