Center for Social Security and Regional Initiatives,
WG 5. Social and labor policy and social dialogue
Today in Ukraine, social dialogue is regulated by relevant institutions, whose activities are based on the ideal model formulated by the ILO. Experience in implementing dialogue initiatives in territorial communities of the Kharkiv region indicates the presence of potential in the form of legally established instruments. At the same time, institutional and management reforms remain critically important areas that require attention.
The focus of our attention is the local, or level of united territorial communities. The previous activities of the initiative team revealed discrepancies between the ideal and real models of social dialogue at the local levels. Thus, in terms of labor relations themselves, the problem of representation, procedure and, as a result, adherence to the principles of social dialogue at the ATC level remains unresolved.
At the same time, we cannot forget about the existing task of social dialogue in Ukraine — preserving local labor markets as a basic resource for the development or restoration of human capital of communities. This requires a certain level of social cohesion — the ability of community members to cooperate. It is clear that no society can be absolutely cohesive. But the pursuit of this is one of the tasks of the Council of Europe, on which the European Committee on Social Cohesion (CCS) is working.
The question remains open as to what should be the basis — social cohesion as a prerequisite for dialogue, or stable dialogue mechanisms as a prerequisite for social cohesion?
The initiative is aimed at: identifying the potential impact of the social dialogue system on the creation or maintenance of human capital of communities on the basis of ensuring key criteria for social cohesion; developing the possibilities of functional connections within the community in order to form an appropriate level of social cohesion and preserve human capital; identifying opportunities for adjusting formalized means of organizing interaction between community members on the basis of social dialogue, taking into account the realities of war.
This activity was carried out through a cycle of qualitative research, discussion of their results, and, within the framework of the advocacy process, contributed to the development of recommendations for both the AHs of Kharkiv region and other regions of Ukraine.
Analitical document Social dialogue tools as a mechanism for social cohesion at the community level