Building Better Industrial Relations for Sustainable Development

The project aims to contribute to ensuring decent work through peaceful industrial relations for sustainable development with a view to creating virtuous cycle between better productivity, competitiveness and better working conditions. The project plans to develop a multi-pronged approach to address industrial relation challenges at – national, sectoral and enterprise level. a) At the national level, a. Raise awareness on labour legislation in order to enhance effective implementation of the ratified Conventions. This will be done through tripartite/bipartite seminars, advisory missions, expert advice and the development and provision of advocacy materials. b. Strengthening institutions that can facilitate sound industrial relations. This will be done through capacity building for workers’ and employers’ organizations; and the strengthening of administrative capacity for labour inspection and the resolution of labour disputes. c. Develop guidelines for tripartite/bipartite consultations to enhance the capacity of tripartite partners and other relevant stakeholders d. Enhance the Capacity of policy makers and legislators to align and implement policies with ratified conventions e. Strengthen tripartite institutions to address issues affecting workers and employers efficiently and effectively b) At the sectoral level a. Sectoral initiative will be undertaken to strengthen employers’ organisations/associations and trade unions to address issues of industrial relations, working conditions and productivity that are specific to each sector. c) At the enterprise level, a. Provide training on industrial relations through joint training of managers and workers on workplace cooperation and negotiations skills and on how to generate and share productivity gains. b. Assist in setting up workers and employers committees at the enterprise level to promote peaceful industrial relations c. Promote the implementation of the newly adopted OSH policy. d. Promote Alternative Dispute Resolution (ADR) mechanisms and strengthen the capacity of institutions rendering ADR services including those in the private sector

Project symbol

ETH/14/02/DAN

Admin unit

CO-Addis Ababa

Start date

01/01/2015

End date

30/06/2017

Total allocation

795356

Total expenditure

Status

Closed

702932

Development Partners

Denmark, Danish International Development Agency

Country/Countries

Ethiopia

Outcomes

Strong and representative employers' and workers' organizations