Global Dialogue Forum on Challenges to Collective Bargaining in the Public Service
The purpose of the Forum was for tripartite participants to discuss the impact of the economic and financial crisis on collective bargaining in the public service and other challenges to the development of good labour relations.
The Global Dialogue Forum on Challenges to Collective Bargaining in the Public Service was held at the International Labour Office in Geneva from 2 to 3 April 2014. The Governing Body of the ILO had proposed the convening of the Forum at its 317th Session (March 2013) and approved the Forum’s composition at its 319th Session (October 2013). The Office had prepared an Issues paper and suggested points for discussion, which would serve as a basis for the Forum’s deliberations.
The purpose of the Forum was for tripartite participants to discuss the impact of the economic and financial crisis on collective bargaining in the public service and other challenges to the development of good labour relations, with a view to adopting points of consensus on a way forward, based on the 2013 General Survey and discussions on it at the 102nd Session of the International Labour Conference (ILC).
The Forum was attended by 127 participants, including 80 Government representatives and advisers from 41 member States, as well as 29 Worker and 13 Employer participants, and seven observers from intergovernmental organizations (IGOs) and international non-governmental organizations (INGOs).
