La 4e de couverture indique : "The Essence of Social Dialogue contains the proceedings of the first seminar held by the European Platform on Social Dialogue (EPOS). EPOS is a joint venture between various Western European universities belonging to the European Working Group on Labour Law, the Belgian Federal Public Service Labour and Social Dialogue, and several universities and labour ministry officials from Eastern Europe and Turkey. The International Labour Organisation's Sub-Regional Office in Budapest was also involved in the realisation of the network's first activities. EPOS seeks to observe the evolution of regulations on social dialogue within the network. In addition to providing a comprehensive overview of the various national legal systems, the book contains a comparative study on “collective bargaining at enterprise level”. This book and initiative would not have been possible without the expertise and the financial and administrative support of the Belgian Ministry and EWL. The EWL is deeply indebted to the Flemish Fund for Scientific Research for its generous assistance."

This publication contains eight essays which explore the changing role of trade unions in ex-communist countries during the 15 years of transition from a planned to a market economy. It is intended to provide a mechanism to stimulate debate and discussion amongst trade unions in the region as to how they can improve representation of members, examine structures and strengthen their influence in public policy. It seeks to provide a framework for the process of union strategic planning, and also to help guide ILO technical work in this area.

"SALTSA, a joint programme for working life research in Europe"--P. facing t.p.

Describes the social dialogue, the role of social partners, its background, development, operation and achievements, and the challenges it faces today, and focuses mainly on bipartite dialogue between the social partners. Looks at how social dialogue has evolved at the level of individual Member States in response to the economic crisis.