Strategy of the Project

In achieving these objectives, this Project shall involve a series of actions designed to highlight and disseminate information on the opportunities presented by European Works Councils, (EWC’s) and on the current best practices and practical solutions in setting up and running these Works Councils. These actions be structured in the following manner:

1) The establishment of a concerted, transnational effort for the promotion European Work Councils in three small new EU member states.

2) Research into best practices on the implementation primarily of Directives 94/45 and 2002/14/EC Directive and dissemination of the results.

3) The establishment of an information and promotion desk ,one in Malta, one in Estonia and one in Cyprus to function as a resource centre, library and helpdesk for any organisation interested in joining, establishing or running a European Works council.

4) Series of targeted training seminars to representatives of workers associations and employers associations on :

- The benefits of and best practices in joining, establishing, maintaining and participating in European Works Councils.

- The importance of and best practices in ensuring equal opportunities and promoting social inclusion in the field of information, consultation and participation of representatives of undertakings.

- The opportunities resulting from, and best practices in involving representatives of the new member states and candidate countries in the field of information, consultation and participation of workers.

- Importance of promoting innovative measures and techniques for anticipating change, and for the prevention and just resolution of disputes in the context of corporate restructuring, mergers, takeovers, and relocation.

- Importance of promoting innovative measures and techniques for supporting worker’s geographic and functional mobility through, inter alia, European Works Councils.