How the countries in South East Europe are dealing with DWCP’s P. Morgado de Carvalho

1. How the countries in South East Europe are dealing with DWCP’s P. Morgado de Carvalho Dusseldorf, 6 November 2009

2. To realize ILO and IALI’ s objectives to achieve safe and decent standards of work in every country, it was established a regional alliance of Labour Inspections of Southern Eastern Countries, Azerbaijan, Ukraine (Albania, Azerbaijan, Bosnia Herzgovina, Bulgaria, FYR Macedonia, Greece, Moldova, Montenegro, Serbia, Srpska Republic, Brno District and Ukraine)

3. DecentWorkCountryProgrammesand RALI – Whatbringsthemtogheter? COMMON OBJECTIVES enriched knowledge and better understanding of the positive national traditions and experiences assistance in resolving cross-border problems publication and dissemination of materials facilitating the activities of the labour inspectors development of a reliable and efficient system for rapid information exchange between labour inspectorates

4. Regional High-Level Conference 25–26 May 2008, Sofia organised by the Ministry of Labour and Social Policy of the Republic of Bulgaria participation of representatives of the ILO Training Center in Turin Joint Declaration in support of the initiative for regional cooperation

5. 1st Regional Conference of the Labour Inspectorates25-27 September 2008, Sofia First Regional Conference and Regional Alliance of the Labour Inspectorates of Southeastern Europe, Azerbaijan and Ukraine organised on the initiative of the Minister of Labour and Social Policy of the Republic of Bulgaria; participation of IALI President, representatives of ILO and 12 Labour Inspectorates. DISCUSSED TOPICS State and Trends in OS&H and Labour Inspection in South East Europe A New ILO Approach to Labour Inspection Problems and Challenges in the Development of the Labour Inspectorates Why Regional Cooperation in LI is Vital for a Safe and Fair Globalised World 1st Presidency of RALI was decided to be held by Bulgarian LI

6. Regional AllianceofLabourInspectorates (RALI) Objectives for 2009: Acquisition of key skills and broadening labour inspectors’ knowledge on integrated labour inspection through training on five basic modules: Preventive Methods of Inspection; Social Skills; Occupational Hygiene; Technical Safety and Hazardous Substances; Tripartite Collaboration ALSO: Study visits on specific topics Provision of training on topics covered by SLIC’s annual campaign. First Regional Conference and Regional Alliance of the Labour Inspectorates of Southeastern Europe, Azerbaijan and Ukraine

7. Regional AllianceofLabourInspectorates (RALI) Resultsandoutcomes: Joint seminars and other events RALI website (by the initiative of Bulgaria) Focal points appointment in development Training for 21 labour inspectors from Bosnia Federation and Srpska Republic on OSH and on integrated labour inspection (that took place in Bulgaria) First Regional Conference and Regional Alliance of the Labour Inspectorates of Southeastern Europe, Azerbaijan and Ukraine

8. Regional Alliance of Labour Inspectorates (RALI) • Other conferences: • Tri-partite Regional Conference, February 2009, Tbilisi, Georgia Presentation by the former Presidency of RALI within thematic area II – ‘Ways and Means of Forging Better Cooperation on Combating All Forms of Human Trafficking between Law Enforcement Authorities’

9. Conferences: 2nd Conference of the Regional Association of Labour Inspections, Azerbaijan and Ukranie Republic of Serbia 7-9 October 2009 (RALI Labour Inspections, IALI and ILO experts) Main conclusions /1 • development of joint guidelines for the purpose of creating and further development of integrated/coordinated labour inspection system that will be implemented through modern planning, new training programmes • continuous cooperation with ILO and IALI is more than necessary • policies, systems and programmes on occupational safety and health should be established, with legislations, supervision of compliance with laws and social dialogues as key elements

10. Conferences: 2nd Conferenceofthe Regional AssociationofLabourInspections, AzerbaijanandUkranie Republic of Serbia 7-9 October 2009 Main conclusions /2 • new training courses for labour inspectors, programmes and plans, as well as campaigns in Labour Inspections should be carried out and implemented in accordance with relevant ILO Conventions and EU Directives, for the purpose of promotion of capacities and effectiveness of Labour Inspections • agreement that Labour Inspectorate of the Republic of Serbia will be the coordinator of RALI during the period of forthcoming year

11. Regional AllianceofLabourInspectorates (RALI) Work in progress provision of assistance to continue the process of ratification of ILO OSH Conventions and for harmonization of the national legislation with the EU Directives; • fair and objective performance standards to be developed in the labour inspection services and relevant measures to be taken to ensure that they are equipped with the capacity of collecting, analyzing and disseminating all available OSH data. • a ‘focal point’ in each member state of the Alliance, to ensure coordination, information exchange and to monitor and promote the national-level implementation of the common regional initiatives.

12. Regional AllianceofLabourInspectorates (RALI) Work in progress Third Conference of Regional Alliance of Labour Inspections of South Eastern Europe, Azerbaijan and Ukraine, will be organised by Labour Inspection of Azerbaijan on the 2nd half of 2010

13. Regional AllianceofLabourInspectorates (RALI) The Alliance will contribute to the achievement of ILO and IALI goals on the promotion of the implementation of their policies and activities, namely DWCP Within our Action Plan IALI , IALI will continue to contribute to the strenghtening of this important regional alliance and to the development of further regional alliances in order to have Labour Inspectorate systems in a process of continuous improvement .