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SUMMARY 1)THE EUROPEAN SOCIAL DIALOGUE 2)HOW IT WORKS: ACTORS, MECHANISMS AND OUTCOMES 3)CEC AS A SOCIAL PARTNER 4)CONCLUSIONS: WHAT CHALLENGES FOR CEC? 5)FOCUS – OUR CURRENT AND FUTURE ACTIVITIES

1) THE EUROPEAN SOCIAL DIALOGUE A double understanding

the interaction of social partners, with or without the supervision of public authorities, with a public relevance/acknowledgement the institutional framework set at EU level recognizing the autonomy, independence and the obligation to recur to it in EU procedures

1) THE EUROPEAN SOCIAL DIALOGUE Why a European social dialogue?

a) social dialogue as a distinctive trait of the European social model b) growing interdependence of European economies because of the internal market c) employment and social affairs increasingly treated as EU competence (application of the

• pen method of coordination)

1) THE EUROPEAN SOCIAL DIALOGUE The structure

Horizontal dimension: the level (sectoral or cross- industry) area of intervention Vertical dimension: the form (bipartite or tripartite) nature of the actors

Our focus: CROSS-INDUSTRY EU SOCIAL DIALOGUE

For the employees: For the employers:

2) HOW IT WORKS: THE ACTORS

a) the cross-industry European Social Partners b) the EU institutions

2) HOW IT WORKS: MECHANISMS Treaty provisions

• art. 154 TFEU CONSULTATION of EU Social

Partners by the European Commision on proposals in the social affairs/employment field

• Art. 155 TFEU freedom of NEGOTIATION of

EU Social Partners on issues of common interest, irrespective of the motivations and implementation tools

3) CEC AS A SOCIAL PARTNER Brief history

1.1951 founding in Rome as CIC 2.1989 CIC becomes CEC 3.1999 creation of the Liaison Committee with Eurocadres 4.2009 official acknowledgment by the European Commission 5.2013 Eurofound study confirms representativeness of CEC

3) CEC AS A SOCIAL PARTNER Our structure

16 National interprofessional

• rganizations

9 European professional federations General Assembly Steering Committee Executive Board Officers team

3) CEC AS A SOCIAL PARTNER Where do we stand now

• CEC as a member of the ETUC delegation within

the framework of the Liaison Committee: alternate seat at the Tripartite Social Summit and some negotiation rounds (with Eurocadres), 1 seat at the Social Dialogue Committee, other negotiations and advisory groups.

• current activity: negotiation on intergenerational

solidarity and active ageing, consultation of the European pillar of social rights

• European Manifesto of management

4) CONCLUSIONS: WHAT CHALLENGES FOR CEC?

• Balance between need to express the specificity
• f managers and guarantee visibility within the

ETUC delegation

• “hybrid” nature of managers in a black or white

system (European Commission)

• CEC as an autonomous social partner on an equal

footing – diversity as a strength (ETUC)

• internally: “two-pillar” model
• is the crisis of Europe reverberating on European

umbrella organizations? – need to reform our structure

FOCUS - our current and future activities

• from our action plan:

Our overall goal is to be perceived as the voice of managers in Europe

a) Strengthening CEC identity as a social partner and its capacity to negotiate institutional role b) Increasing CEC impact as public affairs player more lobbying c) Perceiving CEC as an organization of leaders management issues d) Bring CEC to its full potential to communicate

FOCUS - our current and future activities

• Request for funding to the European Commission

through a European project – Major Mind

• topic: the digital revolution (Industry 4.0) and its impact
• n industrial relations – new jobs, new skills, new models for

social dialogue

• partners: Federmanager, Federmanager Academy,

Università di Roma Tor Vergata, Ledarna, ULA

• supporters: CIDA and Eurocadres
• duration: 2 years (Jan 2017 – Oct 2018)

THANK YOU FOR YOUR ATTENTION!

Luigi Caprioglio, CEC Secretary General

Rome, 26 November 2016