The International Trade Union Confederation (ITUC) with the support of BUSINESSMED organized on October the 2nd, the first conclusive conference for the promotion of Social dialogue in the Southern Mediterranean.

The event was held in the frame of the Pilot project for Promotion of social dialogue in the Southern Mediterranean (SOLiD), a project co-funded by the European Commission, with the participation of high-level representatives of the European Commission, of Governments, Employers Organizations, leaders of Trade Unions, civil society organizations, experts, local authorities, social dialogue institutions including Economic and Social Councils ESCs of the South & North of Mediterranean.

In the frame of this conference, a Symposium was organized to exam and agree on the last draft of a “Charter for the promotion of social dialogue in Southern of Mediterranean”, adopted by all the partners and target groups of SOLiD’s project.