The Secretary General of BUSINESSMED, Mrs Jihen Boutiba Mrad, co-chaired the 3^rd workshop on social dialogue that took place in Torino, on February 2^nd and 3^rd 2016.

As a joint initiative of the UfM, the European Commission, the Directorate-General for Neighborhood and Enlargement Negotiations and the Directorate-General for Employment, the ad hoc working group was held in order to develop the necessary conditions for the proper Bipartite and tripartite social dialogue in the region.

As an efficient social dialogue is necessary to effectively tackle informality, the tripartite working group was organized to prepare recommendations for the next Ministerial Meeting in order to establish a pilot project in some countries such as Tunisia, Morocco and Jordan to strengthen social dialogue’s institutions.

Another working group will take place in September 2016 in order to ensure follow up actions.