STRONG project aimed to strengthen the social dialogue policies and practices in Bulgaria, to improve the tripartite dialogue and consultations at national, regional and local level, to stimulate the bilateral cooperation between Norway and Bulgaria sharing expertise, experience, knowledge and best practices.
The project aimed to raise the capacity of social partners to participate in the bipartite/tripartite cooperation through transfer of good practices, organization of study visits and trainings, and to improve the skills and knowledge of the stakeholders in dispute prevention and voluntary resolution in social dialogue. The activity list included triparitate dialogue, dispute resolution and online training platform, in particular:
- Research of best practices in tripartite dialogue in EU and Norway.
- Development of handbook “Voluntary dispute resolution – negotiations, mediation, conciliation, arbitration. Solving collective labour disputes”.
- Study visit to Norway for exchange of good practices with representatives of the Association of the Organisations of Bulgarian Employers.
- Organisation of 4 regional workshops with the participation of NHO in Sofia, Karlovo, Burgas and Varna.
- Development of on line training platform with four training modules –
- Module 1 – Conflict management
- Module 2 – Dealing with stress at workplace
- Module 3 – Good practices for efficient communication during negotiations
- Module 4 – Successful tactics in conducting negotiations
The target group consisted of social partners, including the four employers' organizations in Bulgaria: BICA, BIA, BCCI, and CEIB.