The aim of this pre-defined project was to enhance the knowledge and capacity of the Cypriot authorities, social partners and other relevant stakeholders to ensure fair and decent working conditions for migrant workers in Cyprus, based on exchange of good practice from Norway.
It involved capacity building and training of the labour inspectorates of the two countries to strengthen their efforts in protecting migrant workers, in cooperation with social partners and NGOs, and aimed at exploring joint activities and cooperation to increase awareness, knowledge and a better coordination to ensure decent work for migrant workers and protect them from social dumping and exploitation.
This project included a formal cooperation between the Ministry of Labour and Social Insurance in Cyprus, which includes the Department of Labour Inspection, and the Norwegian Labour Inspectorate. For practical reasons, the Norwegian Labour Inspectorate was the project promoter, and signed the contract with the Fund Operator Innovation Norway.
Beneficiaries of the project were representatives from relevant ministries (12), social partners (14) and non-governmental organisations (4) which took part in the different training and capacity-building activities, including 30 persons from Cyprus and 6 from Norway. End beneficiaries were migrant workers, which will benefit from the project as a result of improved knowledge, practices and cooperation between relevant stakeholders in Cyprus.
The project involved the main social partner organisations from both the Greek Cypriot and Turkish Cypriot side, as well as two representatives from the Norwegian Confederation of Trade Unions (LO) and the Confederation of Norwegian Enterprise (NHO).
The main activities in the project were: a seminar in Cyprus, a study trip to Norway, and participation in the SDDW networking seminar in Prague.