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We provide training to strengthen employers’ organizations (EOs) in areas which are strategic for economic growth, governance, development and poverty alleviation. Our activities have a double objective:
- Strengthen the functioning of the employers’ organizations and
- Strengthen their capacity to influence the business and political environment.
Our training activities are structured around 4 building blocks:
1st building block: Effective Employers’ Organizations - Standard Course
- Systematic overview of the functioning of EOs: Governance, Strategy and Planning, Lobbying, Membership and Income structures etc.
- For executives, leaders of technical departments or new recruits
2nd building block: In-depth courses on strengthening Employers’ Organizations
- In-depth training to
- Increase internal efficiency (strategic planning, outreach to members, retention strategies, resource mobilisation etc.),
- Maximise policy influence (lobbying strategy and techniques, social dialogue, communication etc.) &
- Manage services to members (fully-fledged services offers, training services, OSH services etc.)
- For management and staff members involved in development strategies
3rd building block: Transversal skills for Employers
- Competence development on cross-cutting technical aspects: macroeconomic concepts for efficient social dialogue; negotiation skills for employers’; implications of International Labour Standards for employers’ etc.
- For board members and EOs’ professional staff
4th building block: Maximising Employers’ Organizations’ impact on Policy Areas
- Thematic training activities to increase EOs expertise and impact on their business and political environment (employment and youth employment policies, skills policies, international trade, combating child labour, OSH strategies, HIV/AIDS, conflict resolution mechanisms, CSR etc.)
- For leaders and senior technical staff involved in policy issues
