The social partners will be engaged in an assessment exercise on the business environment of the Republic of Moldova

According to the Decent Work Country Program for 2016-2020, the International Labor Organization (ILO) is organizing the official launching of the tripartite business evaluation process in Moldova, on 17 May, in Chisinau, where the National Trade Union Confederation of Moldova (CNSM) participates as a social partner. On the eve of the event, CNSM leadership had a working meeting with ILO representatives on 16 May to discuss the details of this process.

The purpose of the assessment is to identify by consensus and dialogue the priority directions for relevant and beneficial public reforms and policies for all stakeholders – Government, Trade Unions and Employers.

Oleg Budza, president of the CNSM, made a reflection on the current situation regarding social dialogue, in the field of occupational safety and health, as well as the socio-economic situation. “Although some progress has been made in combating the phenomenon of wage payment” in the envelope “and the informal economy, there is still a need for many concerted actions in this direction. At the same time, we want to be approved in the autumn of this year the unitary wage law in the budgetary system. The salaries in the Republic of Moldova are still low, migration is increasing and another problem is already emerging – businessmen do not find qualified specialists. We hope that in this tripartite exercise we will find solutions to these, but also to other socio-economic problems that affect the society,” said Oleg Budza.

Judith Van Doorn, an ILO expert on small and medium-sized enterprises in Geneva, Switzerland, reported on the methodology used by ILO in this approach, which involves taking several steps: identifying problems and solutions; their analysis; conducting additional sociological research; drafting an evaluation report; the implementation of the action plan by the social partners. A wider description of this methodology and the roles of social actors will be presented at the official launch of the tripartite process of assessment of the business environment on May 17.

The Decent Work Country Program promotes decent work, both as a key component of development policies and as a goal of national government policy and social partners. It is a medium-term planning framework that guides ILO activity in a country, in line with the priorities and objectives agreed with the tripartite constituents. The program can be accessed here.

Department of mass media and international relations of CNSM