When Who Where How ITEM – FIRST SEMINAR 21st to 23d october 2015 After ETUC Congress At the end of the Open Assembly Process (ASO) Autumn School Who Confederal Committee (GS of Sectors, Territories + Exec. Com.) 15 colleagues sleeping there 5 colleagues assisting daily bas. 5 trainers Where Sant Hilari Sacalm (mountains) Isolated comfortable place ‘Secret place’ – Expectation Bus transport – Shuttle car After ETUC Congress How Working with Union School (Escola de Formació Sindical) Dynamic Pedagogical approach Materials (ETUC congres + sp.) Intensive planning

General Objective: Specific Objectives: ITEM – FIRST SEMINAR General Objective: “Improve use of European Information + Consultation tools at CCOO of Catalonia” Specific Objectives: Knowledge of european TU priorities &challenges in the framwork of the XIIIth ETUC Congress Promote importance of ‘union confluence’ in Europe Presentation of existent tools and instances to exercise Information and Consultation rights Promote improvement and creation of European Work Councils Dinamization and cohesion of the leading team of CCOO of Catalonia. Reinforce internal debate and renewal of Trade Union culture facing new challenges (Europe…)

Seminar Structure: ITEM – FIRST SEMINAR 1.- The ETUC Congress. Central pillars. The Paris Manifesto. The roll of ETUC 2.- Different Trade Union models in Europe. Different histories, same challenges 3.- Diversity of models = diversity of answers to the crises. References 4.- Union models are relative. What about a european model? 5.- How can we get nearer? Common Information and Consultatio ressources: ETUC, EF, IRTUCs, EWCs, Projects… 6.- EWC an important oportunity to improve an develope a coherent Union action at European level. 7.- Evaluation

European Framework. The ETUC congress . European TU priorities ITEM – FIRST SEMINAR European Framework. The ETUC congress . European TU priorities Format: Intervention of GS: Joan Carles Gallego

Europe. Different TU models. Why are they different? ITEM – FIRST SEMINAR Europe. Different TU models. Why are they different? Format: Introduction and 4 Working Groups

What about a European Trade Union Model? ITEM – FIRST SEMINAR What about a European Trade Union Model? Format: Introduction and 4 Working Groups

Dynamization and retention of concepts. Role play ITEM – FIRST SEMINAR Dynamization and retention of concepts. Role play Take the first letter of the name of the european norm that needs to be fulfilled and is directly applied in every Member State... The key word is ‘International’

Tools to improve European Trade Union confluence: ETUC, EWC… ITEM – FIRST SEMINAR Tools to improve European Trade Union confluence: ETUC, EWC… Format: introduction and open debate

EWC: A significant tool for Information and Consultation ITEM – FIRST SEMINAR EWC: A significant tool for Information and Consultation Specific ETUI presentation (translated into catalan) Some milestones: Central role of Unions coordinating EWC High priorioty: Good Training How important it is to choose the right EWC rep Fluent relations with European Federations Intervention in restructuring processes

Evaluation of the 1st ITEM Seminar… ITEM – FIRST SEMINAR Evaluation of the 1st ITEM Seminar… Success in “Participation, Attention, Retention…”

ITEM – FIRST SEMINAR The aim is to develope three courses for three different targets in the perspective of a holistic training approach to reinforce capacities at a TU regional level as CCOO de Catalunya works on. 21st-23d October 2015 Training for TU Officers (Territorial + Union level) January 2016 Training for Shop Stewards and TU Officers (Unions) March 2016 EWC members of enterpises participating in ITEM