1. 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

2. 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…)

3. 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

4. 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

5. 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

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

7. 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’

8. 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

9. 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

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

11. 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