1. Steering Committee Luxembourg, 9.10.2012 D.Sakařová

2.  SLOVENIA – Zreče, 25.-27.9.2012  Agenda:  Recent development in Europe  Country reports  Nomination to „Financial Working Group“  Possible cooperation with other regions  Next Meeting  Key topics for next Meeting

4.  All available country reports will be available in the Industriall web sites – section Regions  Covered issues:  Involved unions  TU Membership  Basic information about individual countries  Main problems of the given countries  TU Aims for the near future  Brief information about Collective bargaining systems

5. Note: Data on behalf of the whole economy calculated to full yearly jobs. Data for Eurozone are imbalanced average of EU-15 countries, e.g. without Cyprus and Malta, for which the data are not available. Source: OECD. Stat, ČNB calculation Exchange Rate Recalculation Purchasing Power Parity Recalculation

6. Source: Eurostat

7.  Economic downturn / production-investment /  Loss in Competitiveness (-12 ranks )  Reduction in real wages ( changes in taxes, inflation, income)  Attack against workers' rights (lack of interest reconciliation, new LC, flexibility without security)  Attack against union rights / strike right, LC /  Attack against institutions of democracy / (Constitutional Court, Media Law, new Electoral Law)  Attack against social welfare system ( unemployment- and social benefits, health care )  Hopelessness of young people ( education, tuition fee, increased migration)

8.  The slowdown of economic activity in Slovenia’s main trading partners in the second quarter of 2012  A decline in domestic demand and a drop of exports  An increase in the number of people registered as unemployed in the country  The volume of loans granted by domestic banks to Slovenian companies is decreasing  Lack of trust among the social partners and apathy in the population thinking that nothing can be done to improve the situation substantially

9.  Economy is stagnating, GDP level from the year 2008 was not yet overcome  We „harvest the fruits“ of governmental policy failures from the nineties (coupon privatisation and destruction of production capacities)  Recently it is about competition for lowest taxation  Government is not able to estimate the perspectives of economic development (failures in crisis impacts estimation in 2009)

10.  High level of unemployment (young people till the age of 35)  Week enforcement of law, long court cases  Public finances consolidation  Minimum labour standards are not observed, weaker labour protection of employees  Low wage level, low purchasing power  High level of inflation, increase of energy prices

11.  Increase of Pension Age  Problems with dialog with the Polish Government  People are not implementing their knowledge's in Poland – searching work in abroad  Employers are not members of Employers Associations – problems in collective bargaining

12. Rotation Principle  Spring: Slovakia – week 25.-29.3.2013 (3 days including arrival/departure)  Autumn:  Czech Republic

13.  Restructuring and the Role of Trade Unions in Restructuring  Crisis – approaches and steps of individual Governments