GCTU Launches International Educational Program “Regulation of Labor Relations Based on Social Dialogue Principles”
The program is designed for specialists and trade union activists involved in collective bargaining at all levels of social partnership. It consists of four modules and will include about two hundred participants from six countries.
The first module—a lecture session—will be held on March 3, 2026. Leading experts from the General Confederation of Trade Unions, educational organizations of four national trade union centers (Belarus, Kyrgyz Republic, Russia, and Uzbekistan), and Lomonosov Moscow State University will deliver lectures.
Lecture topics are “Social Dialogue in a Polycentric World”, “Origins of Labor Regulation Based on Social Partnership Principles in Countries of the Turkic Legal Tradition”, “Corporate Social Dialogue Strategies: Cross-Border Aspect”, “Positioning of Trade Unions within the State-Oriented Model of Social Partnership”, “Effective Negotiations in the Tripartite System of Social Interaction”, “Integration of Social Dialogue Mechanisms in the Formation of National Digital Ecosystems”.
The second module—a practical session—will take place on April 28, 2026. Participants will review the GCTU report “On Improving the Social Partnership System of CIS Member States” and join a meeting of the GCTU Commission on the Protection of Socio-Economic Interests of Workers and Legal Issues.
The third module—an interactive session—is scheduled for May 19, 2026, and will be held as a roundtable on “Cross-Border Social Dialogue in the CIS Space.” During the discussion, participants will share their experiences in collective bargaining and receive feedback from leading experts of international industry trade union associations and national trade union centers.
The program will conclude with final testing (May 20–29). Participants who successfully complete the course will receive certificates from the General Confederation of Trade Unions.
This is the second international educational program launched by the GCTU in the past six months. For the first time, the CIS Executive Committee is serving as an informational partner for the program.
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