The sixth autonomous work programme of the European social partners supports the objectives of the 2016 quadri-partite statement on “A New Start for Social Dialogue1”

  1. to strengthen social dialogue at European and national levels;
  2. to foster the role and influence of national social partners in the European semester;
  3. to step up capacity building support to national social partners, notably through the European Social Fund.

The 2019-2021 Work-Programme addresses the six following priorities:

DIGITALISATION

IMPROVING THE PERFORMANCE OF LABOUR MARKETS AND SOCIAL SYSTEMS

SKILLS

ADDRESSING PSYCHOSOCIAL ASPECTS AND RISKS AT WORK

CAPACITY BUILDING FOR A STRONGER SOCIAL DIALOGUE

CIRCULAR ECONOMY