On 22 October was held The regular meeting of the Executive Committee of the Pan-European Regional Council in Brussels
22 Oct 2018
The event was opened by the President of the organization and the President of the Confederation of Trade Unions of Georgia Irakli Petriashvili.
The minutes of the previous meeting of the Executive
Committee were approved. The Executive Secretary of the organization, Anton
Leppik, presented the annual report and work plan for the next year. Then the
reports of committees of youth and women were heard and approved.
At the meeting, the Director of the European Region of
the European Region of the International Labor Organization Heinz Koller
informed the participants. He noted that in recent years, the ILO had held
numerous events, seminars and scientific and practical conferences on priority
issues in the region. In May of this year, he emphasized a conference held in
Baku with the participation of the ILO Director-General Guy Ryder. He noted
that the ILO regional office, as well as monitoring the implementation of
international conventions adopted in European countries, helped unions.
The preparatory work for the congress of the
International Trade Union Confederation
was also discussed at
the meeting , which will be held in December. it
was noted that the list of participants has already been prepared, all the
technical work has been completed. The initial agenda of the congress was sent
to member organizations.
The meeting was also attended by elected representatives
of the International Confederation of Trade Unions in the European region. The
candidates to be nominated are the vice presidents, the head of the General
Council and the list of members of the Executive Committee.
Wages in Europe were also discussed at the meeting of the
Executive Committee. President
of the European Trade Unions Confederation Luca Ventsini delivered a speech to
the participants of the meeting. The Secretary-General of the UN General
Assembly, Shang Barrow, said that the head of the organization is campaigning
on issues related to wages on a global scale. Then there was a lot of talk
about the difficulties faced by trade unions in Kazakhstan, Belarus and Turkey,
and about the help they can bring to the organization.
The
event was attended by Vice-President of the International Confederation of
Trade Unions and the Pan-European Regional Council, member of the Executive
Committee, Chairman of the Azerbaijan
Trade Unions Confederation, member of the Parliament Sattar Mehbaliyev. He
commented on the issues on the agenda and said that he would continue to
provide the necessary support to the organization.
The meeting was attended by Deputy Chairman of the
Confederation of Trade Unions of Azerbaijan Agil Dadashov and Deputy Director
of the Department of International Relations Fuad Mamedov
