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UNI Europa ICTS paves the way for social dialogue in the IT sector



UNI Europa ICTS has successfully paved the way for a future social dialogue in the IT sector. In the framework of a EU funded project, UNI Europa ICTS has engaged in discussions with PIN SME, the association of SME employers in the IT sector, in order to evaluate possible fields of cooperation in a future social dialogue.



In several round table meetings that provided a forum for a first contact between employee representatives of the ICT sector and their counterparts on the employer side, UNI Europa ICTS and PIN SME seized the opportunity to address issues of common interest and to agree on joint statements on mobility, intellectual property, gender balance and e-skills.



The debates showed the need for a closer cooperation and dialogue between the small and medium IT employers and the UNI Europa ICTS affiliates both at national and European level.



As a result of this first and encouraging project, the SME employer organization and UNI Europa ICTS have agreed to continue their fruitful cooperation with follow up activities in 2012 with the overall objective to build a real social dialogue in the IT sector in the next couple of years.