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Since 1993 Seville has been taking part in the
Tripartite Agreements. All the signed Social Harmony Agreements have had a positive effect
during the 90s on the economic and
social development of Andalusia by promoting several actions to
improve competition in the Andalusian economy. Moreover, these agreements have helped the
Regional Government of Andalucia to become a
reference, from an economic and
social perspective, not only in Spain, but also in the European Union
context. Furthermore, the European Commission has considered these experiences a complete success,
due to Andalusia’s ability to face up to a new
economic scene.
The last Social Harmony Agreement was signed in Seville on 23th
of May, 2001 by the regional government of Andalucia
and with the Business Confederation of Seville and the Trade Union (CCOO). This Social Harmony Agreement, consists of
five key elements: active policies intended for employment, improvement of
competition and internationalization of Andalusian
Companies, establishment of a knowledge society ,
economic planning, and improvement of
labour relations. Moreover, this
agreement includes new points, not dealt with in the previous pacts,
such as the establishment of a knowledge
society, in which the environment has been taken into account with the idea of
its sustainability being an instrument for future progress.
These Social Harmony Agreements contain a wide range of compromises which
all signatories must respect. As such, all parties to these agreements have promoted their dissemination through communication campaigns or the creation of a
website or some other medium or activity. It should not be forgotten that these
pacts are also supposed
to be a permanent social
dialogue that require a range of
measures and actions to guarantee
the efficiency of the achieved
agreements. For that reason, there is the need for the creation of institutional working
groups and forums, to go ahead with these pacts.
For more information please
visit the home page of the regional government of Andalusia: www.juntadedalucia.es
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