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Civic Policies and Democratic Political Process

Bulgaria on the Threshold of the European Union: Trilateral Co-operation and Development of Industrial Relations

 The project was aimed at establishing an effective system for trilateral co-operation and dialogue between social partners in the field of industrial relations in Bulgaria on the basis of European historical experience and the principles laid down in the European Social Charter ratified in 2000.

The project was implemented within the enlisted by PHARE ACCESS 2000 Program priorities related to the adoption and adaptation of EU Community law as well as European practices in the field of social and economic development. Practical instruments were applied to test several models and mechanisms for partnership and representation of interests of each participant in the trilateral dialogue. These models and mechanisms are pertinent to the European legislative principles.

The project offers complete systematic assessment of the achievements and deficits of trilateral partnerships, which are the main mechanisms of social co-operation in Bulgaria at present and develops an effective system for interaction of organized interests in the public sphere as an instrument for political representation, which are complementary to the institutions of parliamentary democracy.

 

 

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The Institute for Regional and International Studies (IRIS) is an independent, non-government think tank. IRIS was established on June 11, 1997 by leading Bulgarian public and political figures, NGO leaders and prominent Bulgarian scholars in international relations, Balkan studies, history, social and political science, anthropology and economics.
 
The Institute for Regional and International Studies initiates, develops and implements civic strategies for democratic politics on national, regional and international level. The Institute promotes the values of democracy, civil society, freedom and respect of law, assists the process of Bulgarian integration in NATO and the EU and provides public policy analyses on current domestic and international issues. IRIS represents a strategic combination of advocacy-oriented and education-oriented think tank.