Within the framework of the second phase of the SOLiD project and to stimulate and enhance social dialogue and support the skills of the social partners, a training workshop was held on 23 and 24 September 2021 in Beirut-Lebanon with the participation of representatives of employers’ confederation such as the Association of Lebanese Industrialists and the Chamber of Commerce, Industry and Agriculture.
The aim was to discuss new concepts about the comprehensive multilateral social dialogue as a tool to solve the crisis and to negotiate an economic recovery program for a solution to achieve sustainable development.
Lebanon witnessed an unprecedented economic crisis that coincided with the worst collapse of the local currency and the scarcity of the dollar, besides the high rate of inflation, which made finding an economic reform plan and developing the negotiation path very urgent and important to avoid a social explosion.
The main objective of this workshop was to present social dialogue as a tool to address the most important issues in the current situation, and to define the role of all parties to move forward in effective negotiations and to provide alternatives and solutions based on consensus to overcome crises and achieve sustainable development goals.
This training was an opportunity for representatives of employers in Lebanon to discuss the causes and coordination of the exacerbation of the crisis, the measures and proposals that should be negotiated with the social partners. The advantages of using multilateral social dialogue to engage all actors and decision-makers and ensure their involvement in defining a roadmap for achieving economic growth and sustainable development were also discussed.
This workshop is part of a set of training courses for different target groups in the countries of the second phase of the SOLiD project, followed by several bilateral and multilateral meetings and workshops in order to build an inclusive and structured social dialogue.
