03 September 2010 Jan Lundin is the new head of the CBSS Secretariat The new Director General of the CBSS Secretariat, Jan Lundin, has started his work on 1 September 2010. He is the successor of Gabriele Kötschau also in the BSLN Steering Committee. At the 19th BSPC in ... read more
BSLN as observer at the 19th Baltic Sea Parliamentary Conference in Mariehamn (Åland-Islands)
30 August 2010 BSLN as observer at the 19th Baltic Sea Parliamentary Conference in Mariehamn As last year, the BSLN project was invited to participate in the Baltic Sea Parliamentary Conference as observer. The conference took place ... read more
BSLN as observer at the 19th Baltic Sea Parliamentary Conference in Mariehamn (Åland-Islands)
20 May 2010 BSLN mid-term conference The BSLN mid-term conference "Working for sustainable labour markets was hold on 11 May 2010 in Vilnius. It was a very successful and fruitful conference. All presentations are available now ... read more
7 May 2010 BSLN Best-Practise Pilot Projects German/Polish pilot: Cross border information and competence centre to forster mobility of labour and vocational training. The border region betwee Poland and Germany is marked by differences in the ... read more
28 April 2010 Towards the qualitative interview study-social participation of immigrant workers in Finland To date, Finland has not been a country of immigration. The relative ammount of immigrants is still one of the smallest in Europe and the percentage og foreign citizens is about 3% of thw hole population. read more
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Towards the qualitative interview study – social participation of immigrant workers in Finland
17 April 2010 Swedish pilot: Infrastructure project on mobility of labour in the Baltic Sea region Companies and labours now move freely over borders within the EU. This has gone already unnoticed. Despite it begin generally known and much discussed, there are large knowledge gaps to close as regards the conditions and circumstances under which companies conduct operations outside their own countries. read more
7 April 2010 BSLN Steering Committee meeting 2010 The 2nd BSLN Steering Committee meeting was held on 7 April 2010 in Gdansk, Poland.The members have already come to an agreement on a second common statement, which is a part of the political strategy that will be adopted by the tripartite Steering ... read more
20 January 2010 "Road to Recovery" Trade Union High Level Meeting The Baltic Sea Trade Union Network (BASTUN) held a High Level Meeting on 26 November in Vilnius, Lithuania. The meeting was a platform for the trade union movement of the Baltic Sea Region to ... read more
28 October 2009 Transnational social dialogue taking shape in the Baltic Region The first meeting of the Steering Committee took place on 9 October in Riga. Constructive discussions led to agreement on its role and working methods. It was emphasised that BSLN is filling a gap, as there are working groups for topics like .... read more
A successful start for the BSLN Steering Committee
The first meeting of the Steering Committee took place on 9 October in Riga. Constructive discussions led to agreement on its role and working methods. It was emphasised that BSLN is filling a gap, as there are working groups for topics like environmental issues, safety issues, sea traffic, crime etc,
26 October 2009 Working together for sustainable labour markets Statement of the BSLN Steering Committee The Baltic Sea is uniting a group of countries that have strong economic and political role in Europe. Economic cooperation, joint political bodies and initiatives as ... read more
21 October 2009 Building up network of knowledge The first meeting of the research working group was held on 18 September 2009 in Hamburg. The German partners BWH e.V. (Education and Training Centre for Hamburg Business - formerly ISH) and Nordmetall had invited the group members to discuss the labour market research activities within the project. It was one ... read more
21 September 2009 BSLN supports World Day for Decent Work On the 7th of October the BSLN project partner International Trade Union Confederation (ITUC) has launched the World Day for Decent Work. A variety of actions are organised worldwide in order to promote decent work standards. This year the day of action is devoted to social consequences of current economic and financial recession.
Decent work is a fundamental part of the sustainable labour market. Therefore, Baltic Sea Labour Network jointly supports the ITUC initiative and will continue to promote decent work standards in the BSLN activities.
07 September 2009 Baltic Sea parliamentarians give strong support to the Baltic Sea Labour Network The 18th Baltic Sea Parliamentary Conference (BSPC) was held on 31 August-1 September in Nyborg, Denmark. The Baltic Sea Labour Network (BSLN) was present at the conference and was given strong... read more Final report of the Working Group "Labour Market and Social Welfare"
06 July 2009 Mobility of Labour: Blessing or curse? Tripartite Forum on Mobility of Labour in the Baltic Sea Region was held on 25 November 2008 in Copenhagen, Denmark. It was organised by Baltic Sea Labour Network (BASTUN) and Council of Nordic Trade Unions (NFS), Friedrich Ebert-Stiftung (FES) and partly financed by EU. The forum was the ... read more
07 June 2009 National workshops as “starters“ As a starting point in the BSLN project, national workshops were held with all partners between December 2008 and April 2009. They were carried out in Finland, Sweden, Norway, Denmark, Germany, Poland, Estonia, Latvia and Lithuania. The idea of the workshops was to bring together the different partners, both employers ... read more
15 May 2009 The BSLN Facilitator Team as a good practice example for social dialogue The 10 member tripartite BSLN Facilitator Team is the operational driving force of the project and generates the transnational activities. Led by Kooperationsstelle Hamburg and including representatives from trade ... read more
30 April 2009 BSLN project meeting “in the middle of nowhere” The first BSLN project meeting at Hasenwinkel on 23-24 April 2009 substantially increased the population of this area, which normally has more resident dogs than people. Meeting in a stately home created a special atmosphere that stimulated the... read more
27 April 2009 Free movement of labour and effects of European Court ruling in the Laval-case Trade union conference, 19 February 2009, Stockholm What are the consequences of the European Court ruling in the Laval case for the Nordic labour market model, and how are they to be tackled on a national and European level? That was the overriding question at a conference organised in Stockholm on... read more
17 April 2009 BSLN Trade Union Partners: Belarusian and Baltic Sea Labour Markets Linked to Each Other Baltic Sea Trade Union Network (BASTUN) met in Minsk on 16 and 17 April. The purpose of the meeting was to examine the mobility of labour between Belarus and the Baltic Sea countries. In addition, a joint work plan for the Baltic Sea Labour Network ... read more
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