Canak new chairman of Social, Economic Council

BELGRADE - The Social and Economic Council appointed Monday President of the Trade Union Confederation "Independence " Branislav Canak as chairperson of the Council, for the period from 7 April 2014 to 7 April 2015, it was stated at the Council's session.

Members of the Council at the regular 53rd session thanked Serbian Prime Minister Ivica Dacic for chairing this body so far.

The Council adopted documents regulating the internal functioning of the Council.
The Council also appointed members of the Steering Committee for the project "Improvement of the social dialogue", which is financed from the IPA funds.

The duration of the project is two years and the signatories of the twinning agreement are the Serbian Ministry of Labor and Social Policy and the Slovak Agency for Regional Development.

The general objective of the project is strengthening of the social dialogue at all levels in Serbia with a view to creating possibilities for the social dialogue to become an efficient element of programming, formulating and implementing of social and economic reforms, the statement reads.

Photo Tanjug, T.Valic