This body is competent to give advice on any subject of research and study related to the implementation of labour and social policy. It operates on two levels - in general assemblies and in sub-committees as follows:
a) remuneration and conditions of employment in the private sector;
b) remuneration and conditions of employment in the public sector;
c) equality between the sexes;
d) workers' health and safety; the title of this sub-committee is "Council of Health and Safety at Work";
e) promotion of international labour regulations and conventions.
The ASE is a tripartite body made up of government and employers' and employees' representatives. Sub-committee (c) above also includes local government representatives.
The National Council for Vocational Training and Employment (ESEKA)
The ESEKA advises the government on the direction that vocational training and employment should follow at national level. It also fosters coordination between the organisations that implement vocational training and employment measures and generally directs their activities according to the national development programme.
The members of ESEKA are representatives from:
- the national authorities and major employer and union organisations, namely the Confederation of Greek Industry (SEB), the Greek Trade Union Confederation (GSEE) and local administrations;
- the Pan-Hellenic Confederation of Associations of Agricultural Cooperatives (PASEGES) and the General Greek Confederation of Craft Producers;
- the Greek National Union of Students.
The ESEKA takes into consideration decisions made by corresponding organisations at regional and prefectural level (see analysis in Chapter II).
Hence, the promotion of democratic dialogue and the decentralisation of decision-making is achieved within the ambit of planning policy for vocational training and employment.
The Coordinating Council for Vocational Training and Rehabilitation of Disabled Persons
The Council coordinates the bodies which provide vocational training and rehabilitation programmes for disabled persons and makes proposals concerning improved quality and conditions of vocational training for disabled people and improved vocational rehabilitation. The chairman of the Coordinating Council is the general secretary of the Ministry of Labour and Social Security. Other members are:
- representatives from the Ministries of Labour and Social Security, Social Affairs and Education, and the Public Employment Service (OAED),
- the most important employers' and employees' organisations,
- the most important organisations representing disabled people and Greece's social organisations.
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