(AGENPARL) – ven 18 ottobre 2024 VALUFACTURING SMEs NATIONAL WORKSHOP SERIES
ALBANIAN SMES IN GLOBAL VALUE CHAINS: OVERVIEW AND FUTURE PROSPECTS FOR
THE MANUFACTURING SECTOR
Tuesday, 22 October 2024
09.30 – 16.00 CET
Venue: Europe House
Rruga Papa Gjon Pali II, Tiranë
This workshop is the second in the series of events planned in the framework of the
ValueFacturing SMEs project, and, will be held in Tirana (Albania) on October 22nd, 2024.
In accordance with the activities carried out so far by the Consortium, the present workshop is
aimed at promoting best practices in the context of social dialogue and furthering the expertise
and knowledge of project partners and national and international stakeholders, while outlining the
progress in the research developed during the preliminary phases of the project.
During the morning session, a round-table discussion will take place with the object to collect
inputs on project topics to integrate the ValueFacturing SMEs main report. In the afternoon
session, a training session will be delivered on project-related topics targeting participants in local
companies such as the concept of global value chains (GVCs) in the manufacturing sector, factors
that can foster/hinder Albanian SMEs participation in GVCs, the role of social dialogue and
collective bargaining in the governance of GVCs.
Project background
The main goal of the Project is to increase the competitiveness of SMEs in the manufacturing
sector in global value chains through social dialogue. This will be done by investigating and
fostering sectoral social dialogue practices (at both national and European levels) that can
contribute to improve the quality of the European labour market in order to boost its attractiveness
for starting and developing small and medium-sized enterprises.
Macro-objectives:
– Building on national experiences, offering a contribution to social dialogue (not only national
but also European) by bringing the specific issues addressed in the project to the attention of the
social partners involved.
– Producing a multilingual decalogue containing practical procedures and guidelines for social
dialogue at company, sectoral and European levels. The purpose is to replicate best practices and
collective bargaining initiatives in other EU countries to improve the quality of labour markets
and thus promote the competitiveness of global value chains.
– Facilitating dialogue between employer organizations and trade unions (especially in contexts
where industrial relations are underdeveloped) to improve the benefits to SMEs of effective and
quality sectoral social dialogue.
WORKSHOP AGENDA
Morning session (round-table discussion) | 9.30-12.30
9.30 – 10.00
Registration of participants
10.00- 10.30 Introduction and Welcome Addresses
Mr. Loritan Prespa – Vice President of CCIT
Mr. Stefano Salmaso – Head of the Commercial Office of the Italian Embassy
in Tirana
Mr. Sergio Ventricelli – Vice President Confimi with portfolio for
Infrastructure, University and Research – President Confimi Edilizia
10.30 – 12.00 Round-table
Mr. Loritan Prespa – Vice President of CCIT
Mrs. Ardiana Karakashi – Director of Unioncamere Puglia
Mr. Taf Koleci – Secretary General of FSPISH
Mr. Koli Sinjari – Secretary General of DKZ
12.00 – 12.30 Q&A / Conclusion
Chair: Albana Laknori – General Secretary CCIT
12.30 – 14.30 Light lunch
Afternoon session (training directed at Albanian company-level participants)
14.30 – 16.00
Teaching faculty:
Dr. Margherita Roiatti (Adjunct Director – Fondazione ADAPT)
Dr. Diletta Porcheddu (Senior Research Fellow – Fondazione ADAPT)
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