ZAGREB, Oct 21 (Hina) - The chief goal of the government's Office for Social Partnership will be confidence building among social partners (the government, employers and unions), and the creation of an awareness that agreement is the
only way out of the economic and social crisis, the Office's head, Vitomir Begovic, said on Sunday. "Instead of party and union squabbles of which there has been plenty, we will work on drawing up a programme to mobilise the nation to find a way out of the present crisis," Begovic told Hina. Begovic was elected head of the government's Office for Social Partnership at last Wednesday's session of the Economic and Social Council. The Office will work on the principle of the highest possible degree of agreement among social partners regarding all economic and social issues, he said. The office will also employ several experts in the fields of econom
ZAGREB, Oct 21 (Hina) - The chief goal of the government's Office
for Social Partnership will be confidence building among social
partners (the government, employers and unions), and the creation
of an awareness that agreement is the only way out of the economic
and social crisis, the Office's head, Vitomir Begovic, said on
Sunday.
"Instead of party and union squabbles of which there has been
plenty, we will work on drawing up a programme to mobilise the
nation to find a way out of the present crisis," Begovic told Hina.
Begovic was elected head of the government's Office for Social
Partnership at last Wednesday's session of the Economic and Social
Council.
The Office will work on the principle of the highest possible degree
of agreement among social partners regarding all economic and
social issues, he said.
The office will also employ several experts in the fields of economy
and workers' rights.
"They will all be appointed through public tenders and after
consultations with representatives of the government, unions and
employers," Begovic stressed.
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