Labour/Management Programme (LMP) Final Reports, 2003

Formal relations between the OECD and representatives of trade unions and of business and industry in Member countries are conducted through two organisations officially recognised by the OECD Council. These are the Trade Union Advisory Committee to the OECD (TUAC) and the Business and Industry Advisory Committee to the OECD (BIAC). In addition to various forms of policy discussion throughout the year, arrangements provide for meetings at the technical level, which do not engage the responsibility of the organisations. Such meetings are held either in the form of ad hoc discussions with the Secretariat, or under the Labour/Management Programme for which a series of meetings devoted to specific themes is established at the beginning of each year.

After meetings held under the Programme, a rapporteur draws up a report of the discussion on his own responsibility, for distribution to the social partners and to the relevant OECD Committees. The opinions expressed in such reports are those of the rapporteur, except where they are specifically attributed to individual participants, and do not necessarily reflect the views of other participants or of the OECD.

• 19 June 2003, Meeting of Trade Union Experts on The Review of the OECD Principles of Corporate Governance: The Trade Union Advisory Committee to the OECD (TUAC) has been involved in the work on the Principles of Corporate Governance since its inception, and participates on an ad hoc basis in the OECD Steering Group on Corporate Governance which is carrying out the current review.
  As part of the review process, TUAC requested a meeting under the auspices of the OECD’s Labour/Management Programme (LMP) to discuss the major failures, weaknesses and challenges, and policy responses that have arisen in corporate governance. TUAC was responsible for setting the list of participants and for an issues paper to guide the discussion. This meeting followed a two-day session of the steering group the same week.
• 24 March 2003, Meeting of Trade Union Experts on Trade Unions' Role in Making NEPAD Work from the Ground Up: Trade Unions assert they are a necessary partner in ensuring that the gap between NEPAD's rhetoric and reality are bridged. To this end, the Trade Union Advisory Committee to the OECD (TUAC) requested that a meeting be held on the topic of NEPAD under the auspices of the OECD's Labour/Management Programme (LMP). Entitled "Trade Unions' Role in Making NEPAD Work from the Ground Up", the meeting brought together representatives from the OECD Secretariat, members of OECD country trade unions, outside experts, and most importantly, an impressive range of trade union representatives from NEPAD countries in Africa.