Explains the purpose and value of social dialogue, and its forms and actors. Gives best-practice experiences from selected countries, followed by policy issues and checklists for strengthening social dialogue. Appends excerpts from ILO Conventions Nos. 87, 98, 135, 151 and 154.

Public administration reform has been a top priority for every political party that has held office from 1990 since present, but after more than 20 years of “reform”, Romania still faces major administrative problems and challenges while its administrative system in some areas the system...

The administrative reform from the post-Communist Romania, although achieved in a very slow rhythm, has managed, by decentralization, to transfer towards the local public authorities a great part of the responsibilities that belonged to the central authorities’ administration, before 1989....

Describes the functions, objectives and organization of the various institutions involved in labour matters.

Describes the functioning of the system of labour administration, links with labour law, and the role of employers and trade unions. Lists the ILO Conventions ratified by the UK.

The article’s objective is to analyze the development and evolution of the Mexican pension reform not only as such but also of two main bodies: on the one hand, the regulator (the National Saving for Retirement) and the other, from the pension fund manager designed as a public-private...

Developing professional and accountable administrative systems in the newly emerged Balkan countries is not an easy mission. Like in other post-communist states, there is an urgent need to support weakened public institutions to break with former governance practices and resume their basic role...