This workshop is the first in a series of national workshops organised as part of the ValueFacturing SMEs project.

It 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, a round-table discussion took place aimed at collecting inputs on project topics to integrate the ValueFacturing SMEs’ main report. In the afternoon, a training session focused on project-related topics has been delivered, aiming at participants from local companies. This session explored topics such as the concept of global value chains (GVCs) in the manufacturing sector, factors that can foster/hinder Italian SMEs’ participation in GVCs, and the role of social dialogue and collective bargaining in the governance of GVCs.

The workshop was organised by ValueFacturing SMEs project partners FIM Lombardia and Confimi Industria (and affiliated organisation Confimi Digitale) in collaboration with Fondazione Adapt for its planned training activities.

Project Background

The Project aims 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 improving the quality of the European labour market to boost its attractiveness for starting and developing small and medium-sized enterprises.