Capacity Building Programme for National Labour Advisory Council and the Industrial Arbitration Panel in Nigeria

The workshop will aim to improve the participants knowledge on effective mechanisms of labour disputes prevention and resolution. OBJECTIVES At the end of the workshop, the participants will have: • A better understanding of the role of public authorities regarding labour disputes prevention and resolution. • An increased knowledge on recent trends and new developments in the area of labour disputes prevention and resolution. • An increased knowledge of ILO standards and action in the area of labour disputes prevention and resolution. Illustrate the concepts and practice of social dialogue at all appropriate levels, i.e. international, national and enterprise levels). • Highlight the relevance of social dialogue in protecting and promoting the rights of informal workers. CONTENT • Introduction To Social Dialogue • Rationales and Foundations of Social Dialogue and cooperation in the world of work • Key Conditions for successful social dialogue • What do we know about labour disputes? • Impact of cognitive bias on dispute resolution • Impact of cognitive bias on dispute resolution: which lessons for labour disputes resolution institutions? • Labour dispute resolution: Guidance from ILOs standards • Approaches to labour disputes resolution • Institutions for Labour dispute resolutions • What does and effective labour dispute resolution looks like? • Working with criteria of effective dispute resolution systems • Labour dispute resolution and beyond: Possible roles of DR institutions NUMBER OF HOURS: The course took place over a period of 3 days and covered 18 hours.