A major challenge for the future is to make these rights a reality in practice. And I will come back to this. Sometimes people say these are developed country standards. I do not think so. Everybody has the right to organize but collective bargaining in a country like Sweden will be different from let s say Lesotho.
Social protection is the route to an inclusive society.
If we want people to accept a system as legitimate it must afford them security and the means of adapting to change. We need policies and institutions that can provide security in change, based on pathways to new skills and new quality jobs. And the evidence suggests that good safety nets for those who lose their jobs is directly productive in social and economic terms. The same is true of improved safety at work. Fourth, the dialogue gap The fundamental reorientations needed will have to come about through partnerships and dialogue.