23.8.2022
EN
Official Journal of the European Union
L 218/57
— Finalise the deinstitutionalisation of childcare.
1.7.
Trade Union rights and core labour standards
Short-term priorities — Adopt and implement the legal framework establishing the supervisory functions of the Labour Inspection system for all labour and working conditions legislation, remove all restrictions to the powers of inspectors in existing legislation in accordance with International Labour Organisation (ILO) standards; — Continue to amend the Labour Code and other relevant legislation and bring them further in line with ILO standards; — Continue to ensure an effective Labour Inspection system with adequate competences, capacities and resources (financial, human, and administrative) for the inspections of all working conditions and labour relations according to ILO standards.
Medium-term priorities — Underpin the Labour Legislation with procedures for resolving labour disputes including through the Labour Mediation system; — Elaborate the methodology of evaluation/measurement of equal work and remuneration; — Ensure effective functioning of the Tripartite Social Partnership Commission and of its regional branch and continue to improve social dialogue through cooperation with the ILO and European social partner organisations.
2.
Foreign and Security Policy
Dialogue and cooperation in the field of the EU's Common Foreign and Security Policy (CFSP) will be further enhanced and aim at gradual convergence, including on the Common Security and Defence Policy (CSDP), and address in particular conflict prevention and crisis management issues, regional stability, arms control, disarmament, non-proliferation, cyber security and hybrid threats.
Cooperation will be based on common values, including the commitment to the principles of respect for sovereignty and territorial integrity, inviolability of borders and independence, and on mutual interests, and will aim at increasing policy coherence and effectiveness, making use of bilateral, multilateral and regional fora and upholding the international rules-based order.
2.1.
CSDP cooperation, alignment, hybrid threats and cyber security, strategic communication and regional cooperation
Short-term priorities — Strengthen efforts to increase the level of alignment of Georgia with EU CFSP declarations and decisions, including in line with the principles of sovereignty and territorial integrity, enshrined in the EU-Georgia Association Agreement, and action in multilateral fora; — Enhance cooperation on countering hybrid threats, strengthening cyber security, including through implementing the recommendations based on the hybrid threats survey; — Strengthen cooperation on strategic communication to consolidate state and society resilience against disinformation; expand and diversify practical cooperation frameworks to include civil society actors and other like-minded state actors and institutions; — Continue efforts to implement effective Security Sector Reform in Georgia; — Enhance practical cooperation in conflict prevention and crisis management by facilitating the participation of Georgia in EU-led civilian and military crisis management operations, in consultation and training activities in the CSDP area on the basis of the Framework Participation Agreement signed in November 2013 and in themultilateral framework of the Eastern Partnership Panel on Security, CSDP and Civil Protection and cooperation with EU agencies on CSDP issues; Promote regional cooperation on security issues, such as migration, improved border management, protection of critical infrastructure, export control, disaster risk reduction and management including emergency response, civil protection, countering smuggling and illicit trafficking (such as bio and nuclear materials) and the training of appropriate personnel, including in particular through the EU Chemical Biological Radiological and Nuclear (CBRN) Centre of Excellence Initiative and its South-East and Eastern Europe Regional Secretariat located in Georgia.