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As an instrument of social and economic governance for development, Community

Conversations focused on social issues dialogue can contribute to local advancement projects and

area development effectiveness. It provides more ownership to people, in particular the working

class as it helps to increase accountability for management and local governance and strengthen

domestic policies and contributes to the design and implementation of fair laws and equal justice.

Civic dialogue also facilitates social peace and is a forceful instrument for reconciliation

and reconstruction. Productive employment and decent work for all is indispensable to sustainable

development, in poorer countries, as recognized by the Busan Partnership Agreement. The Busan

Partnership agreement is a consensus that a wide range of governments and organizations have

expressed their support for. It offers a framework for continued dialogue and efforts to enhance

initiatives that advance partnership. The Global Partnership for Effective Development Co-

operation (GPEDC) also works with all actors to maximize the effectiveness of cooperation in

support of sustainable development. In this sense, the International Labor Organization’s decent

work agenda is particularly relevant to the GPEDC when we become explicit about its four pillars:

employment creation, workers’ rights, social dialogue and social protection – shouldn’t we engage

and talk about it? Particularly its interesting to highlight in any dialogue the core principles of the

partnership as well as the priority themes the Global Partnership has publicly identified as its core

work, is the “social dialogue.”

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