Workshop: “Ethics For Professionals: Current Challenges And Recent Responses”
Informing professionals to introduce Continuous Professional Development schemes in order to keep up to date and consult their clients with up to date information in all sectors especially in the health.
Day & Time: Monday 6 Feb 2017, 16:00-19:00
Location: MFPA offices (conference room)
Participants
ECEPE core members:
- Ben Rizzo
- Professor Benoit Rihoux
- Dr David Fabri
- Norma Camilleri
Excused ECEPE core members due to duties abroad:
- Dr Bojana Lobe
- Dr Jean Paul de Lucca
- Dr. Theodoros Koutroubas
- Ing Helga Pizzuto
Other professionals:
- Alfred Briffa (Kamra tal-Periti)
- Victoria Massalha (Malta Association of Physiotherapists)
- Mary Ann Sant Fournier (Malta Chamber of Pharmacists)
- Silvia Galea (Malta Association of Counselling Profession)
- Demis Cachia (Malta Association of Occupational Therapists)
- Valentina Bezzina (Malta Chamber of Psychologists)
- Saviour Baldacchino (Chamber of Engineers)
- James Licari (Malta Association of Conservators and Restorers)
A brief overview of the European Centre of Competence for Professional Ethics (ECEPE) was given outlining the main three objectives:
- To convene researchers/experts in different areas of ethics in one place, Malta.
- To provide training both at the basic level as well as Continuous Professional Development and to develop both standard curricula and benchmarks, not in bottom-up approach by consulting professions.
- To raise awareness within society: a broad vision involving both decision makers/ society at large/citizens/patients
The main questions discussed during the workshop were:
- What are the specific challenges that you are meeting in your profession in terms of professional ethics? Can you mention one or two concrete challenges?
- Which responses have you brought (or do you plan to bring) to these challenges, at the Maltese level?
- To what extent is the European dimension relevant in these challenges and responses? Have you for instance taken part in joint initiatives at the European level? Do you think these issues are best targeted at the national or EU level?
The following main points emanated from the three-hour open discussion.
- Differentiation between professionals and other persons acting as professionals – interests of clients are not safeguarded
- Professionals and Government laws that could hinder a professional giving the correct advice to patients ( especially health issues)
- Correct and ethical use of social media by professionals
- A good Government based data management system of patients especially in health and link with the private sector.
- The use of IT in professional practice
- Informing professionals to introduce Continuous Professional Development schemes in order to keep up to date and consult their clients with up to date information in all sectors especially in the health.
SD4EU – SOCIAL DIALOGUE FOR A UNION OF EQUALITY
Project Summary The SD4EU (Social Dialogue for a Union of Equality) project is funded by the European Commission under the Call for proposals “Support for Social Dialogue” (SOCPL-2023-SOC-DIALOG). The primary goal of the project is to contribute to the promotion of social dialogue, which aligns with the key objective of the call for proposals. This will be achieved by strengthening the capacity of national social partners and reinvigorating social dialogue through a new, more gender-sensitive approach. By doing so, the project enhances the effectiveness of social dialogue initiatives in addressing specific and debatable labour issues (equal pay, social protection and work-life balance). The project recognises social dialogue as a powerful tool for innovation and change, in this case in the realm of gender equality. It firmly believes that social partners can significantly contribute to advancing this cause, given their pivotal role within the labour market. In practical terms, to reach these objectives, the project outlines two core activities that are complementary and interconnected. On the one side, transnational seminars will improve the skills of social partners, enabling them to engage more effectively in industrial relations processes. On the other, the consortium will lay the groundwork for and develop consensus on gender-sensitive practices, which social partners should adopt across all aspects of their work. Before embarking on these core activities, the project will conduct preparatory research. This research will serve as a solid foundation for subsequent tasks and pave the way for a new social dialogue on gender equality. The research objectives are: identifying the meaning and approach to gender equality as adopted in EU public policies and law; analysing the implications of EU law on gender equality and on approach to gender across three selected topics; strengthening the role of social partners in addressing gender inequalities. The project’s choice to tackle the challenge of gender equality aligns with the Political Guidelines presented by Ursula von der Leyen in "A Union that strives for more - My agenda for Europe", in the European Pillar of Social Rights and the follow-up European Pillar of Social Rights Action Plan, in the Porto Social Commitment and the Porto Declaration. Expected Project Results Report on the concept of gender equality in EU policies and law Report on the EU approach on gender politics in selected topics Report on the role of social dialogue for a Union of equality Recommendations for a stronger social dialogue for a Union of equality Guidelines on the methods for gender mainstreaming for national social partners Roadmap towards a Union of equality List of Participants The project consortium is led by Confprofessioni, the Italian Confederation of Liberal Professions - a second-level employers’ association representing liberal professionals and recognised by the Italian government. The consortium comprises the following entities: European Council of the Liberal Professions (CEPLIS), from Belgium; Malta Federation of Professional Associations (MFPA); National Union of Liberal and Intellectual Professions of Belgium (UNPLIB); EQUAL Ireland Education Research and Related Services Co. Ltd; Italian Union of Workers in Tourism, Trade, and Services (UILTuCS), a national trade union. Additionally, the following organisations participate in the project as associated entities: French Union of Liberal Professions (UNAPL), University of Rome Tor Vergata; Eurocadres, the Council of European Professional and Managerial Staff. Coordinator Contact Details Confprofessioni Viale Pasteur, 65 – 00144 Rome, IT (+39) 06 542 20278 sd4eu@confprofessioni.eu “Funded by the European Union. Views and opinions expressed are however those of the author(s) only and do not necessarily reflect those of the European Union or European Commission. Neither the European Union nor the granting authority can be held responsible for them
SOCIAL PROTECTION FOR THE SELF-EMPLOYED
Date: 15 December 2023 The project aims at strengthening social dialogue at sectoral level by building the capacity of national social partners, in order to tackle the need of self-employed professionals to be covered by an adequate social protection. It aims at giving social partners the tools to contribute to the design of social protection reforms, and to autonomously set up and manage social protection schemes, in line with Council Recommendation 2019/387. The project will first investigate existing social protection schemes for the professional self-employed and especially the changes introduced since the pandemic. The aim is to better understand which are the actors engaged in each scheme, which are the beneficiaries, which are the governance models and where the funding comes from. With a view to defining a social protection model to mainstream, best practices will be identified, approved by the consortium, analysed and validated by the working groups and finally channelled into a modelling proposal. Along this process, social partners and all other stakeholders identified by the research will be targeted by an awareness raising campaign and engaged in the working groups, which will serve as a forum for discussing and exchanging ideas. Once the modelling proposal is developed, the capacity building phase begins. The purpose is to strengthen the capacity of national sectoral social partners and promote their role in ensuring an adequate social protection for the professional self-employed. Given its nature, agreeing on a common definition of self-employment is a demanding task. At the same time, social protection includes different profiles of social assistance and social security, with extensive variations among countries. In brief, this social dialogue project entails a real understanding of both demand and supply of social protection for the self-employed. But also, more concretely, wishes to give the right tools to close existing social protection gaps. List of participants The consortium is led by Confprofessioni, Italian Confederation of Liberal professions, and composed by the following entities: CEPLIS, European Council of the Liberal Professions, from Belgium; MFPA, Malta Federation of Professional Associations; Equal Ireland Education Research and Related Services Co. Ltd. Moreover, the following organisations are participating as associated partners: UNAPL, National Union of Liberal Professions, from France; Eurocadres, Council of European Professional and Managerial Staff; UNPLIB, the Union of Belgian Liberal and Intellectual Professions. Expected project results Report on social protection systems Mapping report on best practices and problems of social protection schemes in the 27 MS Call for action Working groups report Modelling proposal Coordinator contact details Confprofessioni Viale Pasteur, 65 – 00144 Rome IT (+39) 06 542 20278 sp4se@confprofessioni.eu
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This project has been funded by the Voluntary Organisations Project Scheme managed by the Malta Council for the Voluntary Sector (MCVS).
