ENGAGING GLOBALISATION THROUGH SOCIAL DIALOGUE
Addressing Nedlac delegates at the Annual Summit, Deputy President, Jacob Zuma, used the opportunity to speak about the New Partnership for Africa's Development, the steering committee of which had just been inaugurated in Abuja, Nigeria.

NEDLAC SUMMIT 2001 RESOLUTION
The Nedlac constituencies: government, business, labour and the community - noting:
* The importance of the theme of this the 2001 Annual Summit of Nedlac, namely engaging globalisation through social dialogue;

DELEGATION TO DOHA
Eight years ago, before the democratic elections of 1994 had taken place, Nedlac's forerunner, the National Economic Forum (NEF), brought labour and business together with the government to discuss South Africa's offer to the Uruguay round of the then-GATT (General Agreement on Tariffs and Trade), the forerunner to the World Trade Organisation (WTO).

PRESIDENTIAL JOBS SUMMIT AGREEMENTS MONITORING
Nedlac has a sub-committee which meets quarterly in order to receive reportbacks on the implementation of the Jobs Summit Agreements. Obviously, it is not possible to reflect all the information here, but these are some of the highlights from the documentation Nedlac has received.

 

COMMISSIONS AT THE SUMMIT
Cunningham Ngcukana of Labour, who addressed the commission, said that in response to globalisation, companies have tended to out-source what is regarded as non-core business; increase casual labour in order to reduce the cost of social benefits; put pressure on governments to deregulate the labour market; steer investment towards capital methods of production and accelerate mergers and acquisitions.

DIALOGUE SURVEY 
Thank you to all those Dialogue readers who have responded to the Survey in the last edition. Some of the aspects of this issue reflect suggestions that were received, including the lists of contact numbers you'll find on the cut-off section at the back. We were also asked to inc more pictures, hence the centre-spread of delegates to our Annual Summit. We will be implementing more of your suggestions in future issues. 

USEFUL CONTACT NUMBERS 
This edition contains useful numbers in the Government, Business and Community constituencies of Nedlac. The next edition will include the Labour Federations and their affiliates' contact details.