Managing cyclical change in the European shipbuilding and ship repair industries

The European Monitoring Centre on Change (EMCC) of the European Foundation for the Improvement of Living and Working Conditions, in cooperation with the European Sectoral Social Dialogue Committee of the Shipbuilding and Ship Repair Industries, commissioned a research project investigating the management of cyclical changes in the shipbuilding and ship repair industries in ten EU countries. The explicit objective of this research project was to provide the social partners with a point of reference for the handling of cyclical changes by compiling a comprehensive ‘tool box’ of different measures and best practices that have been applied in the ten countries investigated.