The Tripartite Council's tasks are:

• to issue recommendations on draft state laws and government decrees concerning socio-economic and labour matters; 
• to draw up, at the request of the government or its members or on its own initiative, studies and reports on economic and social matters falling within the remit of the social partners in the following areas: labour relations, remuneration, the economy, employment and social security, education, health etc; 
• to draw up and implement the common annual and biennial programmes for collaboration between the partners, which address concrete and practical matters (such as education and training for the partners, preparation of analyses, research, consultations, methodological assistance and organisation of negotiations.)

Edited on: 21/05/2009