The chairperson of the Tripartite Council is elected for a four-month term on the agreement of all the parties and presides over the activity of the Council according to a rotation principle.

The constituent bodies of the Tripartite Council are the plenary meeting and the permanent and temporary commissions.

The Secretariat of the Tripartite Council is classed as a budgetary institution within the Ministry of Social Security and Labour. The Secretariat is financed from the state budget.

The permanent and temporary commissions comprise representatives from each partner - government, trade unions and employers' organisations - under the direction of the Tripartite Council Secretariat. The permanent Tripartite Council commissions are:

• the commission for labour relations; 
• the commission for incomes; 
• the commission for employment and social security;  
• the commission for the implementation of ILO standards on labour relations.

The Tripartite Council establishes temporary commissions to solve individual problems or to prepare drafts as the situation requires.

Edited on: 21/05/2009