Thursday, 11 March 2010

OEB helps formulate national socio-economic policy through direct participation of its representatives in tripartite Advisory Boards or Committees, which deal with economic, labour, industrial and social issues.

The most important of these are the following:

Ministry of Labour and Social Insurance
- Labour Advisory Board
- National Committee on Employment
- Social Insurance Council
- Annual Leave’s Central Fund Council
- Redundancy Fund Council
- Human Resource Development Authority Board
- District Labour Offices Advisory Committees
- Pancyprian Council on Health and Safety
- District Advisory Committees for the Tourist Shops’ Opening Hours
- Rehabilitation of the Disabled Council

Ministry of Finance
- Advisory Economic Committee
- Statistics Council

Ministry of Commerce and Industry
- Advisory Committee for Industrial Development
- Board of Directors of the Cyprus Standardisation & Certification Company
- Board of Directors of the Cyprus Organisation for the Promotion of Quality
- Board of Directors of the Institute of Technology
- Consumers’ Advisory Committee

Ministry of Health
- Health Insurance Organisation Management Board (GESY)

Ministry of Communication and Works
- Council of Road Transport

Ministry of Education and Culture
- Advisory Committee of Tertiary Education

Ministry of Agriculture
- National Environment Council
- Advisory Committee on Waste Material Packaging Management

Planning Bureau
- Planning Advisory Committee

Others
- Industrial Disputes Tribunal
- Cyprus Radiotelevision Authority Advisory Committee

OEB’s constructive contribution in the above-mentioned and other bodies serves the interests of the business community and those of society as a whole.