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This article analyses the positions on the role of collective bargaining of international organisations dealing with economic and employment issues. A stylised framework is developed that looks at each international organisation's mission, expert knowledge and structure (at political and technical levels). The analysis concludes that most of the international organisations under review remain anchored to their missions and mainstream economic analyses, with the exception of the OECD (partially) and the ILO. In contrast, the European Commission has a quite different nature, being part of a fully-fledged polity. The article concludes that the more nuanced position on the role of collective bargaining emerging from international organisations includes some important elements. In particular, the recognition of its potential for social inclusion and cohesion may support national measures that promote collective bargaining.

- The paper presents the origins and transformation of the concept of flexicurity and stresses the problems with the implementation of the flexicurity model adopted by the European Union. He then proposes some research lines to make it more apt to guide labour market reform.Keywords: labour market policies, work flexibility, flexicurity, industrial relations, Europe, social research