Process of exchange between social partners to promote consultation and collective bargaining.
Social dialogue can be bipartite (involving representatives of workers and employers) or tripartite (also involving public authorities and/or representatives of civil society, non-governmental organization)
Social dialogue can take place at various levels (company, sectoral / cross-sectoral and local / regional / national / transnational);
At international level, social dialogue can be bilateral, trilateral or multilateral, according to number of countries involved.
(EU, 2014)