Support to capacity building
Article 11
The Authority shall support Member States with capacity building aimed at promoting the consistent enforcement of the Union law in all areas listed in Article 1. The Authority shall, in particular, carry out the following activities: (a) in cooperation with national authorities and, where appropriate, the social partners, develop common non-binding guidelines for use by Member States and the social partners, including guidance for inspections in cases with a cross-border dimension, as well as shared definitions and common concepts, building on relevant work at national and Union level; (b) promote and support mutual assistance, either in the form of peer-to-peer or group activities, as well as staff exchanges and secondment schemes between national authorities; (c) promote the exchange and dissemination of experiences and good practices, including examples of cooperation between the relevant national authorities; (d) develop sectoral and cross-sectoral training programmes, including for labour inspectorates, and dedicated training material, including through online learning methods; (e) promote awareness-raising campaigns, including campaigns to inform individuals and employers, especially SMEs, of their rights and obligations and the opportunities available to them.