Provincial Agency for Negotiation Representation - APRAN

The Agency, established by Article 37 of Provincial Law No. 23 of 3 September 1993, as amended by Article 46 of Provincial Law No. 1 of 3 February 1995, took on the name of Provincial Agency for Negotiation Representation (A.P.Ra.N.) when Provincial Law No. 7 of 3 April 1997 came into force, and is thebody of the Autonomous Province of Trento responsible for representing the Administration in collective bargaining and for the signing of provincial contracts and agreements.

The A.P.Ra.N. carries out all activities relating to trade union relations and the negotiation and definition of collective agreements, including their authentic interpretation:

• carries out study, monitoring and documentation activities for the acquisition of the data necessary for the purposes of collective bargaining
• it liaises, in the preliminary preliminary activity to negotiations with trade union organisations, with the competent provincial structures in order to pursue the objectives defined by the directives of the Provincial Council.

The A.P.Ra.N. is obliged to comply with the directives issued by the Junta relative to the objectives that must inspire bargaining, to the expenditure limits determined by the President of the Provincial Council in relation to the overall financial resources available and, in any case, to compliance with the maximum expenditure limits authorised by the provincial financial law, to the criteria for the distribution of resources to personnel, and to any other element useful for compliance with the directives issued.

In order to allow the verification of the expenditure, the collective agreements are accompanied by appropriate schedules containing the quantification of the charges, as well as the indication of the overall coverage for the entire period of validity of the contract. The collective agreements provide for the possibility of extending the temporal effectiveness of the contract or of suspending its partial or total performance in the event of ascertained exorbitance of the expenditure limits. Under no circumstances shall it be permitted to enter into collective agreements that directly or indirectly entail, even for subsequent financial years, expenditure commitments in excess of that established for this purpose by the Finance Act and the budget of the Province.

The Agency, which is subject to the supervision of the President of the Provincial Council, is composed of three members, one of whom acts as president and is entitled to sign contracts, appointed by the Provincial Council from among experts with recognised competence in the field of labour relations, organisation and personnel management, with reference to both public and private complex structures, or labour law or public finance. Persons who hold elective public offices, or positions in political parties, or who hold or have held positions in trade unions in the five years preceding the date of appointment may not be members of the Agency. The incompatibility shall be deemed to extend to any professional or consultancy relationship with the aforementioned trade union or political organisations. The term of office of the members of the Agency is set by the Council for a maximum of four years in relation to contractual terms. Members may be reappointed upon expiry of their term of office. The President may designate a member of the Agency to act as deputy in the event of his absence or impediment, with the power to sign contracts.

For its own functioning and for the accomplishment of the assigned tasks, the Agency avails itself of personnel functionally assigned by the Province and of no more than two experts in the field of work organisation or evaluation.

The Steering Committee of the A.P.Ra.N. is composed of:

Dr Mauro Zanella, President

Dr. Luca Comper, Full Member

Dr Francesca Mussino, Full Member

The administrative staff is composed of:

Ms Ivana Robol

Mrs. Cristina Scottini

Ms. Gigliola Vivaldi

To consult the provincial collective bargaining documents, please refer to the 'Civil Service Contracts' topic page.

Civil Service Contracts

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