"The role of the European Trade Union Confederation in creating mass participatory democracy is of great influence on trade union development in transition countries. Changes in society have given trade unions the specific role of transmitting the voice of workers into public spheres of life. How successful trade unions are, and the accuracy of the voice of workers that they carry, remains the key point of freedom of association. This article presents the influence of the European Trade Union Confederation on trade union development in a transition country, with special regard to the position in Bosnia and Herzegovina, and to the role of the ETUC in supporting social dialogue. In Bosnia and Herzegovina, the European Convention on Human Rights is directly applicable, in accordance with the BiH Constitution, and therefore the freedom of association guaranteed by the Convention is of utmost importance. The article concludes that the greater the independence of action that trade unions have in a transitional state, the better the level of social dialogue. "

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