The role of social dialogue in the context of social and economic development society

In the article the relevance of "social dialogue" category are researched. A substantive review of do- mestic and foreign scientists approaches, as well as an analysis of the components in the "social dialogue" concept, the analysis of legal and normative basis for its implementation allowed to identify the role and to submit a unified definition of this term in the context of socio-economic development. Based on the collected and analyzed information, it is proposed to consider six possible levels of social dialogue implementation instead of well-known four levels.