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Symposium: Flexicurity - A Labour Market Policy Model for Europe?

Brussels, 28.-29.04.2008

Venue: Thon Hotel Brussels City Centre, Avenue du Boulevard 17, B-1210 Brussels

Monday, 28 April, 2008

Until 12:00: Arrival of participants

12:00-13:00: Registration of participants + cold buffet

13:00: Opening of the symposium

          Welcome speech

Helmut MÜLLERS
CESI Secretary-General

13:15: Introduction to flexicurity

Domingo FERNÁNDEZ VEIGUELA
CESI Vice-President

13:30: Speech

Sabine LARUELLE
Belgian Federal Minister for SMEs, Self-Employed, Agriculture and Science

Part 1A - Flexicurity: a national response (Denmark)

14:00: Presentation of the Danish example

Mads Peter KLINDT
University of Aalborg

14:45: Questions / Discussion

Chaired by:
Christoph VONDENHOFF
Director of the Europe Academy

15:30: Coffee break

Part 1B - Flexicurity: a European response

16:00: Presentation

Beata ZABOROWSKA
European Commission

16:45: Questions / Discussion

Chaired by:
Christoph VONDENHOFF
Director of the Europe Academy

          Part 1C - The European social partners and flexicurity

17:00: Presentation

Roger BLANPAIN
Catholic Univiersity of Leuven

17:45: Questions / Discussion

Chaired by:
Christoph VONDENHOFF
Director of the Europe Academy

18:00: End of the first day of the symposium

19:00: Cocktail reception at the Thon Hotel

21:00: Dinner at the restaurant "De Troubadour", Leuven

Speech

Nikolaus VAN DER PAS
Director-General DG "Employment, Social Affairs and Equal Opportunities"

Tuesday, 29 April, 2008

Until 09:00: Arrival of participants

09:30: Part 2A - Simultaneous workshops

- Workshop 1: Flexibility and security: social partners positions

Introduction:
Roger HESSEL, EIPA-CEFASS, Milan

Participants:
- Ronald JANSSEN, Adviser, ETUC (presentation)
- Hans-Werner MÜLLER, former Secretary-General of UEAPME
- Helmut MÜLLERS, CESI Secretary-General
- Norbert SCHNEDL, ÖGB Vice-President

Chaired by:
Roger HESSEL, EIPA-CEFASS, Milan

- Workshop 2: The political challenges of flexicurity at European level

Introduction:
Vincenzo GALASSO, Professor at the Bocconi University (presentation)

Participants:
- Klaus DAUDERSTÄDT, National chairman of German trade union GdS (statement)
- Wolfgang MÜLLER, Europavertretung der Bundesagentur für Arbeit (statement)
- Regine PRUNZEL (statement)
- Beata ZABOROWSKA, European Commission

Chaired by:
Greet VERMEYLEN, European Foundation for the Improvement of Living and Working Conditions, Dublin

- Workshop 3: What flexicurity? - an analysis of different European experiences

Introduction:
Ton WILTHAGEN, Professor at the Tilburg University (presentation)

Participants:
- Isabella BILLETTA, European Foundation for the Improvement of Living and Working Conditions, Dublin
- John HANSEN, Secretary-General of the Danish trade union Frie Funktionærer
- Leszek MITRUS, Professor for Social Law at the Jagiellonian University of Krakow (presentation)

Chaired by:
Andreas DIETL, EurActiv

11:15: Coffee break

11:30: Part 2B - Flexibility vs. security: striking the right balance

Workshops report back:
- Roger HESSEL, EIPA-CEFASS, Milan
- Greet VERMEYLEN, European Foundation for the Improvement of Living and Working Conditions, Dublin
- Andreas DIETL, EurActiv

Chaired by:
Christoph VONDENHOFF, Director of the Europe Academy

12:30: Summing up and closure of the symposium

Nicolás FERNÁNDEZ GUISADO
Vice-President of the Europe Academy

Followed by: Cold buffet

14:00: Departure of participants

This event is being financially supported by the European Commission.

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