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Symposium III: The courage to have children - women and men torn between work and family

Brussels, 12.-14.09.2007

Venue: Crowne Plaza Hotel Brussels-Europa, 107 rue de la Loi, 1040 Brussels
 

Wednesday, 12 September, 2007
 

Until 17:30 - Arrival and registration of the participants at the hotel

18:30 - Reception and dinner at the „Brasserie le 1898“

Thursday, 13 September, 2007
 

09:30 - Introductory remarks

Christoph VONDENHOFF
Director of the Europe Academy

09:35 - Greeting

Nicolás FERNANDEZ GUISADO
Vice President of the Europe Academy

09:50 - Greeting

Valerio SALVATORE
CESI President

10:00 - Address

Daniel DUCARME
Minister of State - Member of the Chamber of Representatives, Mouvement Réformateur, Belgium

10:30 - Presentation I

"Demographic developments in Europe"

Julius OP DE BEKE
European Commission

11:15 - Coffee break

11:30 - Presentation II

"Promoting the family – a new element of the corporate culture?"

Florian BUSCH-JANSER (BJ Personalmanagement) reports on an “initiative by the agencies for parents working in communication firms”

12:15 - Discussion

13:00 - Lunch

14:30 - Presentation III

"The father's role in the family and the need to take it into account in the world of work"

Philippe BEAGUE
President of the Françoise Dolto Association

15:15 - Presentation IV

"The Scandinavian Family Model - an introduction"
Spreech Presentation

Eva HÄUSSLING
German-Schwedish Chamber of Commerce, Stockholm

16:00 - Coffee break

16:15 - Panel discussion

"The Scandinavian Family Model – an example for Europe?"

Participants:

Lissy GRÖNER
Member of the European Parliament

Eva HÄUSSLING
German-Schwedish Chamber of Commerce, Stockholm

Iluta LACE
Vice-President, European Womens' Lobby

Kirsten LÜHMANN
dbb beamtenbund und tarifunion, President of CESI's specialist committee FEMM

Beáta SZABO
Hungarian Civil Servant

Chaired by:

Andreas DIETL
EurActiv, Brussels

18:00 - End of the first day of the meeting

18:30 - Visit of the town followed by dinner

Friday, 14 September, 2007
 

09:30 - Presentation V

"Work-life-balance and older workers from a European perspective"

Roger HESSEL
EIPA Milan

10:30 - Coffee break

10:45 - Presentation VI

"The demographic issue from the perspective of the Committee of the Regions"

Christof KIENEL
Committee of the Regions

11:30 - Results of the Demographics Project - conclusions with contributions from:

Monique CARTIGNY
Confédération Syndicale de l’Education Nationale

John HANSEN
Frie Funktionærer

Angel LOZANO-HIDALGO
Central Sindical Independiente y de Funcionarios

Maria KANELLOPOULOU
Fédération de la Fonction Publique Européenne

Chaired by:

Roger HESSEL
EIPA Milan

12:45 - Closing remarks

Helmut MÜLLERS
CESI General Secretary

13:00 - Lunch followed by departure

This event is being financially supported by the European Commission.

Last update: 26-03-2008