On June 29 and 30, 2023, CESI successfully organised the final conference of its ‘EcoTra’ project, focusing on the green economy and the future of work.

With its “Summer Days”, two days of interactive workshops and plenary debates, CESI, together with the Bertelsmann Stiftung, Reshaping Work and EU Observer, highlighted the importance of a socially-fair green transition that leaves no one behind.

More than 150 representatives from trade unions, EU institutions, think tanks and companies exchanged on questions such as:

How will the Green Deal impact economies, labour markets and jobs?

How to make the Green Deal fair, inclusive and sustainable?

What will be the impacts of the twin transition on different regions and industry sectors?

What will be the challenges from the perspectives of the public and private sector?

How can we ensure participation and co-decision of workers in the transitions?

CESI expresses its deepest gratitude to all participants, and especially to the speakers and workshop facilitators of this successful event:

Joost Korte, Director General for Employment, Social Affairs and Inclusion at the European Commission

Frank Siebern Thomas, Head of Unit ‘Fair Green and Digital Transitions’ at the DG EMPL of the European Commission

Andrea Garnero, Labour Economist at the Directorate for Employment, Labour and Social Affairs of the OECD

Dimitrios Papadimoulis, Vice-President of the European Parliament (video message)

Dragoş Pîslaru, Chair of the Committee on Employment and Social Affairs of the European Parliament (video message)

Elizabeth Kuiper, Associate Director and Head of the Social Europe and Well-being Programme at the EPC

Eva Maydell, President of the European Movement International (video message)

Francesco Corti, Advisor to Belgian Deputy Prime Minister and Minister of Social Affairs and Health

Katleen Vangodtsenhoven, Head of Talent in Belgium at the Adecco Group

Klaus Heeger, Secretary General of CESI

Romain Wolff, President of CESI

Jovana Karanovic, Founder and Managing Director of Reshaping Work

Birgit Wintermann, Project Manager at the Bertelsmann Stiftung

Marek Harsdorff, Green Job Specialist at the ILO

Nathan Crist, Project Manager at the Bertelsmann Stiftung

Alexandre Ounnas, Researcher in the Job and Skills Unit of CEPS

Patricia Urban, Researcher in the Energy, Resources and Climate Change Unit of CEPS

Laura Rayner, Policy Analyst at the EPC

Tommaso Grossi, Policy Analyst at the EPC

Tristan Makkink, Innovation Manager at KLM Royal Dutch Airlines

A special thanks also goes to the workshop partners:

European Commission

International Labour Organisation (ILO)

Centre for European Policy Studies (CEPS)

European Policy Centre (EPC)

Bertelsmann Stiftung

Reshaping Work

KLM Royal Dutch Airlines

Background Information

To achieve climate neutrality and long-term economic growth and prosperity, the European Union is undertaking ambitious policy initiatives to become the world’s first global region with no net emissions of greenhouse gases by 2050.

Together with the ongoing digital transformation of our societies, the green transition will have profound effects on economies and labour markets across Europe. This invites discussions on new forms of work and ways it may impact workers.

Within the frame of CESI’s EU co-funded ‘EcoTra’ project, the “Summer Days” explored the social dimension of the Green Deal and ways to make the twin (green and digital) transition a key driver of a decent, sustainable, and fair future of work.

More about the ‘EcoTra’ project here.

To know more about the Green Deal and its impacts on workers, click here: https://bit.ly/EcotraCommsPackage