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GLOBAL EMPLOYMENT FORUM Thursday, 1 November 2001 08.00 - 10.00: Registration 09.45 - 10.00Photo opportunities for press 10.00 - 12.30: Opening session: Promoting Decent Work in Times of Uncertainty • Inaugural statement by Mr. Kofi Annan, UN Secretary General • Opening statement by Mr. Juan Somavia, ILO Director-General • Mr. Poul Nyrup Rasmussen, Prime Minister, Denmark • Ms. Laurette Onkelinx, Vice Prime Minister and Minister for Employment, Belgium, speaking in her capacity as President of the Council of EU Ministers of Labour 11.00 - 11.30: Coffee Pause • Mr. Zhang Zuoji, Minister of Labour, China • Mr. Pascal Couchepin, Minister for Economic Affairs, Switzerland • Mr. Bill Jordan, General Secretary, International Confederation of Free Trade Unions • Mr. François Perigot, President, International Organisation of Employers • Ms. Mary Robinson, High Commissioner, UNCHR • Mr. Rubens Ricupero, UNCTAD Secretary General 12.30 - 14.00: Buffet lunch, ILO Restaurant, R2-level, north (tickets available at registration desk from 8 to 12h00 or outside the Restaurant from 12h00) 14.00 - 18.10: Presentation of a Global Agenda for Employment The afternoon will be chaired by Mr. Göran Hultin, Executive Director of the ILO's Employment Sector, who will briefly position the Global Agenda within ILO's overall work and introduce Messrs. P. Lipponen, Mr. A. Larsson and C. Hodson. 14.10 - 14.25: Special message by Mr. Paavo Lipponen, Prime Minister, Finland 14.25 -14.40: Mr Allan Larsson, former Minister of Finance, Sweden, former Director-General of DG V, European Commission, has been working closely with the ILO Employment Sector in the development of the Global Agenda for Employment. He will briefly present the main features of the Agenda. Two inter-linked, subsequent roundtables (90 minutes each) will be moderated by Mr. Charles Hodson of CNN. Each brief introductory statement to be made in response to specific questions. 14.40 -16.10: Plenary Roundtable 1: The National Perspective • Mr. Alain-Ludovic Tou, Minister of Labour, Burkina Faso • Mr. Malcolm Wicks, Minister of Employment, United Kingdom • Ms. Mia de Vits, Secrétaire-général, Fédération Générale de Travail de Belgique • Ms. Anne Knowles, Chief Executive, New Zealand Employers' Federation • Mr. Supachai Panitchpakdi, Director-General Designate, World Trade Organization and Former Deputy Prime Minister, Thailand 16.10 - 16.40: Coffee pause 16.40 - 18.10: Plenary Roundtable 2: The International Perspective • Mr. Jozef Ritzen, Vice-President, Human Development Network, World Bank • Mr. Grant Taplin, Special Representative to the WTO and Assistant Director, IMF Office in Geneva • Mr. Thorvald Moe, Deputy Secretary-General, OECD • Mr. John Langmore, Director, Social Policy and Development, UN • Mr. John Daniel, Assistant Director General, UNESCO • Mr. José-Maria Figueres, Managing Director, Global Agenda, World Economic Forum • Mr. Roberto Bissio, Coordinator of Social Watch, Third World Institute, Montevideo 18.30 - 20.00: Reception with keynote speaker • Mr. Robert Reich, Brandeis University, Former U.S. Secretary of Labour Friday, 2 November 2001 Working Sessions Format: Participants will need to choose between three parallel sessions, each of 2 hours and 15 minutes duration. In each session, introductory remarks will be made in response to specific questions based on each participant's expertise and unique perspective, to be followed by Q and A from the floor. 09.00 - 11.15: Parallel Working Sessions I: Session I A: Technology: Building digital bridges An assessment of how ICT can be harnessed to create employment and support development. How can ICT be promoted in ways which enhance growth and employment creation, while narrowing the widening gaps among segments of the worlds population? • Moderator: Mr. Bruno Giussani, Journalist and author • Mr. Phil Jennings, General Secretary, Union Network International • Mr. Erkki Ormala, Director of Technology Policy, Nokia Group, Finland • Mr. Manuel Castells, University of Berkeley, USA • Ms. Julie Oyegun, Director, Gender Issues, The World Bank • Mr. Bruno Lanvin, Executive Secretary of DOT Force, World Bank Session I B: Putting decent employment at the center of policy making: Small/medium-sized country cases Presentation of four cases of countries which have been successful in formulating and implementing employment centred development policies. Identification of lessons learned and key success factors. Format: 10 minute presentation on employment record of country, analysis of the record and identification of key lessons learned. To be followed by Q&A. • Moderator: Mr. Robert Taylor, Former Employment Editor, The Financial Times • Brief presentation of ILO's CEPRs and the key messages emerging • Presentation of selected cases: Europe: Prof. Frank den Butter, Free University, Netherlands Transition: Prof. Ivan Svetlik, University of Ljubljana, Slovenia Africa: Ms. Vedna Essoo, Economist, Mauritius Employers Federation
Latin America: Mr. Manuel Marfan, former Minister of Finance, Chile Asia: Ms. Mahani Zainal Abidin, University of Malaya Session I C: Education and training: Skills for employability including the challenge of youth unemployment What are the key characteristics of education and training policies which effectively support decent employment centred development strategies? What are the institutions needed, what is the role of the private sector, and what are the most appropriate mechanisms for funding? How the specific challenges of youth unemployment be addressed? • Moderator: Mr. Charles Hodson, CNN • Ms. Adrienne Bird, Chief Director of Employment and Skills Development Services, Department of Labour, South Africa • Dr. Paul Ryan, Kings College, Cambridge University, United Kingdom • Mr. Alain Dumont, Directeur de l'Education et de la Formation, Mouvement des Entreprises de France, France • Mr. Avrim D. Lazar, Assistant Deputy Minister for Strategic Policy and HRD, Canada • Ms. Miroslava Kopicova, Director, National Training Fund, Czech Rep. • Mr. Z. Rampak, Secretary-General, Transport Workers' Union, Malaysia 11.15 - 11.45 Coffee pause 11.45 - 12.30: Parallel Working Sessions II (part one): Session II A: Global governance and international policy coordination What is the role of government in promoting employment in an increasingly globalized world economy? This session will consider the design and use of appropriate fiscal and monetary policies to stimulate employment creation and equity; provision of social protection, especially unemployment insurance; active labour market policies; and international coordination of macro-economic policies. • Moderator: Prof. Joseph Stiglitz, Colombia University, Nobel Laureate of Economics, 2001 • Mr. John Evans, General Secretary, Trade Union Advisory Committee to the OECD • Mr. Thomas Niles, President, United States International Business Council (USCIB) • Dr. Noordin Sopiee, Chairman and CEO, Institute of Strategic and International Studies (ISIS), Malaysia • Mr. Jeff Faux, President of the Economic Policy Institute, USA Session II B: Putting decent employment at the center of policy making: Large country cases Will explore, through selected country cases, the special challenges which face large countries as they formulate and implement employment centred development strategies. A key issue will be the relationship and balance between national and local initiatives. Identification of key success factors and major lessons learned. • Moderator: Mr. Robert Taylor, Formerly with The Financial Times • Country cases: India: Mr. Jairam Ramesh, Karnataka Plg. Commission South Africa: Prof. Miriam Altman, Witwaterrand University Brazil: Prof. José Marcio Camargo, Economics Department, Pontifical Catholic University, Rio de Janeiro France:Prof. Bernard Gazier, Paris 1, Panthéon-Sorbonne University Russia:Prof. Fyodor Prokopov, Former Head of the Russian Employment Services, St. Petersburg Moderator to summarize discussion and identify key lessons and messages. Session II C: Overcoming constraints to entrepreurship and business growth • Moderator: Ms. Julie Weeks, Managing Director, National Foundation for Women Business Owners • Mr. Jan Van Der Veer, President, Shell International, Netherlands
• Mr. Nirmal Jain, Chief Executive Officer, Tata Info-Tech, India
• Mr. Dirk Pilat, Senior Economist, Economic Analysis and Statistics Division, OECD, author of OECD growth study 12.30 - 14.00: Buffet Lunch, ILO Restaurant, R2-level (north) 14.00 - 15.30: Parallel Sessions II continue 15.30 - 16.00: Coffee pause
16.00 - 18.00: Plenary session: · Reporting back and summary from second day's working sessions done by overall rapporteur team (Prof. Maria Joao Rodrigues, Employment Adviser to the Prime Minister, Portugal) · Plenary discussion on issues emerging from second day, moderated by Mr. Charles Hodson of CNN · Keynote address by Professor Joseph Stiglitz, Nobel Laureate of Economics, 2001 Saturday, 3 November 2001 09.00 - 11.15: Parallel Sessions III: Session III A: Trade: Maximizing the employment benefits from trade and investment How can the global playing field for trade be levelled so as to maximize the employment benefits for all? How can those currently on the sidelines of global trade be supported to become more effective players? • Moderator: Mr. C. Hodson, CNN • Mr. Rubens Ricupero, UNCTAD Secretary-General • Ms. Ruzena Vintrova, Advisor, Department for Economic Strategy, Czech Republic • Mr. Neil Kearney, General Secretary, International Textile Garment Leather Workers' Federation • Mr. Michel Barde, Secretary-General, Fédération des Syndicats Patronaux, Switzerland • Mr. Roberto Bissio, Coordinator of Social Watch, Third World Institute, Montevideo Session III B: Regional groupings and their role in employment policy What have been the key achievements by regional groupings in the area of employment policy? What success stories can be identified, what can be improved and what are the key success factors? Moderator: Mr. Rudi Bogni, Chairman, Oxford Analytica Advisory Board Mr. Dato Ahmad Mokhtar Selat, Deputy Secretary-General, ASEAN Mr. Anthonis Kastrissianakis, Director, EU Commission Ms. Maria Carmen Ferreira, National Director of Employment, Ministry of Labour, Uruguay (MERCOSUR) · Mr. Anthony Giles, Research director of NAFTA's Commission on Labor Cooperation Session III C: Informal Economy: Formalizing the hidden potential and raising standards Will focus on the major causes of the increasing informalization of labour markets in many parts of the world, and on the key strategies which can contribute to upgrading conditions and labour standards for informal economy workers while boosting decent employment creation. • Moderator: Ms. Marilyn Carr, Harvard University, USA • Mr. Aiwan Wang, Director of Employment, Ministry of Labour, Shanghai, experience in "incubating informal enterprises" • Ms. Veronica Kofie, Head,International Department of Ghana Trade Union Congress (GTUC) • Dr. Madeleine Leonard, Senior Lecturer in Sociology, Queens University of Belfast, UK • Mr. Krassen Stanchev, Executive Director, Institute of Market Economics, Bulgaria • Mr. Wilfred Kiboro, Chairman, Federation of Kenyan Employers, Kenya 11.15 - 11.45 Coffee pause 11.45 - 13.00: Closing session: The way forward • Saturday morning reporting back and overall rapport (Prof. Maria Joao Rodrigues) • Comments by constituent representatives and selected participants: - Lord Bill Brett, Workers' Vice-Chairman, ILO Governing Body - Mr. Daniel Funes de Rioja, Employers' Vice-Chairman, ILO Governing Body - Mr. J. Somavia, Director-General, ILO (wrap-up speech) End of Forum |
