| Monday, 3 October 2011 |
| 14.10 – 14.30 | Welcome Coffee |
14.30 – 14.45 | Opening by Susanne Hoffmann -
(pdf 56 KB) |
| Session 1: The Great Recession: Has Europe learned the lessons? |
| 14.45 – 16.00 |
Guiding Questions
- How has the crisis impacted on the employment and social situation, wage trends, inequalities,
Social Dialogue and International Labour Standards?
- Did national, EU and ILO policies adequately respond to the crisis?
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| Moderator: Raymond Torres |
| Panellists |
| Philippe Askenazy | A global recession with standard consequences in the EU (≠ US) -
(pdf 38 KB) |
| Maria Jepsen | The Great Recession: Has Europe learned the lessons? - (pdf 97 KB) |
| Volker Schneider | Crisis impact and welfare state models - (pdf 2,82 MB) |
| 16.00 – 16.30 | Coffee Break |
| Session 2: Future Challenges for promoting sustainable, job-centred and socially inclusive growth in Europe |
| 16.30 – 18.00 |
Guiding Questions
- How to generate job-centred and socially inclusive growth? Is “green growth“ an opportunity in this regard?
- Wage moderation versus wage increases: How to make the link between wages and productivity and what is the role of the Social Partners in this respect?
- How to reduce labour market duality through Social Dialogue?
- How to re-shape labour market, social and migration policies to properly address the demographic challenge?
- Impacts of possible changes in energy strategies and of increasing food insecurity
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| Moderator: Manuela Tomei |
| Panellists |
| Vladimir Gimpelson | Towards a Social, Job-Centred and Competitive Europe - (pdf 44 KB) |
| Gustav Horn |
| Jan Mládek | Towards a Social, Job-centered and Competitive Europe: Challenges for Europe and
Central Asia – Challenges for the ILO - (pdf 17 KB) |
| Tuesday, 4 October 2011 |
| Session 3: Europe´s future position in a globalized world |
| 9.15 – 10.30 |
Guiding Questions
- Is the European social market economy model sustainable?
- How can "Social Europe" be maintained in view of the looming fiscal, social and competitiveness challenges? What can Europe learn from other regions?
Is there a European "Magic Bullet" of policy mix in times of austerity?
- How to enhance enforcement of Social Dialogue and International Labour Standards, both within and outside Europe?
- Towards a new policy convergence in Europe: How to address vast intra-regional social, employment and economic disparities in Europe?
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| Moderator: Stephen Pursey |
| Panellists |
| Yilmaz Akyüz | The Eurozone Crisis: Wrong Diagnosis and Harmful Recipes - (pdf 55 KB) |
| Torben Andersen | The European Social Model - (pdf 11 KB) |
| Gerhard Bosch | Europe´s future position in a globalized world - (pdf 119 KB) |
| 10.30 – 10.50 | Coffee Break |
| 10.50 – 11.00 | Raymond Torres | Summary of main outcomes of sessions 1, 2 and 3 - (pdf 250 KB) |
| Session 4: Final round and wrap-up. The European Crisis: Which way forward? |
| 11.00 – 13.00 |
Guiding Questions
- EU Strategies and ILO Policies: How to ensure their mutual reinforcement?
- How could the ILO strengthen its impact on the labour market governance in Europe, on employment and social policy formulation and on ensuring
a new model of guidance on policy coherence at regional and national level?
- Do we need a more formalized framework for monitoring and evaluating of policies and anticipating or even early warning mechanisms
(e.g. through indicators that help keeping the balance within the fiscal space between both macroeconomic and employment and social policies)?
- What could be the implications for the Global Jobs Pact and other ILO instruments in this respect?
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| Moderator: Juan Somavia |
| Panellists |
| Alejandro Cercas | La Crise Europeenne: Quel Chemin Prendre - (pdf 30 KB) |
| Gilles de Robien |
| Georg Fischer | Introductory Remarks - (pdf 24 KB) |
| Grigor Gradev |
| Marian Harkin |
| Remigiusz Henczel | The European Crisis. Which way forward? - (pdf 81 KB) |
| Jørgen Rønnest |
