European Economic and Social Committee

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09:30 | Welcome

João Vieira Lopes, President, Portuguese Commerce and Services Confederation (Confederação do Comércio e Serviços de Portugal, CCP)

09:35 | Opening session

Moderator: Krzysztof Pater, President of the Labour Market Observatory of the European Economic and Social Committee

• Staffan Nilsson, President of the European Economic and Social Committee
• Álvaro Santos Pereira, Minister of Economy and Employment, Portugal

10:15 | "The recent labour market reforms in Portugal in the perspective of the social partners"

Moderator: Pedro Augusto Almeida Freire, Member of the European Economic and Social Committee

• Cristina Nagy Morais, Chief of Cabinet, Confederation of Portuguese Farmers (Confederação dos Agricultores de Portugal, CAP)
• João Vieira Lopes, President, Portuguese Commerce and Services Confederation (Confederação do Comércio e Serviços de Portugal, CCP)
• António Saraiva, President, Confederation of Portuguese Business (Confederação Empresarial de Portugal, CIP)
• Adília Lisboa, President of the Executive Commission, Portuguese Tourism Confederation (Confederação do Turismo Português, CTP)
• João Proença, Secretary General, General Union of Workers (União Geral de Trabalhadores, UGT)
• Arménio Carlos, Secretary General, General Confederation of Portuguese Workers (Confederação Geral dos Trabalhadores Portugueses, CGTP-IN)

11:45 | Coffee break

12:00 |  "Solving labour market problems during the crisis: Social dialogue as a tool"

Moderator: Carlos Alberto Pereira Martins, Member of the European Economic and Social Committee

• José Silva Peneda, President of the Portuguese Economic and Social Council
• Youcef Ghellab, Senior Specialist, ILO
• Jorge Cabrita, Research Officer, Eurofound
• António de Melo Pires, Executive Director and Board Member of Management, Volkswagen Autoeuropa, Portugal

13:15 | Lunch

14:45 |  "Labour market reforms: chances and risks"

Moderator: Alfredo Correia, Member of the European Economic and Social Committee

• Rui Duarte, Board Member, European Youth Forum
• Vítor Melícias, União das Misericórdias
• João Ferreira do Amaral, Professor, ISEG - School of Economics and Management, Lisbon, Portugal

16:00 | Final debate and closing

• Pedro Silva Martins, Secretary of State for Employment, Portugal
• Krzysztof Pater, President of the ESC Labour Market Observatory of the European Economic and Social Committee

16:45 | End of conference