European Economic
and Social Committee
Programme
11th meeting of the EU-Georgia Civil Society Platform
(Tbilisi time)
11:00 Opening session
- Opening remarks by Mr Kakha Gogolashvili and Mr Mateusz Szymański, Co-chairs of the EU-Georgia CSP
State of play of the implementation of the EU-Georgia Association Agreement and progress in implementing the priorities outlined by the Commission in its opinion on Georgia's application for membership of the European Union
- Mr Teymuraz Janjalia, Deputy Minister of Foreign Affairs of Georgia (TBC)
- Ms Asuncion Ruiz Sanchez, Deputy Head of Delegation of the European Union to Georgia
- Mr Michael Rupp, Team leader, Unit for Georgia and Moldova, Neighbourhood East and Institution Building, European Commission (TBC)
- Mr Paata Gaprindasvili, Georgia's Reforms Associates
Debate with CSP Members
- Ms Natia Kuprashvili, Chairperson, Journalism Resource Centre
- Ms Tamar Khidasheli, Director, Democracy Research Institute,
- Mr Lasha Tughushi, Director, Liberal Academy
- Ms Nazi Janezashvili, Director, Georgian Court Watch
13:00 Coffee break
13:30 Implementation of the Chapter 14 of the Association Agreement on Employment, social policy and equal opportunities with special focus on occupational safety and health, gender equality, and social security
- Ms Raisa Liparteliani, Vice-President, Georgian Trade Unions Confederation
- Ms Isaline Ossieur, Adviser, Social Affairs department, BusinessEurope
- Ms Ody Neisingh, President of theEESC's Group on Equality and Rapporteur on Gender lens investing as a way to improve gender equality in the European Union
14:30 Lunch break
15:30 Mobility of Georgian workers
- Ms Cristina Tilling, European Transport Workers’ Federation