Programme

Poverty
Sustainable development
Social rights

Conference - Poverty Watch Report 2023 Launch Event: Unsustainable Welfare States & Risk of Austerity

09.00 - 09.30 - Arrival of participants & Welcoming coffee

09.30 - 09.40 - Opening remarks

  • Pietro Vittorio Barbieri, Vice-President of the Civil Society Organisations’ Group of the European Economic and Social Committee (EESC)

09.40 - 10.00 - Key findings & recommendations

  • Kahina Rabahi, Policy and Advocacy Coordinator, European Anti Povery Network (EAPN)

10.00 - 11.50 - Roundtable with Q & A

Moderator: Juliana Wahlgren, Director, EAPN

  • Bernd Schlüter, Member, Civil Society Organisations’ Group of the EESC
  • José Gusmão, Member of the European Parliament
  • Caroline Van der Hoeven, Belgium Anti-Poverty Network
  • Geneviève Baert, Belgium Anti-Poverty Network
  • Josee Goris, Senior Policy Advisor, Belgium Public Planning Service for Social Integration
  • Ragnar Horn, Social rights and inclusion, Directorate-General for Employment, Social Affairs and Inclusion, European Commission

11.50 - 12.00 - Concluding remarks

  • Carlos Susias, President, EAPN