9.30 a.m. Registration and coffee
10 a.m. Welcome and introduction
- Gonçalo Lobo Xavier, President of the European Semester Group (ESG), European Economic and Social Committee (EESC)
Address by the EESC president
- Luca Jahier, President of the European Economic and Social Committee
The EU economy and the future of the European Semester
- Massimo Suardi, Deputy Head of Dombrovskis' Cabinet, responsible for the coordination of the European semester, European Commission
- Diana Crumpănă, Romanian Presidency team, Employment, Social Policy, Health and Consumer Affairs, EPSCO unit
- Rob Jonkman, Rapporteur on "The European Semester and Cohesion Policy: aligning structural reforms with long-term investments", European Committee of the Regions
- Anne Demelenne, Rapporteur of the EESC opinion on the "2019 Annual Growth Survey", EESC
General Debate
11.45 a.m. National perspective: National organised civil society involvement and policy contributions - shortcomings and good practices
- Reine-Claude Mader, EESC Member, findings from the EESC country visit to France
- Jens Matthiessen, European Semester officer Sweden, European Commission
- Ricardo Rodriguez Contreras, Eurofound, involvement of national social partners in the European semester
- Roland Zwiers, Senior economic affairs officer, Dutch Social and Economic Council
12.30 a.m. General Debate
12.50 a.m. Summary and Conclusion
- Stefano Palmieri, President of the Section for Economic and Monetary Union and Economic and Social Cohesion (ECO), EESC
Interpreting from ES/DE/EL/EN/FR/IT/HU into EN/FR
Interpreting in sign language available.