European Economic
and Social Committee
Programme
9.00 a.m. | Registration
9.30 a.m. | Welcome
- Mariëtte Hamer, President of the Social and Economic Council of the Netherlands (SER)
9.45 a.m. | Opening session
- Gabriele Bischoff, Workers' Group President – EESC
10.00 a.m. | Priorities and Programme of the Netherlands Presidency - evaluation
- Interventions by
- Marcelis Boereboom, Acting Secretary General, Ministry of Social Affairs and Emloyment
- Allan Larsson, Special Adviser for the European Pillar of the Social Rights, European Commission
- Esther Lynch, Confederal Secretary, ETUC
- Leo Hartveld, General Secretary of Netherlands Trade Union Confederation (FNV)
- Maurice Limmen, President of National Federation of Christian Trade Unions (CNV)
- Nic van Holstein, President of Trade Union Federation for Professionals (VCP)
Debate
2.30 p.m. | Panel: Euroscepticism, renationalisation – does it already affect core trade union and workers' rights?
- Moderator: Doekle Terpstra, Driving Force of the National Technology Pact 2020
- Keynote speech: Caroline de Gruyter, journalist NRC Handelsblad
- Panellists:
- UK – Amarjite Singh, member of the Workers' Group
- France – Pascal Debay, member of the CGT Executive Committee
- Austria – Wolfgang Greif, member of the Workers' Group
- Czech Republic – Stanislav Štech, Charles University Prague
Debate
4.30 p.m. | Conclusions and recommendations:
- Gabriele Bischoff, Workers' Group President – EESC