Programme

42nd meeting of the Türkiye – EU Joint Consultative Committee (JCC)
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9-11 October 2024 in Cappadocia
PROGRAM
Meeting Venue: Nevşehir Chamber of Commerce and Industry

Wednesday 9 October 2024

20:00 – 21:00 | Welcome Reception

Venue: Sacred Mansion Hotel

Address: Uzundere Cad No:43, 50180 Merkez/Nevşehir 

Thursday 10 October 2024

09:15 – 09:45 | Transfer from Sacred Mansion Otel to Nevşehir CCI

Buses will be provided by TOBB.

09:45 – 10:00 | Registration

Meeting Venue: Nevşehir Chamber of Commerce and Industry

Address: Kapucubaşı Mah. Millet Cad. No:69 Merkez/Nevşehir

10:00 – 10:45 | Opening Session

Welcome remarks by the Co-chairs of the EU-Türkiye Joint Consultative Committee

  • M. Rifat Hisarcıklıoğlu, President of Union of Chambers and Commodity Exchanges of Türkiye (TOBB), Co-chair of the Türkiye-EU Joint Consultative Committee Veselin Mitov, Member of the European Economic and Social Committee (EESC), Co-chair of the Türkiye-EU Joint Consultative Committee

Opening speeches

  • Thomas Hans Ossowski, Ambassador, Head of the EU Delegation to Türkiye
  • Dimitris Dimitriadis, President of the Section for External Relations (REX), EESC
  • Bülent Özcan, Director-General for Financial Cooperation and Project Implementation, Ministry of Foreign Affairs, Directorate for EU Affairs

Adoption of the draft agenda

Discussion

10:45 – 11:30 | Presentation

  • Panagiotis Gkofas,  EESC Member,  (Group III – Civil Society Organisations – Greece), “EU Civil Protection Mechanism: earthquakes and fires under the rescEU” oral presentation
  • Turkish side will be confirmed (AFAD).

11:30 – 13:30 | Working Session I

Chaired by Veselin Mitov, Co-chair of the EU-Türkiye Joint Consultative Committe

Migration (11:30 – 12:30)

  • Rudy de Leeuw, EESC Member (Group II – Workers – Belgium), oral presentation
  • Nesibe Koyuncu, Foreign Relations Expert, Trade Union Confederation / HAK-İŞ (Group II – Workers)

Discussion

Entrepreneurship with Disabilities (12:30 – 13:30)

  • Diana Indjova, EESC Member,  (Group III – Civil Society Organisations – Bulgaria) “Persons with Disabilities in Entrepreneurship – economic diplomacy for people with disability”
  • Ayhan Zeytinoğlu, President of Economic Development Foundation / İKV (Group I – Employers) “Enabling the disabled: The Case of Bizimköy”

Discussion

13:30 – 15:00 | Lunch

Venue: Nevşehir Chamber of Commerce and Industry

Address: Kapucubaşı Mah. Millet Cad. No:69 Merkez/Nevşehir

15:00 – 18:15 | Working Session II

Chaired by M. Rifat Hisarcıklıoğlu, Co-chair of the EU-Türkiye Joint Consultative Committee

Social Issues (15:00 – 16:00)

  • Veselin Mitov, EESC Member (Group II – Workers – Bulgaria) , written report on the “EU Directive on adequate minimum wages”
  • Metin Demir, Executive Board Member,  Turkish Confederation of Employer Associations (TİSK) “Empowering Communities: A Collaborative Approach to Social Issues within the Framework of Social Dialogue”

Discussion

Artificial Intelligence and Digital Skills (16:00 – 17:00)

  • Milena Angelova, EESC Member (Group I – Employers – Bulgaria), “Tapping the Potential of Digital Skills and Digital Skills in Education and Training”; oral presentation
  • tbc

Discussion

Coffee Break (17:00 – 17:15)

Agriculture/Farming (17:15 – 18:15) 

Chaired by Veselin Mitov, Co-chair of the EU-Türkiye Joint Consultative Committe

  • Ioannis Kolyvas, EESC Member (Group III – Civil Society Organisations – Greece),  presentation of the EESC opinion "How to ensure the social, environmental and economic sustainability of the EU agri-food sector with future enlargement" (NAT/924)
  • Şemsi Bayraktar, President of the Union of Turkish Agricultural Chambers / TZOB (Group III– Civil Society Organisations)“Türkiye-EU Relations in the Context of the Agricultural Sector”

18:15 – 18:45 | Transfer from Nevşehir CCI to Sacred Mansion Otel

Buses will be provided by TOBB.

19:30 – 21:30 | Dinner

Venue: Sacred Mansion Hotel

Address: Uzundere Cad No:43, 50180 Merkez/Nevşehir

Friday 11 October 2024

09:00 – 10:00 | Adoption of the Joint Declaration

10:00 – 10:30 | Discussion on Topics of New Work

10:30 – 11:00 | Closing Remarks

  • Veselin Mitov, Co-Chair of the EU-Türkiye Joint Consultative Committee
  • M. Rifat Hisarcıklıoğlu, Co-Chair of the EU-Türkiye Joint Consultative Committee