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  • Speaker
    Staffan Nilsson
    Organisation
    EESC
    In my work programme as the President of the EESC, my goal is to consolidate the social dimension of the EU: improve employment conditions and promote social integration, fighting the poverty and exclusion that are afflicting vulnerable groups across all of Europe. A social Europe is a Europe with a society that combines economic growth with high living standards and good working conditions, or at least decent jobs and worthy living conditions for all. A social Europe is a society that cares about its most vulnerable.
    President Nilsson`s speech at the EPSCO meeting
  • Final Conclusions
  • Conference organised by the Various Interests Group of the EESC in Dublin to mark Ireland's 40 years of membership of the EU

    Speech by Juca JAHIER - The Cost of a Non-Europe
    Innaugural speech by Luca JAHIER
  • Speaker
    Staffan Nilsson
    Organisation
    EESC
    Over the last 10 years, the EESC has proposed an important number of opinions on the ageing of the European population and issued opinions on issues such as: the needs of older citizens, funding health and pension systems, employing older workers, intergenerational solidarity, technological solutions to improve the quality of life of older persons, long-term care, etc. The EESC has been particularly active during the European Year 2012. It created a group to coordinate activities related to the Year. This group has organised 5 public events on different themes.
    Staffan Nilsson speech at the 2012 European Year of Active ageing... closing conference
  • Speaker
    Staffan Nilsson
    Organisation
    EESC
    The European labour market is facing major challenges. We need to tackle the persisting economic and social crisis, and at the same time we are facing a huge demographic challenge. We have an ageing workforce and the number of people in "employment age" will decrease in the years to come.
    Staffan Nilsson`s opening address Boosting Europe conference
  • Speaker
    Staffan Nilsson
    Organisation
    EESC
    Crisis or not, we are now working in an open trading area, and in a globalised world. Europe will not build a sustainable society that is prosperous in the long term without the rest of the world. We need to share the same objectives even if we don't use the same tools. As an open globalised economy we must TOGETHER identify and share good practices. It is in all our interests. The role of entrepreneurs in channelling such investment for economic recovery is key to ensuring a competitive and dynamic economy. To make sure that this renewed economy is sustainable in the future, we must invest in education in entrepreneurship. We must focus on untapped human capital. This mainly means young people, women, older workers, migrants and other vulnerable groups.
    Staffan Nilsson`s conclusions of the ETF Conference: Towards excellence in entrepreneurship and enterprise
  • Event organised by the Internationaler Bund, Berlin, Germany
    Speech by Juca JAHIER
  • Speaker
    Staffan Nilsson
    Organisation
    EESC
    A lot has happened both in the EU and in the countries of its close neighbourhood since the EU-led Black Sea Synergy initiative providing scope for regional cooperation was launched (in 2008). A lot has evolved since the last Black Sea NGO Forum took place. What did not change however is a vital need for civil society active engagement and mobilization of all parts of our societies to act together.
    Staffan Nilsson`s opening speach at the Black Sea NGO Forum 2012
  • Final conclusions of the conference
    Final conclusions of the conference
  • Speaker
    Staffan Nilsson
    Organisation
    EESC
    This conference is very timely; demographic trends pose major challenges to the labour market. It suffers from structural problems. Young people, in particular, find it difficult to gain a footing in the labour market, despite skills they have. It is not only the case in Europe. It is also a major problem in Tunisia, where the demographic trend is the opposite: it is a very young population with high skills and no jobs.
    President`s conclusions at the ETF Coroprate Conference 2012- Multilevel Governance in Education and Training