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    Civil Society Forum - 13 September 2022, 09:30-15:00 Korea time (02:30-08:00 Brussels time)

    09:10-09:30   Registration

    09:30-09:40   Opening remarks by the co-chairs and adoption of the agenda

    Lee Ho-Geun, Jeonbuk National University, Korea DAG Chair, and Tom Jenkins, ETUC, EU DAG Chair

    09:40-10:10   Session I - The role of the DAGs and of the CSF

    Exchanges of views building on the EU and the Korea DAGs’ experiences since the first meeting in 2012

    Chair: Lee Ho-Geun, Jeonbuk National University, Korea DAG Chair

    • Lee Ho-Geun, Korea DAG Chair
    • Tom Jenkins, ETUC, and Tanja Buzek, ETF

    Discussion

    10:10-10:30   Coffee break

    10:30-11:20   Session II - Climate initiatives in the EU and Korea – comparison and assessment of progress

    Chair: Lee Ho-Geun, Jeonbuk National University, Korea DAG Chair

    • Carbon neutrality and green growth, presentation by Dilyana Slavova, Euromontana, and CBAM from an EU business perspective, presentation by Dominic Boucsein, Eurochambres
    • Carbon Neutrality Action Plan, presentation by Kim Sungjin, KEI

    Discussion

    11:20-12:20   Session III - ILO core conventions and Occupational Safety and Health

    Outcomes following the Panel of Experts Report on ILO conventions - ILO Convention 105 - Occupational Health and Safety and the decision of the ILO Conference to include them among the Core Labor Standards

    Chair: Tom Jenkins, ETUC, EU DAG Chair

    • Introductory remarks by Alain Pelcé, Senior International Labour Standards and Labour Law Specialist, Decent Work Technical Support Team for East and South-East Asia and the Pacific, ILO
    • Comments by Tom Jenkins, ETUC, EU DAG Chair
    • Industrial Accident Prevention System in Korea, presentation by Kwon Hyuk, Busan National University

    Discussion

    12:20-13:30   Lunch break

    13:30-14:50   Discussion and adoption of the EU-Korea CSF Conclusions

    Chairs: Lee Ho-Geun, Korea DAG Chair, and Tom Jenkins, ETUC, EU DAG Chair

    14:50-15:00​​​​​​​   ​​​​​​​Closing remarks

    Lee Ho-Geun, Korea DAG Chair, and Tom Jenkins, ETUC, EU DAG Chair 

    Workshop - 14 September 2022, 10:00-11:50 Korea time (03:00-04:50 Brussels time)

    10:00-10:10   Introduction

    Lee Ho-Geun, Korea DAG Chair, and Tom Jenkins, ETUC, EU DAG Chair

    10:10-11:10   Platform work in the EU and Korea

    Chair: Lee Ho-Geun, Korea DAG Chair

    Presentations by invited experts: 

    • Kang GeumBong, Economic, Social & Labor Council, ROK
    • Dr. Sophia Seung-yoon Lee, Associate Professor of social policy at Chung-Ang university, Seoul

    Comments by:

    • Jung Heungjun, Seoul National University of Science and Technology
    • Isaline Ossieur, BusinessEurope, and Tanja Buzek, ETF

    Q&A discussion

    11:10-11:40   Corporate Sustainability Due Diligence

    Chair: Tom Jenkins, ETUC, EU DAG Chair

    • The EU Corporate Sustainability Due Diligence Directive (CSDDD) and its impact, presentation by Gaëlle Dusepulchre, FIDH

    Comments by:

    • Cho Seongdae, KITA
    •  Ryu Mikyung, KCTU

    Q&A discussion

    11:40-11:50   Closing remarks

    Lee Ho-Geun, Korea DAG Chair, Tom Jenkins, ETUC, EU DAG Chair