Simultaneous interpretation requested from German, English and French into German, English and French
02:00 p.m. | Registration of participants & coffee
02:30 p.m. | Welcome
- Marco Wagener, Vice-president of the ESC of Luxemburg
- Pavel Trantina, President of the Section for Employment, Social Affairs and Citizenship of the EESC
02:50 p.m. | Panel 1 – Common Social values and Principles in the European Union
- Fran Bennett, Co-author, with Sandy Ruxton, of the document "Common social values in the European Union: stocktaking, with a focus on social inclusion and social protection"
- Bernd Schlüter, Legal Adviser, EESC Member, rapporteur of the EESC opinion on "Principles for effective and reliable welfare provision systems"
03:20 p.m. | Discussion
03.50 p.m. | Coffee break
04:00 p.m. | Panel 2 - Socialising the European semester
- Bart Vanhercke, Director, European Social Observatory (tbc), co-author of the study "Socialising the European Semester? Economic Governance and Social Policy Coordination in Europe 2020"
- Thomas Dominique, President of the Social Protection Committee of the Council
- Nicholas Costello, Deputy Head-of-Unit of the EMPL.D1. Unit "Social Policies, Innovation and Governance", European Commission
04:40 p.m. | Discussion
05:00 p.m. | Panel 3 - The Luxemburgish Presidency feedback on The Social Dimesion in EU’s Governance framework
- H.E. Mr Romain Schneider, Minister of Social Security, Minister for Development Cooperation and Humanitarian Affairs, Minister of Sport – Luxemburg
05:10 p.m. | Discussion
05:40 p.m. | Concluding remarks
- Georges Dassis, President of the EESC
- Marco Wagener, Vice-president of the ESC of Luxemburg
06:00 p.m. | Farewell drink