European Economic
and Social Committee
Programme
Remote event via Interactio, online platform - Friday, 26 November 2021 from 10:00 a.m. to 1.00 p.m. and from 2:30 p.m. to 4:00 p.m.
09.30 a.m. - 10.00 a.m. | Log on to platform / Interactio testing
10.00 a.m. - 10.10 a.m. | Introduction
- Lech Pilawski, LMO President
10.10 a.m. - 10.55 a.m. | Panel I – Setting the scene
Moderator – Carlos Manuel Trindade, LMO Vice-president
- LaurenĹŁiu Plosceanu, SOC section President: opening words
- Carlo Scatoli, Senior expert skills and qualifications, DG EMPL, European Commission
- Gijs Van Houten, Research manager, Employment unit, Eurofound
- JĂĽrgen Siebel, Executive Director of Cedefop (European Centre for the Development of Vocational Training)
10.55 a.m. - 11.20 a.m. | Q & A
11.20 a.m. - 11.35 a.m. | Break
11.35 a.m. - 12.30 a.m. | Panel II – Perspectives from the wider civil society
Moderator: Lech Pilawski, LMO President
- Mikael Leyi, Secretariat General of SOLIDAR
- Laura de Bonfils, Head of Advocacy and Policy, Social Platform
- Susana Oliveira, Vice-President, Lifelong Learning Platform
- Tatjana Babrauskienė, EESC member (Gr. II Lithuania – rapporteur of SOC/663 How to promote, based on education and training, from a lifelong learning perspective, the skills needed for Europe to establish a more just, more cohesive, more sustainable, more digital and more resilient society, and of SOC/636 Towards an EU strategy for enhancing green skills and competences for all)
- Sandra Parthie, EESC member (Gr.I Germany – rapporteur of the ongoing opinion INT/935 on Updating the new industrial strategy)
12.30 p.m. - 12.55 p.m. | Q & A
12.55 p.m. - 13.00 p.m. | Conclusions of the debate by the moderator
13.00 p.m. - 14.30 p.m. | Break
14.30 p.m. - 15.15 p.m. | Panel III – Social partners' perspective
Moderator: Krzysztof Pater, LMO Vice-President
- Robert Plummer, BusinessEurope, Social Affairs department
- Agnes Roman, advisor, ETUC
- Mark Bergfeld, Director Property Services & UNICARE, UNI Global Union (UNI Europa)
- Stefan Enica, Project and Policy Officer, Sustainability, SGI Europe
15.15 p.m. - 15.45 p.m. | Q & A
15.45 p.m. - 16.00 p.m. | Conclusions of the debate by the moderator
Participants can speak Croatian, English, French, German, Italian, Polish, Portuguese and Romanian and listen to English, French, German, Italian, Polish and Portuguese.