Agenda

Time

Subject

9.00 - 9.30 a.m.

Registration

9.30 – 9.45 a.m.

Opening remarks

• Carlos TRINDADE (Workers' Group, PT), President of the Labour Market Observatory of the EESC (LMO)

9.45 – 11.30 a.m.

Panel 1 – The transition to a greener economy: effects on skills and quantity / quality of jobs

Moderator: Carlos TRINDADE, President of the Labour Market Observatory of the EESC (LMO)

• Jean LAMBERT, Member of the European Parliament (Group of the Greens/European Free Alliance, UK), rapporteur on the "Green Employment Initiative: Tapping into the job creation potential of the green economy", 2015
• Brian SYNNOTT, Member of the Cabinet of Karmenu Vella, European Commissioner for Environment, Maritime Affairs and Fisheries
• Moustapha Kamal GUEYE, International Labour Organisation (ILO)
• Emmanuel PALLIET, Director of the Sustainable development pole and Corporate Social Responsibility, Syndex

Open floor discussion

11.30 – 11.45 a.m.

Coffee break

11.45 a.m. – 1 p.m.

Panel 2 – Adapting policies on employment, education and training

Moderator: Carlos TRINDADE, President of the Labour Market Observatory of the EESC (LMO)

• Edouard SIMON, Head of Working groups, Confrontations Europe
• Olga MARTINEZ DE BRIONES, Policy officer, DG EMPL (Directorate-General for Employment, Social Affairs and Inclusion), European Commission
• Steven BAINBRIDGE, Assistant to the Directorate, CEDEFOP (European Centre for the Development of Vocational Education and Training)
• Toni VIDAN, member of the EESC (Various Interests Group, HR)

Open floor discussion

1 – 2.30 p.m.

Lunch break

2.30 – 4.45 p.m.               

Panel 3 – New visions  and initiatives for tomorrow's green jobs

Moderator: Antonello PEZZINI (Employers' Group, IT), rapporteur of the EESC opinion The circular economy: job creation and the Green Action Plan for SMEs , 2014

• Benjamin DENIS, Adviser, European Trade Union Confederation (ETUC)
• Noël SCHERER, General director, Technifutur

• Ulrich PAETZOLD, Director general, European Construction Industry Federation (FIEC)
• Eugenio QUINTIERI, Secretary General, Construction SMEs Europe (EBC)
• Stephen SCHINDLER, Policy advisor, European Federation of Building and Woodworkers (EFBWW)

Open floor discussion

4.45 p.m.

Closing remarks

• Carlos TRINDADE, President of the Labour Market Observatory of the EESC (LMO)