Meeting with Jorge Ramirez Puerto, CEO of the European Microfinance Network and Dominique de Crayencour, EIB Honorary Director General on European Microfinance Day at 11:00

Meeting with Guy Ryder, Director General of ILO at 17:00

Meeting with Antonio Vitorino, President of Notre Europe at 10:30

Opening speech at the European Builders Confederation Congress at 09:30

Speech and participation at the 150th anniversary of the League of Education at the round table with the topic: "The future of Europe" at 18:30.

Other participants in this round table are:

• Nawel  Rafik, Deputy Mayor of Strasbourg in charge of Europe and Citizenship,
• Carlotta Besozzi, coordinator of "European Civil society",
• Jean-Marie Cavada, MEP, President of the "European Movement"

The President of the European Economic and Social Committee (EESC) Georges Dassis will be visiting Athens with European Commission President Jean-Claude Juncker on 21 June

This conference is organised in the framework of the EESC Bureau meeting in Bratislava. The President will give his welcome speech at 10:30. The programme also includes speeches by:

• Robert Fico, Prime Minister of the Slovak Republic and representative of the incoming presidency of the Council
• Ivan Korčok, State Secretary and Government Plenipotentiary for the Slovak presidency of the Council of the EU
• Mikuláš Luptáčik, Dean of the Faculty of National Economy at the University of Economics in Bratislava ("Towards a new economic and industrial policy for Europe: WWWforEurope")

Meeting with the President of the French Republic, François Hollande (at 17:00), in the framerwork of the Appeal of 9 May: http://www.m9m.eu/L201/ 

Speech at 11:00

Official visit of the EESC President, Georges Dassis to Italy (Caserta - Naples), helding meetings with governmental members, local authorities, civil society organisations and NGOs, in cooperation with the organisation "Cultura Contro Camorra"