Marco Mira d’Ercole is Head of the Division for Household Statistics and Progress Measurement in the Statistics Directorate of the OECD. He has worked on measures of well-being, income distribution and various aspects of social policies He was editor of the 2010 edition of the OECD Factbook and of the 2005 and 2007 editions of Society at a Glance – OECD Social Indicators and was among the main contributors of the OECD report Growing Unequal? Income Distribution and Poverty in OECD Countries, 2008. He has been one of the “rapporteurs” of the Commission on the Measurement of Economic Performance and Social Progress established by President Sarkozy in early 2008 and one of the contributors of the 2011 Canberra Group Handbook on Household Income Statistics. Since joining the OECD he has worked in the Directorate for Employment, Labour and Social Affairs, in the Economics Department and in the Private Office of the OECD Secretary General, as well as spending two years at the International Monetary Fund. He holds a degree in Economics from the University of Modena and a M.Phil from Oxford University.
Conny Reuter has been Secretary General of SOLIDAR since October 2006.
He is also serving as:
Co-Chair of Liaison Group of the European Economic and Social Committee’s (EESC)
Co-founder and Board member of Social Service Europe (SSE) since 2012
Member of the Executive Committee of the International Federation of Workers Education Associations (IFWEA) since 2008
Before moving to Brussels, Conny worked in Paris and Berlin heading the Franco-German Youth Office (FGYO) Department for School and Youth Exchanges (1998-2006), working at La Ligue de l’enseignement in Paris on European projects (1990-1998) and heading the liaison office of La Ligue in Germany working on Franco-German youth exchanges in professional and vocational training (1985-1990).
From April 2008 to April 2013 he was President of the Social Platform, the platform of European Social NGOs.
He has extended experience in NGO networking, managing EU and international projects and events. He is specialized in social policies, education and global justice issues.
Francesco Saraceno is a senior economist at OFCE Sciences-Po. He holds Ph.Ds in economics from Columbia University and La Sapienza University of Rome. His main research interests include the relationship between inequality and macroeconomic performance, European macroeconomic policies, and the interaction between structural reforms and fiscal and monetary policies. He has published in several international journals, such as the Journal of Public Economic Theory, the Journal of Economic Behavior and Organization, the Journal of Economic Dynamics and Control, the Scottish Journal of Political Economy, the Journal of Post-Keynesian Economics, the Journal of Evolutionary Economics, and Structural Change and Economic Dynamics. In 2000 he became a member of the Council of Economic Advisors to the Italian Prime Minister's Office. He has been on leave since March 2002, when he moved to Paris to work at the French Observatory on Economic Conditions (OFCE, Observatoire Français des Conjonctures Économiques), the Research Center in Economics at Sciences-Po. He is in charge of the concentration in economics for the Master in European Affairs at Sciences-Po Paris, where he teaches international and European macroeconomics. He also teaches for the Master of Public Affairs, and is Academic Director of the Sciences Po-Northwestern European Affairs Program. He has contributed a number of papers on macroeconomics, European policies, disequilibrium theory and learning to professional journals. He has served in the French National Center for Scientific Research (CNRS), and as a researcher for the Institute of Law and Economics of the Firm (IDEFI, Nice Sophia-Antipolis).
Claire Courteille-Mulder is the director of the office of the International Labour Organisation (ILO) in Brussels. Before joining the ILO in January 2014 she was a director at the ITUC (International Trade Union Confederation) dealing with issues related to equality, social protection, informal economy, migration and gender. She started her carrier in the field of development cooperation and has worked for the UNHCR, the OSCE and several non-governmental organisations. She graduated from the London School of Economics in development studies (1995) and the Sorbonne University in Paris in international economics (1991).
Former Prime Minister of Italy (1998-2000), is currently the President of the Fondazione Italianieuropei and of the Foundation for European Progressive Studies (FEPS). He has been a member of the Italian Chamber of Deputies (until March 2013) and, from January 2010 to March 2013, President of the Parliamentary Commission for the Security of the Republic (COPASIR). In 2006, he was appointed Deputy Prime Minister and Minister of Foreign Affairs in the second Prodi government. Mr D'Alema has also been a member of the European Parliament (2004-2006). He is a professional journalist and the author of several books.
Georges Dassis first joined the European Economic and Social Committee in 1981; he was elected President of the Workers' Group (Group II) in 2008. Prior to that, he was President of the Section for Economic and Monetary Union and Economic and Social Cohesion of the EESC. In 1982, he became a member of the Executive Committee of the European Trade Union Confederation (ETUC). Since 1981, he represents the Greek General Confederation of Labour (GSEE) at the ETUC, the International Trade Union Confederation and the International Labour Office. He is a founding member of the Labour Institute of the GSEE and Secretary for International Relations.
Michel Delebarre was born on 27th April 1946 in Bailleul, France. He studied history and geography. His political career started in 1968 as Deputy Secretary-general of the Nord-Pas-de-Calais development board. In 1980, he became the Secretary-general of the city of Lille. In 1982 he was appointed Director of PM Pierre Mauroy’s Private Office. Between 1984 and 1986 and between 1988 and 1993, he held several ministerial posts in the governments of François Mitterrand with portfolios for Labor, Social Affairs, Transport, Housing and the Public Service. In 1989 Michel Delebarre was elected Mayor of Dunkirk (re-elected in 1995, 2001, 2008) and, in 2002, became member of the French National Assembly for the Nord constituency. From 1998 to 2001 Michel Delebarre was President of the Regional Council of "Nord-Pas-de Calais". In September 2011, he was elected as member of the French Senate. He is a member of the Committee of the Regions since 1998. Between 2002 and 2006 he was the Chairman of the PES Group in the Committee of the Regions. Between 2006 and 2008 he was the President of the Committee of the Regions and between 2010 and 2012 the President of the COTER Commission. He is currently coordinator of the Europe 2020 platform of the CoR.
Enrico Giovannini is an Italian economist and statistician, member of the Club of Rome. Since 2002 he is full professor of economic statistics at the Rome University “Tor Vergata” and Senior Fellow of the LUISS School of European Political Economy. From 28th April 2013 to 22 February 2014 he was Minister of Labour and Social Policies in the Italian Government. From August 2009 to April 2013 he was President of the Italian Statistical Institute (Istat).
From January 2001 to July 2009 he was Director of Statistics and Chief Statistician of the Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development (OECD), where he designed and implemented a thorough reform of the statistical system, organised the "World Forum on "Statistics, Knowledge and Politics" and launched the Global Project on the "Measurement of Progress in Society", which fostered the setting up of numerous worldwide initiatives on the issue "Beyond GDP".
He was member of the Stiglitz-Sen-Fitoussi Committee, established by the French President N. Sarkozy. He was also President of the Global Council of the World Economic Forum on the "Evaluation of Societal Progress", President of the Conference of European Statisticians, body of the UN Economic Commission for Europe, and Chairman of the Board of the World Bank International Project for the measurement of purchasing power parity.
He is currently member or chair of important national and international committees.
For his work on the measurement of social welfare, in 2010, he was awarded the Gold Medal of the President of the Italian Republic by the Pio Manzù International Centre and became a member of the Club of Rome.
He is author of more than ninety articles and four books on economic and statistical topics.
President of the Employers' Group of the European Economic and Social Committee, Mr Krawczyk is also Vice-President of PKPP LEWIATAN, the largest confederation of private employers in Poland. Between 2010 and 2013 he served as Vice-President of the EESC, being responsible for Budget. An entrepreneur with many years' experience, he is former board member and CEO of several banks and companies from various sectors of the economy. He is a former Chairman of the supervisory board of LOT Polish Airlines and a professional pilot.
Marco Mira d’Ercole is Head of the Division for Household Statistics and Progress Measurement in the Statistics Directorate of the OECD. He has worked on measures of well-being, income distribution and various aspects of social policies He was editor of the 2010 edition of the OECD Factbook and of the 2005 and 2007 editions of Society at a Glance – OECD Social Indicators and was among the main contributors of the OECD report Growing Unequal? Income Distribution and Poverty in OECD Countries, 2008. He has been one of the “rapporteurs” of the Commission on the Measurement of Economic Performance and Social Progress established by President Sarkozy in early 2008 and one of the contributors of the 2011 Canberra Group Handbook on Household Income Statistics. Since joining the OECD he has worked in the Directorate for Employment, Labour and Social Affairs, in the Economics Department and in the Private Office of the OECD Secretary General, as well as spending two years at the International Monetary Fund. He holds a degree in Economics from the University of Modena and a M.Phil from Oxford University.
Francesco Saraceno is a senior economist at OFCE Sciences-Po. He holds Ph.Ds in economics from Columbia University and La Sapienza University of Rome. His main research interests include the relationship between inequality and macroeconomic performance, European macroeconomic policies, and the interaction between structural reforms and fiscal and monetary policies. He has published in several international journals, such as the Journal of Public Economic Theory, the Journal of Economic Behavior and Organization, the Journal of Economic Dynamics and Control, the Scottish Journal of Political Economy, the Journal of Post-Keynesian Economics, the Journal of Evolutionary Economics, and Structural Change and Economic Dynamics. In 2000 he became a member of the Council of Economic Advisors to the Italian Prime Minister's Office. He has been on leave since March 2002, when he moved to Paris to work at the French Observatory on Economic Conditions (OFCE, Observatoire Français des Conjonctures Économiques), the Research Center in Economics at Sciences-Po. He is in charge of the concentration in economics for the Master in European Affairs at Sciences-Po Paris, where he teaches international and European macroeconomics. He also teaches for the Master of Public Affairs, and is Academic Director of the Sciences Po-Northwestern European Affairs Program. He has contributed a number of papers on macroeconomics, European policies, disequilibrium theory and learning to professional journals. He has served in the French National Center for Scientific Research (CNRS), and as a researcher for the Institute of Law and Economics of the Firm (IDEFI, Nice Sophia-Antipolis).
Former Prime Minister of Italy (1998-2000), is currently the President of the Fondazione Italianieuropei and of the Foundation for European Progressive Studies (FEPS). He has been a member of the Italian Chamber of Deputies (until March 2013) and, from January 2010 to March 2013, President of the Parliamentary Commission for the Security of the Republic (COPASIR). In 2006, he was appointed Deputy Prime Minister and Minister of Foreign Affairs in the second Prodi government. Mr D'Alema has also been a member of the European Parliament (2004-2006). He is a professional journalist and the author of several books.
Georges Dassis first joined the European Economic and Social Committee in 1981; he was elected President of the Workers' Group (Group II) in 2008. Prior to that, he was President of the Section for Economic and Monetary Union and Economic and Social Cohesion of the EESC. In 1982, he became a member of the Executive Committee of the European Trade Union Confederation (ETUC). Since 1981, he represents the Greek General Confederation of Labour (GSEE) at the ETUC, the International Trade Union Confederation and the International Labour Office. He is a founding member of the Labour Institute of the GSEE and Secretary for International Relations.
Michel Delebarre was born on 27th April 1946 in Bailleul, France. He studied history and geography. His political career started in 1968 as Deputy Secretary-general of the Nord-Pas-de-Calais development board. In 1980, he became the Secretary-general of the city of Lille. In 1982 he was appointed Director of PM Pierre Mauroy’s Private Office. Between 1984 and 1986 and between 1988 and 1993, he held several ministerial posts in the governments of François Mitterrand with portfolios for Labor, Social Affairs, Transport, Housing and the Public Service. In 1989 Michel Delebarre was elected Mayor of Dunkirk (re-elected in 1995, 2001, 2008) and, in 2002, became member of the French National Assembly for the Nord constituency. From 1998 to 2001 Michel Delebarre was President of the Regional Council of "Nord-Pas-de Calais". In September 2011, he was elected as member of the French Senate. He is a member of the Committee of the Regions since 1998. Between 2002 and 2006 he was the Chairman of the PES Group in the Committee of the Regions. Between 2006 and 2008 he was the President of the Committee of the Regions and between 2010 and 2012 the President of the COTER Commission. He is currently coordinator of the Europe 2020 platform of the CoR.
