Meeting with Mr. Blaha, Chairman of the European Affairs Committee of the National Council of the Slovak Republic at 10:00

Participation in the extraordinary meeting of the EESC's Workers Group at 09:00

Participation in the conference for the 25th anniversary of the Portuguese ESC at 15:00

Meeting with Patrick Bernasconi, president of the french Economic, Social and Environmental Council (CESE) and the presidents of the groups of CESE at 12:30

Annual Meeting of the Presidents and Secretaries-General of the national ESCs of the EU and the EESC

Discussion of EESC with the organised civil society of Greece and the Greek Economic and Social Council. The EESC president will open the discussion with a speech at 09:30

Opening speech at the conference: Reforms needed to re-launch Greek competitiveness, at 10:00. The conference is organised by the EESC and the Economic and Social Committee of Greece

Speech at the conference: The apprenticeships of the future: Moving Europe. The intervention of the EESC president will take place at 10:50 in the presentation of the pilot project "European framework for mobility of apprentices"

Official visit for two days to Bratislava. The EESC president will meet among others with:

• The Prime Minister of Slovakia, Mr Robert Fico,
• The Minister of labour, social affairs and family, Mr Jan Richter,
• The State Secretary, Mr Ivan Korčok.

Mr Dassis will also participate at the Assembly of the Confederation of the Trade unions

Meeting with Jerzy Buzek, president of the Conference of Committee Chairs of the European Parliament at 12:30