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Civil Society Forum - 13 September 2022, 09:30-15:00 Korea time (02:30-08:00 Brussels time)

09:10-09:30   Registration

09:30-09:40   Opening remarks by the co-chairs and adoption of the agenda

Lee Ho-Geun, Jeonbuk National University, Korea DAG Chair, and Tom Jenkins, ETUC, EU DAG Chair

09:40-10:10   Session I - The role of the DAGs and of the CSF

Exchanges of views building on the EU and the Korea DAGs’ experiences since the first meeting in 2012

Chair: Lee Ho-Geun, Jeonbuk National University, Korea DAG Chair

  • Lee Ho-Geun, Korea DAG Chair
  • Tom Jenkins, ETUC, and Tanja Buzek, ETF

Discussion

10:10-10:30   Coffee break

10:30-11:20   Session II - Climate initiatives in the EU and Korea – comparison and assessment of progress

Chair: Lee Ho-Geun, Jeonbuk National University, Korea DAG Chair

  • Carbon neutrality and green growth, presentation by Dilyana Slavova, Euromontana, and CBAM from an EU business perspective, presentation by Dominic Boucsein, Eurochambres
  • Carbon Neutrality Action Plan, presentation by Kim Sungjin, KEI

Discussion

11:20-12:20   Session III - ILO core conventions and Occupational Safety and Health

Outcomes following the Panel of Experts Report on ILO conventions - ILO Convention 105 - Occupational Health and Safety and the decision of the ILO Conference to include them among the Core Labor Standards

Chair: Tom Jenkins, ETUC, EU DAG Chair

  • Introductory remarks by Alain Pelcé, Senior International Labour Standards and Labour Law Specialist, Decent Work Technical Support Team for East and South-East Asia and the Pacific, ILO
  • Comments by Tom Jenkins, ETUC, EU DAG Chair
  • Industrial Accident Prevention System in Korea, presentation by Kwon Hyuk, Busan National University

Discussion

12:20-13:30   Lunch break

13:30-14:50   Discussion and adoption of the EU-Korea CSF Conclusions

Chairs: Lee Ho-Geun, Korea DAG Chair, and Tom Jenkins, ETUC, EU DAG Chair

14:50-15:00​​​​​​​   ​​​​​​​Closing remarks

Lee Ho-Geun, Korea DAG Chair, and Tom Jenkins, ETUC, EU DAG Chair 

Workshop - 14 September 2022, 10:00-11:50 Korea time (03:00-04:50 Brussels time)

10:00-10:10   Introduction

Lee Ho-Geun, Korea DAG Chair, and Tom Jenkins, ETUC, EU DAG Chair

10:10-11:10   Platform work in the EU and Korea

Chair: Lee Ho-Geun, Korea DAG Chair

Presentations by invited experts: 

  • Kang GeumBong, Economic, Social & Labor Council, ROK
  • Dr. Sophia Seung-yoon Lee, Associate Professor of social policy at Chung-Ang university, Seoul

Comments by:

  • Jung Heungjun, Seoul National University of Science and Technology
  • Isaline Ossieur, BusinessEurope, and Tanja Buzek, ETF

Q&A discussion

11:10-11:40   Corporate Sustainability Due Diligence

Chair: Tom Jenkins, ETUC, EU DAG Chair

  • The EU Corporate Sustainability Due Diligence Directive (CSDDD) and its impact, presentation by Gaëlle Dusepulchre, FIDH

Comments by:

  • Cho Seongdae, KITA
  •  Ryu Mikyung, KCTU

Q&A discussion

11:40-11:50   Closing remarks

Lee Ho-Geun, Korea DAG Chair, Tom Jenkins, ETUC, EU DAG Chair