Programme

9 – 9.30 a.m.    Registration

 

9.30 – 9.45 a.m.    Opening of the conference:

  • Pavel Trantina, President of the Section for Employment, Social Affairs and Citizenship (SOC)
  • Carlos Trindade, President of the Labour Market Observatory (LMO)

 

9.45 – 11.30 a.m.    Panel 1 – Principle of labour mobility and findings from research

 

9.45 – 10.45 a.m.    Moderator: Dorthe Andersen, co-rapporteure of the EESC opinion " Fairer labour mobility within the EU"

Speakers:

  • Doede Ackers, Deputy Head of Unit, Free movement of workers, DG EMPL, European Commission
  • Maria-Luisa Cabral, Head of Unit, Social Security Coordination DG EMPL, European Commission
  • Isabella Biletta, Research Manager, European Foundation for the Improvement of Living and Working Conditions (Eurofound)
  • Laura González de Txabarri Etxaniz, Rapporteure of the EESC opinion "Fairer labour mobility within the EU"

 

10:45 – 11:30 a.m.    General discussion

 

11.30 a.m. – 1 p.m.    Panel 2 – Labour mobility in practice

 

11.30 a.m. – 12.15 p.m.    Moderator: Krzysztof Pater, vice-president of the Labour Market Observatory (LMO)

 

Speakers:

  • Domenico Campogrande, Director, Social Affairs, European Construction Industry Federation (FIEC)
  • Patrick Liébus, President, European Builders Confederation (EBC)
  • Werner Buelen, European Secretary, European Federation of Building and Woodworkers (EFBWW)
  • Marek Benio, Lecturer, Department of Public Economy and Administration, Cracow University of Economics and Vice-president, Labour Mobility Initiative Association

 

12:15 – 1 p.m.    General discussion

 

1 p.m. – 2.30 p.m.     Light lunch

    

2.30 – 5.50 p.m.    Panel 3 – The way forward, including the implementation of the Enforcement Directive and the proposed review of the Posting of Workers Directive

 

2.30 – 4.15 p.m.    Moderator: Indrė Vareikytė, President of the study group of the EESC opinion on "Fairer labour mobility within the EU"

 

Speakers:

  • Agnes Jongerius, Member of the European Parliament (S&D, The Netherlands), Rapporteure of the EP report on Posting of workers (ongoing)
  • Matthias Busse, Researcher, Centre for European Policy Studies (CEPS)
  • Tamás Kocsondi, EU Representative, Hungarian Chamber of Commerce and Industry
  • Philippe Vanden Broeck, Federal Public Service Employment, Labour and Social Dialogue (Belgian labour inspection)
  • Magdalena Bober, Adviser, BusinessEurope
  • Séverine Picard, Adviser, European Trade Union Confederation (ETUC)
  • Vladimíra Drbalová, Rapporteure of the EESC opinion on Posting of workers (ongoing)
  • Cinzia Del Rio, Member of the study group of the EESC opinion on Posting of workers (ongoing)

    

4.15 – 5.50 p.m.    General discussion

 

5.50 – 6 p.m.    Closing of the conference:

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

 

 

Interpreting:

Participants can speak : English, French, German, Portuguese, Italian and Polish

and can listen to: English, French, German and Portuguese

Downloads

LMO Labour Mobility - Draft agenda
OMT Mobilite des travailleurs - Programme