Programme

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09:00-09:30 | REGISTRATION

09:30-10:00 | OPENING

  • Professor Mirosław Grewiński, Rector, Korczak University
  • Ms Katarzyna Nowakowska, Deputy Minister for Family, Labour and Social Policy, Republic of Poland
  • Mr Krzysztof Stanisław Balon, Vice-President, Group III – Civil Society Organisations, European Economic and Social Committee (EESC); Member of the EESC's Permanent Group on Services of General Interest

10:00-11:30 | PANEL DEBATE I - HOUSING CRISIS IN THE EUROPEAN UNION: SOCIAL PARTNERS' AND CIVIL SOCIETY'S RESPONSE

Moderator: Mr Krzysztof Stanisław Balon

  • Ms Tatiana Marquez Uriarte, European Commission (video message)
  • Mr Mateusz Szymanski, Member of the Study Group for the EESC's Own-initiative opinion on Social housing in the EU – decent, sustainable and affordable; Member of the EESC's Permanent Group on Services of General Interest
  • Ms Agnieszka Maj, Center for Social and Economic Research (CASE), Warsaw
  • Julien Dijol, Housing Europe (video message)

Q & A and Debate with the audience

11:30-12:00 | COFFEE BREAK

12:00-13:30 | PANEL DEBATE II - HOUSING CRISIS AND VULNERABLE GROUPS: CHALLENGES, SOLUTIONS, SERVICES

Moderator: Professor Ryszard Szarfenberg, President of the Polish Committee of the European Anti-Poverty Network (EAPN)

  • Professor Piotr Błędowski, Senior Policy Council of the Republic of Poland
  • Ms Aleksandra Krugły, Habitat for Humanity Poland
  • Mr Cezary Miżejewski, National Committee for the Development of Social Economy
  • Ms Julia Wygnańska, Housing First Poland

Q & A and Debate with the audience

13:30-13:45 | CONCLUSIONS - SERVICES OF GENERAL INTEREST: TACKLING THE HOUSING CRISIS 

  • Mr Krzysztof Stanisław Balon
  • Professor Ryszard Szarfenberg

13:45 | LIGHT LUNCH