Institutional part

Moderator: Brian Maguire

14.40 Opening by Christa Schweng, President of the EESC

14:50 Speech by Dubravka Šuica, Vice-President of the European Commission and member of the CoFoE executive board

15:00 Speech by Eva Maydell, MEP and President of the European Movement International

Round Tables

15:10 Panel No. 1: Shared fundamental values for Europe and beyond

Moderator: Brian Maguire

Keynote speaker: Prof. Dr Manfred Nowak, Professor for International Human Rights and Scientific Director of the Vienna Master of Arts in Human Rights

Poll related to the topics of Panel No. 1

Other participants:

  • Morten Kjærum, Director of the Raoul Wallenberg Institute of Human Rights and Humanitarian Law
  • Helena de Felipe Lehtonen, Vice-President of the EESC Ad hoc group on Fundamental Rights and the Rule of Law (FRRL)

Q&A

15:55 Panel No.  2: Sustainable Economic Recovery, Skills and Innovation

Moderator: Brian Maguire

Keynote speaker: Günther Oettinger, President of United Europe

Poll related to the topics of Panel No. 2

Other participants:

  • Stefano Mallia, President of the EESC Employers' Group
  • Ivonne Bollow, Global Director Corporate Public Policy at Metro AG

Q&A

16:40 Musical interlude by Brussels Muzieque

16:55 Panel No. 3: Sustainable Social Recovery, job creation and just transition

Moderator: Brian Maguire

Keynote speaker: Ana Mendes Godinho, Minister for Employment, Solidarity, and Social Security of Portugal

Poll related to the topics of Panel No. 3  

Other participants:

  • Oliver Röpke, President of the EESC Workers' Group
  • Luca Visentini, Secretary General of the European Trade Union Confederation (ETUC)

Q&A

17:35 Panel No. 4: Sustainable, inclusive and participative societies 

Moderator: Brian Maguire

Keynote speaker: Dr Sean Healy, CEO of Social Justice Ireland

Poll related to the topics of Panel No. 4    

Other participants:

  • Séamus Boland, President of EESC Europe Diversity Group 
  • Brikena Xhomaqi, Co-president of the Liaison Group, Director of the Lifelong Learning Platform (LLLP)

Q&A

18:15 Final remarks by Cillian Lohan, Vice-president of the EESC

18:25 Closing by Christa Schweng, President of the EESC

 

End of the event