Programme

Skills and talents as key drivers for personal fulfilment, economic growth and competitiveness

Hybrid conference organised in the context of European Year of Skills
JDE52, EESC and via Interactio, online platform
Friday, 10 March 2023 from 9.30 a.m. to 1.00 p.m. and from 2.30 p.m. to 4.30 p.m.

Moderation by Florence Ranson (REDComms)

09.00 a.m. - 09.30 a.m. | Testing connections for speakers

09.30 a.m. - 10.00 a.m. | Opening session

  • Christa Schweng, President of the European Economic and Social Committee
  • Nicolas Schmit, Commissioner for Jobs and Social Rights

10.00 a.m. - 12.00 p.m. | Session 1 – Setting the scene: current challenges and needs for skills development in the EU

10.00 a.m. - 11.15 a.m. |  Setting the scene on skills needs and development in the EU

  • Mara Brugia, Deputy Executive Director, CEDEFOP (European Centre for the Development of Vocational Training)

Insights from McKinsey & Company

  • Frédéric Panier, Partner, McKinsey&Company

Perspectives from the organised civil society

  • Petri Salminen, President of SMEunited
  • Martha Schultz, Vice-president of Eurochambres and Chair of the Eurochambres Skills Committee
  • Maxime Cerutti, Director, Social Affairs Department of  BusinessEurope
  • Ludovic Voet, Confederal Secretary of ETUC
  • Brikena Xhomaqi, Director of the Lifelong Learning Platform

Perspectives from the Presidency of the Council of the EU

Keynote speech by Sophia Metelius, State Secretary to the Minister for Employment and Integration Johan Pehrson, Sweden

11.15 a.m. - 12.00 p.m. |  General debate

12.00 p.m. - 13.00 p.m. | Two Parallel workshops

Workshop 1 - Dual education/ in-work training v. academic training- JDE 52:

Kick off the discussion:

  • Ramona David Craescu, CEDEFOP (European Center for the development of vocational training)
  • Patrick Stelandre, Director of IDEE 53, Atelier de formation par le travail

General discussion

Workshop 2 - Labour Migration: EU talent pool and making the EU more attractive for talented professionals looking for job opportunities worldwide - JDE53

Kick off the discussion:

  • Manuela Prina, Head of Skills, Identification and Development unit, ETF (European Training Foundation) (tbc)
  • Diane Angermueller & Viola Rimondini, DG HOME, European Commission

General discussion

13.00 p.m. - 14.30 p.m. | Networking lunch prepared by apprentices of IDEE 53, Atelier de formation par le travail

14.30 p.m. - 15.30 p.m. | Continuation of the two workshops

Workshop 1 - Dual education/ in-work training v. academic training - JDE 52:

         Points of view from the EESC:

  • Tatjana Babrauskienė (rapporteur of SOC/749 opinion on a European Year of Skills) & Michael McLoughlin (rapporteur of SOC/721 opinion on The equal treatment of young people in the labour market) (tbc)

Workshop 2 - Labour Migration: EU talent pool and making the EU more attractive for talented professionals looking for job opportunities worldwide - JDE 53

         Points of view from the EESC:

  • Christian Ardhe (study group member for the SOC/733 opinion on Legal migration - Skills and Talents package)

15.30 p.m. - 15.50 p.m. | Reporting from workshops by EESC members

Q&A

15.50 p.m. - 16.00 p.m. | Conclusions and way forward

  • Laurențiu Plosceanu, president of the Section on Employment, Social Affairs and Citizenship (SOC)
  • Christa Schweng, president of the European Economic and Social Committee (EESC)

Interpretation requested from and to English, French and German.

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