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    Hybrid public hearing on ''Towards a European Social Union: the ‘Social Imbalances Procedure’''

    Hybrid event via Interactio video conference system and in JDE 61, EESC – Friday, 3 February 2023 from 10:00 a.m. to 1.00 p.m.

    09:30 - 10:00 | Testing connections for speakers

    10:00 - 10:05 | Introduction by Andrej Zorko, President of the study group

    10:05 - 10:10 | Opening remarks by Justyna Kalina Ochędzan, Rapporteur of the EESC opinion

    10:10 - 11:25 | Panel 1: General overview by institutional stakeholders

    Moderator: Kristina Krupavičienė, Study group member

    Keynote speaker:  Bart Vanhercke, Director, European Social Observatory

    Interventions by:

    • Jaime Iglesias Sánchez-Cervera, Deputy Director General for International Socio-Labour Relations, Spanish Ministry of Labour and Social Economy
    • Emiliano Rustichelli, Chair of the Employment Committee, Council of the EU
    • Katia Berti, Head of the European Semester EMCO Unit, European Commission
    • Christine Frayne, Head of the Macroeconomic imbalances Unit, European Commission

    Q&A

    11:25 - 11:30 | Break

    11:35 - 12:50 | Panel 2: the perspective of social partners, civil society organisations and academia

    Moderator: Kristina Krupavičienė, Study group member

    Keynote speaker: Francesco Corti, Research Fellow (CEPS) and Adjunct Professor (University of Milan)

    Interventions by:

    • Esther Lynch, General Secretary, European Trade Union Confederation (ETUC)
    • Guillaume Afellat, Senior Policy Advisor, SGI Europe
    • Katja Reuter, Senior Policy & Advocacy Officer, Social Platform
    • Mikael Leyi, Secretary General, Solidar

    Q&A

    12:50 - 12:55 | Conclusions by Justyna Kalina Ochędzan, rapporteur of the EESC opinion

    12:55 - 13:00 | Closing remarks by Andrej Zorko, President of the study group

    Participants can speak and listen English, French, German, Polish and Romanian.