Simultaneous interpretation requested from English, French, Polish and Romanian into English, French and Polish

Coffee/tea available

09.00 a.m. | Registration

09.30 a.m. | Welcome and opening session

  • Krzysztof Balon, Rapporteur of the opinion on The effectiveness of ESF and FEAD funding in fi ghting poverty and social exclusion

09.45 a.m. | Panel 1 and debate Current situation of the involvement of civil society in tackling poverty and social exclusion and access to funding from ESF and FEAD

  • How do the relevant funds (European Social Fund (ESF) and Fund for European Aid to the Most Deprived (FEAD)) help attain the objective of reducing by at least 20 million the number of people in or at risk of poverty or social exclusion by 2020?
  • How are civil society organisations (CSOs) tackling poverty and social exclusion?
  • What is the co-operation between CSOs and national governments like?
  • What are the experiences of CSOs in getting access to funding?
  • What is their current role in cooperation, monitoring and transparency on the use of the funds?

Moderator: Petru Dandea, President of the EESC Study group on The effectiveness of ESF and FEAD funding in fighting poverty and social exclusion

Panellists:

  • Marie-Anne Paraskevas, Policy officer, ESF and FEAD: Policy and Legislation unit, DG Employment, Social Affairs and Inclusion, European Commission
  • Valentina Caimi, Policy and Advocacy Adviser, Social Platform

10.45 a.m. | Panel 2 and debate What recommendations for future developments?

  • What, according to CSOs, should change in order to improve cooperation in tackling poverty and social exclusion at national and European level?
  • What changes should be made in the funding schemes in the next programming period, i.e. after 2020? Would it be useful to merge ESF and FEAD?
  • What other actions could be taken?

Moderator: Krzysztof Balon, rapporteur of the opinion on The effectiveness of ESF and FEAD funding in fighting poverty and social exclusion

Panellists:

  • Sian Jones, Policy Coordinator, European Anti-Poverty Network (EAPN)
  • Freek Spinnewijn, Director, European Federation of National Organisations Working with the Homeless (FEANTSA)
  • Jacques Vandenschrik, member of the Board of Directors of the  European Federation of Food Banks (FEBA)
  • Erdmuthe Klaer, Deputy Secretary General of European Network of Cities & Regions for the social economy (REVES), member of Social Economy Europe
  • Bert Luyts, Policy Officer, ATD Quart Monde

12.30 p.m. - 01.00 p.m. | Concluding remarks

  • Krzysztof Balon, Rapporteur of the opinion on The effectiveness of ESF and FEAD funding in fi ghting poverty and social exclusion

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