Programme

Draft programme

9:00 Registration

9:30 - 10:00 Opening remarks

Moderator: Mateusz Szymański, President of the EESC Permanent Group on Services of General Interest

  • Seamus Boland, EESC President (video-message)
  • Glenn Micallef, Commissioner for Intergenerational Fairness, Youth, Culture and Sport (tbc)
  • Nerea Melgosa - Minister for Welfare, Youth, and Demographic Challenge of the Basque Government

10:00-10:45: Session I - Services of General Interest as drivers of intergenerational solidarity

Moderator: Alfonso Lara-Montero, Chief Executive Officer, European Social Network

  • Tine Radinja, CoR rapporteur on Intergenerational Fairness: A Local and Regional Approach to Building Inclusive and Sustainable Societies 
  • Maciej Krzysztofowicz, Policy Officer, JRC Policy Lab, European Commission
  • Maria Petkova, Vice-President, Age Platform Europe 

  • Nicole Rita Napoli, Director of Operations at Young European Leadership

    Discussion

10:45-11:30: Session II - Public service programs and experiences implementing intergenerational solidarity

Moderator: Krzysztof Balon, Vice-President of the EESC Group III (Civil Society Organizations)

  • Thomas Kattnig, EESC rapporteur of Opinion TEN/851 on the role of services of general interest (SGI) for competitiveness, social cohesion and democracy in the European Union
  • Andreas Weber, Head of Department Fundamental Social Policy Issues, Coordination, and Neighborhood Development, Ministry of Social Affairs, Health and Integration, Baden-Württemberg, 
  • Adrian López Sarachaga, Director of Youth and Emancipation, Basque Government

  • Laura Guérin, Head of the Europe Unit, Gérontopôle, Nouvelle-Aquitaine

    Discussion

11:30 - 11:45 Coffee break

11:45- 12:30: Session III - Intergenerational solidarity in the European social funding and the next Multiannual Financial Framework 

Moderator: Peter Byrne, Member of the youth EESC Ad Hoc Group 

  • Dora Krumova, European Commission, Deputy HoU DG EMPL (ESF+) 
  • Paola Panzeri, Deputy Secretary General, EPSU
  • Alessandro Senesi, Deputy Head of Erasmus+ Coordination Unit, DG EAC, European Commission

  • Guillaume Afellat, Head of Social Affairs, SGI Europe 

    Discussion

12:30-12:45 Concluding remarks

  • Nerea Melgosa - Minister for Welfare, Youth, and Demographic Challenge of the Basque Government
  • EESC TEN President Marcin Nowacki