Programme

04/09/2024

Day 1 - Monday 9 September 2024: Workshop & Civil Society Forum Part I

09:30-10:00 Registration and welcome

10:00-10:05 Opening remarks by the Co-Chairs

Jung Heung-jun, Seoul National University of Science & Technology (SEOULTECH), Korea DAG Chair
Pascal Kerneis, European Services Forum (ESF), EU DAG Chair

10:05-10:50 How AI is affecting the world of work and workers

Sylvain Goldstein, General Confederation of Labour (CGT),EU DAG Vice-Chair
Fabienne Tatot, National Secretary of the UGICT-CGT (General Union of Engineers, Managers and Technicians-General Confederation of Labour, France); Representative of the CGT to the French Economic and Social Committee

Q&A and discussion by the EU and Korea DAG member

10:50-11:05 Coffee break

11:05-11:50 Response to Demographic Change: Low Fertility and Aging

Continued Growth Methods that Bypass the Skilled Workers and Challenges of the Social Security System

Yoon Hong-sik, Inha University

Causes, Effects, and Policy Recommendations for Ultra-Low Fertility in South Korea

Kim Cheon-koo, Korea Chamber of Commerce and Industry SGI (KCCISGI)

Q&A and discussion by the EU and Korea DAG members

11:50-12:00 Closing remarks

12:00-13:30 Networking lunch

Civil Society Forum Part I

13:30-13:40 Opening remarks by the Co-Chairs, Jung Heung-jun, Seoul National University of Science & Technology (SEOULTECH), Korea DAG Chair, and Pascal Kerneis, European Services Forum (ESF), EU DAG Chair, and Introduction of the members of the DAGs

Adoption of the draft agenda

Summarizing of the Workshop on How AI is affecting the world of work and workers & Comments on the Intersessional Workshop on Platform work held on 30 May 2024

13:40-14:00 Reviewing of the Rules of Procedure of the EU-Korea CSF

Lee Ho-geun, Jeonbuk National University, Korea DAG

Discussion lead by the Co-Chairs

14:00-15:10 TSD and business challenges

The impact of the EU’s green trade polices, including CBAM

Christophe Lam, BusinessEurope, EU DAG

Current Status of Korea’s Response to EU CBAM and Essential Complementary Elements for Fair Trade

Shin Seo-rin, Korea Institute of Industrial Technology (KITECH)

Discussion - including on the EU's Corporate Sustainability Due Diligence Directive (CSDDD)

15:10-15:25 Coffee break

15:25-15:45 Implementation progress of the 2021 Panel of Experts’ recommendations

Presentation on the developments by Karen Curtis, Chief, Freedom of Association Branch, International Labour Standards Department, ILO (remote participation), followed by Q&A and discussion by the EU and Korea DAG members

15:45-16:30 Occupational Safety and Health (OSH)

Namgoong Jun, Korea Labor Institute(KLI), Korea DAG
Ignacio Doreste, Senior Advisor, European Trade Union Confederation (ETUC)

Discussion

16:30-17:00 Just Transition with Maritime focus

Tanja Buzek, European Transport Workers’ Federation (ETF), EU DAG

Discussion

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