14:30 - Welcome address
- Krzysztof BALON (PL-III), President of the EESC Thematic Study Group Services of General Interest
- Baiba MILTOVIČA (LV-III), President of the Section for Transport, Energy, Infrastructure and the Information Society (TEN)
Panel discussion on Co-creation of the Services of General Interest:
The Role of Citizens and their Organization
Moderator: Eva HIJMANS, Researcher Social Innovation,
Lecturer Human Resource Management, Hogeschool Utrecht
14:40 - Opening remarks
- Professor Chris FOX, Director of the Policy Evaluation and Research Unit Manchester Metropolitan University, on behalf of the Project Consortium Co-creation of service Innovation in Europe (CoSIE)
15:00 - Co-creation of the Services of General Interest – towards more participative digital services in the EU
- by Alma Joy RIDDERHOF, Programme Manager, - eGovernment and Trust, DG CNECT, European Commission
15:15 - Participative Democracy and providing SGIs by civil society organizations in the EU
- by Henna VIRKKUNEN, Group of the European People's Party (Christian Democrats), MEP for Finland
15:30 - Presentations of the selected examples from the CoSIE project (connected to selected points of the European Pillar of Social rights)
- Italy: Reducing Childhood Obesity, Laura BONVICINI, Epidemiology Department, Local Health Unit Reggio Emilia
- Hungary: Household Economy in Rural Areas, Florian SIPOS, University of Debrecen
- Spain: Entrepreneurial Skills for Long-term Unemployed, Michael WILLOUGHBY, Universitat Poiltècnica de València
16 h 15 Q&A session
16:30 - Break
16:45 - Participation of employers, trade unions and other civil society organizations in co-creating and providing SGIs in the EU member states
Presentations by the members of the TSG-SGI:
- Austria: Mr Thomas KATTNIG
- Czech Republic: Ms Dana SAKAŘOVÁ
- Poland: Mr Mateusz SZYMAŃSKI
17:00 - Discussion on an EESC contribution to the further development of the European policy towards co-creation of SGIs which works for the people
17:30 - Conclusions
- by Krzysztof BALON