Programme

Public Hearing on:

How to address the loss of purchasing power and the risk of rising inequalities, exclusion and marginalization in the context of the preparation of the SOC/823 opinion 

20 February 2025, 10:00 – 13:00

EESC, Room VMA 23, Rue Van Maerlant 2, 1000 Brussels & remotely

Draft programme

09.30 a.m. - 10.00 a.m. | Testing connections

10.00 a.m. - 10.05 a.m. | Opening session

  • Marie Pierre Le Breton, President of the study group of the SOC/823 opinion How to address the loss of purchasing power and the risk of rising inequalities, exclusion and marginalization

10.05 a.m. - 10.15 a.m. | Introduction

  • Maria del Carmen Barrera Chamorro, Rapporteur of the SOC/823 opinion

10.15 a.m. - 11.05 a.m. | Panel 1 

Moderator: Marie Pierre Le Breton, President of the study group of the SOC/823 opinion

  • Olivier Bontout, Deputy Head of Unit, Unit for Social Policies, Child Guarantee, SPC, DG Employment, European Commission
  • Idoia Mendía, Member of the Employment Committee in the European Parliament
  • Giulia De Lazzari; Economist in the "Inclusive Labour Markets, Wages and Working Conditions Branch" (INWORK), International Labour Organisation (ILO)
  • Barbara Gerstenberger, Head of the Working Life unit, Eurofound 

10.45 a.m. - 11.05 a.m. | General discussion

11.05 a.m. - 11.50 a.m. | Panel 2

Moderator: Kinga JOO, member of the SOC/823 opinion study group

  • Giovanni Casale, Senior Policy Analyst, ETUC
  • Robert Plummer, Senior Adviser, Business Europe
  • Kahina Rabahi, Policy and Advocacy Coordinator, European Antipoverty Network (EAPN)
  • Silvia Ganzerla, Policy Manager, Eurohealthnet
  • Carlos Roldán Mejías, European Social Policy Coordinator, SOLIDAR

11.50 a.m. - 12.10 p.m. | General discussion

12.10 p.m. - 12.35 p.m. | Panel 3

Moderator: Maria del Carmen Barrera Chamorro, Rapporteur of the SOC/823 opinion

  • Torsten Müller, Senior researcher, European Trade Union Institute (ETUI)
  • Lola Navarro Giménez, Vice Secretary General, General Union of Workers (UGT), Spain

12.35 p.m. - 12.50 p.m. | General discussion

12.50 p.m. - 01.00 p.m. | Closing session

  • Maria del Carmen Barrera Chamorro

Interpretation requested from French, English, Spanish, Polish, Portuguese and Romanian into French, English, Spanish, Polish, Portuguese and Romanian