09:30 | Opening by the EEA CC co-chairs Mr Sigi Langenbahn (EFTA CC) and Ms Kinga Jóo (EESC)
Adoption of the draft agenda
Adoption of the minutes of the 27th meeting of the EEA CC (Brussels, Belgium 23-24 May 2019)
Impact of the COVID-19 pandemic on the labour market, presentation by Ms Julia Anderson, Research Assistant at Bruegel, followed by discussion
10:15 | Coffee break
10:45 | The European Green Deal
The European Green Deal - presentation by Mr Nils Torvalds (MEP, Finland)
Discussion
The European Green Deal - making it happen - presentation of the European Circular Economy Stakeholder Platform by Ms Maria Nikolopoulou (EESC member)
Discussion
EEA CC report and resolution on the European Green Deal- presentation of the report and the resolution by the co-rapporteurs Ms Kinga Joó (EESC) and Mr Jarle Hammerstad (EFTA CC)
Discussion and adoption
12:00 | Lunch
13:00 | Developments of the EEA Agreement and current EU/EEA EFTA issues
Statements by the EEA executive bodies:
H.E. Ms Sabine Monauni, President and EFTA Chair of the EEA Joint Committee, Ambassador of Liechtenstein to the European Union
Ms Clara Ganslandt, EU Chair of the EEA Joint Committee, Deputy Head of Division, EEAS
Briefing on Brexit by Mr Andri Lúthersson, EFTA Deputy Secretary-General
Discussion
14:00 | Coffee break
14:15 | The EU Industrial Strategy
Statements by Ms Antonia Bierbaumer, Adviser at BusinessEurope and by Mr Félix Mailleux, Adviser at the European Trade Union Confederation (ETUC)
Discussion
EEA CC Resolution on the EU’s New Industrial Strategy and the EEA
Presentation of the resolution by the co-rapporteurs Mr Petr Zahradník (EESC) and Ms Dagný Aradóttir Pind (EFTA CC), followed by discussion and adoption
