European Economic
and Social Committee
Programme
21 June
3 p.m. | Welcome address
- Gabriele BISCHOFF, Workers' Group President
3.10 p.m. | Opening speech
- Oleg PETKOV, Deputy Minister of the Bulgarian EU Presidency
3.30 p.m. | "Social goals of the Bulgarian EU Presidency – achievements and future challenges"
- Interventions by
- Sultanka PETROVA, Deputy Minister of Labour and Social Policy
- Plamen DIMITROV, President of the Confederation of Independent Trade Unions, member of the Workers' Group
- Dimitar MANOLOV, President of the PODKREPA Confederation of Labour, member of the Workers' Group
- Debate
5.15 p.m. | "Benchmarking Europe 2018"
- Presentation by
- Philippe POCHET, General Director of the European Trade Union Institute
- Debate
6.15 p.m. | Closing remarks
- Gabriele BISCHOFF, Workers' Group President
22 June
9.30 a.m. | "United we stand strong"
Foreign Policy and Social-Economic Developments Through the Prism of the Bulgarian Presidency of the Council of the European Union
- Intervention by
- Ekaterina ZAHARIEVA, Deputy Prime Minister for Judicial Reform and Minister of Foreign Affairs
- Debate
10.30 a.m. | "Working Europe and European Pillar of Social Rights" – part I
Implementing the European Pillar of Social Rights: what is needed to guarantee a positive social impact
- Presentation of the study by
- Sebastiano SABATO, Researcher, European Social Observatory
- Debate
11.30 a.m. | Press point
12 a.m. | "Working Europe and European Pillar of Social Rights" – part II
Wage inequalities in EU
- Intervention by
- Lyuben TOMEV, Director of ISTUR
- Vanya GRIGOROVA, Economic adviser of ISETUR
- Debate
12.45 p.m. | Closing remarks
- Gabriele BISCHOFF, Workers' Group President