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Towards a Social, Job-centred and Competitive Europe: Challenges for Europe and Central Asia – Challenges for the ILO

Geneva, 3-4 October 2011 : ILO Building, Room IX (Level R2)

Day 1: 3 October
14.10 – 14-30 Welcome Coffee
14.30 – 14.45 Opening by Susanne Hoffmann - [pdf 57 KB]
14.45 – 16.00 Guiding Questions
  • How has the crisis impacted on the employment and social situation, wage trends, inequalities, Social Dialogue and International Labour Standards?
  • Did national, EU and ILO policies adequately respond to the crisis?
  Session 1: The Great Recession: Has Europe learned the lessons?
  Moderator, Raymond Torres
  Panellists
  Philippe Askenazy A global recession with standard consequences in the EU (≠ US) - [pdf 39 KB]
  Maria Jepsen The Great Recession: Has Europe learned the lessons? - [pdf 97 KB]
  Volker Schneider Crisis impact and welfare state models - [pdf 2,891 KB]
16.00 – 16.30 Coffee Break
16.30 – 18.00 Guiding Questions
  • How to generate job-centred and socially inclusive growth? Is “green growth” an opportunity in this regard?
  • Wage moderation versus wage increases: How to make the link between wages and productivity and what is the role of the Social Partners in this respect?
  • How to reduce labour market duality through Social Dialogue?
  • How to re-shape labour market, social and migration policies to properly address the demographic challenge?
  • Impacts of possible changes in energy strategies and of increasing food insecurity
  Session 2: Future Challenges for promoting sustainable, job-centred and socially inclusive growth in Europe
  Moderator, Manuela Tomei
  Vladimir Gimpelson Towards a Social, Job-Centred and Competitive Europe - [pdf 44 KB]
  Gustav Horn
  Jan Mládek Towards a Social, Job-centered and Competitive Europe: Challenges for Europe and Central Asia – Challenges for the ILO - [pdf 18 KB]
Day 2: 4 October 2011
09.15 – 10.30 Guiding Questions
  • Is the European social market economy model sustainable?
  • How can “Social Europe” be maintained in view of the looming fiscal, social and competitiveness challenges? What can Europe learn from other regions? Is there a European “Magic Bullet” of policy mix in times of austerity?
  • How to enhance enforcement of Social Dialogue and International Labour Standards, both within and outside Europe?
  • Towards a new policy convergence in Europe: How to address vast intra-regional social, employment and economic disparities in Europe?
  Session 3: Europe’s future position in a globalized world
  Moderator, Stephen Pursey
  Panellists
  Yilmaz Akyuz The eurozone crisis: Wrong diagnosis and harmful recipes - [pdf 55 KB]
  Torben Andersen The European Social Model - [pdf 12 KB]
  Gerhard Bosch Europe’s future position in a globalized world - [pdf 120 KB]
10.30 – 10.50 Coffee Break
10.50 – 11.00 Raymond Torres: Summary of main outcomes of sessions 1, 2 and 3 - [pdf 249 KB]
11.00 – 13.00 Guiding Questions
  • EU Strategies and ILO Policies: How to ensure their mutual reinforcement?
  • How could the ILO strengthen its impact on the labour market governance in Europe, on employment and social policy formulation and on ensuring a new model of guidance on policy coherence at regional and national level?
  • Do we need a more formalized framework for monitoring and evaluating of policies and anticipating or even early warning mechanisms (e.g. through indicators that help keeping the balance within the fiscal space between both macroeconomic and employment and social policies)?
  • What could be the implications for the Global Jobs Pact and other ILO instruments in this respect?
  Session 4: Final round and wrap-up. The European Crisis: Which way forward?
  Moderator, Juan Somavia
  Panellists
  Alejandro Cercas La crise Europeenne: Quel chemin prendre - [pdf 30 KB]
  Gilles de Robien
  Georg Fischer Introductory Remarks - [pdf 18 KB]
  Grigor Gradev
  Marian Harkin
  Remigiusz Henczel Speech - [pdf 40 KB] Presentation - [pdf 33 KB]
  Jørgen Rønnest

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