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Event background
Social dialogue and EMU in Cyprus, Czech Republic, Latvia, Lithuania and Slovakia - Workshop
Vienna, 26-28 May 2003
Trade Union Training Centre Seminarzentrum, Strudlhofgasse 10, Wien
Research discussion papers outlining the position in the five countries:
Cyprus, Czech Republic, Latvia, Lithuania, Slovakia
Social dialogue and EMU in Cyprus, Czech Republic, Latvia, Lithuania and Slovakia
- Workshop Vienna, 26-28 May 2003
Background
Programme
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Programme
Monday 26 May (schedule for Tuesday 27 May ; Wednesday 28 May)
Chair: Christian Welz, Research Manager, European Foundation for the Improvement for Living and Working Conditions
12.00 Registration and welcome buffet
13.00 Welcome address
Raymond-Pierre Bodin, Director, European Foundation for the Improvement for Living and Working Conditions
Bengt Knave, Work Life and EU Enlargement Project, Stockholm [abstract]
13.40 Presentation of the participants
14.00 Social dialogue and EMU: background of the project [abstract]
Timo Kauppinen, Research Manager, European Foundation for the Improvement for Living and Working Conditions
14.20 Social dialogue in the candidate countries: a view from the European Commission
Ann Branch, European Commission, Brussels [abstract]
14.40 Social dialogue and working and employment conditions in future EU member states: an ILO perspective
Daniel Vaughan-Whitehead, ILO, Geneva
15.00 Debate
15.45 Coffee break
16.00 Group work 1: Today’s political and economic situation in Cyprus, the Czech Republic, Latvia, Lithuania, Slovakia
17.30-19.00 Feedback from the rapporteurs of each working gr
19.00 Working dinner
Tuesday 27 May
Chair: Timo Kauppinen, Research Manager, European Foundation for the Improvement for Living and Working Conditions
9.00 Industrial relations in the candidate countries: elements of comparison [abstract]
Christian Welz, Research Manager, European Foundation for the Improvement for Living and Working Conditions
09.20 The role of social partnership in preparing for EMU in Ireland [abstract]
Kieran Mulvey, Chief Executive, Labour Relations Commission, Ireland
9.40 Debate
10.15 Coffee break
10.30 Group work 2: Social dialogue and EMU in Cyprus, the Czech Republic, Latvia, Lithuania and Slovakia
11.30 Feedback from the rapporteurs of each working group
12.30 Lunch
14.00 Social dialogue and EMU: project experiences from Slovenia and Estonia
Metka Stoka-Debevec, Ministry of Labour, Slovenia [abstract]
Eike Hindov, Ministry of Social Affairs, Estonia [abstract]
14.45 Guidelines for a national development plan [abstract]
Timo Kauppinen, Research Manager, European Foundation for the Improvement for Living and Working Conditions
15.00 Debate
15.30 Coffee break
16.00 Group work 3: Drafting of national development plans for EMU in Cyprus, the Czech Republic, Latvia, Lithuania, Slovakia
17.30-19.00 Feedback from the rapporteurs of each working group
19.00 Working dinner
Wednesday 28 May
Chair: Christian Welz, Research Manager, European Foundation for the Improvement for Living and Working Conditions
9.00 Social dialogue and EMU: project experiences from Hungary and Malta
Mária Ladó, Ministry of Economic Affairs, Hungary
Prof. Edward Zammit, University of Malta [abstract]
9.40 Debate
10.00 Group work 4: Finalising the national development plans in Cyprus, the Czech Republic, Latvia, Lithuania and Slovakia
11.15 Coffee break
11.30 Panel: Presentation of the national development plans
12.45-13.00 Closing session
Concluding remarks and follow-up of the project
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