Conference on the Social Investment Package - An Irish Presidency Conference
2 May 2013 - 3 May 2013
Event background
2 - 3 May 2013, Leuven, Belgium
Venue: The Leuven Institute for Ireland in Europe, Leuven, Belgium
The Social Investment Package, adopted by the European Commission on 20 February 2013, will be presented to Member States officials, elected representatives, civil society, social partners, the private sector and others.
Workshop on 'Investment' co-chaired by Eurofound Director, Juan Menéndez-Valdés
Objectives
Special focus will be on the three key thematic elements of the Social Investment Package:
Investment: The Social Investment Package and its relevance to EU social policies in the future
Innovation: Why we need to foster Social Innovation and how we can put it into practice in the social economy and involving NGOs
Involvement: What vision of a social Europe do young Europeans want to see?
The event is organised in the framework of the Irish EU Presidency and will bring together 'actors' in social investment with a view to putting forward proposals for future joint actions in support of the implementation of the Social Investment Package.
Content
High level speakers include László Andor, Commissioner for Employment, Social Affairs and Inclusion and Joan Burton, Irish Minister for Social Protection.
Juan Menéndez-Valdés, Director of Eurofound, will co-chair the workshop on investment and Robert Anderson, Head of Living Conditions and Quality of Life at Eurofound, will be the rapporteur in the workshop on innovation and lead the discussion on good examples of social innovation.
Agenda
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