Foundation Forum: draft programme

Overview

•   9.00: Syntheses from the Debate Rooms 1-4
•   9.30: European Social Model in a competitive world
• 10.45: Panel Debate: The European Social Model in a future Europe
• 12.15: Europe makes the difference
• 13.15: Conclusion
• 13.30: Lunch and end of the Foundation Forum 2002

[Thursday 29 August, 2002]

09.00: Syntheses from the Debate Rooms 1-4

09.30: The European Social Model in a competitive world

• Yves Mény, President, European University Institute, Italy
• Peter D Sutherland, Chairman, Goldman Sachs International and Chairman, BP plc

10.30: Coffee Break

10.45 Panel Debate: The European Social Model in a future Europe

Chair: Raymond-Pierre Bodin, Director, European Foundation for the Improvement of Living and Working Conditions
Moderator: Áine Lawlor, Broadcaster, Ireland
Discussants:

• Malcolm Wicks, Parliamentary Under Secretary of State for Work, Department for Work and Pensions, UK
• Theo Bouwman, MEP and Chair of Employment Committee, European Parliament
• Bernhard Jansen, Director, DG Employment and Social Affairs, European Commission
• Friedrich Buttler, Regional Director for Europe and Central Asia, ILO
• Giampiero Alhadeff, President, Platform of European Social NGOs
• Zdenek Málek, Vice-president, Czech-Moravian Confederation of Trade Unions, Czech Republic
• Cathal Lynch, Assistant Director, Irish Business and Employers Confederation, Ireland.

12.15: Europe makes the difference

Chair: Marc Boisnel, Chair, European Foundation for the Improvement of Living and Working Conditions

• Katie Dickson, Student, Ireland
• John Bruton TD, Member of the Presidium, Convention on the Future of Europe, Ireland
• Theodore Zeldin, Professor, Oxford University, UK

13.15: Conclusion

• Frank Fahey TD, Minister for Labour Affairs, Ireland
• Raymond-Pierre Bodin Director, European Foundation for the Improvement of Living and Working Conditions

13.30: Lunch and end of the Foundation Forum 2002

[Thursday 29 August, 2002]