Foundation Forum 2013 - Social and employment policies for a fair and competitive Europe - Presentations and speeches

Foundation Forum,14–15 February 2013, Dublin Castle, Dublin, Ireland

The Foundation Forum, which takes place every four years in Dublin, is Eurofound’s ‘flagship’ event. It is designed to provide a high-level forum for debate and discussion of key social policy issues facing Member States. The Forum brings together leading decision-makers and opinion-formers, together with academic experts, in a neutral setting to promote the exchange of new ideas and experiences on subjects of policy relevance and within the Foundation’s competence.

Day 1 - PRESENTATIONS AND SPEECHES - Day 2

Day 1 – Thursday 14 February 2013 

• Introduction to the theme [presentation, .pdf, 446kb] - Juan Menéndez-Valdés, Director, Eurofound
• Setting the scene: Employment and unemployment in the EU [presentation, .pdf, 312kb] - Leszek Balcerowicz, Professor, International Comparative Studies Department, Warsaw School of Economics, (Former Deputy Prime Minister of Poland)
• Setting the scene: Excessive imbalances and investment deficits in Europe [presentation, .pdf, 378kb] - Frank Vandenbroucke, Professor, KU Leuven, Faculty of Economics and Business (former Belgian Minister for Employment and Pensions, former Flemish Minister for Work, Education and Training)
• Growth and solidarity: Experiences from the EU, Latin America and beyond. Employment with equity: some lessons from the crisis [presentation, .pdf, 283kb] - Raymond Torres, Director, International Institute of Labour Studies, International Labour Organization, ILO
• Growth and solidarity: Experiences from the EU, Latin America and beyond. Economic mobility and the rise of the Latin American middle class [presentation, .pdf, 1mb]  - Francisco H.G Ferreira, Lead Economist, Development Research Group, The World Bank and Research Fellow at the Institute for the Study of Labor, IZA
• Keynote address [speech, .pdf, 330kb] - Eamon Gilmore, TD, Tánaiste and Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade, Government of Ireland
• Counting the cost of inaction [presentation, .pdf, 1.8mb] - Richard Wilkinson, Co-director, The Equality Trust

Day 2 – Friday 15 February 2013

• Looking Forward: Social Investment as a way out of the crisis [speech, .pdf, 93kb] - László Andor, Commissioner for Employment, Social Affairs and Inclusion, European Commission
• Jobs, social inclusion and growth should top EU agenda [speech] - Guy Ryder, Director-General, International Labour Organization, ILO
• Speech at the Foundation Forum 2013 - Staffan Nilsson, President, European Economic and Social Committee, EESC
• The Grounding Aspirations of the EU: a Basis for Reform? - Lucinda Creighton, TD, Minister of State with Special Responsibility for European Affairs, Government of Ireland