Foundation Forum 2022

Recovery and resilience in the EU – Back to the future? Hybrid online event LIVE from Dublin Castle, Ireland.
Live on Thursday, 3rd March 2022 starting at 09:30 GMT (Dublin time).

In cooperation with the Irish Government, Eurofound has organised its 7th flagship Foundation Forum 2022. With over 800 participants, this one-day event was an opportunity to explore the theme of Europe’s recovery and how, against the backdrop of the COVID-19 pandemic, the EU can work to ensure lasting equality, inclusion and social cohesion as it embarks on its path to rebuild a greener, more digital and more resilient Union.

Panel sessions

A series of panel sessions debated questions such as

• How did COVID-19 impact EU convergence and how can the EU and its Member States best address the challenge of persistent and ever-widening inequalities?
• How will the pandemic shape the future of work?
• Can Member States future-proof social protection, welfare and trust in institutions? and
• Is it possible to achieve all of this, while ensuring a sustainable transition to a just and greener Europe?

Organised as a hybrid event, the event was aimed at high-level policy makers and opinion formers in the field of living and working conditions. Drawing on facts and figures, it took participants through a live interactive experience of policy discussions, data and findings.

• Foundation Forum 2022 programme
• Foundation Forum 2022 Background paper
• Top 20 takeaways from Foundation Forum 2022
• Guest blog post from the youth perspective

Forum speakers

Confirmed speakers included:

• Micheál Martin TD, Taoiseach (Prime Minister), Ireland
• Gita Gopinath, First Deputy Managing Director, IMF
• Élisabeth Borne, Minister for Labour, Employment and Economic Inclusion
• Nicolas Schmit, EU Commissioner for Jobs and Social Rights
• Luca Visentini, General Secretary of the European Trade Union Confederation
• Anna Diamantopoulou, Chair of HLG on Future of Social Protection
• Natacha Valla, Economist and Dean of the Sciences Po School of Management and Innovation, Paris
• Anna Kopp, Director IT, Microsoft

Videos

Watch now

• Highlights of Foundation Forum 2022 | Live from Dublin Castle [Short version]
• Introduction to Foundation Forum 2022

Keynotes

• Opening words from Ivailo Kalfin, Eurofound, and Élisabeth Borne, Minister for Labour, Employment and Economic Inclusion, France and Representative of the French Presidency
• Gita Gopinath in conversation with Eurofound at Foundation Forum 2022
• Nicolas Schmit EU Commissioner in conversation with Eurofound
• Taoiseach Micheál Martin gives keynote speech at Eurofound's Foundation Forum 2022

Foundation Forum 2022 sessions

• COVID-19 and the impact on EU convergence and resilience
• The Future of Work: Between dark clouds and silver linings [updated]
  • European Working Conditions Survey - EWCS 2021 extraordinary edition - Preliminary findings
• Moving to a green economy: challenges and opportunities
• The future of social protection: Is a reset possible?
• Rethinking the future of Europe

For more information or queries please email Cristina Arigho: Cristina.Arigho@eurofound.europa.eu.

For media queries contact James Higgins: James.Higgins@eurofound.europa.eu.