Bulgarian Presidency of the Council of the EU. 1 January 30 June 2018

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1 Bulgarian Presidency of the Council of the EU 1 January 30 June 2018

2 Information about Bulgaria Was founded in 681 Total Area: 110,994 km2 (11 th in the EU) Capital: Sofia Joined EU on 1 January 2007 First time to host the EU Presidency - in trio with Estonia & Austria Official language: Bulgarian (it became official language for the Union, thus introducing the Cyrillic alphabet as the third official alphabet in the Union) Currency: BGN - pronounced lev (plural - leva)

3 The Bulgarian Language Да [da] Yes Не [ne] No Здравейте - [zdra-vej-te] Hello Благодаря - [bla-go-da-rya] Thank you Наздраве - [na-zdra-ve] - Cheers Довиждане - [do-vizh-da-ne] - Goodbye

4 Introducing Bulgaria Video clip:

5 The Presidency Motto: United We Stand Strong

6 Our logo The Presidency Logo

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9 Employment and Social Affairs Priorities Future of work Future of Social Europe and of its funding Early childhood development policies Equal rights for people with disabilities Social Dimension

10 Employment and Social Affairs: Priority Dossiers Posting of Workers Directive Regulation No 883/2004 European Accessibility Act Work-life Balance Directive Social Fairness Package Protection of workers from the risks related to exposure to carcinogens or mutagens at work Council Recommendation on a European Framework for Quality and Effective Apprenticeships

11 Our team Todor KRASTEV Tel: Dimo ILIEV Tel: Margarita DILKOVSKA Tel: Ivan TOSHEV Administrative Assistant Mihail ILIEV Tel: : Mihail.Iliev@bgpermrep.eu Raymond SAPAREV Tel: Raymond.Saparev@bgpermrep.eu

12 Todor Work-life Balance Apprenticeships Framework European Semester Social Fairness Package Future of Work CC Shared responsibility Transparent and predictable working conditions European Accessibility Act TSS

13 Margarita European Accessibility Act Equal Treatment Directive Agencies (EUROFOUND, EU-OSHA, CEDEFOP) Tripartite Social Summit (TSS) Early Childhood Development CC Shared responsibility Carcinogens

14 Raymond Regulation 883 Carcinogens Women on Boards Tripartite Social Summit Shared responsibility Posting of Workers Directive Agencies (EUROFOUND, EU-OSHA, CEDEFOP)

15 Mihail Posting of Workers Transparent and predictable working conditions Directive Shared responsibility Regulation 883 Work Life Balance Social Fairness Package

16 Dimo Social dimension of the MFF and of the EMU Future of social policies Pillar of social rights European semester

17 Ivan Administrative Assistant Stagiaire

18 Key EPSCO dates: ЕPSCO Council 15 March 2018, Brussels Informal ЕPSCO April 2018, Sofia ЕPSCO Council 21 June 2018, Luxembourg

19 Social Questions Working Party Up to 49 planned meetings 8 meetings scheduled in January Up to 4 meetings per week and up to 11 per month

20 Events in Sofia: a total of 23

21 High level conferences in Sofia: Investing in people - the way forward, February 2018 Future of Work: Lifecycle Approach, March 2018 Social Economy and Social Entrepreneurship, April 2018 and Seventh European Forum for Social Entrepreneurship, April 2018 The European Pillar of Social Rights: Working Together for a European Social Standards Union, 27 June 2018, Sofia

22 Events in Bulgaria Award Ceremony and Conference "Evaluating the Experience of People with Dementia, January 2018, Sofia Meeting of the High Level Group on Gender Mainstreaming, 31 January - 1 February 2018, Sofia Various Interests - Group III, EESC, 6-7 March 2018, Sofia Informal Meeting of the Social Protection Committee, March 2018, Sofia Informal Meeting of the Employment Committee, March 2018, Sofia

23 Events in Bulgaria Employers' Group (Group I), EESC, March 2018, Sofia Social Questions Working Party (Attaché trip), April 2018, Sofia Meeting of the Senior Labour Inspectors Committee /SLIC/, May 2018, Sofia Conference Pan-European Personal Pension Product (PEPP), 30 May 2018, Sofia Expert Meeting of the EU s Mutual Information System on Social Protection /MISSOC/, 31 May - 1 June 2018, Sofia

24 Events in Bulgaria Meeting of the Network of Public Employment Services, 7-8 June 2018, Sofia Meeting of the ESF Committee and ESF Technical Working Group, June 2018, Plovdiv Conference on Social Entrepreneurship, Social Services and Employment (EASPD), June 2018, Varna Workers' Group (Group II), EESC, June 2018, Sofia

25 @EU2018BG #EU2018BG Thank you for your attention! We look forward to welcoming you in Bulgaria!