Public Hearing on the implementation of EU policies for youth employment: a civil society perspective

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1 European Economic and Social Committee (EESC) Labour Market Observatory Public Hearing on the implementation of EU policies for youth employment: a civil society perspective Date: 1 April 2014 Venue: European Economic and Social Committee, Brussels Room VMA3, Van Maerlant building AGENDA 1

2 Youth employment is one of the key priorities of the current work programme of the European Economic and Social Committee's Labour Market Observatory (LMO). This public hearing is closely linked to an impact study that the LMO is currently conducting on the implementation of EU policies for youth employment in a selection of six Member States (Austria, Croatia, Finland, Greece, Italy and Slovakia). The study focuses on the views of organised civil society on the policies currently in place to help young people find work. Its main aims are to assess the level of involvement of the social partners and organised civil society in this field, to put forward their comments, ideas and recommendations and to identify good practices or difficulties encountered in the Member States. The preliminary findings of the study will be available at the end of March and the final report will be published at the beginning of May :00 9:30 Registration and coffee 9:30 9:45 OPENING Maureen O Neill, President of the Section for Employment, Social Affairs and Citizenship (SOC), EESC Christa Schweng, President of the Labour Market Observatory (LMO), EESC 9:45 11:10 SESSION 1: STATE OF PLAY IN THE EUROPEAN UNION: YOUTH UNEMPLOYMENT, MEASURES FOR YOUTH E MPLOYMENT, IMPLEMENTATION OF THE YOUTH GUARANTEE, GOOD PRACTICES Presentations: 9:45 10:35 Max Uebe, Head of the Sectorial Employment challenges, Youth Employment and Entrepreneurship unit, DG Employment, Social Affairs and Inclusion, European Commission Massimiliano Mascherini, Research Manager, Employment and change unit, Eurofound Heinz K. Becker, MEP (Austria, EPP), Member of the EP Committee on Employment and Social Affairs and Substitute member of the EP Committee on Culture and Education Claire Dhéret, Policy Analyst - Europe's Political Economy Programme, European Policy Centre 10:35 11:10 Discussion 2

3 11:10 12:30 SESSION 2: VIEWS OF THE SOCIAL PARTNERS AND CIVIL SOCIETY Chair: Maureen O Neill, President of the SOC Section Presentations: 11:10 12:10 Ignacio Doreste, Youth officer, ETUC (European Trade Union Confederation) Robert Plummer, Adviser, Social affairs department, BUSINESSEUROPE (Union of Industrial and Employers' Confederations of Europe) Guillaume Afellat, Policy officer for Social Affairs, CEEP (European Centre of Employers and Enterprises providing Public services) Liliane Volozinskis, Director for Social Affairs and Training Policy, UEAPME (European Association of Craft, Small & Mediumsized Enterprises) 12:10 12:30 Discussion Ben Butters, EU Affairs Director, EUROCHAMBRES (Association of European Chambers of Commerce and Industry) Clémentine Moyart, Policy officer, Employment policies, European Youth Forum 12:30 14:00 Lunch 14:00 15:35 SESSION 3: EXCHANGE OF VIEWS ON YOUTH EMPLOYMENT POLI CIES IN FINLAND, GREECE AND ITALY Statements by: 14:00 15:15 Meelis Joost, LMO Member and Rapporteur for the LMO mission on youth employment to Finland Laurent Sens, Deputy Head of unit (Finland), DG Employment, Social Affairs and Inclusion, European Commission Hanna Sauli, Coordinator, Youth Cooperation Allianssi, Finland Daniela Rondinelli, LMO Member and Rapporteur for the LMO mission on youth employment to Greece Stefanos Gerontis, Policy officer (Greece), DG Employment, Social Affairs and Inclusion, European Commission Sarantis Michalopoulos, President, Greek National Youth 3

4 Council (ESYN) Christian Ardhe, LMO Member and Rapporteur for the LMO mission on youth employment to Italy Maria Baroni, Policy officer (Italy), DG Employment, Social Affairs and Inclusion, European Commission Giovanni Corbo, Secretary General, Italian National Youth Council (FNG) 15:15 15:35 Discussion 15:35 15:50 Coffee break 15:50 17:55 SESSION 4: EXCHANGE OF VIEWS ON YOUTH EMPLOYMENT POLI CIES IN AUSTRIA, CROATIA AND SLOVAKIA Interventions by: 15:50 17:35 Kinga Joó, LMO Member and Rapporteur for the LMO mission on youth employment to Austria Janer Cane, Deputy Head of unit (Austria and Croatia), DG Michael Trinko, Board member, with responsibility for the working group on youth unemployment, Austrian National Youth Council (OJV) Vladimira Drbalová, LMO Member and Rapporteur for the LMO mission on youth employment to Croatia Janer Cane, Deputy Head of unit (Austria and Croatia), DG Sandra Petrović Jakovina, MEP (Croatia, S&D) Dubravka Šuica, MEP (Croatia, EPP) Nikola Buković, Mentor and Associate expert on Youth Rights and Youth Policies Programmes, Croatian Youth Network Xavier Verboven, LMO Member and Rapporteur for the LMO mission on youth employment to Slovakia Miriam Toplanska, Programme assistant (Slovakia), DG Monika Flašíková-Beňová, MEP (Slovakia, S&D) 4

5 Filip Černý, Member of the Independent Christian Trade Unions of Slovakia (NKOS) Youth Platform 17:35 17:55 Discussion 17:55 18:00 CLOSING Christa Schweng, President of the LMO Simultaneous interpretation available from Spanish, Czech, Danish, German, Greek, English, French, Italian, Polish into German, Greek, English, French, Polish Exact address of the event: European Economic and Social Committee, Van Maerlant building, 2nd floor, room VMA 3, 2, Rue van Maerlant, 1040 Brussels 5