REGISTER HERE Short overview of the meeting: Sunday 21 afternoon Optional city tours, followed by optional informal dinner (at own cost) Monday 22 October morning afternoon late afternoon evening Optional city tours Steering committee meeting Ice-breaking session for newcomers and partner search Informal dinner (at own cost) Tuesday 23 October morning Official opening and plenary session late morning Workshops afternoon Speed-networking Private political session late afternoon Elections and SAF business meeting evening Official dinner morning Site visits Political study visit Wednesday 24 October late morning before lunch afternoon Plenary session on the new ESF+ Presentation of the Forum outcome and closing of SAF, followed by lunch Optional city tours CONTACTS: EUROCITIES Bianca Faragau bianca.faragau@eurocities.eu +32 489 220 733 Stuttgart Claudia Schulcz claudia.schulcz@stuttgart.de +49 711 216 60741 Bettina Bunk bettina.bunk@stuttgart.de +49 711 216 60737
Forum theme: Anchoring the SDGs to achieve Social Rights for All Background The Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) and the European Pillar of Social Rights share the same aim of developing a fairer, just and sustainable society. The global goals as well as the principles of the Pillar place at heart social sustainability and social rights. Cities can play a key role as active agents to deliver social sustainability and social rights for all, including for the most vulnerable in our urban areas. As the EU Social Pillar is entering the implementation phase and the EU is currently preparing its reflection paper on the SDGs, it is a timely opportunity to reflect on the role of cities in linking these two agendas by delivering socially sustainable policies to achieve social rights for all. Objectives The aim of this EUROCITIES Social Affairs Forum (SAF) is to enable city authorities to discuss and exchange views on how to make their cities socially sustainable for the future. Participants will reflect on the role of cities as active agents to link the European Pillar of Social Rights, the SDGs and the Urban Agenda for the EU in a way that delivers tangible results for people in urban areas. This event will encourage city authorities to act on delivering social rights for all by incorporating social sustainable goals in their city policies. Key questions: What can each city do to deliver socially sustainable policies to achieve social rights for all? How can cities better work together and learn from each other? How can cities be the active agents in linking the EU Pillar of Social Rights, the SDGs and the Urban Agenda for the EU? What are the key recommendations from cities to candidate MEPs and Commissioners to take on board in their future mandate 2019-2024 to advance social Europe? Sessions Through a mix of panel debates, workshops, site visits, speed-networking sessions and a political side event, city authorities will: - discuss synergies between the SDGs, the European Pillar of Social Rights and the Urban Agenda for the EU, and how to deliver them at local level - explore the opportunities and challenges cities may face in linking up these EU agendas - share examples of effective city strategies for social sustainability - commit to act at local level to deliver on the principles of the European Social Pillar - exchange strategies on how cities plan to get involved in ESF+ programming phase - discuss and agree upon the strategic direction of the Social Affairs Forum for 2019-2020 - elect the new chair and vice-chair of the Social Affairs Forum for 2019-2020 Expected outcomes Adopt the SAF strategy for 2019-2020 and election of Forum chair and vice-chair Endorse a set of recommendations from cities to candidate MEPs and Commissioners that will feed into a EUROCITIES Statement on strengthening social Europe in 2019-2024 Announce the EUROCITIES position on the ESF+ proposal calling for financial support for cities to deliver on their commitment to implement the European Pillar of Social Rights Draft agenda version 22 August, EUROCITIES Social Affairs Forum, Stuttgart, 23-24 October 2018, Page 2
Sunday, 21 October 14.00-16.00 Optional city tours (NB: please register in advance via the link for registration) Evening Optional informal dinner (at own cost) (NB: see recommendations in practical info note) Monday, 22 October Venue: City Hall Stuttgart, Marktplatz 1, 70173 Stuttgart 11.00 13.00 Optional city tours (NB: please register in advance via the link for registration) 14.30 16.00 Steering Committee meeting (NB: only for members of the Steering Committee) 16.30 18.00 Ice-breaking session for newcomers and partner search This session is for new members of the social affairs forum (SAF) and city representatives attending the SAF meeting for the first time as well as members that wish to benefit from a first networking moment. It will give an overview of forum priorities and working areas as well as an opportunity to find partner cities to develop joint EU projects. 19.30 Informal dinner (at own expense) Venue: Weltcafé, Welthaus e. V., Charlottenplatz 17, 70173 Stuttgart Tuesday, 23 October Venue: City Hall Stuttgart, Marktplatz 1, 70173 Stuttgart 8.30 9.00 Registration and welcome coffee 9.00 9.30 Official welcome by - Werner Wölfle, Deputy Mayor of Stuttgart for Social Affairs and Integration - Laia Ortiz, Chair of the Social Affairs Forum and Deputy Mayor of Barcelona - Manne Lucha, Minister for Social Affairs of Baden-Württemberg (TBC) 09.30 10.00 Keynote speech Live interviews with local activists of migrant background sharing their life stories 10.00 11.00 High-level panel debate How can cities deliver socially sustainable policies by linking the EU Pillar of Social Rights, the SDGs and the Urban Agenda for the EU? - Werner Wölfle, Deputy Mayor of Stuttgart for Social Affairs and Integration - Laia Ortiz, Chair of the Social Affairs Forum and Deputy Mayor of Barcelona - Manne Lucha, Minister for Social Affairs of Baden-Württemberg (TBC) - Aziza Akhmouch, Acting Head of the Cities, Urban Policies and Sustainable Development Division, OECD - Joost Korte, Director General of DG EMPL, European Commission (TBC) - Member of the European Parliament or Committee of the Regions (TBC) Moderator: TBC 11.00 11.30 Coffee break / family picture Draft agenda version 22 August, EUROCITIES Social Affairs Forum, Stuttgart, 23-24 October 2018, Page 3
11.30-13.00 Paralell workshops Workshops will offer participants an opportunity to discuss and compare the objectives for social sustainability between the SDGs and the European Pillar of Social Rights. The format will be interactive and participants are invited to present their own experiences and share know-how and practical examples. One presenter will initiate the debate with an inspiring keynote on learning from practice from their cities. Reacting to the presentation, the workshop participants will discuss: - opportunities and challenges for social sustainability in cities - what actions cities can take to advance social sustainability in the given area and - what future MEPs and Commissioners should prioritise Each workshop will draw out key messages that will feed into EUROCITIES statement: - two proposals for actions that cities in SAF can take (individually or jointly) - two recommendations for candidate MEPs and Commissioners to take on board The key messages from the workshops will be compiled into a Forum outcome that will be presented in the closing session of the event. Workshop 1 Workshop 2 Ending poverty what can cities do? SDG 1 aims to End poverty in all its forms everywhere. EPSR 11 states: Children have the right to protection from poverty. Children from disadvantaged backgrounds have the right to specific measures to enhance equal opportunities. Chair: Stefan Spatz, Director of Social Welfare Office of Stuttgart Presentation: Quarter 2020 an innovative approach to tackling urban poverty, by Claudia Ringel-Bickelmaier, Social Welfare Office of Stuttgart Facilitator: Bianca Faragau, EUROCITIES - examples of anti-poverty measures or strategies at city level - what can cities do more or better to fight poverty (concrete actions) fight poverty (recommendations) Inclusive and equitable early childhood education for all what role for cities? SDG 4 aims to Ensure inclusive and equitable quality education and promote lifelong learning opportunities for all. EPSR 1 states: Everyone has the right to quality and inclusive education, training and lifelong learning in order to maintain and acquire skills that enable them to participate fully in society and manage successfully transitions in the labour market. EPSR 11 on childcare and support to children: Children have the right to affordable early childhood education and care of good quality. Chair: Ramon Palomino, Director of Madrid s Department for equal opportunities, social rights and employment Presentation: New City Network of Nursery Schools in Madrid by Ramon Palomino Facilitator: Guillermo Alvares, EUROCITIES - examples of city strategies for affordable early childhood education for all - what can cities do more to promote affordable early childhood education support inclusive and equitable quality early education (recommendations) Draft agenda version 22 August, EUROCITIES Social Affairs Forum, Stuttgart, 23-24 October 2018, Page 4
Workshop 3 Workshop 4 Workshop 5 Decent work for all: focus on young people what can cities do? SDG 8 aims to Promote sustained, inclusive and sustainable economic growth, full and productive employment and decent work for all. EPSR 5 states: Regardless of the type and duration of the employment relationship, workers have the right to fair and equal treatment regarding working conditions, access to social protection and training. The transition towards open-ended forms of employment shall be fostered. Innovative forms of work that ensure quality working conditions shall be fostered. Entrepreneurship and self-employment shall be encouraged. Occupational mobility shall be facilitated. Employment relationships that lead to precarious working conditions shall be prevented, including by prohibiting abuse of atypical contracts. Any probation period should be of reasonable duration. Chair: Jürgen Peeß, Job Centre Stuttgart Presentation: successful approaches to tackle youth unemployment in Stuttgart Facilitator: Luigi Gioja, EUROCITIES - examples of city measures to address youth unemployment and work poverty - what can cities do more to promote decent work for all support quality working conditions and living wages (recommendations) Affordable housing for all how to address gentrification? SDG 11 aims to Make cities and human settlements inclusive, safe, resilient and sustainable with target 11.1 By 2030, ensure access for all to adequate, safe and affordable housing and basic services EPSR 19 states: a.access to social housing or housing assistance of good quality shall be provided for those in need. b.vulnerable people have the right to appropriate assistance and protection against forced eviction. c. Adequate shelter and services shall be provided to the homeless in order to promote their social inclusion. Chair: Laia Ortiz, Deputy Mayor of Barcelona and chair of SAF Presentation: Barcelona s Manifesto to fight gentrification by David Bravo Facilitator: Silvia Ganzerla, EUROCITIES - examples of city strategies to address gentrification - what can cities do more towards affordable housing for all support affordable housing in cities (recommendations) Healthy cities promoting well-being for all at all ages SDG 3 aims to Ensure healthy lives and promote well-being for all at all ages EPSR 16 states: Everyone has the right to timely access to affordable, preventive and curative health care of good quality. EPSR 18: Everyone has the right to affordable long-term care services of good quality, in particular home-care and community-based services. Chair: Stefan Ehehalt, Director of Health department of Stuttgart Presentation: Age-friendly city strategy of Glasgow, by Billy Garrett, Director of Sports and Events of Glasgow. Draft agenda version 22 August, EUROCITIES Social Affairs Forum, Stuttgart, 23-24 October 2018, Page 5
Facilitator: Patricia Couti, EUROCITIES - examples of city strategies for active ageing & adapting to demographic change - what can cities do more to promote well-being for all at all ages support healthy cities with a focus on active ageing (recommendations) 13.00-14.00 Lunch with informal partner search for joint EU projects 14.00-15.45 Speednetworking session and projects corner Format: inspiring kick-off presentation followed by worldcafe in three rounds of 30 minutes During this session, participants will have the opportunity to learn about innovative city initiatives to combat urban poverty, reduce inequalities and foster social sustainability and social rights for all. Examples of social innovation in urban areas supported by EU funds like the Urban Innovative Actions or the ESF will be showcased with a focus on how they translate the SDGs and the principles of the European Pillar of Social Rights into actions at local level. Inspiring kick-off: Using SDG indicators as benchmark for social sustainability Stuttgart as a pioneer by Henrik Ridelel, Bertelsmann Foundation, and Dr. Bettina Bunk, Stuttgart Parallel presentations of 10 innovative city initiatives (to be selected based on applications) OPEN TO EUROCITIES POLITICIANS ONLY 13.00 15.30 Political private lunch followed by political discussion for elected city politicians by invitation only Topic: How are cities delivering on their commitment to the European Pillar of Social Rights and what support they need from the next ESF+ programme? OPEN TO EUROCITIES MEMBERS ONLY 15.45 16.30 Elections for SAF chair and vice-chair 16.30 17.45 SAF business meeting - Presentation of candidates - Voting during coffee break - ballot voting closes at 16:30 - SAF strategy for 2019-2020 discussion and adoption - update on key EU policy developments related to social affairs 17.45 18.00 Announcement of the new SAF chair and vice-chair 20.00 Official dinner hosted by the city of Stuttgart Venue: KULTURWERK, Kulturwerk e. V., Ostendstr. 106 a, 70188 Stuttgart Draft agenda version 22 August, EUROCITIES Social Affairs Forum, Stuttgart, 23-24 October 2018, Page 6
Wednesday, 24 October Venue: City Hall Stuttgart, Marktplatz 1, 70173 Stuttgart 8.30-8.45 Registration and welcome coffee for day 2 8.45 11.45 Parallel site visits Site visits will offer participants an opportunity to experience policies and projects in the city of Stuttgart related to social sustainability and social rights. Political study visit for city politicians Site visit 1 Site visit 2 Meeting place to encounter your new neighbour Organiser: Social Welfare Office and Department for Integration Policies The so-called Begegnungsraum is a meeting place in the centre of Stuttgart where people from different cultures, with or without a refugee background, come together to share their experiences, stories and knowledge. Situated between an accommodation for refugees and the University of Stuttgart, it is a key location for civil society initiatives, artistic empowerment and intercultural learning. The meeting place was designed and built by architecture students from the University of Stuttgart. During this site visit, participants will learn about the new model of cooperation between the welfare organisation Protestant Society Stuttgart (Evangelische Gesellschaft Stuttgart e. V.) and the Refugee Friendship Associations (Freundeskreise Flüchtlinge) Stuttgart Centre and West. The Stuttgart Way of housing refugees (Stuttgarter Weg) will also be presented. Multi-generational house to strengthen the neighbourhood Organiser: Social Welfare Office & Public Social Enterprise Living and Housing The concept behind this multigenerational centre is to bring together people of different ages and backgrounds who would otherwise not necessarily meet. Children, young people, adults, parents, seniors, people with and without disabilities and people from various cultural backgrounds use this place to get together, interact and learn from one another. With a unique concept and architecture, this house is a living part of the neighbourhood. The institution offers four facilities for different target groups: - Care centre for care beneficiaries of all ages with special emphasis on providing tailored solutions to young people s needs and interests. - Family centre for parents and children from the multi-cultural neigbourhood - Gebrüder-Schmid Centre: activities to bring together citizens from various cultural backgrounds where they can also propose their own activity - Community living offered by WABE e.v. Training campus for young people in need of support and JOBLINGE Organiser: Jobcentre This training campus (Ausbildungscampus) offers a wide variety of support measures to young migrants and other young people in need of support for their integration into the German labour market. The focus is on job coaching through vocational training, language courses, art projects, visiting companies and doing leisure activities.. Young people receive support in writing job applications, searching for vacancies and training for job interviews. A mentor may offer one-to-one support to a young person to pass the threshold for integration on the labour market. This training campus is unique because every offer of support is free of charge and available to all people regardless of their Draft agenda version 22 August, EUROCITIES Social Affairs Forum, Stuttgart, 23-24 October 2018, Page 7
legal status or educational background. The distinctive feature is the close cooperation between many different authorities and partners (JobCentre, Federal Agency for Employment, Chambers, social welfare organisations, NGOs, foundations, enterprises) in one site. A specific project Joblinge will be presented to show how youth under 25, especially young people who transition from education to work and those recently-arrived young refugees with low or medium qualifications, can get support to obtain an apprenticeship through a six-month programme for skills training and work placement. Site visit 3 Urban development within the Social City Programme counteracting gentrification and regenerating a socially deprived neighbourhood A walking tour with presentations and discussions in different institutions Hallschlag is a neighbourhood situated in the north of Stuttgart and is part of the largest city district. It has approximately 7,500 inhabitants, many of whom are unemployed or on social welfare benefits. Given the high rates of unemployment and poverty above the city s average, this neighbourhood was admitted to the Social City programme in 2007, funded by federal and state budget. This brought many positive changes to regenerating this quarter. Buildings have been renovated or rebuilt, public spaces and all playgrounds have been redesigned, a multi-generational centre has been founded, which now offers housing for elderly migrants and shared apartments for elderly people with special needs. All this was achieved through an extensive cooperation between the city, citizens, the public housing association and other social associations and NGOs in the district. Site visit 4 Site visit 5 Men s residential accommodation Organiser: Public Social Enterprise Living and Housing This residence is an example of accommodation in emergency situations. It offers an integrated approach to social inclusion of adult men in need of various kinds of support. Among others, the institution offers long-term jobs in the residence, accommodation and emergency overnight stay. Especially for young men, social workers develop together with each young resident his individual support programme. This includes life skills as well as medical and psychological services and is carried out over a period of six months. This enables residents to become autonomous and stand on their own feet. Furthermore, homeless or lonely poor elderly men have the possibility to retire in this safe and cared accommodation. Central Municipal Library Organiser: Social Welfare Office and the Central Municipal Library The central municipal library is a meeting place for education, art and culture. It offers various activities for quality, inclusive education and lifelong learning. Located in the new quarter Europaviertel, it is one of the most modern libraries of Europe. The library offers more than half a million media on a surface of 18,000 m². Everything is possible from lending graphics, watching more than 10,000 animated films, creating books in the workshop of the children s library, composing in the sound studio of the music library as well as digitalising old records. There is a library café run by people with disabilities. 11.45 Back to the main venue at the city hall Draft agenda version 22 August, EUROCITIES Social Affairs Forum, Stuttgart, 23-24 October 2018, Page 8
11.45-13.00 New European Social Fund+: What s in it for cities? This session aims to inform members on the ESF+ proposal and the EUROCITIES position. Participants will have the chance to exchange views and strategies on how to work with the regional and national authorities in planning the Operational Programmes for 2021-2027. The session will include: - Presentation of the ESF+ proposal by Andrea Leruste, deputy head of unit ESF, DG Employment and Social Inclusion, European Commission - Announcement of EUROCITIES position on the ESF+ proposal - Exchange on how cities plan to get involved in the ESF+ programming (OPs) 13.00-13.30 Presentation of the outcome of the SAF: Recommendations from cities on strengthening social Europe in the next mandate of the European Parliament and European Commission for 2019-2024 The key messages from workshops compiled into one document will be presented. This will feed into a EUROCITIES statement on strengthening social Europe in 2019-2024. Announcement of the SAF 2019 host city 13.30-14.30 Closing of the meeting and lunch 14.30-15.30 Steering committee meeting (NB: only for members of Steering Committee) 14.30-16.30 Optional city tours (NB: please register in advance via the registration link) Draft agenda version 22 August, EUROCITIES Social Affairs Forum, Stuttgart, 23-24 October 2018, Page 9