New times. Which future do we choose?

New times. Which future do we choose? Work Social Cohesion Leadership 4 th European Social Week 15. - 17.04.2010 Katholisch-Soziales Institut, Bad Honnef, Germany European Social Week Semaine Sociale Européenne Europäische Soziale Woche

Patronage: Jean-Claude Juncker Prime Minister of Luxembourg Support Committee The 4th European Social Week Ralph Bergold Director KSI Bad Honnef Germany Bert van Boggelen President of CNV Netherlands Elmar Brok MEP President EUCDW Raf Chanterie President EZA Königswinter Germany Luc Cortebeeck President ACV-CSC Belgium Monsignore Giampaolo Crepaldi Bishop of Triest Former Secretary of the Pontifical Council for Justice and Peace Rome Carlo Costalli President MCL Italy Patrick Develtere Director of HIVA Research Institute for Work and Society Catholic University of Leuven Belgium Jan Figel Former Commissioner of the European Commission Slovakia J.J.A.M. van Gennip Former CDA-senator, member advisory council of the scientific institute of the European People s Party Jean Hallet Former president LCM Belgium Co-founder of the European Social Week Bogdan Iuliu Hossu President Cartel Alfa Rumania Georg Hupfauer President KAB Deutschland Germany Herman Kaiser President of the Christelijk Sociaal Congres The Netherlands Karl-Josef Laumann Minister for work, health and social affairs NRW President of CDA Germany Pierre Lecocq Vice-President of UNIAPAC President of UNIAPAC Europe, Paris France Fritz Neugebauer Second president of the National Council of Austria Andrea Olivero President of ACLI Italy Ria Oomen-Ruijten Member of the European Parliament Jan Renders President of ACW Flanders Belgium Viviane Reding Commissioner for information society and media Brussels Thomasz Różniak President of the Christian Social Week of Poland Pan Janusz Śniadek Präsident von Solidarność Poland Jacques Santer Former President of the European Commission President of the Foundation Robert Schuman Gabriela Stauner President of CSA Germany Ingrid Sehrbrock Deputy President of DGB Germany Janina Švedieṅe President of the Christian Social Week Lithuania Monsignore Adrianus Herman (Ad) van Luyn S.D.B. Bishop of Rotterdam President of COMECE (Commission of the Bishops conferences of the European Community) Netherlands Jérome Vignon President Semaines Sociales de France Jacques Voisin President CFTC France Robert Weber President of LCGB President of the Organisation Committee of the ESW Robert Weber Lëtzebuerger Chrëschtleche Gewerkschafts-Bond (LCGB) 11, rue du commerce L-1012 Luxembourg Secretary: Udo Huett c/o Katholisch-Soziales Institut (KSI) Selhofer Str. 11 D-53604 Bad Honnef Tel.: + 49 (0) 22 24 / 9 55-4 05 Fax: + 49 (0) 22 24 / 9 55-1 00 E-Mail: huett@ksi.de Bank: Stadtsparkasse Bad Honnef, BLZ 380 512 90, Konto-Nr.: 170 050 IBAN: DE75 38051290 0000 170050 Swift: WELADED1HON

European Social Week Semaine Sociale Européenne Europäische Soziale Woche New times. Which future do we choose? Work Social Cohesion Leadership Why do we need a European Social Week?...because the social challenges can no longer be met in every country and because the commitment of the citizens themselves is so important. A European Social Week is designed to ensure that the expanding world markets can make a contribution to more investment, more innovation, more job opportunities and the better satisfaction of human needs. There is still, however, the question of whether or not this mega-development will, in practice, result in a harmonised world with more opportunities in terms of cultures and civilisations. Unfortunately, this is all too rarely the case, because, in actual fact, there is a dark side to globalisation. The tragedy of debarment and poverty has not been eradicated, just made worse. The same applies to equality of income, with the gulf between rich and poor becoming wider. The continuing wave of company mergers and takeovers and the associated restructurings pay too little heed to the wellbeing of the individual. Workers are being turned into competitors as companies decide to relocate to countries where wages are lower. However, ensuring the maximum return for shareholders and investors should not always be the decisive factor. Globalisation also has negative consequences for the lives of poor farmers, workers and fishermen in the third world. The history of the individual countries of Europe has taught us that, in the past hundred years, the free market economy has been corrected by democratic social and political groupings, which have arisen from the people themselves. An entire range of organisations, movements and trade unions with thousands of activists and strugglers have given their utmost in the struggle for social equality and solidarity. In many European countries, the Christian- inspired organisations have played a key role in this movement, since, at the heart of the Christian psyche lies a belief in the value of every individual person, together with the right and the obligation to make the most of oneself and to be of service to oneself and society. Christian workers and worker organisations were the front-runners in the struggle for employment rights, humane work, an economy in the service of the people, a voice in the workplace, more opportunities to take part in decisions and resolutions in the world of work by means of a fully-developed social dialogue, in order to show solidarity with those who are less quick, intelligent or healthy, with the young and old, men and women both here and across the continents, irrespective of the colour of one s skin or of one s religion, alongside solidarity with nature and the whole of Creation. Applying these values to a multi-coloured civil society has greatly influenced and significantly corrected the free market economy in many countries of Europe. And...this task is just as important today! Christians believe that it is their natural responsibility, bestowed on them on Whitsunday, to assume the initiative for this. The European Social Week would like to provide a platform for meeting, discussion and reflection, for the mutual encouragement of all those involved in the Christian social field in Europe the promotion and expansion of the collaboration between all Christian worker and employer organisations, research institutes, Christian social education and care centres, in order to create, in a globalised world, the adventure of a connected world en route to a true community, in which love, service, welfare, creativity, responsibility, leadership, fairness, mutuality and closeness make life worth living. Robert Weber, President of LCGB, Luxembourg President of the 4th European Social Week

PRELIMINARY PROGRAMME Thursday, 15 April 2010 13.00 Uhr Lunch 15.00 Uhr OFFICIAL ACADEMIC OPENING Words of welcome Mr. Robert WEBER, President of LCGB and President of the 4th European Social Week Prof. Dr. Ralph BERGOLD, Director of the KSI Mr. Raf CHANTERIE, President of EZA Mr. Elmar BROK, Member of the European Parliament Bischof Joseph HOMEYER, former Chairman of the Commission of the Bishops Conferences of the European Community (COMECE) 15.45 THE CHANGED POLITICAL AND SOCIAL ENVIRONMENT OF VALUES AND STANDARDS Mr. Jacques SANTER, former President of the European Commission 16.30 Break 17.00 CHRISTIAN SOCIAL ETHICS ON SOCIAL COHESION Prof. Dr. Johan VERSTRAETEN, Catholic University Leuven, Belgium 18.30 Dinner 20.00 Cultural evening programme Get together with the Bernd Lier Swing Ensemble Friday, l6 April 2010 NEW VISION ON WORK, ENTERPRISE AND SOCIAL DIALOGUE 9.00 Morning meditation Mr. Timo PLUTSCHINSKI, Manager of the trading association: Christians in industry and commerce reg. assn., Germany 9.15 Welcome by the chairman of the day Mrs. Ingrid SEHRBROCK, Vice-president DGB, Germany Vice-president CDA, Germany 9.30 THREE TESTIMONIES The position of the worker in the economic crisis Mr. Günter BACK, Works Council Thyssen Krupp, Duisburg, Germany How do my work circumstances change in a new member state? Mrs. Vilija BLAZYTE, LDF Lithuanian Labour Federation Towards an economic revolution Mr. Krist PAUWELS, Managing Partner choco cvba, Belgium Author of The economic revolution 10.15 FAIR AND DIGNIFIED WORK Mr. Józef NIEMIEC, ETUC Confederal Secretary. 11.00 Break 11.15 OLD VISION, NEW VISION Mr. Jean-Baptiste DE FOUCAULD, President of the Association for Democracy and Spirituality, France 12.00 Lunch 14.00 INTRODUCTION INTO THE WORKSHOPS 14.30 Workshop 1: QUALITY OF WORK Working languages: English and German Mrs. Viviane GOERGEN, LCGB, Luxembourg Mr. Bogdan HOSSU, President, Cartel Alfa, Rumania Mr. Wilfried WIENEN, KAB, Germany Workshop 2: ENTERPRISE MODELS COOPERATIVES Arbeitssprachen: Working languages: English and German Prof. Dr. Ranier FSADNI, President AZAD, Centre for Political Studies, Malta Mr. Enzo PEZZINI, Representative of the European department of CONFCOOPERATIVE, Italy

Prof. Dr. Caroline GYSELINCK, HIVA Research Institute for Work and Society, Leuven, Belgium Workshop 3: BUSINESS ETHICS Working languages: English and German Mr. Herman KAISER, President of the CSC umbrella organisation ( Christian Social Congress ) of the Christian social organisations in the Netherlands Prof. Dr. Luc VAN LIEDEKERKE, Center for Ethics, Social and Political Philosophy, Belgium Mr. Tomasz RÓŻOZNIAK, President Polish Social Week, Poland Workshop 4: NEW ACCENTS IN THE SOCIAL DIALOGUE Working languages: English and French Mr. Pierre LECOCQ, President of UNIAPAC EUROPE, France Mr. Jacques VOISIN, President CFTC, France Mr. Andreas GJECAJ, Secretary General of Christian Trade Unionists FCG, Austria Workshop 5: POVERTY AND INCLUSION Working languages: English and French Mrs. Gotzone MORA. Councillor for immigration and citizenry, Generalitat of Valencia, (autonomous regional government), Spain Prof. Dr. Ides NICAISE, HIVA Research Institute for Work and Society, Leuven, Belgium Mr. Rafael RODRIGUEZ-PONGA Y SALAMANCA President of the Foundation Humanismo y Democracia, Spain 16.30 Break 17.00 PLENUM Report of the workshops and discussion Bert VAN BOGGELEN, President of CNV, Netherlands 18.00 End of the working session 18.30 Dinner 20.00 CULTURAL EVENING PROGRAMME Saturday, 17 April 2010 SOCIAL COHESION AND LEADERSHIP 9.00 Morning meditation Mr. Roman NEBOZHUK, Representative for external relations in the Ukraine-Greek Catholic Church 9.15 Welcome by the chairman of the day Mr. Cor VAN BEUNINGEN, Director SOCIRES, Netherlands 9.30 CHRISTIAN SOCIAL ENGAGEMENT, FORMS AND BASIC PRINCIPLES Prof. Dr. Julie CLAGUE, University of Glasgow, United Kingdom 10.30 AGORA TIME Each organization has the chance to present itself. They have the opportunity to exhibit in the building where all participants can go from one initiative to the other. 12.00 Lunch 14.00 RENEWED LEADERSHIP IN A PARTICIPATIVE SOCIETY Mr. Tadeusz MAZOWIECKI, Former Prime Minister of Poland (1989-2001) Mr. Jerome VIGNON, President of SSF (Semaines Sociales de France) 15.15 OUR JOINT PATH FOR THE FUTURE IN EUROPE RENEWED ENTHUSIASM FOR THE FUTURE Prof. Dr. Eric BORGMAN, University Tilburg, Netherlands 16.00 Break 16.30 CONCLUSIONS BY THE CHAIRMAN OF THE 4 th EUROPEAN SOCIAL WEEK Official Ending of the 4th European Social Week 18.00 Dinner * * *

4 th European Social Week 15. - 17.04.2010 Venue: Katholisch-Soziales Institut Selhofer Straße 11 D-53604 Bad Honnef Telefon: 0 22 24 / 9 55-0 Telefax: 0 22 24 / 9 55-1 00 E-Mail: info@ksi.de www.ksi.de European Social Week Semaine Sociale Européenne Europäische Soziale Woche