Agenda 

Programme 

9h30 a.m. Registration

10h00 a.m. Opening speeches

• Mario Sepi, EESC President 
• Jacques Delors, European Commission President 1985-1994, Founding president of Notre Europe                           

10h30 a.m. The EESC: historical context and its key role

Round table with the EESC members involved in the work on the 1989 Charter  

Chair: Marjorie Jouen, adviser to Notre Europe 

• Robert Pelletier, former EESC member, Group I (Employers)
• Georges Dassis, EESC member, Group II President (Employees)
• Alfons Margot, former EESC President, Group III (Various Interests) 

General discussion

11h45 a.m.  The impact of the 1989 Community charter and the social action programme: taking stock 20 years later

Chair: Georges Dassis, EESC member, Group II President (Employees) 

• Vasso Papandreou, former European Commissioner for social affairs (tbc)
• Thérèse de Liedekerke, Executive Director of  BUSINESSEUROPE
• Emilio Gabaglio, former Secretary-general of the European Trade Union Confederation (ETUC) Social
• Platform 

General discussion 

1h00 p.m.  Buffet lunch(Atrium)

2h15 p.m.  Coping with the crisis: moving towards a new European programme for social action?  

Chair: Göke Frerichs, former EESC President, Group I (Employers) 

• José Manuel Barroso, President of the European Commission (tbc)
• Göran Hägglund, Minister for health and social affairs, Swedish presidency (tbc) 
• Evelyn Regner, MEP, rapporteur for the EESC opinion on the Social Agenda
• Jan Olsson, rapporteur for the EESC opinion entitled "Towards a new European social action programme"

General discussion

3h30 p.m.  The Lisbon Treaty: the Charter of fundamental rights and the public's right of initiative

Chair: Staffan Nilsson, EESC member, Group III President (various activities) 

• Gaëtane Ricard-Nihoul, Secretary-general of Notre Europe
• Tony Venables, Director of the European Citizens Action Service (ECAS) (tbc)
• Claude Didry, Director for research, Unit covering the "History of economic institutions and dynamics of the economy", Cachan Ecole normale supérieure
• Ferdinando Riccardi, editorial writer for Agence Europe 

General discussion

4h45 p.m. Adoption of a declaration to conclude the conference, launching a civil society initiative et conclusions

5h30 p.m. End of the meeting

Interpretation: DE/EN/FR/IT/SE/ vers EN/FR/IT 

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