Programme of the 9th ILO European Regional Meeting

Agenda | 06 March 2013
The programme is subject to change, please check this page for regular updates.

Day 1 – Monday, 8 April 2013

Plenary proceedings on day 1 of the Meeting will be web streamed in the original language of the speaker and with interpretation into English.

07.30 onwards

Registration (at the registration desk in the Radisson Blu Plaza Hotel; the desk will also be open from 16.00 to 21.00 on Sunday, 7 April)

08.30–10.30
Group meetings:
Governments: Thon Opera Hotel, Flagstadsalen (4th floor)
Employers: Radisson Blu Plaza Hotel, MunchSalen (level 1)
Workers: Radisson Blu Plaza Hotel, Sonja Henie (level 2)

10.30–10.45
Coffee break

10.45–11.30
Opening session (Plenary: Radisson Blu Plaza Hotel, Sonja Henie, level 2)
Objections and complaints to the Credentials Committee are to be lodged within two hours of the scheduled time for the opening of the Meeting (see article 9 of the Rules for Regional Meetings, 2008).
  • Election of the Chairperson of the Meeting
  • Adoption of the provisional programme
  • Election of the Vice-Chairpersons of the Meeting
  • Appointment of the Members of the Credentials Committee
  • Appointment of the Members of the Drafting Group on the Conclusions of the Meeting
11.30–12.30
Heads of State or Government/Heads of Agencies’ Panel on How to tackle the consequences of the financial crisis (Radisson Blu Plaza Hotel, Sonja Henie, level 2)
  • H.E. Ms Dalia Grybauskaitė, President of the Republic of Lithuania
  • H.E. Mr Jens Stoltenberg, Prime Minister of Norway
  • Mr Angel Gurría, Secretary-General of the OECD
  • Mr Javier Ferrer Duffol, Vice-President, Spanish Confederation of Employers’ Organizations (CEOE)
  • Ms Bernadette Segol, General Secretary, European Trade Union Confederation (ETUC)
  • Moderator: Mr Guy Ryder, Director-General of the ILO

13.15–14.30
Lunch

14.30–17.45

Plenary sitting (Radisson Blu Plaza Hotel, Sonja Henie, level 2)
  • Statement by Ms Anniken Huitfeldt, Minister of Labour of Norway
  • Statement by Mr Gilles de Robien, Chairperson of the Governing Body of the ILO
  • Address by Mr Guy Ryder, Director-General of the ILO
  • Statement by Mr Oleh Shevchuk, Vice-President, Federation of Employers of Ukraine (FEU)
  • Statement by Mr Luc Cortebeeck,Honorary President, Confederation of Christian Trade Unions of Belgium (ACV/CSC)
  • Discussion of the ILO's Director-General’s Report
18.00–21.00
Informal Labour Ministerial Meeting on Youth employment in the crisis (Oslo City Hall)
Participation in the Informal Ministerial Meeting is restricted to Ministers of Labour or heads of delegations, accompanied by one adviser, and selected Employer and Worker representatives. Participants at the informal meeting are invited to a buffet dinner afterwards, held at Oslo City Hall.
  • With the involvement of Mr László Andor, European Commissioner for Employment, Social Affairs and Inclusion
  • Chair: Mr Gilles de Robien, Chairperson of the Governing Body
18.00
Drafting Group on the Conclusions (Radisson Blu Plaza Hotel, Oslofjord Room, 33rd floor)

Day 2 – Tuesday, 9 April 2013

Plenary proceedings until 16.00 on day 2 of the Meeting will be web streamed in the original language of the speaker and with interpretation
into English
.

08.30–10.00
Group meetings (Rooms as given above)

10.00–11.30

High-level tripartite ILO/IMF/EC panel discussion on Recovery from the crisis – Coherent policies for growth and jobs (Radisson Blu Plaza Hotel, Sonja Henie, level 2)
  • Mr Guy Ryder, Director-General of the ILO
  • Mr Min Zhu, Deputy Managing Director of the IMF
  • Mr Olli Rehn, Vice-President of the European Commission, Economic and Monetary Affairs and the Euro (by video link)
  • Mr László Andor, European Commissioner for Employment, Social Affairs and Inclusion
  • Mr Harry Kyriazis, Executive Vice-Chairman, Federation of Greek Enterprises and Industries (SEV)
  • Mr Plamen Dimitrov, President, Confederation of Independent Trade Unions of Bulgaria (KNSB)
  • Moderator: Mr Espen Barth Eide, Minister of Foreign Affairs of Norway
11.30–11.45
Coffee break

11.45–13.15

High-level tripartite panel discussion on Job-rich growth and quality jobs (Radisson Blu Plaza Hotel, Sonja Henie, level 2)
  • Mr Sigbjørn Johnsen, Minister of Finance of Norway
  • Mr Maxim Topilin, Minister of Labour and Social Protection of the Russian Federation
  • Mr Bolat Zhamishev, Minister of Finance of the Republic of Kazakhstan
  • Ms Joan Burton, Minister for Social Protection of Ireland
  • Ms Renate Hornung-Draus, Vice-President for Europe, International Organisation of Employers (IOE)
  • Mr Roar Flaathen, President, Landsorganisasjonen i Norge (LO-Norway)
  • Moderator: Ms Sandra Polaski, ILO Deputy Director-General for Policy
13.15–14.30
Lunch

14.30–16.00

Plenary sitting (Radisson Blu Plaza Hotel, Sonja Henie, level 2)
  • Brief oral report on the Informal Labour Ministerial Meeting by Mr Gilles de Robien, Chairperson of the Governing Body of the ILO
  • Discussion of the ILO's Director-General’s Report
16.15–18.45

Thematic panel I on Shaping policies for job-rich growth (Thon Opera Hotel, Flagstadsalen, 4th floor)
  • Moderator: Ms Umit Efendioglu, Director, ILO Office, Ankara
  • ILO technical introduction: Mr Raymond Torres, Director, International Institute for Labour Studies
  • Panellists:
  • Mr Morten Petter Johansen, Ministry of Finance, Norway
  • Ms Liga Mengelsone, Director-General, Employers’ Confederation, Latvia
  • Mr Rudy de Leeuw, President, General Federation of Labour, Belgium

Thematic panel II on Promoting quality jobs through effective social dialogue and collective bargaining (Radisson Blu Plaza Hotel, Sonja Henie, level 2)
  • Moderator: Mr Jean-François Trorglic, Director, ILO Office, Paris
  • ILO technical introduction: Mr Daniel Vaughan-Whitehead, ILO Senior Wages Specialist
  • Panellists:
  • Ms Rosanna Margiotta, Ministry of Labour,
  • Health and Social Policies, Italy
  • Mr Emmanuel Julien, Deputy Director, Social Relations Department, MEDEF, France
  • Ms Zoe Tzotze-Lanara, Secretary for International Relations, General Confederation of Labour, Greece
  • Ms Barbara Gerstenberger, Coordinator in the Directorate, Eurofound

19.00
Drafting Group on the Conclusions (Radisson Blu Plaza Hotel, Oslofjord Room, 33rd floor)

19.30
Reception hosted by the Government of Norway (Oslo City Hall)


Day 3 – Wednesday, 10 April 2013


08.30–10.00
Group meetings (Rooms as given above)

10.00–10.15
Coffee break

10.15–12.45
Thematic panel III on Tackling the youth employment crisis and the challenges of the ageing society (Thon Opera Hotel, Flagstadsalen, 4th floor)
  • Moderator: Ms Dimitrina Dimitrova, Director, ILO Office, Moscow
  • ILO technical introduction: Ms Azita Berar Awad, Director, ILO Employment Policy Department
  • Panellists:
  • Mr Johannes Schweighofer, Head, International Labour Market Policy Division, Federal Ministry of Labour, Social Affairs and Consumer Protection, Austria
  • Mr Brendan McGinty, Director, Industrial Relations and Human Resources Services, Irish Business and Employers Confederation
  • Ms Marija Hanževački, General Secretary, Independent Trade Unions of Croatia
  • Ms Pervenche Berès, Chair, Committee on Employment and Social Affairs, Group of Progressive Alliance of Socialists and Democrats, European Parliament

Thematic panel IV on Promoting international labour standards and policy coherence in Europe and Central Asia (Radisson Blu Plaza Hotel, Sonja Henie, level 2)
  • Moderator: Ms Susanne Hoffmann, ILO Regional Director for Europe and Central Asia
  • ILO technical introduction: Ms Cleopatra Doumbia-Henry, Director, ILO International Labour Standards Department
  • Panellists:
  • Mr Pierre-Paul Maeter, Director, Federal Public Service for Employment, Labour and Social Dialogue
  • Mr Peter Clever, Confederation of German Employers
  • Mr Yves Veyrier, Secretary, International European Service, CGT–FO
  • Mr Georg Fischer, Director for Analysis, Evaluation, External Relations, Directorate-General for Employment, Social Affairs and Inclusion

12.45–14.00 Lunch
13.00 to 14.00: Information session on the promotion of the 1986 Instrument of Amendment to the Constitution of the ILO (Munchsalen Room, level 1 of the Radisson Blu Plaza Hotel)

14.00–18.00
Plenary sitting (Radisson Blu Plaza Hotel, Sonja Henie, level 2)
  • Presentation of the outcomes of the thematic panels from 14.00 to 15.00
  • Plenary sitting (cont.) from 15.00 to 18.00
15.00 onwards
Drafting Group on the Conclusions (Radisson Blu Plaza Hotel, Oslofjord Room, 33rd floor)

18.30
Reception hosted by the ILO (Radisson Blu Plaza Hotel, level 2)

Day 4 – Thursday, 11 April 2013

09.00–10.30
Group meetings (Rooms as given above)

10.30–11.00
Coffee break

11.00–12.30

Plenary sitting (Radisson Blu Plaza Hotel, Sonja Henie, level 2)
  • Noting of the report of the Credentials Committee
  • Adoption of the report and the Declaration of the Meeting
Closing ceremony