Building a just green transition: Challenges and opportunities of eco-social policies

03-10-2024

Afterwork discussion, 3 October 2024, 17.00-18.40  + Buffet and drink  [Fully booked] 

Organised by the ETUI and the OSE, with Università degli studi di Padova – SPGI Dep. and Università degli studi di Milano.

This afterwork discussion will be an opportunity to consider how well a just transition has been integrated into the European Green Deal (EGD) so far, and how environmental and social goals can be better aligned in future EU policies. The event will focus on the relationship between European welfare systems and the green transition, exploring whether and how 'eco-social policies' - which aim to achieve both environmental and social objectives - could offer effective solutions. 

Programme

17.00 – 17.10: Welcome by Slavina Spasova (Director, OSE) and Paolo Graziano (Professor, University of Padua)
17.10 – 17.20: Introduction - Setting the scene and presentation of the results of the workshop
Sebastiano Sabato (Senior researcher, OSE)
17.20 – 18.00: Roundtable discussion:
Chair: Bianca Luna Fabris (Researcher, ETUI) 
Speakers: Frank Siebern-Thomas (Head of Unit, DG EMPL), Peter Schmidt (President, EESC NAT), Ludovic Voet (Confederal Secretary, ETUC) and Thomas Wobben (Director, Dir. for Legislative work 2, CoR)
18.00 – 18.30: Debate with the audience 
18.30 – 18.40: Conclusions and next steps
Paolo Graziano and Slavina Spasova
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18.40 – 20.30: Buffet and drink (Local and organic)

The speakers and the audience are invited to discuss topics such as: Which eco-social policies could realistically be included in the EU’s agenda? Which space for these policies in the forthcoming revamped action plan for the implementation of the European Pillar of Social Rights? How to introduce an ‘eco-social perspective’ in the European Semester? How to enhance the role of social and civil dialogue in the elaboration and implementation of eco-social policies?

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The ETUI is co-funded by the European Union.

 

Language(s)
English
Location

European Social Observatory
Nordic House
3 rue du Luxembourg, Brussels

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