Monday, 4 th of May 2009
09.00-09:30 Reception of participants 09.30-10.00 Welcoming remarks
Ms. Maria Eugenia Bolaños, Director of TRESMED 3 Project.
10.00-10.30 Opening Session
Mr. Marcos Peña, President of the ESC of Spain.
Mr. Juan Antonio Mata, President of the ESC of Castilla-La Mancha.
Mr. Máximo Díaz Cano, Delegate of the Gouvernment Mr. José Valverde, Councillor of Presidency of the Junta de Castilla-La Mancha
Mr. Emiliano García-Page, Mayor of Toledo 10.30-13.45 FIRST SESSION
Chair: Ms. Marianne Nati- Stoffel, General Secretary of ESC of Luxembourg.
TOPIC: The European Social Model 2009:
The new labour rules of the European Union. The new labour proposals and legislation- The developments in recent Court Rulings.
PRESENTATIONS:
10.30-11.00 Professor Manfred Weiss, University of Goethe (Frankfurt).
11.00-11.30 Coffee break
11.30-12.00 Mr. Miguel Colina, Ministry of Labour and Immigration of Spain.
12.00 –12.20 The role of the social agents and the organized civil society in the time of crisis: The relevance of the institutionalized social dialogue.
Mr. Julián Ariza, Vice-president of ESC of Spain.
12.20-12.40 EU Commission Joint Report on Social Protection and Social Inclusion 2009.
Mr. Aurelio Fernandez, President of the Social Protection
13.00-13.45 14.00-16.00
Debate
Lunch-Buffet
16.00-18.30 SECOND SESSION
Chair: M. Albino Gorini, Vice-president of the CNEL of Italy
TOPIC: Workers´ rights and employers´ prerogatives The right of the strike in the Member States of the European Union. . The Israeli and Palestine vision PRESENTATIONS:
16.00-16.30 Introduction
Professor Manfred Weiss.
16.30 –16.45 The EU Social Partners' opinion Mr. Edgardo Iozia, EESC.
16.45 – 17.00 The EU social model: comparison with the Turkish model Professor Ruchan Isik, Turkey.
17.00 -17.15 Coffee break
17.15-17.45 The EU debate on the right balance - The Israeli and Palestine vision
Mr. Shlomo Neuman Chairman of the Executive Committee, ESC of Israel.
Ms. Abukhater, Palestine.
17.45-18.30 Debate and concluding remarks:
Professor Manfred Weiss 18.45 Cultural visit and dinner
Tuesday 5th of May 2009
09.00-11.30 THIRD SESSIÓN
Chair: Mr. Joseph Montbello, Executive Secretary of the ESC of Malta.
TOPIC: Education and professional training of young people (15-25 years old). The rights of the future
generations.
PRESENTATIONS:
Mr. Javier Ferrer, Member of Spanish ESC and deputy
chairman of the Tripartite Foundation Training/Employment Mr. Luis Miguel P. Cañada, Director of the School of
Translators of Toledo.
Mr. Majdi Hajkhalil, ESC of Palestine.
Mr. Tal Lotan Director of Training and Technology
Education Department, Manufacturers’ Association of Israel.
Mr. Enric Olivé Serré, Euromed University Forum.
10.30-11.30 Who plans the future of young people?
Professor Enrique Martin Criado, Professor of Sociology, University of Seville.
Ms. Mª José Carrion and Ms. Soledad Guallart Teachers of young people 15-18 years old.
Ms. Chantal Lebatard, ESC of France.
Prof. Liora Kazenstien, ISEMI, Israel 11.30-11.45 Coffee Break
11.45-13.45 FORTH SESSION
Chair: Mr. Hanna Siniora, President of the ESC of Palestine.
TOPIC: The promotion of women in the labour market in the European Union and the Mediterranean partner countries: A comparative vision.
11.45-12.15 SPEAKER:
Mr. Iván Martín, Complutense Institute of International Studies.
13.15-13.45 Good Practice and Debate
Mr. Halms Tamás, General Secretary of the ESC of Hungary.
Ms. Stefania Marcone, LEGACOOP, Confederation of Italian cooperatives belonging to the ESMED Plattform.
14.00-16.00 Lunch-Buffet 16.00-18.45
16.00-17.15
FIFTH SESSION
Chair: Mr. Yehuda Talmon, President of the IESC of Israel.
TOPIC: The development of SME's – The EU new policy:
“ Administration of small enterprises”.
Mr.Edward Termette, GD Enterprise and Industry of the European Commission.
Coffee room
SMEs AND MEDITERRANEAN CODEVELOPMENT Mr. Juan Antonio de Castro, University of Nebrija.
Mr. Benito Santalco, CNEL of Italy
Mr. Hassan Raissouni, expert in economic development.
Ms. Maria Zvolska, EESC.
17.15-17.30 Self-employed workers in Spain
Mr. Javier Ferrer, ESC of Spain and deputy chairman of the Tripartite Foundation .
17.30-18.00 What can be learnt from the EU policy?
Mr. Motty Shapira, Director General of Israel Federation of self employed’s Organizations.
Mr. Yasser Abukhater, ESC of Palestine.
18.00-18.30 New employment policies and… new rights?
Speakers and Debate
Mr. Francisco Gonzalez de Lena, ESC of Spain.
Mr. Michel Coquillion, ESC of France.
18.45 Social Event and Dinner
Wednesday, 6th of May 2009
09.00-11.00 SIXTH SESSIÓN
TOPIC: The labour rights of the Palestinian workers in Israel.
Chair: Mr Edgardo Iozia, EESC.
09.00-10.00 The participation of Palestinian workers in the Israeli labour market . A current view and legal aspects
Introduction: Mr. Efraim Zilony, Chairman of the Economic and Social dep. Histadrut, General Federation of Labour in Israel .
A current view: Mr. Yossi Gordon, Director General.
Association of Contractors and Builders in Israel.
Legal Aspects: Ms. Nili Arad, Judge. Israel National Labour Court.
10.00-10.20 Structural elements required to set a socio-economic sustainable model.
Ms. Abukhater, Palestine.
10.20-10.40
10.40-11.00
Vision of an European Parliamentary Assembly member
Mr. Jordi Pedret i Grenzner, member of Parliament of Spain.
Debate 11.00-11.30 Coffee break 11.30-14.00
11.30-12.30
SÉVENTH SESSIÓN
TOPIC: how can cooperation be improved?
Chair: Ms. Carmen Cobano, Member of the Third Group of the ESC of Spain.
Suggestions for possible future bilateral co-operations between the European Union ESC's and the ESCs of Palestine and Israel.
PRESENTATIONS:
Ms. Martina Salvadori, CNEL of Italy.
Mr. Hanna Sinniora, ESC of Palestine.
Ms. Gerarda Ventura, NGO’s Euromed Plattform.
Mr. Enric Olivé Serré, Euromed University Forum.
Prof. Liora Katzenstein ,President of ISEMI.
12.30 – 13.00
13.00-13.15
13.30
CLOSING SESSION
Chair: Mr. Julián Ariza, Vice-President of the ESC of Spain.
Conclusions
Closing ceremony
Mr. Julián Ariza, Vice-President of the ESC of Spain.
Mr. Juan Antonio Mata, President of the ESC of Castilla-La Mancha.
Buffet – End of Seminar.
16.30-18.00 21.00-22.00
REPPORTEURS
Visit to unknown Toledo
Dinner at the “Eugenia de Montijo Palace”
First Session:
Ms. Maria Satrón, ESC of Spain Second Session:
Ms. Ana Hernandez, TRESMED 3 Project Third Session:
Ms. Beatriz Prieto, ESC of Spain Fifth Session:
Ms. Ana Hernández, TRESMED 3 Project Sixth Session:
Ms Beatriz Prieto, ESC of Spain Seventh Session:
Ms. Maria Eugenia Bolaños Edition closed the 30.04.09