Linking Europe in Transition
Industrial Relations in Time of Crises
Transnational Conference
8th – 11th December 2013
Evangelische Akademie Bad Boll
INVITATION
The European Commissions promotes the European Social Dialogue and intends to contribute to enlarge and deepen mutual understanding on industrial relations and European Social Policies. Within this framework, social partners’ organisations, public bodies and civil society from twelve regions in Austria, Croatia, France, Germany, Italy, Slovakia, Spain, Sweden and the United King- dom have built up the experts’ network “Linking Europe in Transition (LET)”. These European experts and social partners have exchanged their experience, identified good practice, discussed and worked on promising positions and practices of social partners in facing the economic, financial and social crises in Europe. The experts focused their work on the following thematic area: Euro- pean Social Dialogue, Migration and New Forms of Employment.
How can Social Partners give a significant contribution to solve the actual crises in Europe in a fair and solidary way? How to combat tendencies of increasing precarious work and structural weakening of the work? What can workers’ organisations do against persisting unemployment of the young generations in Europe? What are winning strategies for social partners in Europe to reinforce labour, promote welfare, to strengthen citizens’ democracy and by that reinforce Social Europe? Is it possible for European citizens and workers to insist on the individual human rights for all people and to contribute, on a long run, to a good and sustainable neighbourhood with citizens and work- ers in Africa?
Given the challenges caused by the crises and given the threats of the economic, social and political systems in Europe, respectful and sustainable answers are needed. In our two days conference at Bad Boll the project experts present their findings and discuss on the future steps to be done. In- terpreters will guarantee common understanding in English, German, French, Italian and Spanish language. You are invited to participate to this conference.
Bad Boll and Tübingen, October 2013
For the LET Project Experts’ Network
Norbert Kreuzkamp, acli e. V. – das Selbsthilfewerk für interkulturelle Arbeit e. V.
Dagmar Bürkardt, Evangelische Akademie Bad Boll
Prof Dr Josef Schmid Eberhard Karls Universität Tübingen
VIDEO DOCUMENTATION
You will find more information on the the Zagreb Conference as
video documentation.
PROGRAMME
Sunday, 8 December 2013
Partners’ Programme
The transnational experts are expected to arrive on Sunday.
Transfer from the Airport to the Protestant Academy will be organised.
16:00 H
Arrivals to the Academy
16:30 H
Meeting of the Working Groups
18:30 H
End of the Meetings
20:00 H
Cold buffet dinner at Café Heuss
Monday, 9 December 2013
Partners’ Programme
8:20 H
Breakfast
9:15 H
Meeting of the Working Groups
10:30 H
Morning Coffee
11:00 H
Informal Meetings of the Experts and Welcome of the Speakters
12:30 H
Lunch at the Symposion
14:00 H
Welcome and introduction
Ms Dagmar Bürkardt and Mr Norbert Kreuzkamp
14:15 H
Social Dialogue
European Social Dialogues on Multisectoral, Sectoral and Enterprise level:
Their Contribution to the Crisis Management [video]
Prof Dr Hans-Wolfgang Platzer, University of Applied Sciences Fulda, Jean Monnet Chair, Political Science / European Integration / European economic and social Policies
15:00 H
Discussion
15:15 H
Migration
Migration, Mobility and Neighbourhood Relations
in Times of European Crises [video]
Dr Antonio Russo, Member of National Board and Presidency of the Italian Christian Workers Movement (ACLI), Responsible for Immigration, Legality and Territorial Cohesion
16:00 H
Discussion
16:15 H
Coffee, tea and biscuits
16:30 H
New Forms of Employment
Youth Unemployment in Europe as a Result of Economic Crises –
Situation and Strategies
Dr Erika Mezger, Deputy Director of European Foundation for the Improvement of Living and Working Conditions (Eurofound), Dublin [video]
17:30 H
Discussion
18:00 H
End of the Seminar Session
20:30 H
Dinner Buffet at the Symposion
Tuesday, 10 December 2013
Partners’ Programme
8:00 H
Invitation to the Academy’s worship
8:20 H
Breakfast
9:15 H
Introduction
9:30 H
New Forms of Employment
Vocational Education as an Instrument to Reduce Youth Unemployment in Europe:
German and European Experiences
Mr Thomas Giessler, Head of the Unit Vocational Education Policy at the Federal Board of the German Trade Union Federation (DGB Bundesvorstand), Berlin
10:15 H
Discussion
10:30 H
Morning Coffee
11:00 H
Presentation of the Project Results
Working Group Social Dialogue
Working Group Migration /video)
Working Group New Forms of Employment (video)
12:30 H
Lunch at the Symposion
14:30 H
First Round Table>
Decent Work and Social Dialogue from a Unions’ Point of View –
Regional Approaches How to Face the Crises?
– Mr Joan Carles Gallego, Secretary General, CCOO Catalonia [video]
– Mr Bruno Bouvier, Secretary General, CGT Rhône-Alpes [video]
– Mr Rolf Lindén, Secretary of Organisation and Political Cooperation of LO Western Sweden, former Lord Mayor of Gothenburg and former Member of the Swedish Parliament [video]
– Mr Roberto Benaglia, Secretary of Industry and Labour Market Policies, CISL Lombardy [video]
– Chair: Ms Dagmar Bürkardt and Mr Norbert Kreuzkamp
16:00 H
Coffee, tea and biscuits
16:30 H
Second Round Table
Crises and Cooperation – Experiences and perspectives
– Mr Jürgen Lämmle, Secretary of State, Minstry of Labour and Social Affairs, Family, Women and Seniors [video]
– Ms Katrin Distler, Representative DGB Baden-Württemberg [video]
– Mr Ricard Bellera i Kirchhoff, Secretary for International Migration and Cooperation, CCOO Catalonia, Barcelona [video]
– Chair: Prof Dr Josef Sschmid, Eberhard Karls University, Tübingen [video]
17:45 H
Conclusions
18:00 H
End of the Public Conference
Partners’ Programme
19:30 H
Evening Programme
Wednesday, 11 December 2013
Partners’ Programme
8:20 H
Breakfast
9:15 H
Plenary Session
Project’s Results and Outlook of the Transnationale Partners
10:30 H
Morning Coffee
11:00 H
Plenary Session
Conclusions and Farewell
12:00 H
Lunch
The afternoon and the evening might be used to deepen mutual knowledge of the experts and their organisations, to welcome new experts and to finalise with the local team the preparations for the proposed programme.
USEFUL ADDRESSES
Conference Place
Evangelische Akademie Bad Boll
Akademieweg 11
73087 Bad Boll
Phone: +49 7164 79-0
Fax: +49 7164 79-440
E-mail: gabriele.barnhill@ev-akademie-boll.de
Internet: www.ev-akademie-boll.de
Contact Persons
Ms Dagmar Bürkardt
Evangelische Akademie Bad Boll
Akademieweg 11
73087 Bad Boll
Phone: +49 7164 79-0
Fax: +49 7164 79-440
E-mail: dagmar.buerkardt@ev-akademie-boll.de
Mr Norbert Kreuzkamp
acli e. V. – das Selbsthilfewerk für interkulturelle Arbeit
Biesingerstraße 16
72070 Tübingen
Phone: +49 7071 793333
Fax: +49 7071 793339
Phone: + 49 177 4866600
Phone: + 49 157 77552100 (conference phone)
E-mail: kreuzkamp@acli.de
Internet: www.acli.de, www .l-e-t.eu
THE PARTICIPANTS
- Ms Stéphanie ABIS, European Network TANDEM PLUS, Lille
- Ms. Valeria ARMIENTO, interpreter, Kornwestheim
- Dr Reinhard BAHNMÜLLER, F.A.T.K.,Tübingen
- Ms Ana BAIDAN, European Network TANDEM PLUS, Lille
- Ms Teresa BARONCHELLI, acli e. V., Freiburg im Breisgau
- Mr Ricard BELLERA I KIRCHHOFF, CCOO of Catalonia, Barcelona
- Mr Roberto BENAGLIA, CISL Lombardy, Milano
- Ms Sophie BERLIOZ, émergences, Paris
- Ms Lisa BOUVERET, cgt Rhône-Alpes, Lyon
- Mr Bruno BOUVIER, cgt Rhône-alpes, Lyon
- Ms Lisa BUCHBINDER, interpreter, Kassel
- Ms Lucia LBUGITTI, enaip United Kingdom, London
- Ms Dagmar BÜRKARDT, Protestant Academy Bad Boll, Stuttgart
- Ms Ilda CIARAVINO, interpreter, Saarbrücken
- Ms Kathrin DISTLER, DGB Baden-Württemberg, Freiburg im Breisgau
- Ms Dorothee FISCHER, interpreter, Kassel
- Ms Gordana GACE, City of Zagreb
- Mr Dimitrios GALAGAS, DGB Baden-Württemberg, Stuttgart
- Mr Juan Carles GALLEGO, CCOO of Catalonia, Barcelona
- Mr Thomas GIESSLER, DGB Bundesvorstand, Berlin
- Mr Stewart GOLD, Eberhard Karls University, Tübingen
- Mr Cyril HAULAND GRØNNEBERG, émergences Rhône-Alpes (cgt), Lyon
- Ms Madeleine HELLMANN, acli e. V. Video Team, Tübingen
- Mr Wolfgang HERMANN, Workers’ Pastoral, Diocese of Rottenburg-Stuttgart, Stuttgart
- Ms Lisa KEIL, interpreter, Heidelberg
- Mr Tomislav KIŠ, Economic and Social Committee of the City of Zagreb
- Mr Kent KLING, LO Western Sweden, Gotenborg
- Dr Harald KOHLER, Eberhard Karls University, Tübingen
- Mr Norbert KREUZKAMP; acli e. V., Tübingen
- Mr Arne Frederic KUNZ, interpreter, Freiburg im Breisgau
- Ms Denise LACHMANN, interpreter, Frankfurt am Main
- Mr Luis LAGEDER, CISL Lombardy, Milano
- Mr Jürgen LÄMMLE, Ministry Labour and Social Affairs, Family, Women and Seniors Baden-Württemberg, Stuttgart
- Mr Nikolaus LANDGRAF, DGB Baden-Württemberg, Stuttgart
- Mr Rolf LINDÉN, LO Western Sweden, Gothenburg
- Mr Alexander LINK, acli e. V. Video Team, Tübingen
- Ms Petra MEYER, DGB Berlin Brandenburg, Berlin
- Ms Erika MEZGER, Eurofound, Dublin
- Ms Karoline MOCKLER, interpreter, Heidelberg
- Ms Franco NARDUCCI, ACLI Switzerland, Zürich and Rome
- Mr Peter NIEDERGESÄSS, KAB Baden-Württemberg, Stuttgart
- Mr Michal PÁLENÍK, IZ, Bratislava
- Mr Andrija PETROVIC, Economic and Social Committee of the City of Zagreb
- Prof Dr Hans-Wolfgang PLATZER, University of Fulda, Fulda
- Mr Giuseppe RONDINELLI, ACLI Switzerland
- Mr Antonio RUSSO, ACLI Sede Nazionale, Foggia and Rome
- Ms Bente SCHMIADE, DGB Berlin Brandenburg, Berlin
- Prof Dr Josef SCHMID, Eberhard Karls University, Tübingen
- Mr Giuseppe TABBÌ, acli e. V., acli Baden-Württemberg, Stuttgart
- Mr Duilio ZANIBELLATO, ACLI Gerania, Weinstadt
