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Social Cohesion in Europe - expectations and reality



Social Cohesion in Europe - expectations and reality



Monday, 10 March 2014

'Don Giovanni' room (second floor)

Intercontinental Hotel Warsaw

Emilii Plater 49, Warsaw


We would like to invite you to a debate jointly organised by demosEUROPA - Centre for European Strategy, Friedrich-Ebert-Stiftung, European Policy Centre, ELIAMEP, Centre for Liberal Strategies and Europeum.


The event will begin by an interactive exchange with Professor Marek Belka, President of the National Bank of Poland on the social dimension of the euro and the proposed "tests" for Poland's eurozone membership.


It will then proceed to present findings of a new study of public opinion conducted in seven EU member states (Bulgaria, Czech Republic, Finland, Germany, Greece, Poland and Spain) which showed that the Europeans accept the need for tighter public finances but want social services to be expanded, even if at the expense of savings elsewhere.


The future of social cohesion in Europe and key elements of policy intervention will then be discussed at a panel of experts featuring Dr Michał Boni, Dr Agnieszka Chłoń-Domińczak, Dr Björn Hacker and Antoinette Primatarova.


The study was prepared as part of the project on "New Sources of Cohesion", supported by the European Commission.


www.demoseuropa.eu


Program:


11.30 - 12.00 Coffee and registration


12.00 - 12.10 Welcome and introduction


12.10 - 12.50 Key-note exchange


Professor Marek Belka, President of the National Bank of Poland in conversation with

Paweł Świeboda, President, demosEUROPA - Centre for European Strategy and

Knut Dethlefsen, Director, Warsaw office of the Friedrich-Ebert-Stiftung


12.50-13.10 Presentation of the findings


Krzysztof Blusz, Vice-President of demosEUROPA - Centre for European Strategy and

Dr Konrad Niklewicz, Deputy Director of Instytut Obywatelski and Senior Fellow at demosEUROPA


13.10-13.50 Panel discussion


Dr Michał Boni, Senior Advisor, demosEUROPA - Centre for European Strategy, Warsaw; former Minister of Labour (tbc)

Dr Agnieszka Chłoń-Domińczak, Warsaw School of Economics, Warsaw; former Deputy Minister of Labour and Social Policy (tbc)

Dr Björn Hacker, European Economic and Social Policy, Friedrich-Ebert-Stiftung, Berlin

Dr Antoinette Primatarova, Programme Director, Centre for Liberal Strategies, Sofia


13.50-14.10 Q&A session


14.10 Concluding remarks



The debate will be organised within the scope of the Europe for Citizens Programme


The conference will be held in English only.

Participation in the conference is free of charge.

Number of seats is limited.