Agenda

AGENDA.


Monday 29 September 2003

FORUM: Good Jobs/Bad Jobs: Myths and Realities?

Chair: Mr. Frank Vandenbroucke, Minister for Employment and Pensions, Belgium
14:30 - 14:50 Keynote address: Good Jobs/Bad Jobs – What are the issues for policy?
Keynote speaker : Professor Richard Layard (Director, Centre for Economic Performance, London School of Economics and Political Science)
14:50 - 15:10 Opening comments
Mr. Frank Vandenbroucke, Minister of Employment and Pensions
Mr. Juan Somavia, ILO Director-General
15:10 - 15:30 Comments by BIAC and TUAC
15:30 - 16:00 Discussion
16:00 - 16:30 Coffee break
16:30 - 17:30 Discussion (cont’d)
17:30 - 17:45 Concluding remarks
Mr. Jacques Delors (President, Council for Employment, Income and Social Cohesion; Former President of the European Commission)

Consultation with BIAC and TUAC

18:00 – 19:00
Chair: Mr. François Fillon, Minister of Social Affairs, Labour and Solidarity, France
Tuesday 30 September 2003


MINISTERIAL MEETING: Towards more and better jobs

09:30 – 09:50 Welcome
Mr. Donald Johnston, OECD Secretary-General
Mr. François Fillon, Minister of Social Affairs, Labour and Solidarity, France
09:50 – 13:00 Theme 1: Mobilising under-represented groups

Chair: Mr. François Fillon, Minister of Social Affairs, Labour and Solidarity, France

09:50 - 10:20 Opening comments by three Ministers
10:20 - 11:00 Discussion
11:00 - 11:30 Coffee break
11:30 - 13:00 Discussion (cont’d)
13:00 – 15:00 Working Lunch for Ministers

Host: Mr. Donald Johnston, OECD Secretary-General
Discussion topic: Recent innovations in the public employment service and the market for employment services
Chair: Mr. François Fillon, Minister of Social Affairs, Labour and Solidarity
Opening comments by three Ministers
Discussion

14:50 – 15:00 Finalisation of Communiqué

15:00 - 17:00 Theme 2: Enhancing career prospects for workers at-risk and improving skills

Chair: Mr. François Fillon, Minister of Social Affairs, Labour and Solidarity, France

15:00 - 15:30 Opening comments by three Ministers
15:30 - 17:00 Discussion

17:00 - 18:00 Press Conference (New Building Room 2)

Mr. François Fillon, Chair of Meeting and Mr. Donald Johnston, OECD Secretary-General

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