Who's Who (Draft List of Participants)

Last updated on 29 March 2005

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1. OECD SECRETARIAT / SECRÉTARIAT de l'OCDE

            Donald J. JOHNSTON, Secretary-General
            Berglind ÁSGEIRSDÓTTIR, Deputy Secretary-General
            John MARTIN, Director for Employment, Labour & Social Affairs
            Martine DURAND, Deputy Director, Directorate for Employment, 
            Labour & Social Affairs
            Mark PEARSON, Head of the Social Policy Division

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2. CHAIR AND VICE-CHAIRS OF THE MINISTERIAL MEETING
    PRÉSIDENT et VICE-PRÉSIDENTS de la RÉUNION MINISTÉRIELLE

Chair:

            Aart JAN DE GEUS Minister of Social Affairs & Employment (The Netherlands)

Vice-Chairs:

            Berit ANDNOR, Minister for Social Affairs (Sweden)
            Geun Tae KIM, Minister of Health and Welfare (Korea)

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3. PARTICIPANTS OF THE FORUM / PARTICIPANTS au FORUM

Chair:  Berit ANDNOR, Minister for Social Affairs (Sweden)

Neil GILBERT, Professor of Social Welfare, University of Berkeley, California
Bruno PALIERCEVIPOF
Elaine HENRY, Chief Executive Officer of The Smith Family
Paul HOFHEINZ, President, The Lisbon Council
Ann METTLER, Executive Director,The Lisbon Council 
Hans van EWIJK, President ICSW European Region
Ladan MANTEGHI, Director of International Affairs, AARP 
Françoise CORÉ, Représente la Présidence ATD Quart Monde France

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4. OECD MEMBER COUNTRIES / PAYS MEMBRES de l'OCDE

  Australia
             Kevin ANDREWS, MP, Minister for Employment and Workplace Relations
             Kay PATTERSON, Minister for Family & Community Services

  Austria
           
Ursula HAUBNER, Minister for Social Security, Generations & 
            Consumer Protection

  Belgium
           
Christian DUPONT, Ministre de la Fonction publique, de l'Intégration sociale,
             de la Politique des grandes villes et de l'Égalité des chances

  Canada
           
Ken DRYDEN, Minister of Social Development
            Chester GILLAN, Minister of Health and Social Services Prince Edward Island

  Czech Republic 
            
Zdeněk ŠKROMACH, Deputy Prime Minister and Minister of
             Labour & Social Affairs

  Denmark
           
 Thomas BORNER, Permanent Secretary of State, Ministry of Social Affairs

  Finland 
            
Liisa Marja HYSSÄLÄ, Minister of Social Affairs & Health

  France 
            
Jean-Louis BORLOO, Minister of Employment, Labour & Social Affairs

  Germany
            
Heinrich TIEMANN, State of the Federal Ministry of Health & Social Security   

  Greece 
            
Panos PANAGIOTOPOULOS, Minister of Employment and Social Welfare
             George KONSTANTOPOULOS, Deputy Minister of Health & Social Solidarity

  Hungary
            
Kinga GONCZ, Minister Youth, Family, Social Affairs & Equal Opportunities

  Iceland
            
Árni MAGNUSSON, Minister of Social Affairs

  Ireland
            
Seamus BRENNAN, Minister for Social & Family Affairs

  Italy
           
Roberto MARONI, Minister of Labour & Welfare

  Japan
           
 Seiichi ETO, Senior Vice-Minister of Health, Labour and Welfare

  Korea (Vice-Chair)
           
Geun Tae KIM, Minister of Health & Welfare

  Luxembourg
           
Mars DI BARTOLOMEO, Minister of Health & of Social Security

  Mexico
           
 Josefina VÂZQUEZ MOTA, Minister of Social Development

  Netherlands (Chair)
           
Aart JAN DE GEUS, Minister of Social Affairs & Employment
            Theo LANGEJAN, Director General Industrial and International relations,
            Ministry of Social Affairs & Employment

  New Zealand 
            
Don GRAY, Deputy Chief Executive of Social Development Policy 
            and Knowledge, Ministry of Social Development

  Norway
           
Dagfinn HOYBRATEN, Minister of Labour & Social Affairs

  Poland
           
 Agnieszka CHŁON-DOMINCZAK, Under-Secretary of State for Social Policy      

  Portugal
           
 Pedro Manuel DIAS de JESUS MARQUES   , Secrétaire d'Etat à la Sécurité Sociale

  Slovak Republic 
            
Ludovit KANIK, Minister of Labour, Social Affairs & Family
             Miroslav BEBLAVY, State Secretary, Ministry of Labour, Social Affairs & Family

  Spain
            Amparo VALCARCE GARCIA, Secrétaire d"Etat pour les Affaires Sociales,
            la Famille et les Handicapés

  Sweden (Vice-Chair)
           
 Berit ANDNOR, Minister for Social Affairs

  Switzerland
           
Pascal COUCHEPIN, Conseiller fédéral, Chef du Département fédéral de l'intérieur

  Turkey
           
Murat BASESGIOGLU, Minister of Labour & Social Security

  United Kingdom
           
Jane KENNEDY, Minister of State for Work

  United States
            Wade HORN, Assistant Secretary for Children & Families

 European Commission 
            Vladimír ŠPIDLA, Commissioner for Employment,
            Social Affairs & Equal Opportunities

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5. NON-MEMBER COUNTRIES / SOCIAL PARTNERS / OBSERVERS
    PAYS NON-MEMBRES  / PARTENAIRES SOCIAUX / OBSERVATEURS

A. NON-MEMBER COUNTRIES INVITED
    PAYS NON-MEMBRES INVITÉS

           

B. SOCIAL PARTNERS / PARTENAIRES SOCIAUX

            Business and Industry Advisory Committee to the OECD (BIAC):
            Thomas R. VANT, Secretary-General

            Trade Union Advisory Committee to the OECD (TUAC):
            John EVANS, Secretary-General

C. OBSERVERS / OBSERVATEURS

           Council of Europe:       
           John MURRAY, Head of the Social Policy Department

           International Labour Organisation (ILO):            
           François EYRAUD, Director, ILO Conditions of Work Department,
           Social Protection Sector

           International Social Security Association (ISSA):
           Dalmer D. HOSKINS, Secretary General

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