- Aquest esdeveniment ja ha passat.
Seminari de l’OGB
WORK ¿ REGION – FUTURE
ADVANTAGES AND OPPORTUNITIES OF INTERREGIONAL TRADE UNION COOPERATION IN ENLARGED EUROPE
ÖGB-conference, Vienna, May 10th -12 th, 2005
PROGRAMME
May 10th, 2005 08.00 o´clock ¿ departure from hotel (by bus) to ¿Urania¿ (conference site)
Morning: Keynote Speeches
09.00 Opening statement by Sabine Letz, Head of Department for Education, Culture and Leisure, ÖGB
09.15-09.45 Michael Häupl, Mayor of Vienna
09.45-10.15 Timo Pesonen, Head of Cabinet of the EU-Commissioner for Enlargement
10.15-10.45 Barbara Coudenhove-Kalergi, journalist and specialist for Eastern Europe
10.45-11.30 coffee break
11.30-13.00 Fritz Verzetnitsch, President of the OGB in panel discussion with key members of trade union federations of new EU-member states
Discussion led by Walter Sauer, Department for International Relations
13.15-14.45 lunch
Afternoon: Workshops
15.00-16.30
Interregional labour-market monitoring
Legal protection and legal advice
Cross-border trade union measures and activities
Future of interregional collective agreements
16.30-17.00 coffee break
17.00-18.00 Continuation of workshops
18.15 departure from ¿Urania¿ to Heuriger (typical restaurant
18.45-either 21.30 or 23.00 dinner
May 11th, 2005 08.15 departure from hotels
Morning:
09.00-11.00 Visiting institutions on which the EU-enlargement has had a direct influence or that are experienced in cooperating with new EU-member states (p.e. IDM (Institute for Danube-and Central Europe), Administration of Vienna, AMS (labour market service), OBB (railway), Economic Chamber
11.00-12.00 sightseeing (by bus around the city-center)Ç
12.15-14.00 lunch
Afternoon:
14.30-16.00 Continuation of the workshops
16.00-16.30 coffee break
16.00-18.00 Presentation of workshop-discussions
Final statement: Mr. Jozef Niemiec, Confederal Secretary of the European Trade Union Confederation
departure by bus to hotel
19.30 departure from hotel to the Townhall
20.00 Cocktail-Reception upon invitation of the Mayor of Vienna, Townhall
May 12th, 2005
All day: Practical experiences in regional provinces (4 different programmes)
A day dedicated to interregional cooperation. The programme is organized by the OGB regional offices Upper Austria, Lower Austria, Burgenland and Styria and ought to give the participants an insight into the concrete activities of the regional bureaux and their cross-border counterparts. Furthermore, local companies will be visited and cultural activities organized.