Conference on

A Europe of talents:

giving new impetus to skills acquisition throughmobility for apprentices

2 June 2015, 10.00 a.m. – 5 p.m.

agenda

9:30 – 10:00 / Registration
10:00 – 10:30 / Opening statements
  • Jean Arthuis, Chair of the Committee on Budgets (BUDG), European Parliament (EP).
  • Henri Malosse, President of the European Economic and Social Committee (EESC).
  • Christa Schweng, President of the Labour Market Observatory (LMO), European Economic and Social Committee (EESC).

10:30 – 11:45 / Panel 1 – Apprenticeships and mobility
what different Apprenticeship-type schemes are currently available?
What are the benefits of apprenticeship mobility for individuals and companies?
10:30 – 11:10 / Moderator: Quentin Dickinson, Director of the Brussels Office of Radio France and Radio France International.
Panellists:
  • Joachim James Calleja, Director of the European Centre for the Development of Vocational Training (CEDEFOP).
  • Jean-Claude Bellanger, Secretary General, Compagnons du devoir craftsguild.
  • Julien Louis Achille, apprentice in Belgium.
  • Anna Sauruck, apprentice in Italy.

11:10 – 11:45 / General discussion
11:45 – 15:20 / Panel 2–Update on apprenticeship mobility in the EU
what instruments exist to encourage apprenticeship mobility? are they used adequately? what are the remaining challenges for apprenticeship mobility and what best practices can be adopted?
11:45 – 12:30 / Moderator: Christa Schweng, President of the Labour Market Observatory, European Economic and Social Committee.
Panellists:
  • Doede Ackers, Deputy-Head of the Mobility and Employment Services Unit in the Directorate General (DG)Employment, Social Affairs and Inclusion, European Commission.
  • Stefano Tirati, CSCS Group, responsible forseveral mobility initiatives, such as EuropeMobility and Erasmus for young entrepreneurs.
  • Sabine Weger,Research officer, Permanent Assembly of the Chamber of Trades and Crafts, France–in charge of the EuroApprenticeshipnetwork, in partnership with the European Association of Craft, Small & Medium-sized Enterprises (UEAPME).

12:30 –13:00 / General discussion
13:00 – 14:30 / Networking lunch
14:30 – 14:50 /

GéraldineBéalu,Vice-President of the Economic, Social and Environmental Council Pays de la Loire and elected member of the Chamber of Commerce and Industry of Maine et Loire.

  • Audrey Noble, Policy officer, Plastics federation, in charge of theEuroplasticapprentices mobility programme (between France, the United Kingdom, the Netherlands, Belgium, Poland, Germany, Czech Republic, Slovakia, Hungary, Romania, Italy and Spain).
  • AntoineGodbert, Director of the Erasmus Agency, France.

14:50 – 15:20 / General discussion
15:20 – 16:55 / Panel 3 - Optimising apprenticeship mobility
how to overcome remaining barriers to apprenticeship mobility? How does the way forward look for EU policies? the single apprenticeship contract: a possible solution?
15:20 –16:30 / Moderator: Jean Arthuis, Chair of the Committee on Budgets, European Parliament.
Panellists:
  • Brando Benifei(Italy, S&D), Member of the European ParliamentEmployment and Social Affairs Committee (EMPL) and Vice-Chair of the European Parliament Youth Intergroup.
  • Marian Harkin(Ireland, ALDE), Member of the European ParliamentEmployment and Social Affairs Committee (EMPL).
  • Claude Rolin(Belgium, EPP), Member of the European Parliament Employment and Social Affairs Committee (EMPL).
  • Paul Rübig (Austria, EPP), Member of the European Parliament Committee on Budgets (BUDG) and on Industry, Research and Energy(ITRE).
  • Ben Butters, EU Affairs Director of the Association of European Chambers of Commerce and Industry (Eurochambres).
  • Agnès Roman, Advisor on lifelong learning of the European Trade Union Confederation(ETUC).
  • Luis Alvarado Martinez, Vice-President of the European Youth Forum.

16:30 – 16:55 / General discussion
16:55 – 17:00 / Conclusions for a renewed agenda on apprenticeship mobility
  • Jean Arthuis, Chair of the Committee on Budgets, EP
  • Christa Schweng, President of the Labour Market Observatory, EESC

PRACTICAL INFORMATION
Venue:
European Economic and Social Committee (EESC), VMA building, room VMA 3
2 rue van Maerlant, 1040 Brussel / Bruxelles (corner of Rue Belliard, click here for the map)

Interpreting:
Participants can speak in: English, French, German, Polish, Bulgarian, Spanish, Czech, Danish, Estonian, Italian, Romanian or Swedish, and can listen to: English, French, German or Polish
Contact for further information and registration:
Ana Dumitrache - , +32 (0)2 546.81.31

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