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European Economic and Social Committee

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Ad hoc group
Europe 2020 Steering Committee
Brussels, 22 January2013
NOTICE OF MEETING
Ad hoc group Europe 2020 Steering Committee

Mr van Iersel, president of the Ad hoc group on the Europe 2020 Steering Committee, invites you to attend the Steering Committee's 11th meeting, to be held at the Committee building, Brussels, on 6 February 2013, starting at 9.30 a.m. in room JDE 62.

The draft agenda is as follows:

1.Welcome by Mr Joost van Iersel, President of the Europe 2020 Steering Committee

2.Adoption of the draft agenda

3.Adoption of the minutes of the 10th Steering Committee meeting held on 7 November 2012

4.Address by Mr StaffanNilsson, President of the EESC

5.The 2013 Annual Growth Survey (AGS) - the European Commission's proposal for the EU's budgetary, economic and social priorities for 2013

I. Presentations

  • Presentations of the 2013 AGSby European Commission's representatives:

-Secretariat-general, unit 'Strategic Objective Prosperity' – Ms Adela Tesarova

-DG EMPL (Employment, social affairs and inclusion), Unit 'European Employment Strategy and Governance'– MrLars Engsted

-DG ECFIN (Economic and Financial Affairs), Unit 'Policy coordination and strategic planning– Mr Cornelis Van Duin

  • Update on the European Parliament's reports on the AGS:

-Report on employment and social aspects in the Annual Growth Survey 2013, Ms Aliette Carré, Secretariat of the Committee on Employment and Social Affairs (tbc)

-Report on European Semester for Economic Policy Coordination – AGS 2013, Mr Arttu Makipaa, Secretariat of the Committee on Economic and Monetary Affairs

II. Discussion and input from members and representatives of national ESCs / similar institutions

III. Draftopinion on the AGS 2013 (EUR 005)

-Presentation of the Draft opinion on the 2013 AGS – Mr Xavier Verboven, rapporteur-general

-General discussion and input from members and representatives of national ESCs/similar institutions

1 p.m. – 2.30 p.m. Lunch, Atrium JDE building, 6th floor

6.Presentation of ongoing EESC work linked to the AGS

  • ECO/336 opinion on the 'Implementation of the broad guidelines for theeconomic policies of the Member States whose currency is the euro'– presentation by Mr Thomas Delapina, Rapporteur
  • SOC/477 opinion on the 'Guidelines for the employment policies of theMemberStates'(Rapporteur-generalMr Wolfgang Greif)

7.Education within the Europe 2020 Strategy

  • Presentation by Ms Fiorella Perotto, European Commission, DG Education and culture,Deputy Head of unit, 'Education and training in Europe 2020 governance'
  • General discussion and input from members and representatives of national ESCs / similar institutions

8.The sustainability aspect of Europe 2020

  • Presentation by Mr Manfred Rosenstock, European Commission,DG Environment: Greening of the European Semester – what does that mean?
  • Intervention from Mr Hans-Joachim Wilms, President of the Sustainable development observatory: Activities of the SDO and outcome of discussions held on 28 January 2013 on the 2013 AGS
  • General discussion and input from members and representatives of national ESCs / similar institutions

9.Any other business

10.Date of the next meeting: 5 April 2013

Working languages: / DE-EN-FR-PL-SV
Interpreting: / DE-EN-ES FR-IT-NL-PL-SV into DE-EN-FR-NL

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N.B.:The documents referred to in this invitation will be made available as soon as possible via the Members' Portal.

Members and experts are asked to sign the attendance list in order to ensure that their meeting expenses are refunded.

Members unable to attend the meeting are asked to give advance notice to their group secretariat so that interpreters do not attend unnecessarily.

Recorded meeting - see DI CESE 22/2010.

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