10:00 – 11:30 | Arrival and registration of participants |
11:30 – 12:30 | Official Opening |
EN FR SK | Moderator: Branislav Ondruš, State Secretary, Ministry of Labour, Social Affairs and Family, Slovakia Key speakers: ● Robert Fico, Prime Minister, Slovakia ● Ján Richter, Minister of Labour, Social Af airs and Family, Slovakia ● Elżbieta Bieńkowska, European Commissioner for Internal Market, Industry, Entrepreneurship and SMEs ● Jens Nilsson, Member of the European Parliament, Social Economy Intergroup ● George Dassis, EESC President |
12:30 – 13:30 | GECES Report: Presentation and Debate |
EN FR SK | Moderator: Ariane Rodert, Vice President of EESC Various Interest Group, Vice President of EESC INT section. ● Presentation, Denis Stokkink, President of European Think-and-do Tank Pour a Solidarité, General Rapporteur of GECES. ● Commission response |
13:30 – 14:30 | Lunch |
14:30 – 16:00 | Round Table 1: The social economy sector as a driver for the development of regional employment |
EN FR SK IT ES | Moderator: Dorotea Daniele, DIESIS, GECES, Social Economy Thematic Network Expert Speakers: ● Anton Marcinčin, Government Plenipotentiary for the Least Developed Districts, Slovakia ● Josep Vidal Fàbrega, General Director of Social Economy, Third Sector, Cooperatives and Self-employment of the Regional Government of Catalonia. ● Antonella Noya, OECD LEED Programme ● Veselin Penchev, Head of Public affairs for the Eurasia region, Up Group/Group Cheque Dejeuner ● Felice Scalvini, REVES President |
16:00 – 16:30 | Coffee break |
16:30 – 18:00 | Parallel workshops |
Workshop 1 | Growth and sustainability of social enterprises (SE Thematic Network): Part I Concrete tools for growth |
EN, SK | Chair: Dorotea Daniele Panelists: ● Sven Bartilsson, Coompanion: Social franchising ● Representative, Polish Ministry of Development: ESF Polish Programme for development of social enterprises ● Slovak representative ● Thierry Stroppa, Cooperjob, Italy |
Workshop 2 | Start-up of social enterprises – factors and tools to create sustainable social enterprises |
EN FR SK | Chair: Hugues Sibille, President, du Labo de l'ESS, GECES Panelists: ● Johann Heep, ERSTE Foundation, Austria ● Katia De Luca, Coopstartup, Italy ● Anna HORVÁTH Portfolio Director, Visegrád Hub, NESST, Hungary ● Branislav Šmidt, Impact Hub Bratislava, Slovakia |
Workshop 3 | The external dimension of Social Economy |
EN only | Chair: Jean – Philipe Poulnot, Responsible of Political Partnerships of the Up Group and Member of the Co-Secretary of the ILGESS Panelists: ● Michael J. Roy, Glasgow Caledonian University ● Michel Catinat, Head of Unit DG GROWTH F2, European Commision ● Sandra Aviles, UNTFSSE Coordinator ● Helen Sheppard, Deputy Secretary General, AMICE |
19:30 | Dinner for participants – Hotel Saffron, Radlinského 27, Bratislava |
09:00 – 09:05 | Introducing the Commissioner |
EN FR SK IT ES | Branislav Ondruš, State Secretary, Ministry of Labour, Social Af airs and Family, Slovakia |
09:05 – 09:15 | Greetings from the Commissioner |
EN FR SK IT ES | Marianne Thyssen, European Commissioner for Employment, Social Af airs, Skills and Labour Mobility |
9:15 – 11:00 | Round table 2: Social economy and the national legal frameworks |
EN FR SK IT ES | Moderator: Denis Stokkink, President of European Think-and-do Tank Pour la Solidarité Speakers: ● Giulia Galera, Senior Researcher, Euricse ● Martine Pinville, State Secretary of Social and Solidarity Economy, Ministry of Economy, France ● Tadej Slapnik, State Secretary at the Prime Minister’s Of ice, Slovenia; GECES ● Juan Antonio Pedreño, President, Social Economy Europe ● Prof. Gabriela Korimová, Matej Bel University, Banska Bystrica |
11:00 – 11:30 | Coffee break |
11:30 – 13:00 | Parallel workshops |
Workshop 4 | Growth and sustainability of social enterprises (SE Thematic Network): Part II Public procurement as a tool for growth of social enterprises |
EN, SK | Chair: Valentina Caimi, Social Platform; GECES ● Elisabeth Diaz, representative of Trinijove and ENSIE, Barcelona ● Kristian Kirkegaard Kornum, City of Copenhagen ● Bruno Roelants, CECOP ● Elena Sivová, Regional Development Agency Banska Bystrica, Slovakia |
Workshop 5 | The role of Social Economy as a partner in policy ecosystems |
EN FR SK | Chair: Rocio Nogales, Director, EMES; GECES Panelists: ● Monika Zatkalikova, Coop Product Slovakia ● Yvonne Strachan, Deputy Director of the Scottish Government in charge of Third Sector/Social Economy ● Magdalena Huszcza, Vice-Chair, FISE ● Carmen Casero González, General Director of Self-employment, Social Economy and CSR, Spain. |
Workshop 6 | Financial tools |
EN only | Chair: Lisa Hehenberger, ESADE; GECES Panelists: ● Andrea Maier, European Commission, DG EMPL ● Michal Polak, Advisor at the Ministry of Finance of the Slovak Republic; GECES ● Michał Radziwiłł, CEO of TISE, Chairman of the Executive Committee ● Alexandra Meagher, Government Inclusive Economy Unit, UK Government |
13:00 – 14:00 | Lunch |
14:00 – 15:00 | Ministerial Roundtable and Bratislava Declaration |
Moderator: Branislav Ondruš, State Secretary, Ministry of Labour, Social Af airs and Family, Slovakia | |
Greece, Ministry Czech Republic, Ministry Luxembourg, Ministry Spain, Ministry (TBC) Cyprus, State Secretary France, State Secretary Slovenia, State Secretary Slovakia, State Secretary Italy, High Official |