Presentation of the Report of the High-Level Group on the Future of Social Protection and of the Welfare State in the European Union

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18Sep2023

starts 17:30

ends 21:00

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Friends of Europe was delighted and proud to co-organise the presentation of the Report of the High-Level Group on the Future of Social Protection and of the Welfare State in the European Union alongside DIKTIO, Delphi Economic Forum and Metarithmisi.

The report was compiled by 11 prominent academics and researchers of the High-Level Group, under the presidency of Anna Diamantopoulou, following a proposal by Commissioner for Employment and Social Rights, Nicolas Schmit.

Global trends such as demographic changes, the radical transformation of the world of work due to technological advancement, as well as climate change and the green transition, directly affect the welfare state, family policies, work life and youth. The pages of the report describe the impact of these major trends that influence the future of social protection and the welfare state in the European Union and formulate strategic recommendations to EU member states.The report also analyses the lessons learned from the COVID-19 pandemic and the aggressive Russian actions against Ukraine and their consequences, such as the increasing challenge of energy poverty.

European Commissioner for Employment and Social Rights, Nicolas Schmit; Hellenic Minister of Labour and Social Affairs, Adonis Georgiadis; Hellenic Minister of Social Cohesion and Family, Sofia Zacharakis; and Friends of Europe’s Chief Spokesperson, Dharmendra Kanani were among the confirmed speakers of the event.

This event took place in Athens, Greece and was also made available to a wider audience via livestream. Follow us on Twitter, LinkedIn, Instagram or Facebook, and join the #StateofEU!

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Schedule

With

Anna Diamantopoulou

President of the Athens-based think tank DIKTIO, former European commissioner for employment, social affairs and equal opportunities, former Greek minister for education and development, and Trustee of Friends of Europe

Yiannis Thomatos

Executive Vice President, Delphi economic Forum

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18.00 18.35

EUROPEAN SOCIAL POLICY - Challenges and policies for the Welfare State in the EU

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How it supports the Greek social Policy

Moderator

Manos Matsaganis

Professor, Politecnico di Milano

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Nicolas Schmit

European Commissioner for Jobs and Social Rights

Dharmendra Kanani

Chief Operating Officer and Chief Spokesperson of Friends of Europe

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18.35 19.10

EUROPEAN SOCIAL POLICY - Presentation of the Report on the Future of Social Protection

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Moderator

Platon Tinios

Professor of Statistics and Insurance Science, University of Piraeus

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Anna Diamantopoulou

Miltiadis Nektarios

Professor of Insurance and Risk Management, Department of Statistics and Insurance, University of Piraeus, Greece - ex Governor of the Social Insurance Institute (IKA)

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19.20 19.55

GREEK SOCIAL PROTECTION POLICY - New data on the labour market and social protection

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Miltiadis Nektarios

Professor of Insurance and Risk Management, Department of Statistics and Insurance, University of Piraeus, Greece - ex Governor of the Social Insurance Institute (IKA)

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Adonis Georgiadis

Minister of Labour and Social Security

Bernhard Ebbinghaus

Ph.D. - Chair of Macrosociology, University of Mannheim

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19.55 20.30

GREEK SOCIAL PROTECTION POLICY - New challenges to social cohesion in the 21st century and the new social realities

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Panagiotis Tsakloglou

Deputy Minister for Social Insurance

Yves Stevens

Ph.D. - Social Law Professor, Coordinator of the specialized pension law program, Director of the legal post-academic training programs, University of Leuven

Moderator

Antigoni Lymberaki

Professor of Economics, Department of Economic and Regional Development, Panteion University

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Speakers

Prior to joining Friends of Europe, Dharmendra Kanani was director of policy at the European Foundation Centre (EFC). He was the England director at the Big Lottery Fund, the largest independent funder in the UK and fourth largest in the world. Dharmendra has held senior positions in the public and voluntary sectors and advisor to numerous ministerial policy initiatives across the UK.

*Consultant at Friends of Europe.

Nicolas Schmit is European Commissioner for Jobs and Social Rights and a Luxembourgish politician and diplomat, who has been instrumental in fostering Europe’s social dimension in his position as European Commissioner for Jobs and Social Rights. An economist by training, he is a former member of the European Parliament and previously served as the Luxembourgish minister of labour. He has also held various positions within the Luxembourgish Ministry of Foreign Affairs, including as head of the Department of International Economic Relations and Cooperation. Schmit’s final diplomatic posting was as Luxembourg’s permanent representative to the EU.