ECOSY Seminar on Public Services 26-28/3/2004

Seminar Programme:

Friday 26th March
14.00 Opening by the President of ECOSY, Anders LINDBERG
14.15. Introduction of participants
14.45 Public services in the European Union: what are we talking about?
               - The concept of public services in the European Union:
               - Services of general interest -Economic services of general interest - Universal service
                              Chairing: ECOSY Vice-President
                              Presentation: Torsten ENGELAGE
16.30 Break
16.45 Public services in the European Union: what are we talking about?
Short Overview on the situation in each current and future EU member State. The participants of the Seminar will work in small groups to figure out what is the common ground and what are the differences in the way the Public Services Sector is organized in the EU.
17.45 Break
18.00 Continue
19.30 Dinner & End of the Programme

Saturday 27th March
10.00 The Green Paper on services of general interest
Chairing: Torsten ENGELAGE
Input: Jannis KOUKIADIS, Greek Member of the EU Parliament
12.00 Lunch
14.00 Women and the role of Public Services:
Input: Silvia Porubänová, Bratislava International Center for Family Studies
15.15 Break
15.30 The concept of public services as a poverty preventing strategy:
Input: Zuzana Kusá, Institute of Sociology, Slovak Academy of Sciences
16.45 Break
17.00 The socialist view on the future development of Services of Public Interest
18.00 The services of general interest outside of the European Union: The General Agreement on Trade in Services (GATS) within the WTO
Chairing: Anders LINDBERG
Input: Enzo AMENDOLA, IUSY Secretary General
19.00 Diner
21.00 Writing of the draft of the seminar final declaration

Sunday 28th March
10.00 The services of general interests outside the European Union:
The EU policy towards developing countries
Chairing: Torsten ENGELAGEN
Speaker: Martin JANATA, RennerInstitut
11.30 Debate on the final seminar Declaration
12.00 Closing

040328_Sminar_PublServ_FinalStatem.pdf The final outcome of the Seminar

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