SEMINAR | Portugals Labor Market: Towards the Nordic Flexicurity Model?

The Embassies of Denmark, Finland, Norway and Sweden, the Secretary of State for Employment and the Calouste Gulbenkian Foundation have the honor of inviting you to this seminar:

Portugal's Labor Market: Towards the Nordic Flexicurity Model?

which will be held at Wednesday , November 28, 2012 at Calouste Gulbenkian Foundation, Auditorium 2.

PROGRAMME:

14:30 - Registration

15:00 - Opening
Words of welcome by: Mr. Artur Santos Silva, President of the Gulbenkian Foundation        
Introduction by Dr. Pedro Silva Martins, State Secretary of Employment (Pt)
Introduction by Mr. Roger Schjerva, State Secretary of Finance (No)

15:45 - Presentations
– Trade Union: Mr. Mikko Mäenpää, President of the Finnish Confederation of Professionals (Fi)
– Employer: Ms. Liss Schanke, Senior Advisor at the Norwegian Association of Local and Regional Authorities (No)
– State: Mr. Sven Otto Littorin, Former Minister of Employment (Se)
– Academic: Dr. Niels Westergard-Nielsen, University of Aarhus (Dk)
– Portuguese representative: Dr. Pedro Portugal, Senior Advisor at the Bank of Portugal and professor at Universidade Nova de Lisboa (Pt)

17:00 - Coffee

17:30 - Debate 
Panel discussion ang Q&A

18:15 - Closing
– Employer: Mr. Gregório Rocha Nova, Vice President of Confederação Empresarial Portuguesa (Pt)
– Trade Union: Mr. João Proença, General Secretary of União Geral de Trabalhadores (Pt)
– Final remarks: Dr. José Silva Peneda, President of the Economic and Social Council (Pt)