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Programme

Tuesday

12

December

15:30-17:30     Opening Ceremony for the 14th EFBWW General Assembly

Simultaneous interpretation: DE/EN/FI/FR/IT/SV (ACTIVE) – DA/ES/NL/PL/SH (PASSIVE)

Room :

Europaea

15:30

Opening ceremony

16:00

Welcome address by Mr Kimmo Palonen, President of Rakennusliitto on behalf of the Finnish trade unions and the Nordic Federation (NBTF)   

16:10 

Address by Tarja Filatov, former Labour Minister (SDP, February 2000 – April 2007), Member of Parliament and the second deputy speaker of the Parliament

16:20

Opening address by Mr Johan Lindholm, EFBWW President

16:30

Address by Mr Nikolaj Villumsen, Member of the European Parliament (The Left, DK)

16:40

Congress solidarity message for the ETUC demonstration “Together Against Austerity”

16:50

Keynote speech by Dr Guy Standing, British labour economist and professor of development studies at University of London, co-founder of the Basic Income Earth Network (BIEN). Author of The Precariat: The New Dangerous Class (2011).

17:30

A new identity for the EFBWW

19:00

Finger food reception hosted by Rakennusliitto and City of Helsinki     

Venue:

Helsinki City Hall (Katariinankatu 2-4, Helsinki)

wednesday

13

December

Room :

Europaea

Chair:

Vice-President / President

09:00

  1. Opening of the General Assembly

09:05

2. Adoption of the agenda

09:10

3. Adoption of

  • the Standing Orders
  • the composition of the General Assembly Committees
  • the Credentials’ Report

09:20

4. Activity report for the period 2020-2023 by the General Secretary

09:50

5. Financial report for the period 2019-2022 by the Auditors

10:00

6. Amendments to the Constitution + Adoption of the new Constitution

10:30

Coffee break

Room :

Foyer (ground floor)

Chair: Chair of the Voting Committee

11:00

7. Elections

                                                         

  • Members of the Executive Committee

  • President

  • 3 Vice-presidents

  • 1 Vice-President from CEE region (pending approval of the proposed amendments to the constitution)

  • General Secretary

  • Members of the Auditing Committee

  • President of the Standing Committee Building

  • President of the Standing Committee Wood and Forestry

11:45

Address by the elected EFBWW President

Address by the elected General Secretary

12:00

Lunch Break

Chair:

elected President

13:30

8a. 1st Panel discussion on the EFBWW Priorities for the new congress period

30 years of Internal Market: Proposals towards a fair Internal Market without exploitation, social dumping and labour crime

Moderator:

elected President of the Standing Committee Building

Introduction:

Sophie Robin-Olivier, Professor of Law at the Sorbonne school of Law (University Paris 1 Panthéon Sorbonne)

Panel:

  • Cosmin Boiangiu, Executive Director of the European Labour Authority (ELA)
  • Piero Petrucco, 1st Vice-President FIEC & Vice-President of ANCE (Italy)

14:00

Debate

15:30

Coffee Break

16:00

8b. 2nd Panel discussion on the EFBWW Priorities for the new congress period

Twin transition: Opportunities and challenges for our industries – Developing a trade union narrative and strategy

Moderator:

elected President of the Standing Committee Wood and Forestry

Introduction:

Dr Valentin Espert, Researcher, Wuppertal Institute for Climate, Environment, Energy

Panel:

  • Vesa Terävä, Head of Unit Green Deal at the Secretariat General of the European  Commission
  • David Johansson, Chair Social Affairs Working Group CEI-Bois & Director General Swedish Federation for Wood and Furniture Industries (Sweden)

16:30

Debate

17:30

Closing of day one

19:30

Congress dinner hosted by Finnish affiliates

Venue:

Paasi ((Paasivuorenkatu 5 A, Helsinki – https://www.paasitorni.fi)

Thursday

14

December

Room :

Europaea

Chair:

Elected President

08:30

Opening of second day by chairman

08:35

Address by Esther Lynch, General Secretary ETUC

08:45

9. Presentation of the Strategic Plan by the General Secretary

09:00

Discussion

09:55

Adoption of the Strategic Plan

10:00

Coffee Break

10:30

10. Presentation of the Resolutions + Discussion

11:55

Adoption of the Resolutions

12:00

Lunch break

Room :

Foyer (ground floor)

13:30

11. Presentation of the Multiannual Financial Forecast for the new congress period and Decision on affiliation fees for the new congress period

14:00

General Assembly closed

14:00 – 14:30

1st meeting of the newly elected Executive Committee