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World Conference « Social Protection and Inclusion : converging efforts from a global perspective » - Lisbon, 2 - 3 October of 2006.
Programme
2 October :
9 h 00 Reception of the participants
10 h 00 Opening session
Lenia Samuel, Deputy Director General Employment, Social Affairs and Equal Opportunities (European Commission)
Assane Diop, Executive Director of the Social Protection Sector (International Labour Office)
José António Vieira da Silva, Minister of Labour and Social Solidarity (Portugal).
11 h 00 Coffee break (with press conference)
11 h 30 – Round Table - Converging approaches between Social Protection and Inclusion
Chairperson: Sidónio Monteiro, Minister of Labour, Family and Solidarity (Republic of Cabo Verde).
Bea Cantillon, Professor at the University of Antwerpen (Belgium)
Semakula Kiwanuka, Minister of State for Finance, Planning and Economic Development (Uganda)
Robert Castel, Director at the School of High Studies on Social Sciences (France)
Alfredo Bruto da Costa, President of the Economic and Social Council (Portugal).
13 h 30 Lunch
15 h 00 - Panel 1 : “Modernizing social assistance to promote social inclusion.”
Chairperson: José Vieira da Silva, Minister of Labour and Social Solidarity (Portugal).
Panelists:
K. P. Kannan, "Systems of 'Guaranteed Employmen'", National Commission on Enterprises in the Unorganised/Informal sector (India)
Fernando Ossandon, "Programa Puente" / Chile Solidario, Solidarity and Social Investment Fund FOSIS (Chile)
Michael Cichon, "Universal benefits", Director of the Social Security Department (International Labour Office).
16 h 30 Coffee break
17 h 00 - Panel 1 : “Modernizing social assistance to promote social inclusion” (continuation).
Sérgio Aires, "Generating ambition for an European Union free of Poverty", Vice-President of the European Anti-Poverty Network (Europe)
Adam Tyson, "Minimum income schemes and social inclusion", Head of Unit Inclusion, Social Aspects of Migration and 'Streamlining' of Social Policies (European Commission)
Edmundo Martinho, "Convergence between policies of social protection and inclusion", President of the Institute of Social Security (Portugal).
18 h 30 End of work.
20 h 00 Dinner (offered by the Minister of Labour and Social Solidarity of Portugal).
3 October :
9 h 00 - Panel 2 : “Promoting the access of vulnerable groups to social services covering basic needs.”
Chairperson: Jérôme Vignon, Head of Directorate Social Protection and Integration in DG Employment, Social Affairs and Equal Opportunities (European Commission). Panelists :
Le Tuyet Nhung, "Assistance for Street Children Project", Project Director, Ministry of Labour, Invalids and Social Affairs (Vietnam)
Helen Johnston, "'Mainstreaming' poverty and social exclusion", Director of the Combat Poverty Agency (Ireland)
José Fialho Feliciano, "Access to social services in the informal economy in Lusophone Africa", Director of Centre for African Studies, Advanced Institute of Labour and Enterprise Studies (Portugal)
Mittal Shah, "Social Security for vulnerable people: the case of SEWA - Self Employed Women's Association", Responsible for Health Care (India).
11 h 00 Coffee break
11 h 30 - Panel 3 : “Integrated economic and social approaches to combat social exclusion at the local level.”
Chairperson: José Manuel Salazar, Executive Director of the Employment Sector (International Labour Office). Panelists:
Mark K. Mfungo, "The Case of Social Security in Tanzania", Deputy Executive Director of the Association of Employers ATE (Tanzania)
Margarita Farran, "PROPOLI - Programme to fight against poverty in Metropolitan Lima", Programme Director (Peru)
Ibrahima Dia, "Fight against poverty and social protection at the local level", Socio Economic Specialist at the Strategic Framework for the Fight against Poverty (Senegal)
Marcelo Ciaviatti, "Project of socio-community development of the north of Kuanza", Salesiano Missionary (Angola).
13 h 30 Lunch
15 h 00 Syntheses of the Panels Armando Barrientos, Institute of Development Studies (United Kingdom), Rapporteur of the 1rst Panel
Hugh Frazer, Specialist in the fight against social exclusion (Ireland), Rapporteur of the 2nd Panel
Rogério Roque Amaro, Advanced Institute of Labour and Enterprise Studies (Portugal), Rapporteur of the 3rd Panel.
16 h 45 - Joint Statement by the Organisers 17 h 00 Closure. Adam Tyson, Head of Unit Inclusion, Social Aspects of Migration and 'Streamlining' of Social Policies (European Commission)
Assane Diop, Executive Director of the Social Protection Sector (International Labour Office)
José António Vieira da Silva, Minister of Labour and Social Solidarity (Portugal).
17 h 30 Port wine tasting (Reception at the invitation of the Minister of Labour and Social Solidarity of Portugal).
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