Please note that the conference will be held in English only and no interpretation will be provided.
10 May 2017
15.00 – 15.20: Welcome address
- Antonio Tajani, President of the European Parliament
- Klaus-Heiner Lehne, President of the European Court of Auditors
15.20 – 15.40: Keynote speech
- Valdis Dombrovskis, Vice-President for the Euro and Social Dialogue, European Commission
15.40 – 15.45: Video - ECA's special report on Youth Employment
15.45 – 16.25: Speeches - Youth Guarantee and Youth Employment Iniative - Assessment of progress made
- Iliana Ivanova, Member of the European Court of Auditors, Dean of Chamber II
- Marianne Thyssen, Member of the European Commission for Employment, Social Affairs, Skills and Labour Mobility
16.25 – 16.30: Video - Young people's testimonials
16.30 – 17.10: Panel discussion on youth employment - the way forward for policy makers
- Moderator: Mark Rogerson, Spokesperson of the European Court of Auditors
- Fons Leroy, President of European Network of Public Employment Services
- Tom Bevers, Chairman of the Employment Committee of the European Union (EMCO)
- Michel Servoz, Director-General of DG Employment, Social Affairs and Inclusion, European Commission
- Derek Vaughan, MEP, Vice-Chair of the European Parliament's Budgetary Control Committee
- Romana Tomc, MEP, Member of the Committee on Employment and Social Affairs
17.10 – 17.50: Panel discussion on youth employment - the way forward for the labour market
- Moderator: Martina Dlabajova, MEP, Vice-Chair CONT Committee on Budgetary Control and Member of the Committee on Employment and Social Affairs
- Massimiliano Mascherini, Senior Research Manager, Social Policies, European Foundation for the Improvement of Living and Working Conditions
- Carina Autengruber, Vice-President of the European Youth Forum (YFJ)
- Liliane Volozinskis, Director for Social Affairs and Training Policy, European Association of Craft, Small and Medium-sized Enterprises (UEAPME)
- Maxime Cerutti, Director, Social Affairs Department, Businesseurope
- Thiébaut Weber, ETUC Confederal Secretary
17.50 – 18.10: Closing remarks
- Evarist Bartolo, Minister for Education and Employment, Malta
- Iliana Ivanova, Member of the European Court of Auditors, Dean of Chamber II
Cocktail Reception