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EPP Group Public Hearing on
Mobility of workers in the Single Market in times of crisis
– With or without Romanians and Bulgarians? –
Thursday, 20 October 2011
09:30 – 12:30
JAN 2 Q 2

9:30 – 10:00 Welcome
Opening speeches
Joseph Daul – EPP Group Chairman (introduction by Marian Jean Marinescu MEP) (confirmed)
Andreas Schwab – MEP, EPP Group coordinator in the Internal Market and Consumer Protection Committee (introduction by Iliana Ivanova) (confirmed)
Csaba Õry – MEP, EPP Group coordinator in the Employment and Social Affairs Committee (introduction by Iliana Ivanova) (confirmed)
Hristo Stoichkov – Bulgarian Honorary Council in Barcelona, prominent football player – winner of the Ballon d’Or and the Golden Boot (introduction by Iliana Ivanova) (confirmed)
Costel Busuioc – winner of the Spanish talent contest Hijos de Babel (introduction by Elena Bãsescu) (confirmed)

10:00 – 11:00 Panel 1
Free movement of workers
Chair: Iliana Ivanova MEP

• Éva Török – Deputy Head of Cabinet of Commissioner Andor – employment, social affairs and inclusion, European Commission (confirmed)
• Totyu Mladenov – Minister of Labour and Social Policy, Republic of Bulgaria (confirmed)
• Sulfina Barbu – Romanian Minister of Labour, Family and Social
Protection (confirmed)
• Traian Ungureanu – MEP, Rapporteur on promoting workers’ mobility within the European Union (confirmed)
• Open Discussion

11:00 – 11:45 Panel 2
Recognition of Professional qualifications in EU
Chair: Elena Bãsescu MEP
• Cabinet of Michel Barnier – Commissioner responsible for internal market and services, European Commission (confirmed)
• M. Tiedje – EURES Free Movement of Professionals(Unit E4) European Commission
Directorate General Internal Market and Services (confirmed)
• Alexander von Campenhausen – SOLVIT (confirmed)
• Dr. Elise Muir, University Lecturer in EU Law Maastricht Law Faculty (confirmed)

• Open Discussion

11:45 – 12:30 Panel 3

More rights for citizens in the future Single Market
Chair: Marian Jean Marinescu MEP
• LTO – Dutch business association (tbc)
• Cristian Nisipasu, ARCFORCE, Paris, France Industry Human Resources (confirmed)
• Georgios PAPANIKOLAOU, MEP, EPP Shadow Rapporteur on the Seasonal workers Directive (confirmed)
• Malgorzata Handlik, EPP Vice Coordinator in the IMCO Committee (confirmed)
• Johannes Peyrl – Expert of the Unit Labour Market and Integration, Chamber of Labour Vienna (confirmed)
• Roza Thun, MEP, Organiser of the first Single Market Forum (tbc)
• Open Discussion
12.25 – Conclusions
12:30 – Press conference

Sursa: Ziaristi Online