29/03 Portuguese Presidency Social Economy Conference

29/03 High-level European Social Economy Conference – The role of Social Economy in the creation of jobs and in the implementation of the European Pillar of Social Rights

This important conference from the Portuguese Presidency of the Council of the European Union will be held on March 29 at 11.30 am until 17.00h, livestreamed from the National Place of Queluz in Sintra. 

You can find the agenda here.

You can Register for the event here.

Important speakers at this event will include:

Mayor of Sintra, Basílio Horta
Minister of Labour, Solidarity and Social Security of Portugal, Ana Mendes Godinho
United Nations Secretary-General, António Guterres

European Commissioner, Nicolas Schmit

Responsible of the European Commission (DG EMPL) for the
coordination of the Action Plan for the Social Economy, Manuela Geleng

Director of Social Economy Europe, Víctor Meseguer

Rapporteur of the EESC opinion The role of Social Economy in the creation of jobs and in the, implementation of the European Pillar of Social Rights, Giuseppe Guerini

Director-General of ILO, Guy Ryder
General-Secretary of OECD – Angel Gurría
Federal Minister of Labour and Social Affairs of Germany, Hubertus Heil 
Minister of Labour, Family, Social Affairs and Equal Opportunities of Slovenia, Janez Cigler Kralj
Minister of Labour and Social Economy of Spain,  Yolanda Díaz
Chairman of UNTFSSE, Vic Van Vuuren
President of Social Economy Europe, Juan Antonio Pedreño
Director-General of Portuguese Confederation of Social Economy, Francisco Silva
President of Portugal Social Innovation, Filipe Almeida

Moderated by: Director of FEUC and expert on Social Economy,
Álvaro Garrido