This meeting is co-funded by the European Commission

MISSOC Network Meeting

Athens, 27-28 May 2014

Agenda

Monday 26 May 2014

20.00 - 23.00 Welcome dinner at Divani Caravel Hotel

Tuesday 27 May 2014

08.00 Bus transfer to Zappeion Conference Centre

09.00 - 09.05 Welcome address

Mr. Panagiotis Kokkoris, General Secretary of Social Security

09.05 - 09.15 Opening of the meeting and approval of the agenda

Valdis Zagorskis, European Commission, DG EMPL

09.15 - 09.45 MISSOC state of affairs

Michael Coucheir, Team Leader, MISSOC Secretariat

09.45 - 10.00 State of affairs relating to the establishment of the Social Policy Network

Valdis Zagorskis, European Commission, DG EMPL

10.00 - 10.45 Presentation of an elaborated outline of the MISSOC Analysis 2014 on cost-

sharing in health and long-term care

Prof. Grega Strban, Academic Expert, MISSOC Secretariat

10.45 - 11.15 Coffee break

11.15 - 12.00 The new focus of the ISSA: the ISSA Centre for Excellence, the Guidelines,

and the ISSA Academy, Cherry Thompson-Senior (ILO)

Social protection under the European Social Charter an overview following the 2013 Conclusions, Karl-Friedrich Bopp (CoE)

12.00 12.45 Social agenda of the Greek presidency, Sotiria Papaioannou (Greek MISSOC Correspondent)

Looking ahead to the Italian presidency, Anna Maria Benedetti and Maria

Tosca Mangini (Italian MISSOC Correspondents)

12.45 - 14.15 Lunch

14.15 - 15.00 Overview of recent developments in EU social policy, including the

implementation of the White Paper on Pensions, developments regarding

long-term care, the European semester and the Europe 2020 review

Valdis Zagorskis, European Commission, DG EMPL

15.00 - 15.15 Developments in MISSOC website and communication

Harald Hauben, Communication expert, MISSOC Secretariat

15.15 - 15.45 Coffee break

15.45 17.15 Tendencies and trends in selected fields of social protection Round table discussions, introduced by the Secretariat and with

contributions from selected MISSOC Correspondents (facilitation by Jan

Spooren, Project Director)

18.45 Bus Transfer from Hotel to Museum of Acropolis

19.30 - 20.30 Guided tour at Museum of Acropolis

20.30 - 23.00 Gala dinner at Museum of Acropolis

This meeting is co-funded by the European Commission

Wednesday 28 May 2014 08.30 Bus transfer to Zappeion Conference Centre

09.15 - 10.15 Legislative interventions to ensure the sustainability of the Greek social

security system in the last three years

Anna Rizou, Director of the International Affairs Division, Ministry of

Labour, Social Security and Welfare

Followed by a plenary discussion, facilitated by Prof. John Ditch, Academic

Expert

10.15 - 10.30 Revision of the Correspondents guidelines on completing Table XII Long-term care (introduction to working groups) (see annex) Michael Coucheir, Team Leader

10.30 - 11.00 Coffee break

11.00 - 12.30 Revision of the Correspondents guidelines on completing Table XII Long-term care Parallel working groups (3) facilitated by the MISSOC Secretariat

12.30 - 14.00 Family photo and lunch

14.00 - 15.00 Work of the Social Protection Committee on the efficiency and effectiveness

of social protection

Marc Vothknecht, European Commission, DG EMPL

15.00 - 15.30 State of play of the revision of the MISSOC Guides

Andrea Pontiroli, European Commission, DG EMPL

15.30 - 15.45 Feedback from the working groups on the revision of the Correspondents guidelines on completing Table XII Long-term care Working group facilitators

15.45 - 16.00 Planning of future MISSOC activities and information on the next MISSOC

Network Meeting (Rome, 16-17 October 2014)

Michael Coucheir, Team Leader and the Italian MISSOC Correspondents

16.00 Closing of meeting

Valdis Zagorskis, European Commission, DG EMPL

19.30 Bus transfer from Hotel to Plaka

20.00 - 23.00 Dinner in the tavern Stamatopoulos in Plaka