Growth of Employment and Welfare – Europan policies for national solutions

9.00 – 9.30

Registration

9.30 – 10.10

Opening and introduction:  

Katya Koleva , Chair, Institute for Social Integration (ISI), Sofia

Dr. Sergei Stanishev, Chairman of the BSP National Council, Chairman of the Parliamentary Group of Coalition for Bulgaria, PES President

Dr. Alfred Gusenbauer, Chair of the Next Left Research Programme and former chancellor of Austria

10.10 – 11.40

Panel 1: The New Socio-economic Paradigm – General Characteristics and Country-Specific Features.

10.10 – 10.40

Dr. Ignacio Urquizu, Professor at the Complutense University and Member of the FEPS Next Left Focus Group

10.40 – 11.00

Georgi Pirinski, Deputy Chairman of BSP, Deputy Speaker of the National Parliament, member of the PES Advisory Board of Progressive societies

11.00 – 11.40

Discussion

11.40 – 12.00

Coffee brake

12.00 – 13.20

Panel 2: The Comprehensive Challenge of Achieving Growing Employment Together with Increasing Welfare

12.00 – 12.20

Katia Vladimirova, Ph.D. in Economics, Professor

12.20 – 12.40

Dr. Ania Skrzypek, FEPS Senior Research Fellow

12.40 – 13.20 

Discussion

13.20 – 14.00

Cocktail

14.00 – 15.30

Panel 3: European Policies for National Solutions Regarding the Double Challenge of Employment with Welfare

14.00 – 14.20

Dr. Amandine Crespy, Assistant Professor at Universite Libre de Bruxelles and member of FEPS Young Academics Network

14.20 – 14.40

Atanas Paparizov, Chair of BSP Council for EU membership, national priorities and EU funds

14.40 – 15.30

Discussion

Panel moderator: Katya Koleva, ISI, Chair

15.30 – 16.00

Closing :       

Dr. Alfred Gusenbauer, Chair of the Next Left Research Programme and former chancellor of Austria

Dr. Sergei Stanishev, Chairman of the BSP National Council, Chairman of the Parliamentary Group of Coalition for Bulgaria, PES President

Katya Koleva , Chair, Institute for Social Integration (ISI), Sofia