Domestic & home care EU Congress
EFFE 10th anniversary
Agenda
14th of November 2023
Onsite and online
Venue: The EGG Congress & meeting center, 175 rue Bara 1070 Bruxelles
Interpretation will be available in French, English, Italian, and Spanish
Master of Ceremonies: Tamsin Rose
Introductory panel (10:30 – 11:25)
Speakers:
- Marie Béatrice Levaux, President of the European Federation for Family Employment & home care (EFFE)
- Representative of the Spanish Presidency of the Council of the European Union
- Tom Oswald, Counsellor to the Minister of Labour, Employment and Social Economy of Luxembourg
- Simona Bucura-Oprescu, Minister of Labour and Social Solidarity of Romania
- Marc Angel MEP, Vice-President of the European Parliament
- Carlien Scheele, Director of the European Institute for Gender Equality (EIGE)
Panel 1 – Demographic issues and workers shortages in the domestic & home care sector: what strategies to attract new talent? (11:30 – 12:30)
Moderator: Yanis Natsis, Director of the European Social Insurance Platform (ESIP)
Speakers:
- Nicolas Defaye, author of the EFFE LAB’s second report “Skills, Workforce and Migration in the PHS Sector”
- Representative from Unit C.2 “Legal Pathways and Integration” at the DG HOME of the European Commission
- Pierre-Olivier Ruchenstain, member of the French Economic and Social Committee, Director General of FEPEM, the French organisation representative of household employers of domestic & home care workers
- Alfonso Gurpegui Ruiz, Vice-minister of Employment and Inclusion, Basque Country
- László Andor, Secretary General of the Foundation for European Progressive Studies, former European Commissioner for Employment, Social Affairs and Inclusion
Q&A session
Lunch (12:35 – 14:00)
Panel 2 – Sectoral social dialogue in the Domestic & home care sector: key to improving social rights (14:00 – 15:00)
Moderator: Glenda Quintini, Head of the Global Deal Support Unit, OECD
Grand témoin: Serge Da Mariana, French institute for social protection of Domestic & care workers (IRCEM)
Speakers:
- Mark Bergfeld, Director Property Services & UNICARE at UNI-Europa
- Grace Papa, Political Secretary Domestic Work sector of the European Federation of Food, Agriculture, and Tourism Trade Unions (EFFAT)
- Aurélie Decker, Director of the European Federation for Services to Individuals (EFSI)
- Aude Boisseuil, General Delegate of the European Federation for Family Employment & Home Care (EFFE)
- Marta Prádanos, Policy Officer responsible for personal and household services at the Unit C.3 “Social Dialogue” at the DG EMPL of the European Commission
- Representative from Eurofound, European Foundation for the Improvement of Living and Working Conditions
Q&A session
Coffee break – 30 minutes
Panel 3 – Professionalisation in the Domestic & home care sector: the need for upskilled home care workforce (15:30 – 16:30)
Moderator: Baptiste Lenfant, General delegate, Group « Domicile & compétences »
Speakers :
- Annie Kempers, founder of the National Knowledge Center on VPL/NFIL in the Netherlands
- Representative from Unit B.2 “Skills Agenda” at the DG EMPL of the European Commission
- Claire Champeix, Policy Officer at Eurocarers, the “Giving Care” project
- Maksims Ivanovs, Social Affairs Counsellor at the Latvian Permanent Representation to the EU
- Maciej Kucharczyk, General Secretary Age Platform
- Kinga Joó, Member of the Bureau of the European Economic & Social Committee (EESC)
- Emanuele Montemarano, President of the Italian supervisory body of ACCREDIA and UNI
Q&A session
Coffee break – 15 minutes
Closing session (16:45 – 17:25) : What agenda for or the coming 10 years ?
Grand témoin: Lieve Verboven, Director of the ILO Office to the European Union and Benelux countries
Speakers :
- Representative from the Belgian Minister of Economy and Labor
- Michael Falzon, Maltese Minister for Social policy and children’s right
- Attila Fülöp, Hungarian State Secretary for Social Affairs
- Sirpa Pietikäinen, MEP, Member of the Committee on Employment and Social Affairs of the European Parliament
- Lesia Radelicki, Member of Cabinet of EU Commissioner for Equality Helena Dalli
- Andrea Zini, Vice President of the European Federation for Family Employment & home care (EFFE), President of Assindatcolf
- Karmele Acedo, Vice President of the European Federation for Family Employment & home care (EFFE), President of GrupoSSI
- Marie Béatrice Levaux, President of the European Federation for Family Employment & home care (EFFE)
Networking Cocktail
(17 :25-19 :00)
