03/11/2014
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The Commission is organising a major conference on employment policy, under the title "Jobs for Europe", on 6-7 September 2012.
The conference will build on the Employment Package
put forward by the Commission on 18 April and on the outcomes of the 2012 European Semester , but also on a series of conferences which the Commission organised during 2011 in order to explore new dimensions of employment policy, notably regarding the functioning of European labour markets, wage developments, flexicurity in a crisis context, and inequalities.
The conference will be addressed, among others, by the Commission President, José Manuel Barroso, the President of the European Parliament, Martin Schulz, the President of the European Council, Herman van Rompuy and the Secretary-General of the OECD, Angel Gurria. Keynote speeches will be given by the Prime Minister of Italy, Mario Monti, and 2010 Nobel Prize laureate, Christopher Pissarides.
The conference will be structured around five main topics:
More information about the conference
