Programm
Privatisation and the European Social Model
International conference
Organised by the network “Privatisation and the European Social Model” (PRESOM)
3./4. April 2009, Berlin
Dietrich Bonhoeffer Haus, Ziegelstr. 30
Friday, April 3
15.30 |
Arrival and registration |
16.00 |
Opening addresses: |
Jörg Huffschmid, coordinator of PRESOM |
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Dominik Sobczak, EU-Commission, DG R+D |
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16.30 – 18.30 |
Panel 1: Privatisation in Europe |
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Chair: |
Marica Frangakis |
Speakers: |
Ulrich Thöne, president of German educational workers
unionGEW, Privatisation in education, experiences from Germany
(confirmed) Neal Lawson, Compass (UK) Privatisation of the
British Post Office? (tbc)
Rainer Rilling, Rosa-Luxemburg Foundation, Privatisation in
Europe: An Overview |
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18.30 – 19.00 |
break |
19.00 – 21.00 |
Panel 2: The EU and the public sector |
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Chair: |
Birgit Mahnkopf |
Speakers: |
Frank Bsirske, president of German services workers union
Ver.di (confirmed) Representative from the European
Commission, DG Internal Market, A European framework for public
services ? (tbc)
David Hall, PSIRU and PRESOM, A critique of European
liberalisation policies (confirmed) |
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Saturday, April 4
10.00 – 12.00 |
Panel 3: The financial crisis and privatisation/liberalisation |
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Chair: |
Jörg Huffschmid |
Speakers: |
Laszlo Andor, University of Budapest (confirmed) Dominique
Plihon, Université de Paris 13 (confirmed)
Trevor Evans, Berlin School of Economics (confirmed)
Marica Frangakis, PRESOM |
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12.30 – 14.30 |
Panel 4: Defending the Welfare state |
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Chair: |
Christoph Hermann |
Speakers: |
Christoph Aguitton, Attac France (tbc) Penny Clarke, Head
of EU policy and officer for local and regional government,
European Federation for Public Service Unions (EPSU) (confirmed)
Asbjörn Wahl, Norwegian Union of Municipal and General
Employees, and National co-ordinator, Campaign for the Welfare
State (confirmed) PRESOM |
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14.30 – 14.45 |
Concluding remarks |
