BSLN mid-term conference 2010 "Working for sustainable labour markets"
11 May 2010 Vilnius, Lithuania
The BSLN mid-term conference was successfully realised and widely acclaimed on 11 May 2010 in Vilnius.
From the great venue over the active participants up to the insightful presentations and discussions everyone could enjoy a satisfactory conference day in its entirety. This was another major step towards the aim deriving from the BSLN’s general philosophy of bringing people together which have a substantial interest in sustainable labour markets in the
Programme of the BSLN mid-term conference
The keynote speakers emphasised their views on topics around the labour market sustainability and social dialogue in the BSR.
In order to deal with special issues in smaller groups the gathering was, in the afternoon, divided into three working sessions:
- Developing social dialogue in the
- Economic development in the
- Labour force mobility
In these sessions, external experts found a floor to tell about their experiences but also first project results could be presented.
The whole day was summarised by the reports from the working sessions and in the following round table discussion in which the keynote speakers and the chairs of the working sessions participated.
The discussion participants pointed out that there is a big need for this kind of project and that it is very important to deal with problems in the region together in cooperation. Development of the region is only possible if all (social) partners are involved. The social partners have to be strong cooperation partners that they are heard by the governments; social partnership has to be built with trust and respect.
The EU Baltic Sea Strategy provides an excellent frame for the project activities.
We would like to thank all participants for their contribution to both the success of the BSLN mid-term conference and the BSLN project's achievements so far.
Presentations and Speeches:
Welcome Speeches:
Mr Neris Germanas
Mr Vaclovas Sleinota
Key note speeches:
Ms Audra Mikalauskaite: The role of social dialogue in reducing the influence of economic crisis on labour market
Mr Christian Aagaard: Working Together for sustainable Labour Markets
Mr Harri Taliga: For sustainable Baltic Labour Markets
Mr Jørgen Rønnest: Development of social dialogue
Working session 1:
Mr Charles Woolfson: Social Dialogue in the Baltic States
Mr Lothar Wilken: Social partners cooperation to broaden the economic basis by employment ot the EU structural funds
Mr Anders Nordström: Collective agreements: benefits re competitiveness and growth
Working session 2:
Mr Eduards Filoppovs: Fair competition: A prerequisite for BSR competitiveness
Mr Aleksandr Izgorodin: Economic development of the Baltic Sea region - past, present and future trends
Ms Maren Diale-Schellschmidt: Doing business in the Baltics German experience and perspectives
Working session 3:
Ms Claudia Oldenburg: Working conditions of migrants in Germany.Observations from a representative survey
Ms Eve Kyntäjä: Finnish trade unions’ achievements on cross-border mobility between Finland and Estonia
Mr Christer Olsson: Information as the centre of promoting free mobility
Ms Silke Lorenz and Ms Daria Gutowska: Presentation of German-Polish concept for a competence centre in the border region
Reports from the working sessions
Working session 1: Mr Mika Häkkinen
Working session 2: Mr Petras Ramanauskas
Working session 3: Mr Jan Widberg
Round table discussion:
A summary of the main conclusions of the round table discussion
Conference impressions:
BSLN mid-term conference article
Donwload the summary of the BSLN mid-term conference
We would like to say thank you to:
- all speakers
- the organisation team
- Litexpo
- Hotel Artis
- Linpra
- and of course all participants for their active part in the discussions
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