TOMORROW: Minister Nečas opens conference on flexible labour market and social security during crisis
The representatives of the individual Member States will have an opportunity to exchange experiences and get new information about how to respond to labour market problems.
“The implementation of the strategy of flexicurity in the Member States of the European Union” is the title of a conference on one of the priorities of the Czech Presidency in the area of employment which takes place at the Crowne Plaza Hotel Prague on 25 and 26 March. The concept of flexicurity implies a demand for greater flexibility on the labour market balanced by better social security. The conference will focus on the application of the general principle of flexicurity in relation to the current crisis.
The plenary meeting on the first day will be dedicated to the question how to motivate the inactive labour force to enter the labour market as quickly as possible. It will primarily focus on mothers after maternity leave, young people, long-term unemployed and people over 50. Another important item on the agenda will be education. Attention will be paid to adult education through life-long learning, to greater incentives for employees and employers to invest in education and to elements of social protection offered to workers who want to join the labour market.
On the second day of the conference the focus will be on the interest of simplifying the transition of people from education to employment, from employment to another form of employment, from unemployment to getting back on the labour market and a gradual transition from employment to retirement. The implementation of the measures to ensure the transition must be fast and efficient. The session will be rounded off with a panel discussion.
A press conference attended by Minister of Labour and Social Affairs Petr Nečas and European Commissioner for Employment, Social Affairs and Equal Opportunities Vladimír Špidla is preliminarily scheduled for 10:45 at the Neklan lounge, Crowne Plaza Prague Hotel, Koulova 15, Prague 6.
The conference on flexicurity will be followed by a meeting of the European Employment Committee (EMCO), which is an advisory body of the EU Council, on 26 – 27 March. This meeting will focus on the financial and economic crisis and its impact on employment. The topics of qualification and mobility will also be discussed. This meeting is for experts only and it is closed to the public.
Contact:
- Jana Říhová, Spokeswoman of the Ministry of Labour and Social Affairs
- Tel.: +420 221 922 249, GSM: +420 725 761 147, E-mail: jana.rihova@mpsv.cz
Last update: 24.3.2009 9:59
