Programme 14:00 Welcome coffee and registration – 14:30 Opening and presentation of the Platform – Georges Dassis, President of the European Economic and Social Committee Violeta Bulc, Commissioner for Transport Pierre Jean Coulon, President of the TEN Section, European Economic and Social Committee Presentation of the Platform by Madi Sharma, Member of the European Economic and Social Committee and rapporteur for the EESC opinion on Women and transport Platform for Change – 15:00 Brainstorming session What sort of actions would you like to see in the Platform? – – Small groups to come up with possible concrete actions (e.g. setting targets to increase employment of women; actions to make women aware of the job opportunities offered by innovation; effective initiatives to fight gender-based violence in the workplace and actions to improve the flexibility of work and so facilitate the work-life balance). 17:00 Concluding remarks – Karima Delli, Chair of the TRAN Committee, European Parliament Kadri Simson, Estonian Minister of Economic Affairs and Infrastructure for the Presidency – 17:15 Signing of the Declaration – 17:30 Cocktail reception – Interpretation remark: Please note that the working language in the brainstorming session will be English, with only opening and concluding remarks interpreted from/into English and French.
Programme 14:00 – Welcome coffee and registration 14:30 – Opening and presentation of the Platform Georges Dassis, President of the European Economic and Social Committee Violeta Bulc, Commissioner for Transport Pierre Jean Coulon, President of the TEN Section, European Economic and Social Committee Presentation of the Platform by Madi Sharma, Member of the European Economic and Social Committee and rapporteur for the EESC opinion on Women and transport – Platform for Change 15:00 – Brainstorming session – What sort of actions would you like to see in the Platform? Small groups to come up with possible concrete actions (e.g. setting targets to increase employment of women; actions to make women aware of the job opportunities offered by innovation; effective initiatives to fight gender-based violence in the workplace and actions to improve the flexibility of work and so facilitate the work-life balance). 17:00 – Concluding remarks Karima Delli, Chair of the TRAN Committee, European Parliament Kadri Simson, Estonian Minister of Economic Affairs and Infrastructure – for the Presidency 17:15 – Signing of the Declaration 17:30 – Cocktail reception Interpretation remark: Please note that the working language in the brainstorming session will be English, with only opening and concluding remarks interpreted from/into English and French.
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