Ceemet

EEN Conference on human rights and decent work in global supply chains
2020-10-06 - 2020-10-07
European Enterprise Network conference on human rights and decent work in global supply chains as part of the German Presidency of the European Council.

Portugese Labour Minister in Brussels
2020-10-13 - 2020-10-14
Cancelled: quarantine after contact with COVID-19 patient
A delegation led by Ceemet President Diego Andreis and Ceemet’s Chair of the Board Oliver Zander met -virtually- with the Portuguese Secretary of State for Labour Miguel Cabrita, standing in for Minister Ana Mendes Godinho, on 23 September.
-> https://www.ceemet.org/news/preparing-portuguese-presidency-european

European Council
2020-10-15 - 2020-10-16

Social Security Coordination: The A-Z of A1 webinar
2020-10-16
13:00 – 15:00
Technical seminar
The discussion on the revision of the coordination of social security systems has been ongoing for years and has become ever more complex.
The reality of COVID-19 these recent months has shown the importance of a smooth mobility of workers. Companies, employees and administrations need clear rules that are applicable for mobile workers and provide legal certainty.
With the restart of the Trilogue negotiations on the revision of coordination of social security systems, Ceemet- European Tech and Industry Employers and LMIA- the Labour Mobility Initiative Association are co-organising an online seminar that offers an opportunity for an open discussion between legislators and practitioners on this important issue.
The debate with technical experts and stakeholders from European institutions will focus on topics related to provisions on applicable legislation.
Find out why the definition of the registered office matters, how to identify letter-box companies, why business trips need to be exempted and get the A to Z on A1 forms!
Register to join the discussion and get some best practices on how every day digital solutions can become the answer to calculate social security contributions.

EP EMPL hearing of new ELA Executive Director
2020-10-28
11:30 – 12:30
At its meeting on 28 October 2020, members of the European Parliament EMPL Committee will hold the hearing of the candidate for the post of the Executive Director of the European Labour Authority (ELA), Deputy Permanent Representative of Romania Cosmin Boiangiu.
Click here to watch the livestream.

EU Commission: Launch 'Fair Minimum Wages' proposal
2020-10-28
13:45
Executive Vice President Valdis Dombrovskis in charge of economy & trade and Commissioner Schmit in charge of jobs & social rights will present a proposal to ensure that minimum wages are set. This is part of the European Pillar of Social Rights.
Click here to watch the press conference.

EP EMPL exchange of views w/Commissioner Schmit
2020-10-29
11:30 – 12:30
Topic: Commission proposal on fair minimum wages for workers in the EU

Click here to access the Commission’s press corner
Click here to watch the EMPL meeting live.

EEN - European Employers Network
2020-10-29
10:00 – 13:00

EESC: Opportunities & challenges of industry during COVID
2020-10-30
10:00 – 13:00
The event will focus on topical questions such as industrial recovery from the pandemic crisis, Europe’s competitiveness on the global stage and the transition to a green and digital economy. It will also explore the need for reconstruction and transformation of European industry and it will concentrate on the role of civil society organisations in designing the future of European industry.
Clicke here for more information.

LobbyNet meeting
2020-11-05
14:00 – 15:00
Dear members,
Please find below the Working Papers for the next LobbyNet meeting.
The meeting will take place via Microsoft Teams on Thursday, 5 November 2020 from 14:00 to 15:00.
A separate invitation link will be posted here so you can connect to the meeting

EU - UK Future Relationship meeting
2020-11-05
15:00 – 16:00
Dear members, Please find attached the Working Papers for the next EU-UK Future Relationship Working Group. The meeting will take place via Microsoft Teams on Thursday, 5 November 2020 from 15:00 to 16:00.
A separate invite will be sent to you to connect to the meeting.
The following documents are attached:

The agenda;
The list of participants;
Minutes from our previous meeting.

Please find the Ceemet and Make UK Statement on the EU-UK Future Relationship in circ 271/20.

EEN: Fair minimum wages
2020-11-09
14:00 – 15:30
Meeting with the European Employers Network following the presentation of the Commission proposal on ‘Fair minimum wages’ of 28 October 2020.

EU Vocational Skills Week
2020-11-09 - 2020-11-13
This year’s theme “VET for Green and Digital Transitions” is in line with the Commission priorities of a “European Green Deal” and a “Europe fit for the digital age”.
EU Vocational Skills Week is an annual event when local, regional or national organisations showcase the very best of vocational education and training (VET). VET is a path to a more fulfilling personal and professional life. European Vocational Skills Week is a platform to make VET’s potential more widely known, and an opportunity to exchange information and good practice across Europe and beyond.

Launch event of the Pact for Skills
2020-11-10
18:00 – 19:15
The Pact for Skills, one of the actions under the European Skills Agenda, aims to mobilise and encourage all relevant stakeholders to take concrete actions for the upskilling and reskilling of people of working age, and, when relevant, cooperate through partnerships.
On 10 November European Commission Vice-President and European Commissioner for Protecting our European Way of Life, Margaritis Shinas; Nicolas Schmit, Commissioner for Jobs and Social Rights; and Thierry Breton, Commissioner for the Internal Market, will take part in the online launch event of the Pact.
There, with high-level representatives of industry, social partners and other relevant stakeholders, they will discuss the importance of upskilling and reskilling for Europe and all people of working age.
The event is organised as part of the European Vocational Skills Week 2020 and is open to anyone who is interested in the Pact for Skills and ensuring that all people of working age have access to quality upskilling and reskilling.

European Education Summit
2020-11-10
The Commission will host the third edition of the EU Education Summit bringing Ministers and key stakeholders together to discuss how to make education and training fit for the digital era.
The two flagship initiatives, European Education Area to be achieved by 2025 and the new Digital Education Action Plan, will feed into the event.

Social dialogue as an important pillar of economic sustainability and the resilience of economies
2020-11-10
Full day conference part in Berlin as part of the German Presidency of the EU Council
The aim of this multipartite conference is to broaden debate and to lay firm foundations for the process of optimising social partnership and participatory structures in Europe as a whole. It will be based upon a corresponding exploratory opinion of the European Economic and Social Committee (Category A).

CEG meeting
2020-11-18

EU Council
2020-11-19
18:00 –
European Council President Charles Michel will convene EU leaders for a new videoconference dedicated to the EU response to COVID-19 and discuss the Future Relationship with the UK.
All information linked to the videoconference can be found on the page of the EU Council.

IER meeting
2020-11-23
14:00 – 16:30
Dear Members,
Dear participants to the IER Committee meeting of 23 November 2020
For the IER Committee meeting of 23 November 2020, please find here:

A commented agenda
A list of background documents
The list of participants to the meeting
National Reports

Please use the commented agenda as a basis to prepare and give your input during the meeting in order to have an added-value content discussion.
Practical details:

The meeting will be held on TEAMS from 14.00-16.30
Please find attached the TEAMS invitation.

Should you have further questions do not hesitate to get back to Isabel.
Looking forward to seeing you online.
With kind regards,
Jarkko and Isabel

EU meeting
2020-11-24
10:00 – 12:30
Practical information

The 83rd meeting will take place on Tuesday 24 November 2020 from 10:00 to 12:30 and will be held via Microsoft Teams.
Please find the invitation link to login to the meeting attached.
Documents in preparation to the meeting

Please find the following documents attached:

Agenda;
Overview background documents – link to the relevant documents can be found in the overview;
EU Committee action plan – link to the relevant documents can be found in the action plan;
List of participants;
Powerpoint Presentation.

Meeting Special Advisor Andrea Nahles
2020-11-27
09:00 – 10:00
Video call meeting of Delphine Rudelli and Isabel Sobrino Maté with European Commissioner Schmit’s special advisor on social dialogue, Andrea Nahles.
About Mrs Nahles:
Born 20 June 1970, the German politician served as Leader of the Social Democratic Party (SPD – S&D affiliated) from April 2018 until June 2019 and the leader of the SPD in the Bundestag (German national parliament) from September 2017 until June 2019. She served as a Federal Minister of Labour and Social Affairs from 2013 to 2017. During that period she met and worked together with her Luxembourgish counterpart Socialist Labour and Social Affairs Minister Nicolas Schmit.
Since August 2020, Nahles serves as President of the Federal Posts and Telecommunications Agency. One month earlier Nicolas Schmit, now Commissioner for Jobs and Social Rights, announced her appointed as his Special Advisor. Her role is to help strengthen the social dialogue in Europe, as well as the role of the social partners.

Osnabrück Declaration on Vocational Education and Training as an enabler of recovery and just transitions to digital and green economies
2020-11-30
13:30 – 14:30
Video conference

Informal EPSCO
2020-12-03
Video conference
On this page you will find the background documents for todays meeting. The agenda items include:

‘New work – human-centric work: Ensuring fair working conditions and social protection in the Platform Economy
adequate minimum wages
Coordination of Social Security Systems
European Globalisation Fund regulation (2021-2027)
‘A union of gender equality? How to implement the Commission`s Gender Equality Strategy 2020-2025 to achieve equal labour market participation of women and men’
Directive on equal treatment

The press conference is foreseen at 13:00.

Cedefop seminar: Attractiveness of continuing vocational education and training in the EU
2020-12-07
10:00 – 11:45
Virtual conference
Cedefop’s 9th Brussels seminar, will this year be organised in cooperation with the Permanent Representation of Germany to the EU on:
Focus of the seminar
Cedefop, the European Centre for the Development of Vocational Training, will focus during this years’ seminar on the agency’s research activities related to the overarching theme of attractiveness of vocational education and training (VET) with a special focus on continuing VET (CVET).
Objectives
The seminar aims to consider and discuss:

trends and characteristics of participation of adult population in education and training in the EU, taking into account different national contexts and population;
attitudes towards vocational education and training, especially continuing VET, using data from Cedefop opinion surveys on VET supplemented by other international data sources;
policy approaches and support measures to facilitate participation of adults in continuing VET.

Details of the event are available on Cedefop’s website:
https://www.cedefop.europa.eu/en/events-and-projects/events/attractiveness-continuing-vocational-education-and-training-eu
Practical

The presentations and debate will be held in English.
No interpretation will be available.
As the number of places is limited to 120 participants, we would appreciate it if you confirmed your interest in participating at your earliest convenience by replying to cedefop-communications@cedefop.europa.eu

Following your expression of interest, you will receive an email with a registration link from Cedefop’s conference organiser. Please note that online registration is mandatory to attend the virtual event.

Social Dialogue Plenary
2020-12-07
11:00 – 16:30

09:15 – 10:30 – Prep meeting (without interpretation and organised separately by each organisation)
10:30 – 11:00 – Connection of the participants to the videoconference system for the joint meeting
13:00 – 14:30 – Lunch break

Webinar on “Skills for Industry. Fostering New Services and Jobs Creation"
2020-12-09
14:00 – 17:00
The Commission (together with empirica) is organising its third webinar on “Skills for Industry. Fostering New Services and Jobs Creation” (see attached the agenda and background information)
Please register via the following link: https://eskills2030.eu/workshop-3-expert-webinar.html

EU Council
2020-12-10 - 2020-12-11
The European Council will meet on December 10 and 11. Items on the agenda include:

COVID-19
Climate change
Trade
Security
External relation

Please click here to find the Annotated draft agenda for the European Council meeting (10 and 11 December 2020).

LobbyNet & EU - UK Future Relationship meeting
2020-12-14
14:00 – 16:30
Dear members,
Following the outcome of the doodle poll, please note that the LobbyNet (14:00 – 15:30) and FRWG (15:00 – 15630) meetings will take place today.
The practical details with regard to the meetings and the working papers will be sent to you closer to the meeting.

88th BoD
2021-01-12
17:00 – 18:30
TEAMS Video conference

LobbyNet & EU - UK Future Relationship meeting
2021-01-21
10:00 – 12:30
Dear members,
Please find attached the Working Papers for the next LobbyNet meeting. The meeting will take place via Microsoft Teams on Thursday 21 January 2021 from 10:00 to 11:30. A separate invitation link will be sent to you to connect to the meeting.
The following documents are attached:

The agenda;
The list of participants;
Minutes from our previous meeting.

An EU-UK Future Relationship Working Group meeting will be organised after the LobbyNet meeting from 11:30 to 12:30.
