Roundtable "Subsidised jobs in Europe - ideology, legislation and practice"
By Tallinn City and UBC Commission on Business Cooperation

Venue: Tallinn Creative Incubator, Veerenni 24C
Time: April 29, 12:00-17:00

Agenda

12:00 Introduction by Edgar Savisaar, Mayor of Tallinn

12:10 Baltic Cities fighting unemloyment by Wolfgang Schmidt, Chairman UBC Commission on Business Cooperation

12:20 Ideologies of subsidised employment by Mihails Hazans, University of Latvia and IZA

13:00 View from World Bank, by Truman Packard, Lead Economist, Human Development Economics for Europe and Central Asia, World Bank

13:15 EU perspective, by Franz Pointner, Deputy Head of Unit "ESF, Monitoring of Corresponding National Policies in the United Kingdom, Ireland, Latvia", DG Employment

13:30 Lunch in Business Incubator

14:10 Best practices and challenges of European municipalities

London

London Development Agency program in Hackney, by Bina Omare, Assistant Director Community Development & Growth, Circle 33 Housing Trust, Circle Anglia

Berlin, Maik Borde, Berlin Senate Department for Integration, Labour and Social Affairs; Employment of target groups (Section II C)

Riga

Inga Lukasinska, head of Employment departmant, Social affair administation, City of Riga

Malmö

Pia Hellberg-Lannerheim, policy officer, department of Integration and Employment, City Office, City of Malmö

Basque region

Carmen Gonzalo, Ekinbide, S.L. Servicios de consultoría

Vantaa

Erika Palm, City of Vantaa

Budapest

Ildikó Kassai, Programme-office manager, Budapest Chance Nonprofit Ltd. Company

Kemi

Kirsi Pajamäki, rehabilitation counselor, City of Kemi

Vaasa

Narva

16:00 Coffee

16:15-17:30 In-debth discussion

19:00 Dinner/reception in Tallinn Old Town Hall

Please indicate Your interest for participation to:
allan.alakyla@tallinnlv.ee
wschmidt@kiwi-kiel.de

Best regards,
Wolfgang Schmidt

Leiter / Head of International Business Services
KiWi, Kieler Wirtschaftsförderungs- und
Strukturentwicklungs GmbH / Business Development Cooperation Kiel
Wissenschaftspark Kiel - Neufeldt Haus
Fraunhoferstraße 2-4
24118 Kiel
Fon: + 49 (0) 431/2484-181 / Fax: + 49 (0) 431/2484-111 / Mob: + 49 (0)
1709290175
E-Mail: wschmidt@kiwi-kiel.de / www.kiwi-kiel.de

Documentation:   http://www.takk.ee/index.php?id=14