Draft agenda_PR BE 2010

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Agenda
Peer Review
Using Reference Budgets for drawing up the
requirements of a minimum income scheme
and assessing adequacy
Belgium, 26 November 2010
On behalf of the
European Commission
DG Employment, Social Affairs and Equal Opportunities
Thursday 25 November 2010
Arrival of participants in Namur
Hotel
Les Tanneurs de Namur
Rue des Tanneries, 13
5000 Namur, Belgium
T.: +32 81 24 00 24
http://www.tanneurs.com/en/index.html
19:30
Château de Namur
Avenue de l'Ermitage, 1
5000 Namur, Belgium
T.: +32 81 729 900
http://www.chateaudenamur.com/en/index.html
Welcome address by Philippe Courard, Secretary of State for Social Integration
and Combating Poverty
followed by
D i n n e r at Les Tanneurs offered by the Federal Public Planning Service for
Social Integration
25-26 November 2010
Peer Review
Reference Budgets,
Belgium
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Friday 26 November 2010
Venue:
Parlement Wallon, La Grande Salle des Commissions Publiques, Bâtiment Saint-Gilles, Rue
Notre-Dame, 1 - 5000 Namur
Chair:
Facilitation:
Julien Van Geertsom, Federal Public Planning Service for Social Integration
Nigel Meager, ÖSB Consortium
08:30 – 09:00
Opening and introduction to the policy context
by Philippe Courard, Secretary of State for Social Integration and Combating
Poverty
09:00 – 09:20
Opening
by Isabelle Engsted-Maquet., European Commission, DG Employment, Social
Affairs and Equal Opportunities
Presentation of the programme
by Nigel Meager, ÖSB Consortium
09:20 – 09:40
Presentation of the Belgian study ‘Minibudgets: What is the necessary
income for living a dignified life in Belgium?’
by Bérénice Storms, University of Antwerp
09:40 – 10:00
Immediate questions and answers
10:00 – 10:30
European stakeholder contributions
by EAPN and Businesseurope
10:30 – 11:00
Coffee break
11:00 – 13:00
Peer country discussions
13:00 – 14:00
Snack break
14:00 – 16:00
Peer country discussions (continued)
16:00 – 16:15
Relevance and key learning elements
presented by independent thematic expert Jan Vranken, University of Antwerp
16:15 – 16:30
Closing remarks
by Isabelle Engsted-Maquet, European Commission, DG Employment, Social
Affairs and Equal Opportunities
by Julien Van Geertsom, Federal Public Planning Service for Social Integration
16:30
Close of review
Transfer to the airport
25-26 November 2010
Peer Review
Reference Budgets,
Belgium
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