15/12/2009

WoW event: High level conference on low carbon industrial policies

Tuesday, 15 December 2009

in the World of Work Pavilion

Partners of the event:

  • EFFAT European Federation of Food, Agriculture and Tourism Trade Unions
  • EMCEF European Mine, Chemical and Energy Workers’ Federation
  • EMF European Metalworkers’ Federation
  • ETF European Transport Workers’ Federation

Programme

9H30 Opening of the conference

9H40 Presentation of the ETUC position by John MONKS, ETUC General Secretary

10H00 Comments by Jo LEINEN, MEP, Chairperson of the Environmental Committee

10H20 Panel with

  • J. MONKS, ETUC General Secretary
  • R.REIBSCH, EMCEF General Secretary
  • H.WIEDENHOFER, EFFAT General Secretary
  • E. CHAGAS, ETF General Secretary
  • P. SCHERRER, EMF General Secretary

11H00 Debate with the participants

11H45 Conclusions by Joël DECAILLON, ETUC Deputy General Secretary

12H00 End of the conference

Where? In LO Denmark Building - Islands Brygge 32 D - 2300 København S – Denmark

We kindly invite all participants to join us for a drink and a snack

For more information you can contact:

Anne Panneels, ETUC/CES

apanneels@etuc.org, Tel: +32 (0)492 588 269

Report from the high level conference

The ETUC gathered the European industry federations in the metal, chemical, transport and food sectors this morning for a discussion on low carbon industrial policies.

John Monks, ETUC General Secretary, introduced the seminar by encouraging the participants to think back one hundred years in time to when the world had few territories without European influence. The audiences could recall a few such territories Japan, Korea, Iran and Egypt.

Pictures here.