Belgian Presidency of the EU 2010

This conference was held on September 14th and 15th on the topic of the coordination of social policies at the European level in the context of the new Europe 2020 strategy. It reflected on how better social policy coordination and integration will help deliver the national and European social objectives and the targets of the Europe 2020 strategy. the conference focused on ways to reinforce the Open Method of Coordination in the domains of Social Protection and Social Inclusion. The delegations of the Member States and international experts had an opportunity to examine different approaches to improvement based on past successes in the field. Political leaders, social partners and civil society had an opportunity to be heard.

The conference was divided into three distinctive blocks: governance of the social dimension in the different EU policy domains was the first. The second block dealt with the tools of policy coordination, including the EU platform against poverty, and how to reinforce them. Finally, the last block addressed the implementation of EU strategy at national level.

• Council Conclusions on the social dimension in the context of an integrated Europe 2020 Strategy (.pdf)
• Closing speech given by Mrs. Laurette Onkelinx, Deputy Prime Minister and Minister for Social Affairs and Public Health (.pdf)
• Conference - General information (.pdf)
• Background document “EU coordination in the social field in the context of Europe 2020: Looking back and building the future” (.pdf)
• Conference agenda (.pdf)
• Social Protection Committee Contribution - Europe 2020 Strategy
  Social Protection Committee Contribution - Europe 2020 Strategy (Deutsch)
• SPC Opinion on the post - 2010 Lisbon Strategy (2009) (.pdf)
  SPC Opinion on the post - 2010 Lisbon Strategy (2009) (.pdf) (Deutsch)
• Europe 2020: a strategy for smart, sustainable and inclusive growth - European Council conclusions
• OPINION of the European Economic and Social Committee on The open method of coordination and the social clause in the context of Europe 2020

• Liddle Roger - The Coming Social Crisis in Europe (Session A.1.) (.pdf)
• Ferrera Maurizio - Mapping the components of social Europe (Sessie A.1.) (.pdf)
• Zeitlin Jonathan - Towards a Stronger OMC (Session B.1.) (.pdf)
• Carparelli Antonia - Eu commission (speaking note - Session B.1.) (.pdf)
• Lindqvist Carin - Tools and visibility of OMC indicators (Session B.1.) (.pdf)
• Sutherland Holly - Eu 2020 tools for monitoring (Session B.1.) (.pdf)
• Rodriguez-Cabrero Gregorio - Reaching the regional and local levels the Spanish experience
  (Session C.1., Workshop 1) (.pdf)
• Rodriguez-Cabrero Gregorio - Reaching the regional and local levels the Spanish experience (Speaking Note) (.pdf)
• Armstrong Kenneth - From Show and Tell To Learning From Experience (Session C.1., Workshop 2) (.pdf)
• Wuiame Nathalie - Improving stakeholder's participation (Session C.1., Workshop 3) (.pdf)
• Berès Pervenche - Conclusions (Speaking note, Session C.2.) (.pdf)
• Key messages from day 1 workshops and Day 2 (Session C.2.) (.pdf)
• Kuehnemund Martin - SSIA (Session C.2.) (.pdf)
• Vanhercke Bart - A La Hulpe Consensus (Speaking note, Session C.2.) (.pdf)
• Walker Robert - Political Commitment Targets monitoring and policy analysis (Session C.2.) (.pdf)