This meeting is co-funded by the European Commission

MISSOC Network Meeting

Athens, 27-28 May 2014

Agenda
Monday 26 May 2014

20.00 - 23.00 Welcome dinner at Divani Caravel Hotel

Tuesday 27 May 2014

08.00 Bus transfer to Zappeion Conference Centre
09.00 - 09.05 Welcome address
Mr. Panagiotis Kokkoris, General Secretary of Social Security
09.05 - 09.15 Opening of the meeting and approval of the agenda
Valdis Zagorskis, European Commission, DG EMPL
09.15 - 09.45 MISSOC state of affairs
Michael Coucheir, Team Leader, MISSOC Secretariat
09.45 - 10.00 State of affairs relating to the establishment of the Social Policy Network
Valdis Zagorskis, European Commission, DG EMPL
10.00 - 10.45 Presentation of an elaborated outline of the MISSOC Analysis 2014 on cost-
sharing in health and long-term care
Prof. Grega Strban, Academic Expert, MISSOC Secretariat
10.45 - 11.15 Coffee break
11.15 - 12.00 The new focus of the ISSA: the ISSA Centre for Excellence, the Guidelines,
and the ISSA Academy, Cherry Thompson-Senior (ILO)
Social protection under the European Social Charter an overview following
the 2013 Conclusions, Karl-Friedrich Bopp (CoE)
12.00 12.45 Social agenda of the Greek presidency, Sotiria Papaioannou (Greek
MISSOC Correspondent)
Looking ahead to the Italian presidency, Anna Maria Benedetti and Maria
Tosca Mangini (Italian MISSOC Correspondents)
12.45 - 14.15 Lunch
14.15 - 15.00 Overview of recent developments in EU social policy, including the
implementation of the White Paper on Pensions, developments regarding
long-term care, the European semester and the Europe 2020 review
Valdis Zagorskis, European Commission, DG EMPL
15.00 - 15.15 Developments in MISSOC website and communication
Harald Hauben, Communication expert, MISSOC Secretariat
15.15 - 15.45 Coffee break
15.45 17.15 Tendencies and trends in selected fields of social protection
Round table discussions, introduced by the Secretariat and with
contributions from selected MISSOC Correspondents (facilitation by Jan
Spooren, Project Director)

18.45 Bus Transfer from Hotel to Museum of Acropolis
19.30 - 20.30 Guided tour at Museum of Acropolis
20.30 - 23.00 Gala dinner at Museum of Acropolis
This meeting is co-funded by the European Commission





Wednesday 28 May 2014

08.30 Bus transfer to Zappeion Conference Centre
09.15 - 10.15 Legislative interventions to ensure the sustainability of the Greek social
security system in the last three years
Anna Rizou, Director of the International Affairs Division, Ministry of
Labour, Social Security and Welfare
Followed by a plenary discussion, facilitated by Prof. John Ditch, Academic
Expert
10.15 - 10.30 Revision of the Correspondents guidelines on completing Table XII Long-
term care (introduction to working groups) (see annex)
Michael Coucheir, Team Leader
10.30 - 11.00 Coffee break
11.00 - 12.30 Revision of the Correspondents guidelines on completing Table XII Long-
term care
Parallel working groups (3) facilitated by the MISSOC Secretariat
12.30 - 14.00 Family photo and lunch
14.00 - 15.00 Work of the Social Protection Committee on the efficiency and effectiveness
of social protection
Marc Vothknecht, European Commission, DG EMPL
15.00 - 15.30 State of play of the revision of the MISSOC Guides
Andrea Pontiroli, European Commission, DG EMPL
15.30 - 15.45 Feedback from the working groups on the revision of the Correspondents
guidelines on completing Table XII Long-term care
Working group facilitators
15.45 - 16.00 Planning of future MISSOC activities and information on the next MISSOC
Network Meeting (Rome, 16-17 October 2014)
Michael Coucheir, Team Leader and the Italian MISSOC Correspondents
16.00 Closing of meeting
Valdis Zagorskis, European Commission, DG EMPL

19.30 Bus transfer from Hotel to Plaka
20.00 - 23.00 Dinner in the tavern Stamatopoulos in Plaka