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Regional Social Security Summit for Europe
The objective of the Social Security Summit was to promote the central role of social security in society by showcasing the contribution of dynamic social security to cope with current and future socio-economic challenges in Europe. Policy-makers and representatives of regional and international organizations discussed the political dimension and measures necessary to enable dynamic social security systems to demonstrate their potential as key factors in any strategy to respond to challenges in a context of globalization and demographic change.
Moderator
Alexandra Szacka, Moscow correspondent, CBC News
Introductory Address
Corazon de la Paz-Bernardo, President, International Social Security Association
Panellists
Michał Boni, Minister, Member of the Council of Ministers, Poland
Assane Diop, Executive Director, Social Protection Sector, International Labour Office, Geneva
Georg Fischer, Acting Director Social Protection, DG Employment, Social Affairs and Equal Opportunities, European Commission, Brussels
Pierre Klein, Coordinator of ATD Fourth World in Poland, Warsaw
Thomas Laursen, Country Manager for Poland and the Baltic States, World Bank, Warsaw
Józef Niemiec, Confederal Secretary, European Trade Union Confederation, Brussels