With the present the Directorate General Social Policy, Federal Public Service Social Security, is honoured to invite you to the international seminar "Social Protection Financing in Belgium and other Bismarckian Welfare States: Recent Developments and Debate"
The seminar will be held in Malines (Mechelen) on Monday February 13th between 9 AM and 5 PM. It will take place in the "LamotTM", Van Beethovenstraat 8/10, in Mechelen/Malines-Belgium. The entrance is free of charge. Translation English-Dutch-French will be provided.
We should be grateful if you would kindly confirm your participation for both the morning and the afternoon session before February 3rd, to Mrs. Anita Bastin at the following address: [log in to unmask] - 02/528 63 33 - fax: 02/528 69 67. As the number of places is limited, we will formally confirm your registration by Wednesday February 8th.
The conference Programme
8:45 Registration (Tea and Coffee)
9:00 Welcome address by Frank VAN MASSENHOVE, President Federal Public Service Social Security
9:15 Financing social protection in Europe: an overview of the main issues,
Monika QUEISER, OECD
10:00 Macro-economic effects of alternative scenario's for the financing of social security in Belgium by Delphine Bassilière and Luc Masure, Federal Planning Bureau, Brussels Belgium
10:45 Coffee break
11:00 The redistributive impact of alternative scenario's for the financing of social security in Belgium
André De Coster, Centre for Economic Studies, University of Leuven, and
Gerre VERBIST, Centre for Social Policy, University of Antwerp
11:45 Employment effects of the selective reduction of social contributions in Belgium?
Ive MARX, Centre for Social Policy University of Antwerp
12:30 LUNCH
14:00 Financing of social protection in France: recent developments and debate Bruno PALIER, Centre national de la recherche scientifique, Paris, France
14:45 Financing of social protection in Germany: recent developments and debate
Philip Manow, Max Planck Institute, Cologne, Germany
15:30 Coffee break
15:45 Debate: Heinz Stapf, BVV/DGB, Berlin, Germany
Jan Vandoren, VOKA, Belgium
16:30 Conclusion
Jos Berghman, Centre for Sociological Research, University of Leuven
17:00 Closure
For more information, please contact the following website:
English:
http://socialsecurity.fgov.be/EN/index.htm
French:
http://socialsecurity.fgov.be/FR/nieuws_publicaties/nieuwsoverzicht/index.htm#3
Dutch:
http://socialsecurity.fgov.be/NL/nieuws_publicaties/nieuwsoverzicht/januari_06.htm#3
With best regards,
The Conference Team
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