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L20 Summit Programme 2014

07/11/2014

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 L20 Summit

“Rebuilding Economies

Jobs and Wages”

 Brisbane, Australia, November 13-14, 2014

PROGRAMME


Wednesday, November 12

Welcome reception
John Battams, President, Queensland Council of Unions (QCU)
Wayne Swan, Former Deputy Prime Minister and Treasurer, Australia

Thursday, November 13

08.45-09.10     Opening Session and Presentation of the Programme

With Ged Kearney, President, Australian Council of Trade Unions (ACTU) and Chair of the Australian L20 Steering Committee

Welcome remarks: Sharan Burrow, General Secretary, International Trade union Confederation (ITUC)

09.10-9.45       Address by Eric Abetz, MP, Minister for Employment, Australia

Introduction by Frances O’Grady, General Secretary, Trades Union Congress (TUC) – UK
Speech by Eric Abetz,
MP, Minister for Employment, Australia
Thanking and reply by
Philip Jennings,General Secretary, UNI Global Union

9.45-10.10        L20 Press Conference


Ged Kearney
, President, ACTU
Sharan Burrow
, General Secretary, ITUC
John Evans
, General Secretary, TUAC

10.10-10.12     Presentation of the programme: Georgios Altintzis, Policy Officer, ITUC

10.12-11.10     Session I. The G20 Employment Work in 2014


Chair
: Frances O’Grady, General Secretary, Trades Union Congress (TUC) – UK

1. An agenda for the G20 to address job crisis and falling income

Input: Brendan O’Connor, MP, Former Minister for Employment, Australia

2. Wage-led growth: Evidence of success

Input: Philip Jennings,General Secretary, UNI Global Union

3. Restoring job and income growth in Europe

Input: Bernadette Ségol, General Secretary, European Trade Union Confederation (ETUC)


11.30-12.45    Session II. From St Petersburg to Brisbane


Chair
: Ged Kearney, President, ACTU

1. The Priorities of the Australian G20 Presidency

Input: Ged Kearney, President, ACTU

2. Achievements and impasses: stocktaking on the Australian Presidency of the G20

Input: John Evans, General Secretary, TUAC

3. Turkey 2015: Follow-up and priorities

Input: Sharan Burrow, General Secretary, ITUC

4. How much of what governments committed to in St Petersburg has materialised?

Input: Anna Byhovskaya, Policy and Communications Consultant, Trade Union Advisory Committee to OECD (TUAC)

 14.00-15.45     Session III. Social Partner and Civil Society Dialogue – are the Leaders listening to us?


Chair
: Joe De Bruyn, Vice-President, ACTU

1. A Labour View

Input: Sharan Burrow, General Secretary, ITUC

2. A Business View

Input: Richard Goyder, Chair, B20

3.  A Civil Society View

Input: Tim Costello, Chair, C20

Discussion


16.00-17.30
     Session IV. Emerging Economies in the G20

Chair
: Gerardo Alberto Martínez, Secretary for International Relations, Confederación General del Trabajo de la República Argentina (CGT-RA)

1.      BRICS poll briefing

Introduction: Gemma Swart, L20 Head of Global Media, Campaigns and Communications, ITUC

Inputs: Wang Ruisheng, Member of Secretariat, All-China Federation of Trade Unions (ACFTU)

           Mikhail Shmakov, President of the Federation of Independent Trade Unions of Russia (FNPR)

           Jonas Mosia, Industrial Policy Officer, Congress of South African Trade Unions (COSATU)

           Discussion

17.30-17.35     Report from QNU on local activities

Beth Mohle, Secretary, Queensland Nurses Union


Friday, November 14

09.00-10.00     Session V. An Evaluation of the Discussion

A discussion facilitated by John Evans, General Secretary, TUAC and Grant Belchamber, International Officer, ACTU


10.00-11.30     Session VI. A G20 strategy for reducing unemployment and income inequality


Chair: Sharan Burrow, General Secretary, ITUC

1.  OECD input to the G20 on Jobs, growth and taxation

Input: Angel Gurría, Secretary General, Organisation for Economic Cooperation and Development (OECD)

2. Employment Priorities for the G20 Summit

Input: Sandra Polaski, Deputy Director General, International Labour Organization (ILO)

Discussants:  

Thea Lee, Deputy Chief of Staff, American Federation of Labor and Congress of Industrial Organizations (AFL–CIO)

Prihanani Boenadi,Director of International Department, Confederation of Indonesian Trade Unions (KSPI-CITU)

Winnie Byanyima, Executive Director, Oxfam

Discussion


11.45-13.15     Session VII. Safer and Healthier Workplaces


Chair: Nobuaki Koga, President, Japanese Trade Union Confederation (JTUC-RENGO)

1. The role of the G20 on safe workplaces

Input: Marie-Claire Carrère-Gée, Representative to the G20 Task Force on Employment, France

2. OSH and precarious work

Input: Sulistri, Deputy President, Confederation of Indonesian Prosperous Trade Unions (KSBSI)

3. Social dialogue for OSH: responsible business practices and effective supply-chain engagement

Input:Ergun Atalay, President, Confederation of Turkish Trade Unions (TÜRK-İŞ)

Discussion


14.30-16.00
     Session VIII. The G20 record on Financial Regulation and Inclusive DevelopmentStable Economies


Chair: John Evans, General Secretary, TUAC

1. Relinking the financial sector and the real economy

Input: Mark Carney, Chair of the Financial Stability Board (FSB) and Governor of the Bank of England 

2. World Bank policies for inclusive development

Input: Jim Yong Kim,President, World Bank (WB)

3. Jobs, growth and inequality: Evidence from the IMF

Input: Christine Lagarde, Managing Director, International Monetary Fund (IMF)

Discussants:

Jamie McPhee, CEO, Members Equity Bank

Ignacio Fernández Toxo, General Secretary, Comisiones Obreras (CCOO)

Yvan Ricordeau, National Secretary, Confédération française démocratique du travail (CFDT)

Discussion


16.00-16.30     Ambitions for the Brisbane Summit: Presentation by Joe Hockey, MP, Treasurer of 

                      Australia


16.30-17.45     Session IX. Preparing Consultations with G20 Leaders


Discussion facilitated by John Evans, General Secretary, TUAC

With information from Tim Noonan,
Director, Campaigns and Communications, ITUC& Georgios Altintzis, Policy Officer, ITUC

Saturday, November 15

15.00               Press Conference at the International Media Center

                       Bilateral Meetings with Leaders


Sunday, November 16

                       Bilateral Meetings with Leaders