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DRAFT PROGRAMME OF THE EVENT

9:00

Registration

9:30

Welcome - Karima Delli, MEP

9.45 

Part I: Needs of a 21st century pension system

• Eurofound researcher: life-course approach
• Sociologist: new work biographies, bridging the gaps
• Social Protection Committee: issue of stable financing for pension systems

11:00

Part II: Discussion Green family

Facilitator: Philippe Lamberts, MEP and Co-Chairman of The European Green party

On the panel:
MEPs: Karima Delli, Jean Lambert
National Parliaments: Jesse Klaver (Groenlinks); George Gilkinet (Ecolo); Wolfgang Strengmann-Kuhn (Bündnis 90/Die Grünen)
European Networks of Green Seniors: Tony Cooreman

Key questions to the panel and participants:

• How do we obtain a poverty-proof first pillar pension system?
• How successfully does your pension system address persons at risk of age poverty?
• How do we overcome the problems created by 20th century pension systems that focus on full-time, no breaks, single employer frameworks?
• When shifting away from current models, how do we maintain financial sustainability?
• How do we bridge the gender gap of this issue?
• How do we tackle singularities within a collective framework?
• How do we create better transition security and a stable social protection 'floor' so that people are willing to take risks and explore new options towards new green jobs for a Green New Deal?

12.30

Part III: Feedback and conclusions

Jean Lambert, MEP