Thematic Conference (15/05/2015)
“Social Security and Social Protection in the envisaged unified Cyprus”
On 15th of May one more Thematic Conference took place under this project. The conference dealt with social security and social protection in the envisaged unified Cyprus. It was held at ETKA/PEO building in Nicosia. The conference was opened by the deputy president of DEV-İŞ, Hasan Felek, who gave the welcome speech. It included two sessions. The first concerned social security and the second one was about social protection. The sessions were chaired by Selma Eylem from KTOEÖS and Pieris Pieri from PEO. The key note speaker was Dr. Wolfgang Lutterbach, ILO-ACTRAV Desk Officer for Europe and Central Asia. In the first session, Dr. Lutterbach presented a speech in which he made an introduction to social security and talked about several related subjects such as the ILO’s standards regarding social security and the extent to which social protection is linked with employment and economic growth. The key note speech was followed by two key discussants: the social security and policy experts Alper Barkınay and Michalakis Christou. The session was completed with interventions made by participants. In the second session Dr. Wolfgang Lutterbach spoke about social protection and ILO’s strategy to extent social protection to all. Dr Lutterbach was once again followed by the two key discussants, Alper Barkınay and Michalakis Christou, and completed by discussion. The conference resulted to the adoption of a memorandum presenting the common understanding and expectations derived from its proceedings regarding social security and social protection in the envisaged united Cyprus.
To read or watch the presentation by Dr. Wolfgang Lutterbach on social security in the envisaged unified Cyprus follow the links: pdf or video.
To watch the presentation by Alper Barkınay follow the link: video.
To watch the presentation by Michalakis Christou follow the link: video.
To read or watch the presentation by Dr. Wolfgang Lutterbach on social protection follow the links: pdf or video.
To watch the presentation by Alper Barkınay follow the link: video.
To watch the presentation by Michalakis Christou follow the link: video.
To read the memorandum of the conference click here.
