8:30-9:00

Registration

9:00-9:15

Welcome address

Ms. Hanne Bjurstrøm, Minister of Labour, Norway
Mr. Aart de Geus, Deputy Secretary-General, OECD

9:15-11:00

Key findings from the OECD Jobs for Youth review

Keynote address:

• Mr. Tito Boeri, Professor of Economics at Bocconi University, Italy

Comments:

• Mr. Roland Schneider, Senior Policy Adviser, Trade Union Advisory Committee to the OECD
• Mr. Henrik Bach Mortensen, Executive Director, Danish Employers' Confederation, Denmark

General Discussion
Final remarks: OECD

11:00-11:30

Coffee Break

11:30-12:45

Session 1

How to sustain youth employment in a weak labour market?

Chair: Mr. Bo Smith, Chairman of OECD's Employment, Labour and Social Affairs Committee, Ministry of Employment, Denmark

Interventions:

• Jobtonic: an intensified programme to promote youth employment: Ms. Carole Descamps, Directrice Exécutive, Forem Conseil, Belgium
• The experience of Victoria: Mr. George McLean, Director, Youth Transition Pathways, Department of Education, State of Victoria, Australia
• The experience of Spain: Mr. Francisco Aranda, Chairman, Asociacion de Grandes Empresas de Trabajo Temporal, Spain
• The role of the transitions in entering the labor market and how to fully activate the most educated generation ever: Mr. Luca Scarpiello, Board Member, European Youth Forum, Italy

General discussion

12:45-14:00

Lunch hosted by the Minister of Labour, Norway

14:00-15:15

Session 2

What works in OECD countries for disadvantaged youth?

Chair: Mr. Bo Smith, Chairman of OECD's Employment, Labour and Social Affairs Committee, Ministry of Employment, Denmark

Interventions:

• Lessons from Mølla Work Resource Institute: Mr. Jan Eirik Vestnes, Project Manager, Norway
• Job Corps - An Effective Intervention for Youth Unemployment: Ms. Lynn Intrepidi, United States
• Lessons from Second-Chance Schools: Mr. Lionel Urdy, General Director, France
• The Dutch approach on disadvantaged youth: Ms. Ans Seriese-van der Hout, Project Manager, Netherlands

General discussion

15:15-15:45

Coffee

Side-event organised by the European Youth Forum

15:45-17:15

Session 3

Governments cannot do everything: Supports and incentives from employers and unions to invest in youth

Chair: Mr. Bo Smith, chairman of OECD's Employment, Labour and Social Affairs Committee, Ministry of Employment, Denmark

Interventions:

• The Employers’ point of view: Mr. Svein Oppegaard, Executive Director, NHO – Confederation of Norwegian Enterprise, Norway
• The Trade Unions’ point of view: Ms. Marie-Louise Knuppert, Confederal Secretary, Danish Confederation of Trade Unions, Denmark
• What youth organisations are doing in the field of employment and education: the youth employment action project:  Mr. Tine Radinja, President, European Youth Forum, Slovenia
• The challenges faced by the dual model in Austria: Ms. Christine Holzer, Federal Ministry of Labour, Social Affairs and Consumer Protection, Austria

General discussion

17:15-17:30

Closing remarks by the chair

17:30

Cocktail (at the hotel)

20:00

Dinner for Ministers and their representatives
Host:  Ms. Kristin Halvorsen, Minister of Education, Norway

8:30-9:00 

Registration

9:00-9:45

Chair: Ms. Hanne Bjurstrøm, Minister of Labour, Norway

Welcome address

Ms. Hanne Bjurstrøm, Minister of Labour, Norway
Mr. Aart de Geus, Deputy Secretary-General, OECD

Short statements from BIAC and TUAC

• Mr. Tadahiro Asami, Secretary-General, Business and Industry Advisory Committee
• Ms. Marie-Louise Knuppert, Vice - President, Trade Union Advisory Committee

Video message

• Commissioner Mr. László Andor, Employment, Social Affairs and Inclusion, European Commission

9:45-11:15

Session 1

Helping youth get a firm foothold in the labour market: what works and for whom?

Chair: Mr. Aart de Geus, Deputy Secretary-General, OECD

Introductory comments:

• Mr. Hanno Pevkur, Minister of Social Affairs, Estonia
• Mr. Hyen Taek Eom, Deputy Minister for Employment Policy, Korea
• Mr. Lajos Bozi, Ambassador, Hungary

Contribution:

• Ms. Azita Berar Awad, Director, International Labour Organization

General discussion

11:15-11:30

Coffee Break

11:30-13:00

Session 2

Minimising the “scarring” effects of the jobs crisis on youth:  what are the short-term and longer-term policy options?

Chair: Mr. Aart de Geus, Deputy Secretary-General, OECD

Introductory comments:

• Mr. Ömer Dinçer, Minister of Labour and Social Security, Turkey
• Mr. Sipho Ndebele, Minister-Counsellor, South Africa
• Ms. Inger Stojberg, Minister of Employment, Denmark
• Mr. Jan-Erik Støstad, State Secretary, Norway

General discussion

13:00-14:30

Lunch hosted by the Minister of Labour, Norway

14:30-15:45

Session 3

Implementing the necessary structural reforms to promote more and better jobs for youth: what are the priorities?

Introductory comments:

• Ms. Maria Helena André, Minister of Labour and Social Solidarity, Portugal
• Mr. Svetlik, Minister of Employment, Slovenia
• Ms. Kristin Halvorsen, Minister of Education, Norway
• Mr. Andreas Storm, State Secretary, Germany

General discussion

• Ms. Margaret Pearce, Minister-Counsellor Education and Employment, Australia 

15:45-16:00

Closing address

Mr. Aart de Geus, Deputy Secretary-General, OECD

Ms. Hanne Bjurstrøm, Minister of Labour, Norway