4th October 2012
Brussels, Belgium
Invitation to the second workshop
“Anticipation of change – towards the creation of a European
sector skills council for the European chemical industry?”
ACV-CSC building, Rue de Trèves 31, 1040 Brussels
GENERAL
INFORMATION
The chemical social partners at European level – the European
Chemical Employers Group (ECEG) and industriAll Europe–
would hereby like to invite you to the workshop “Anticipation of
change – towards the creation of a European sector skills
council for the European chemical industry?”. This workshop
takes place in the framework of the EU-funded project “Setting
up a European sector council on employment and skills
needs for the chemical sector”, European project VP/
2011/008/0273.
The aim of the first phase of this project is to deepen and
expand the European social dialogue through a European
network of observatories and stakeholders involved in
employment and skills needs for the chemical sector. ECEG and
industriAll Europe are launching a one-year project (20122013) in order to map and mobilize national, regional or similar
observatories as well as relevant stakeholders in:
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GENERAL
AIM
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exchanging and disseminating best practices and
methodologies on identifying employment and skill
challenges (functioning, role, initiative, scope and results
of their actions, etc.);
acquiring reciprocal knowledge on anticipating and
managing change;
identifying those bodies which already have developed
advanced tools and information platforms on relevant
issues;
identifying interested national and regional organisations
which are willing to be involved in the creation of a
European sector council on employment and skill needs;
assessing the feasibility of such a network before going
further in the creation of a European sector council.
With the financial support of the European Union
4th October 2012
Brussels, Belgium
CONTENT
The second workshop will deal with: “Anticipation of change
– towards the creation of a European sector skills council for
the European chemical industry?”. This workshop will be an
occasion to discuss
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the anticipation of change with all the stakeholders
involved. Discussions will focus on the interest and the
possibilities for reinforcing the network of observatories
at European level.
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if the conditions for setting up a sector council in the
chemical industry are met.
The presence of stakeholders such as education and training organisations and providers
from EU Member States in the workshop will be essential. Discussions could pave the
way for formulating first recommendations for building the network of observatories and
stakeholders in the chemical industry at European level.
Interpretation in the following languages will be available in EN, FR, DE.
Please find attached the draft agenda, the reimbursement form, the
registration form and hotel reservation form. The filled in registration forms
should be sent to Katia Sohier (katia.sohier@eceg.org, Fax: +32 2 290 89 74,
Tel.:+32 2 290 89 71) before 1st September 2012.
In order to be reimbursed participants are requested to fill out the enclosed reimbursement
form, provide travel invoices, original airplane/train tickets and original boarding passes.
The required documents can be handed over to the ECEG representative present on the
spot or sent back after the meeting to the ECEG Secretariat to the attention of Katia Sohier
Hotel address:
We would be very happy to welcome you
to this event.
HOTEL CHAMBORD
82, rue de Namur
B-1000 Brussels
Tel: +32 2 548 99 10
Fax: +32 2 514 08 47
Sincerely,
Hotel will be paid for by ECEG. Please
register directly with the hotel by
using the attached hotel reservation
form by 1st September at the latest.
Dr. Andreas Ogrinz
Secretary of the Board
European Chemical Employers Group (ECEG)
With the financial support of the European Union