Webinar: Workplace practices unlocking employee potential - Key findings from the European Company Survey 2019 (ECS), Brussels

Atomium in Brussel
© Kevin Bergenhenegouwen
date October 13, 2020
city Brussels, Belgium
location Residence Palace, Brussels, Belgium Show location
organisation European Centre for the Development of Vocational Training (Cedefop) i

On Tuesday 13 October 2020, Cedefop together with the European Foundation for the Improvement of Living and Working Conditions (Eurofound) will run a webinar entitled Workplace practices unlocking employee potential. It is the first of three webinars to discuss the key findings of the European Company Survey 2019 and their implications for policy and practice.

Speaker Joost Korte, Director-General of DG Employment, Social Affairs and Inclusion will set the scene alongside contributions from Directors Jürgen Siebel, Cedefop and Juan Menéndez-Valdés, Eurofound . A panel discussion with Gabriele Bischoff, MEP and Lucas van Wees, President of the European Association for People management (EAPM) will follow a presentation of findings from report authors Giovanni Russo, Cedefop, and Gijs van Houten, Eurofound. Participants will be invited to join the discussions via a Q&A and LIVE online chat.

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The LIVE webinar will be an opportunity to discuss the fresh findings and explore ways to create a work environment that facilitates and motivates employees to use their skills and knowledge to the full.

Agenda

 

09.30 CET

Welcome and introduction

09.45 CET

Presentation of key findings ECS 2019

09.55 CET

Panel debate on ECS 2019 findings

10.25 CET

Questions & Answers

10.55 CET

Webinar closes

Speakers

Joost Korte

@JoostKorte

Joost Korte was appointed Director General for Employment, Social Affairs, Skills and Labour in 2018. Previously, he was Deputy Director-General of DG Trade and, before this role, the Dutch national served as Deputy Director-General at DG Agriculture and Rural Development Department, as well as in the Enlargement Directorate General. Joost Korte also spent several years in the Commission’s Secretariat General as Director responsible for the relations with the Council of Ministers and gained extensive experience in the Private offices of Sir Leon Brittan, Chris Patten and Danuta Hübner. A lawyer by training, he joined the Commission in 1991, following eight years of academic work on European law at the Universities of Utrecht and Edinburgh.

Lucinda Creighton

@LCreighton

Lucinda Creighton is CEO of Vulcan Consulting Ltd. She is a barrister, qualified New York attorney, former Irish Minister for European Affairs and Member of the Irish Parliament. As Minister for European Affairs she represented Ireland in key negotiations on Ireland’s EU/IMF bailout. During Ireland’s Presidency of the Council of European Union, Creighton led negotiations with 28 Member States on the €960 billion EU Budget, as well as representing the continent in bilateral trade discussions in the United States, leading to the start of formal TTIP negotiations. From 2012 to 2014 she also served as Vice President of the European People’s Party (EPP).

Gabrielle Bischoff

@gabischoff

In May 2019, Gabriele Bischoff has been elected as Member of the European Parliament for the Socialists and Democrats Group. Here, she serves as Vice-Chair of the Committee for Constitutional Affairs (AFCO) and as full member of the Committee on Employment and Social Affairs (EMPL) and Substitute of the Committee on Economic and Monetary Affairs (ECON). She commits her parliamentary work to core social-democratic topics: Minimum wages, minimum resources, collective bargaining and a socially fair EU-Semester. Moreover, she is dedicated to ensuring a broad participation of citizens within the reform process “The Conference of the Future of Europe” which is about to start.

Lucas van Wees

@LucasVanWees

Lucas van Wees, MBA MBT, was elected President of the European Association of People Management (EAPM) in 2017 and is a Board member of the World Federation of People Management Associations (WFPMA). He has served on the Board of the Dutch Association of Personnel Management (NVP). Previously, Lucas van Wees worked for Philips, Shell, KPN in HR, management and commercial roles. In 2016, he became the Director HRM for the University of Amsterdam, the Netherlands. He has co-authored and published various international articles on Career Management, Management Development and HR practices. He holds a B.Sc in Tourism & Leisure (Breda) and Masters in Social Sciences (Tilburg), Telecommunications (Delft) and Business (IMD, Lausanne).

About the European Company Survey

ECS 2019 provides comparative data on workplace strategies and practices for work organisation, human resource management, skills use and skills development, employee participation and social dialogue, in establishments across the 27 EU Member States and the United Kingdom.

The report demonstrates how companies can design their workplace practices to generate outcomes that benefit both workers and employers. It shows that by bundling practices that increase employee autonomy, facilitate employee voice and promote training and learning, businesses can boost performance while improving aspects of workers’ job quality.

Future webinars

  • On 20 October, the second online #AskTheExpert webinar on employee involvement will take place. This will be an opportunity to dig deeper into the ECS 2019 findings relating to this area with Gijs van Houten from Eurofound and worker and employer representatives. An online LIVE chat will also be available.
  • On 29 October, the third online #AskTheExpert webinar on skills use will take place. Giovanni Russo from Cedefop will share findings relating to skills and following a discussion with worker and employer representatives will take questions via an online LIVE chat.

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European Centre for the Development of Vocational Training (Cedefop)

This agency helps develop and implement EU vocational training policies. It monitors labour market trends and helps the European Commission, EU countries, employers' organisations and trade unions to match training provision to labour market needs.

Cedefop is the EU organisation that brings together policymakers, employers' organisations and trade unions, training institutions, teachers and trainers, and learners of all ages – everyone with a stake in vocational education and training.

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