Conference
Programme
INTERNATIONAL CONFEDERATION OF FREE TRADE UNIONS (ICFTU)/
ICFTU ASIAN AND PACIFIC REGIONAL ORGANISATION (ICFTU-APRO)
TRADE UNION CONFERENCE ON
THE ASIA EUROPE MEETING (ASEM)
15-16 OCTOBER 2000, SEOUL, KOREA
Hosted by the
Federation of Korean Trade unions (FKTU) and
Korean Confederation
of Trade Unions (KCTU) together with
the Friedrich Ebert Stiftung (FES)
PROVISIONAL AGENDA
Sunday, 15 October
09.00 Session 1: Opening of the Conference: Welcome by the host organisations
Mr. Peter Mayer, Korea Representative, Friedrich Ebert Stiftung (FES)
Mr. Lee Nam-Soon, President, Federation of Korean Trade Unions (FKTU)
Mr. Dan Byung-ho, President, Korean Confederation of Trade Unions (KCTU)
09.30 Session 2: The Asia-European Union Meeting and the Trade Union Role - A stock-taking of Asian-European economic, historic, political and social relations
Mr. Noriyuki Suzuki, General Secretary, ICFTU-APRO
Mr. Peter Coldrick, Confederal Secretary, European Trade Union Confederation (ETUC)
Mr. James Howard, Director, Employment and International Labour Standards, ICFTU (introduction of background document)
Prof. Shin Hei-soo, Hanil
University
Followed by a General Debate with interventions from trade union centres of Europe and Asia, international trade secretariats (ITS) and the Trade Union Advisory Committee to the OECD (TUAC)
12.30 Lunch
13.30 Session 3: Discussion of ICFTU/APRO/ETUC Statement to ASEM Summit
16.30 Session 4: The Social Dimension to ASEM:
Mr. John Evans, General Secretary, TUAC
Mr. Yoon Young-mo (Member
of the International Cooperation Commitee, ASEM 2000 Korea People's
Forum)
18.00 Close of first day's discussions
Monday, 16 October
09.00 Session 5: Adoption of ICFTU/APRO/ETUC Statement
10.30 Session 6: ASEM Social & Economic Dialogue with Unions
Mr. Frank Hesske, Representative of European Commission in Korea
senior Korean officials preparing the ASEM Summit
(requested)
Discussion
12.30 Lunch
13.30
Session 7: Future Trade Union Actions on ASEM:
Trade Union Involvement in the Formulation of Policies
general discussion
conclusions: Mr. James Howard (ICFTU) and Mr. Noriyuki Suzuki (ICFTU-APRO)
14.45 Departure Hotel by bus
16.00-17.15 Meeting with Mr. KIM Ho-jin, Minister of Labour of the Republic of Korea
18.30 Reception for conference participants, hosted by FKTU and KCTU
Tuesday, 17 October
10.30 Press Conference
venue: Tower Hotel, Prince room(main-building)
© Friedrich-Ebert-Stiftung I October 2000