INVITATION
We would like to invite you to the International Conference of Organisation for Mediation and Arbitration, (O.ME.D. Greece) on
"THE SETTLEMENT OF LABOUR DISPUTES IN EUROPE"
with participants - representatives of alternative labour disputes resolution services and organisations, across Europe.
The Conference will take place Friday, 5th of April, at the University of Athens, in collaboration with the Law School of Athens and the International Labour Organisation (ILO) in I. Drakopoulou Conference room - University of Athens
Anyone interested in participating are welcomed to join the Conference as there will be a live streaming via Youtube, in both Greek and English.
Also, there is a QR Code and a hyperlink for the connection.
For your convenience, the link is as follows
stream YouTube ENG; https://www.youtube.com/live/jt4shDPshog?si=kX0LmpT0QGxYIqcj
The Conference aims at accelerating the betterment of the services provided by OMED as well as promoting the social dialogue and the institutional networking.
Under the patronage of H.E. the President of the Hellenic Republic Ms Katerina Sakellaropoulou.
You may find more details of the Conference's Program here and the Poster here.
Program
| 08:30 – 09:00 | Registration | ||
| 09:00 – 09:45 | Conference Opening | ||
| First Session | |||
| Chairperson | Ioannis Koukiadis | Professor Law School, Aristotle University of Thessaloniki | |
| 09:45 – 10:05 | Comparative Report | Jean Michel Servais | President of International Society for Labour Law and Social Security |
| 10:05 – 10:25 | Greece | Costas Papadimitriou | President of the OMED, Professor Law School, University of Athens |
| 10:25 – 10:45 | Belgium | Guy Van Gyes | Direction générale Relations collectives de travail |
| 10:45 – 11:05 | Bulgaria | Vladimir Boyadjiev | National Institute for Conciliation and Arbitration (NICA) |
| 11:05 – 11:25 | Discussion | ||
| 11:25 – 11:50 | Coffee Break | ||
| Second Session | |||
| Chairperson | Dr. Thanos Papaioannou | President of the Supreme Council for Civil Personnel Selection (gr; ASEP) | |
| 11:50 – 12:10 | Ireland | Sylda Langford | Workplace Relations Commission |
| 12:10 – 12:30 | North Macedonia | Ilija Manasiev | Association of Conciliators and Arbitrators in LDs |
| 12:30 – 12:50 | Portugal | Alexandra Silva | General Directorate for Employment and Industrial Relations (DGERT) |
| 12:50 – 13:10 | Serbia | Ivica Lazović | Serbian Agency for Peaceful Settlement of Labour Disputes |
| 13:10 – 13:30 | Discussion | ||
| 13:30 – 14:40 | Light Lunch | ||
| Third Session | |||
| Chairperson | Christina Mihes | former Head of Labour Law and Reform Unit at ILO | |
| 14:40 – 15:00 | Spain | Eva Ruiz Colomé | Servicio Interconfederal de Mediación y Arbitraje |
| 15:00 – 15:20 | Sweden | Irene Wennemo | National Mediation Office (Medlings insitutet) |
| 15:20 – 15:40 | Ukraine | Svitlana Zapara | National Mediation & Conciliation Service |
| 15:40 – 16:00 | United Kingdom | Marina Glasgow | Advisory, Conciliation and Arbitration Service (ACAS) |
| 16:00 – 16:30 | Discussion | ||
| 16:30 | Conference Closure | ||
