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 [2]

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 [3] and the Poster here [4].  

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