GENERAL ASSEMBLY 2015
Date: Tuesday 5 May 2015, 09.00-18.30
Venue: Martin’s Brussels EU, Boulevard Charlemagne 80, 1000 Brussels
Social Platform’s annual General Assembly is attended by leaders of European civil society organisations, and has previously seen high-level European figures such as former European Council President Herman van Rompuy participate as keynote speaker.
Online doodle registration – for members only!
Draft Agenda
08.30-09.00 Registration and welcome coffee
09.00 ♦ 1. Welcome and introduction by the President
09.15 ♦ 2. Agenda and minutes
09.30 ♦ 3. Social Platform activities
10.00 ♦ 4. Management Committee elections (1/4)
11.00-11.25 Coffee break
11.30 ♦ 5. Management Committee elections (2/4)
12.00 ♦ 6. Keynote speaker: Marianne Thyssen, European Commissioner for Employment, Social Affairs, Skills & Labour Mobility
Commissioner Marianne Thyssen will speak about her vision for a strong social dimension for Europe
12.30-13.25 Lunch
13.30 ♦ 7. Management Committee elections (3/4)
14.00 ♦ 8. Social Platform finances
14.30 ♦ 9. Management Committee elections (4/4)
14.45-15.10 Coffee break
15.15 ♦ 10. Special guest speaker: Emily O’Reilly, the European Ombudsman
Ombudsman Emily O’Reilly will give her views on citizens’ participation in the EU and some of her on-going investigations
16.45 ♦ 11. Any Other Business
17.00 ♦ 12. Concluding remarks from outgoing and incoming President
