On the 21st of March 2018 in Brussels will be held the Tripartite Social Summit with the participation of the European social partners.
The Executive President of BIA Bojidar Danev, who is a Vice-President of BusinessEurope, will be a keynote speaker on behalf of European business. Mr. Danev’s will give a speech on “Economic and social convergence to strengthen growth and resilience”.
The main theme of the spring social summit is 'Delivering on the European Pillar of Social Rights', in order to strengthen the social acquis and deliver more effective rights to citizens.
Discussions at this summit will focus on three areas:
- reinforcing innovation, job creation and social fairness in the multiannual financial framework
- new forms of work: challenges and opportunities for employment and social dialogue
- economic and social convergence to strengthen growth and resilience
The Tripartite Social Summit is a forum for dialogue between the EU institutions at president level and the European social partners at top management level.
The summit is co-chaired by the President of the European Council, the President of the European Commission and the Head of State or Government of the rotating presidency; this time the latter is the Bulgarian Prime Minister.
The participating social partners are:
- BusinessEurope, whose member from Bulgaria is BIA
- European Centre of Employers and Enterprises providing Public Services (CEEP), whose member is BICA
- European Association of Craft, Small and Medium-sized Enterprises (UEAPME), whose members are UPEE and Union “Made in Bulgaria”
- European Trade Union Confederation (ETUC) and Eurocadres, whose member is CITUB
See more about the event in the calendar of the Bulgarian Presidency HERE
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Press conference following the Tripartite Social Summit, Wednesday, 21 March 2018 17:15 CET (LIVE)
President Tusk briefs the press on the agenda of the European Council at a joint press conference with Bulgarian Prime Minister Boyko Borissov, Commission President Jean-Claude Juncker, President of BusinessEurope Emma Marcegaglia and European Trade Union Confederation Secretary-General Luca Visentini.
