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TUESDAY 16 HIGH LEVEL PANELS WORLD FOOD DAY | HIGH LEVEL PANELS 16:30 – 18:00 Placing Social Protection at the Heart Auditorium C of the Development Agenda #SocialProtection #EDD12 Sharan Burrow, Secretary-General of the International Trade Union Confederation – ITUC Pascal Canfin, Minister for Development, France Michel Cichon, Director, Social Security Sector, International Labour Organization Awa Coll Seck, Minister of Health, Senegal Andris Piebalgs, European Commissioner for Development Jean-Marie Spaeth, President of the Public Interest Group for Health and Social Protection in the International Arena – GIP SPSI Access to basic guarantees of social protection is a human right and a way of reducing inequalities and ensuring resilience. Recent crises confirm the need to complement economic growth with social measures to warrant inclusive and sustainable development, reduce poverty and vulnerability. France put social protection at the forefront of its G20 Presidency. In 2012, the World Bank adopted a Strategy on Social Protection, the International Labour Organization developed the Social Protection Floors approach highlighting the role of social dialogue, freedom of association and collective bargaining. The EU just adopted a Communication on social protection in development policy. This panel offers an open platform to discuss social protection in development policies, focusing on implementation in the field. Moderated by Giorgia Giovanetti, Professor of Economics, European University Institute Organised by French Ministry of Foreign Affairs, International Trade Union Confederation – ITUC 38 | EDD 2012 | AGENDA | TUESDAY 16

18:10 – 18:30 Special Address Auditorium A | WORLD FOOD DAY INTRODUCTION Louis Michel, Minister of State, Member of the European Parliament, Co-President of the Joint Parliamentary Assembly ACP-EU, European Parliament Catherine Ashton, Vice-President of the Commission and High Representative of the Union for Foreign Affairs & Security Policy 18:30 – 19:00 20th Anniversary of ECHO Auditorium A INTRODUCTION Louis Michel, Minister of State, Member of the European Parliament, Co-President of the Joint Parliamentary Assembly ACP-EU, European Parliament 19:00 – 21:00 Reception Kristalina Georgieva, European Commissioner for International Cooperation, Humanitarian Aid and Crisis Response TUESDAY 16 | AGENDA | EDD 2012 | 39 TUESDAY 16

18:10 – 18:30 Special Address<br />

Auditorium A<br />

| WORLD FOOD DAY<br />

INTRODUCTION Louis Michel, Minister of State, Member of the European<br />

Parliament, Co-President of the Joint Parliamentary Assembly ACP-EU,<br />

European Parliament<br />

Catherine Ashton, Vice-President of the Commission and<br />

High Representative of the Union for Foreign Affairs & Security Policy<br />

18:30 – 19:00 20th Anniversary of ECHO<br />

Auditorium A<br />

INTRODUCTION Louis Michel, Minister of State, Member of the European<br />

Parliament, Co-President of the Joint Parliamentary Assembly ACP-EU,<br />

European Parliament<br />

19:00 – 21:00 Reception<br />

Kristalina Georgieva, European Commissioner for International<br />

Cooperation, Humanitarian Aid and Crisis Response<br />

TUESDAY 16 | AGENDA | EDD 2012 | 39<br />

TUESDAY 16

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