The European Union Center is pleased to sponsor
an International Workshop on

“New Approaches to Governance
in EU Social and Employment Policy:
Open Coordination and the Future of Social Europe”

Friday, October 31, 2003
9:30-4:30
206 Ingraham Hall

With visiting speakers:
Frank Vandenbroucke
Belgian Minister of Employment and Pensions
Philippe Pochet
Director of the European Social Observatory, Brussels
Jill Rubery
Director of the European Work and Employment Research Centre, Manchester
Martin Rhodes
Professor of European Public Policy, European University Institute, Florence

The Open Method of Coordination (OMC) is an experimental approach to EU governance
based on benchmarking of national progress towards common European objectives and
organized mutual learning. It has been applied in recent years across a growing range of
policy areas, including employment, social inclusion/poverty, and pension reform.

The workshop will bring together a group of leading European and US experts
to discuss the promise, limitations, and prospects of open coordination
as a new governance tool for EU social and employment policies.

The workshop is open to the public. Lunch will be provided for participants who register in advance.
Please contact Darya Vassina at the European Union Center, dvassina@wisc.edu, or 608-265-8040.

Program and Related Papers follow

This workshop is cosponsored by:
The Governance Project of the Center on World Affairs and the Global Economy (WAGE)
The La Follette School of Public Affairs
The Institute for Research on Poverty (IRP)
and
The Institute for Legal Studies

PLEASE NOTE
that Frank Vandenbrouck will also be the featured speaker at the symposium:
"Promoting Active Welfare States: A Transatlantic Dialogue"
Thursday, 30 October 2003
3:30 p.m.
206 Ingraham Hall, 1155 Observatory Drive

“New Approaches to Governance
in EU Social and Employment Policy:
Open Coordination and the Future of Social Europe”

Workshop Program and Related Papers

9:00-9:30 Coffee

9:30-10:45

Frank Vandenbroucke (links: related paper #1, related paper #2, related paper#3)
Belgian Minister of Employment and Pensions
“The Open Method of Coordination in the EU: An Assessment”

10:45-11:00 Break

11:00-12:00

12:00-1:00 Lunch

1:00-2:00

2:00-3:00

3:15-4:30 Roundtable concluding discussion led by UW Faculty (links: related paper by David and Louise Trubek, related paper #1 by Jonathan Zeitlin, related paper #2 by Zeitlin and Sabel)

With presentations by:
David Trubek
Director of the Center on World Affairs and the Global Economy and Voss-Bascom Professor of Law
Louise Trubek
Clinical Professor of Law
Jonathan Zeitlin
Director of the European Union Center and Professor of Sociology, Public Affairs, and History