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Hopes, Fears and Aspirations

FES Alumni Conference 2019

Friedrich-Ebert-Stiftung România



Mirna JusićResearcher, ANALITIKA Center for Social Research, Bosnia and HerzegovinaMirna Jusic is a senior research associate of the Center for Social Research Analitika, Sarajevo, and one of its co-founders. Mirna holds an MA degree in Public Policy from the Department of Public Policy, Central European University, Budapest and an MA Degree in State Management and Humanitarian Affairs from the Sapienza University of Rome, University of Sarajevo and University of Belgrade. She is currently a PhD candidate in the Public and Social Policy Program, Institute of Sociological Studies, Charles University in Prague. Her research interests are in the fields of governance and social policy.Email: [email protected]

Hopes, Fears and Aspirations

FRIDAY, October 11th, 2019

Opening Session

Building the world of tomorrow cannot be achieved without the youth of today. However, a majority of people in

Europe believe that their children will be worse off than they are today. The new generations are facing a world that

is both more complex to understand and more transformative. What Europe’s youth’s fears and aspirations tell us

about the possibilities to shape the future?

SPEAKERS:

mailto:[email protected]



Gabriel Bădescu, PhDDirector, Center for the Study of Democracy, Cluj-NapocaGabriel Bădescu is professor of political science and the director of the Center for the Study of Democracy at Babes-Bolyai University. He held a Fulbright Research fellowship, an International Fellowship of Open Society Institute, and currently holds a UNESCO Global Education Monitoring Report fellowship. His research interests include democratic transitions, social capital, youth socialization, education policies, inequalities and migration. In addition to his academic research activity, Bădescu is frequently involved in policy research. He was the president of the Romanian Agency for Governmental Strategies, a member of the Romanian National Research Council and a member of the Romanian National Council of Higher Education Statistics and Forecast.Email: [email protected]

Sebastian Țoc, PhDResearcher, Research Institute for Quality of Life, Romanian AcademySebastian Țoc is currently a researcher at the Research Institute for Quality of Life within the Romanian Academy (ICCV) and Assistant Professor at the Faculty of Political Sciences (SNSPA Bucharest). Sebastian has extensive experience in designing and conducting both quantitative and qualitative research. His research agenda includes topics such as equal educational opportunities and social exclusion in Romania; research on vulnerable youth in Romania; the analysis of policies aimed at tackling social inequalities in Romania, and quality of life indicators. Sebastian holds a Ph.D. in Sociology awarded by the National University of Political Science and Public Administration (SNSPA). Email: [email protected]

MODERATOR:

Cristian ChiscopReferent, Friedrich-Ebert-Stiftung, BucharestCristian Chiscop has been working with Friedrich-Ebert-Stiftung Romania since 2003. He is in charge of international dialogue and political education programs. Since 2012 he has been involved in a number of research projects on the dangers to democracy, in particular with present forms of political radicalism in Romania and in South-Eastern Europe, with an emphasis on developing tools to raise awareness on the topic for both the general public and for relevant authorities. He holds a BA in philology and a postgraduate degree in European Integration and International Relations.Email: [email protected]




Policy design for social progress



Policy design for social progress



SATURDAY, October 12th, 2019

PANEL I

Left unattended, mounting inequalities will feed into a four-fold crisis: economic, political, social and ecological at

the same time. The Member States cannot counter the effects on their own, nor can they mount a credible defense

unaccompanied by others. There is a clear need of more effective national and European policies. In recent years

the EU has developed new instruments to measure, complementary to economic performance, the social aspects

of life in the EU and the social impact of EU’s various policies. But is the European Pillar of Social Rights providing

the right framework and tools to achieve more equitable social outcomes?

SPEAKERS:Victor Negrescu, PhDMember of the European Parliament, S&DBetween 2014 and 2017, Negrescu was a Member of the European Parliament. He was re-elected on the list of the Social Democratic Party as MEP at the European Elections in May 2019. Between June 2017 and November 2018 he served as Minister Delegate for European Affairs. During his mandate Negrescu coordinated the preparation of the Romanian Presidency of the Council of the European Union and was part of the team which defined the strategy of the Romanian Government in the Brexit process. Since 2007, Negrescu is the president and national coordinator of the Romanian network of PES activists. He is a member of the Democratic Left Foundation (Fundația Stânga Democratică). Since 2012 Negrescu is a lecturer at the National School of Political Science and Public Administration, where he has developed a Master's programme in English on Development, International Cooperation and Humanitarian Aid, as well as a research center – the Institute for International Cooperation and Development (ICID). He holds an MBA in executive business and a PhD in development cooperation.



Cristina Raț, PhDLecturer, Faculty of Sociology and Social Work, Babes-Bolyai University, Cluj-NapocaCristina Raț is lecturer at the Faculty of Sociology and Social Work of the Babeș-Bolyai University Cluj-Napoca, teaching courses on Social stratification and mobility, Social Policies and Social inequalities and the critical analysis of public policies. She defended her doctoral thesis ”The social segregation of the poor in Romania during the transition period” at the same university, in 2008. Her research is focused on the problems of inequality and social marginalization in relation with redistributive social policies. She worked in national research grants such as ”The spacialization and rasialization of social exclusion” (2013-2015), along with studies commissioned by the World Bank (2009), the UNDP (2012), and the European Commission (2018).Email: [email protected]

Dragoș Adăscăliței, PhD Lecturer in Employment Relations, Sheffield University Management SchoolDragos is Lecturer in Human Resource Management and Employment Relations at Sheffield University Management School. He is a member of the Centre for Decent Work (DWP). Before joining the Management School, he worked as a postdoctoral researcher at Central European University (CEU), Center for Policy Studies in Budapest, Hungary. He is interested in labour markets and industrial relations, especially in issues of power and agency. His work has been published in Economic and Industrial Democracy, European Journal of Industrial Relations, European Urban and Regional Studies, IZA Journal of Labour Policy etc.Email: [email protected]

MODERATOR:

Simona Stănescu, PhDSenior Researcher, Research Institute for Quality of Life, Romanian AcademySimona Maria is a sociologist and senior researcher at the Research Institute for Quality of Life. She obtained her PhD in Sociologyfrom the Faculty of Sociology and Social Assistance, University of Bucharest. Simona is the author of two books, one of which, ″The welfare state between survival, reform and European integration″ received the Dimitrie Gusti award of the Romanian Academy. She co-authored and coordinated several other books on social development and social assistance. Her research interests include: welfare state, social work, social economy, and vulnerable groups.Email: [email protected]

Bela Galgoczi, PhDSenior Researcher, European Trade Union Institute – ETUI, BrusselsBela Galgoczi has been working as senior research officer at the European Trade Union Institute (ETUI), Brussels since April 2003. His main research fields over the years have been capital and labour mobility in the EU, third country migration and income convergence. His current research focus is a just transition towards a carbon neutral economy with focus on fair labour market transitions in carbon intensive sectors and regions. He has a degree in electronical engineering (Budapest Technical University), in sociology (University of Sciences Budapest) with post-graduate studies in political science University of Amsterdam). He also holds a Ph.D. in economics (Hungarian Academy of Sciences). Email: [email protected]





new versus traditional work environments



new versus traditional work environments




PANEL II

The high-paced disruptive technological innovations that we see today have tremendous effects on the world of

labour, exposing workers and communities across the globe to unprecedented levels of uncertainty and volatility.

The Welfare State model is coming increasingly under threat. How to pace ourselves through change on the labour

markets and how to ensure that the future of work works for everyone in the society?



Verena Tobsch, PhDFounder & Partner, Institute for Empirical Socio-economic Research INES Berlin Verena Tobsch researches flexible forms of work, working time, quality of work, changes in working cultures, digitization, labormarket policy, basic security and social participation, equality, reconciliation of work and family life in Germany and Europe as well as selected areas of personnel policy and operational areas of activity. She studied business administration at the Otto-von-Guericke University Magdeburg and at the Free University Berlin. She earned her PhD in political sciences at the Department of Social Economics of the University of Hamburg with the topic "Working time wishes and potentials of the workforce. Balance between professional world and family life". Before the founding of INES Berlin, she had already worked as an economist for 10 years (E · x · AKT Wirtschaftsforschung).Email:[email protected]

MODERATOR:

SPEAKERS:

Victoria Stoiciu, PhDReferent, Friedrich-Ebert-Stiftung, BucharestVictoria Stoiciu is a project manager of the Friedrich Ebert Foundation Romania since 2006. In this capacity she coordinated numerous projects on labor mobility, sustainable development, social inclusion and social dialogue. She is a Transatlantic Forum on Migration and Integration (GMF) scholar and graduate of the European School of Democracy within the European Council. Between 2011 and 2013 she was part of the CriticAtac coordinating team. She published opinion articles and essays in Decât o Revistă, Dilema Veche, Foreign Policy Romania, Economistul, Republica.ro. Victoria also authored several academic articles on Romanian social movements, published in Studia Europaea, Südosteuropa Mitteilungen (SOM) etcEmail:[email protected]

Stefan Guga, PhD Expert Syndex RomaniaȘtefan Guga has a PhD in sociology and social anthropology from Central European University, Budapest. He has done extensive academic and policy research on industrial relations and labour markets in Romania. He currently works as a consultant for SyndexRomania in Bucharest.Email:[email protected]




for a Green Agenda of the Left



for a Green Agenda of the Left




PANEL III

Within the lifespan of a generation environmental issues have changed all aspects of human life. From early

attempts at raising environmental awareness to newer efforts to diminish the rate of use of non-renewable natural

resources or to offset the ‘social cost of carbon’, climate change mitigation has gained salience for a number of

issues which go beyond environmental sustainability concerns. More and more voices consider necessary a ‘green

new deal’ as a matter of both ensuring economic development and fighting economic inequality. However, green

parties at the periphery of EU, most notably in Eastern Europe, are not capable to mirror the electoral success their

sister parties enjoy in the West. And the political parties of the Left in these countries are nowhere near bringing to

the core of their political agenda green topics.

SPEAKERS:Ada AmonSenior Associate, E3G – Third Generation Environmentalism, Berlin Office / BudapestAda is a senior associate of E3G – Third Generation Environmentalism since June 2015. E3G is ranked fifth on the environmental think tank list. Ada’s original focus area is energy efficiency policy development and she is in charge of developing the regional programs for Central Eastern Europe and Western Balkan. In the past she worked as a consultant for the London-based International Institute for Energy Conservation (IIEC) and as the energy coordinator of CEE Bankwatch. She was the initiator or/and board member of many energy and climate related international programmes and cooperation. She was the co-author of many international, jointly produced and individually signed publications and articles. She was listed on the most influential Hungarian women in 2015 by Forbes (public figure section) and also listed as brave woman among the top 5 by WMN.hu. She is a qualified economist. Email:[email protected]

http://www.e3g.org/

https://wmn.hu/




Adrian Dohotaru, PhDMember of the Chamber of Deputies, Committee for Labour and Social Protection Adrian Dohotaru is an unaffiliated MP. He is interested in social and environmental issues. He also worked in research as a civic activist. His book “Socialiștii. O moștenire (1835-1921)“ about the history of the local left just came out. He is a co-initiator of participative budgeting in Romania, and stands for public and green spaces as well as for alternative mobility to personal car traffic. The town hall recently accepted the creation of one of the largest parks in the country, a natural area rich in biodiversity, similar to Văcărești Delta. He is fighting for the housing rights of people with low incomes, a new law of social dialogue, correlating the minimum wage with a minimum basket for decent living. He likes to do jogging and read.Email:[email protected]

MODERATOR:

Alexandru MustațăCampaign Coordinator, Bankwatch RomaniaReferent, Friedrich-Ebert-Stiftung, BucharestAlexandru joined Bankwatch Romania in 2015 to run the national campaign on coal power plants and mines. His interests expanded to solutions for the energy system and for the people, becoming CEE Bankwatch's Just Transition Coordinator in 2017 and supporting the network's campaign in six European countries. He has a degree in International Relations and European Studies.Email:[email protected]

Ion CîmpeanuState Secretary, Ministry of Environment Ion Cîmpeanu is a graduate of the Faculty of Law of the University ”A.I. Cuza” Iasi, Romania, and holds a Master in Law at the University "Petre Andrei" Iasi. Since April 2017 he holds the position of State Secretary within the Romanian Ministry of Environment. He coordinates areas such as Climate Change and Sustainable Development, Relations with Parliament and the Administration of the Environment Fund. Ion Cîmpeanu is Vice-President of the Inter-ministerial Working Group for Energy-Climate Strategy, Vice-President of the Inter-ministerial Committee for Sustainable Development. In December 2017 he led Romania's delegation to the One Planet Summit on the Implementation of the Paris Agreement and represented Romania at the OECD Climate Working Group and at the Geneva Regional Development Forum 2018. His areas of interest are: adaptation to climate change, reduction of CO2 emissions, renewable energy, green buildings, smart cities, biodiversity, and responsible tourism. He is a member of the Social Democratic Party (PSD) since 2006, he was the president of the Youth Organization TSD Iași (2013-2016), at present he is the Vice-President of the PSD Environment Department.

Email: [email protected]






SUNDAY, October 13th, 2019

Wrap-up Session

Are the current left parties in Europe spent? As shocking as the question may be, their depressing results in the

electoral arena in recent years call for a careful consideration of the underlying causes and connected processes

which make it harder for these parties to re-establish themselves as the incumbent political force for progress and

social justice.



Cristian Pîrvulescu, PhDDean, Faculty of Political Science, SNSPACristian Pîrvulescu is a professor at the National School of Political Studies and Public Administration (SNSPA) in Bucharest. He is the Dean of the Faculty of Political Science since December 2005. Pîrvulescu graduated in 1989 from the University of Bucharest's Faculty of Philosophy, and went on to finish his education at the Paris-based Institut d'Etudes Politiques and the FondationNationale des Sciences Politiques. He authored his Ph.D. thesis on ”Tendencies and Evolutions in the Dynamics of the Western European Political Parties at the End of the 20th Century”. A well-known figure in the Romanian post-1989 Revolution non-governmental organization scene, he has been president of the Association Pro Democraţia (1999-2013), is a founding member of the Romanian Political Science Association, and adviser for the World Bank Comprehensive Development Frame Program. He has authored numerous articles, studies and papers. He is a frequent editorialist, commentator and analyst in Romanian and foreign media.Email:[email protected]

MODERATOR:

SPEAKERS:

Stephan MeuserRepresentative in Romania and the Republic of Moldova, Friedrich-Ebert-StiftungStephan Meuser, born in 1978, has been working with Friedrich-Ebert-Foundation (FES) since 2005. After several years as political consultant in the department for Central and Eastern Europe in Berlin he was running the FES office in Kiev from 2014-16. Since June 2016, he is country representative of FES in Bucharest, covering Romania and the Republic of Moldova. Stephan Meuser holds degrees in political sciences and law which he studied in the University of Bonn and at the Institute of Political Studies(Sciences Po) in Paris. After finishing his studies, he worked as research associate at Freie Universität in Berlin. Email:[email protected]

Alexandru Coita, PhDIndependent analyst, BucharestA diplomat by training, Alexandru Coita is currently a consultant and independent analyst based in Bucharest, Romania. He holds a PhD in Political Science from the National School of Political Science and Public Administration in Bucharest and Master’s degrees from Johns Hopkins SAIS (USA) and Aberystwyth University (UK). He has held the offices of deputy transport minister (2012) and permanent representative of the Romanian Chamber of Deputies to the EU (2010 - 2012). In 2013, he founded a boutique consultancy serving as go-to resource on the ground for international actors with a focus on Romania. Recently, he has provided strategic counsel to institutional actors on issues relating to Romania’s role in the European Union. As an analyst, he is regularly solicited by several national TV networks to provide commentary and analysis on key domestic and international developments.Email:[email protected]




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