CONGRESS AT A GLANCE

Sunday: 13 June 2004

18.30 - 20.00 Main Registration and Welcome Drink

Monday: 14 June 2004

08.30 - 09.30 Registration for late arrivals

09.00 - 11.30 EPSU Executive Committee

11.30 - 13.00 Lunch Break

START OF THE 7th EPSU CONGRESS

13.00 - 15.00
CONGRESS OPENING
Anna Salfi, EPSU President
Welcome local unions: Ylva Thörn, President of Kommunal
ADDRESS
John Monks, ETUC General Secretary

15.00 - 15.15
ITEM 1 CONSTITUTION OF THE CONGRESS
1.1 Ratification of Congress Board

1.2 Ratification of Standing Orders Committee

1.3 Report of Standing Orders Committee

1.4 Election of Tellers

1.5 Election of the Credentials Committee

1.6. Adoption of Congress Agenda

15.15 - 16.10
ITEM 2 ACTIVITY AND FINANCE REPORTS

Carola Fischbach-Pyttel, General Secretary

Reports from the Standing Committees & Gender Equality Committee

16.10 - 16.15 Report of the Credentials Committee

16.15 - 17.30 Debate and adoption of Activity and Finance Reports.

Close of first day of the Congress & Reception Stockholm Town Hall

Tuesday: 15 June 2004

09.30 - 10.30 Keynote addresses
Philippe Herzog, Member of the European Parliament and President of "Confrontations"
Wolfgang Tiefensee, President of Eurocities (tbc)
10.30 - 12.30
ITEM 3. INTRODUCTION, DISCUSSION AND ADOPTION OF RESOLUTIONS
Resolution R.1 : Public Services - Europe’s Strength

Resolution RA2 : Resolution concerning the Energy Sector

Resolution RA3: Resolution on Public Services competition rules and growth and stability pact

Draft Congress Emergency resolution on the Directive on Services in the Internal Market
12.20 - 12.30 Declaration Transnational Solidarity for an Integrated Industry

12.30 - 14.00 Lunch break

Nota Bene: The Swedish Minister for Policy Coordination, Pär Nuder, will address Congress at 14.30
14.00 - 16.00
ITEM 3. INTRODUCTION, DISCUSSION AND ADOPTION OF RESOLUTIONS (CONTINUED)
Resolution R.2: Collective Bargaining

Resolution RA1: Improving the position of migrant workers/ethnic minorities at the labour market, their workplace and in the unions
16.00 - 17.30 Resolution R.4: Gender Equality

EVENING FREE

Wednesday: 16 June 2004

09.30 - 11.30
ITEM 3. INTRODUCTION, DISCUSSION AND ADOPTION OF RESOLUTIONS (CONTINUED)
Introduction by Henri Lourdelle, ETUC
Resolution R.3: Pensions

12.30 - 14.00 Lunch break

The Irish Minister of European Affairs, Mr Dick Roche, will address Congress at 14.00

14.00 - 17.30
ITEM 3. INTRODUCTION, DISCUSSION AND ADOPTION OF RESOLUTIONS (CONTINUED)

Video interview with Günter Verheugen, EU Commission
Resolution R.5: Public Services in an Enlarged European Union

Resolution RA4: Resolution public Services and Euro-Mediterranean association

ITEM 4. EPSU AFFILIATION FEE 2005 - 2006
Introduction, discussion and adoption of resolution on EPSU Affiliation fees 2005-2006

RECEPTION HOSTED BY THE SWEDISH SOCIAL PARTNERS

Thursday: 17 June 2004

09.30 - 10.30
ITEM 5. REVISION OF EPSU CONSTITUTION
Resolution RA5: Resolution concerning the EPSU political structure

Revision of the EPSU Constitution · Introduction · Debate · Adoption of revised Constitution

10.30 - 11.30

ITEM 6. ELECTIONS
6.1 President

6.2 General Secretary

6.3 Members of the Executive Committee

6.4 Members of the Steering Committee

6.5 Member auditors

ITEM 7. ANY OTHER BUSINESS

11.30 Close of Congress

12.00 - 12.30 EPSU Executive Committee - election of vice presidents + drink new EC & staff.