Program
Mo | 25, June 2007
| 9.00 h | Registration of participants |
| 9.30 h | Music by Erwin Nánásy, pupil at the music school, Stuttgart |
| 10.00 h | Welcome Dr. Wolfgang Schuster Mayor of Stuttgart Dr. Ingrid Hamm Executive Director, Robert Bosch Foundation, Stuttgart Chopin Etude 10 Nr. 12 by Erwin Nánásy |
| 10.30 h | Opening words Dr. Monika Stolz Minister for Labour and Social Affairs of Baden-Württemberg Heide Simonis President of UNICEF Germany Björg Tysdal Moe Member of the Congress of Local and Regional Authorities of the Council of Europe, Strasbourg, and Deputy Mayor of the City of Stavanger, Norway Andreas Renschler Member of the Board of Management of DaimlerChrysler AG,responsible for Truck Group & Buses |
| 11.45 h | Coffee break |
| 12.00 h | Opening lecture "Can Europe be child-friendly?" Vladimír Špidla EU-Commissioner for Employment, Social Affairs and Equal Opportunities, Brussels |
| 12.15 h | Panel discussion Dr. Monika Stolz, Heide Simonis, Dr. Ingrid Hamm, Vladimír Spidla, Dr. Wolfgang Schuster, Andreas Renschler and Björg Tysdal Moe Moderation: Dr. Haig Simonian Chief Correspondent, Financial Times, Zurich |
| 13.00 h | Lunch break |
| 14.00 - 16.30 h | Parallel Working Groups Session |
| [Working group 1] | Education Moderation: Heike Hör and Franziska Chambers, Youth Department, City of Stuttgart Expert: Simon Chapple, Child-wellbeing, Social Policy Division, Directorate for Employment, Labour and Social Affairs, Organization for Economic Cooperation and Development, Paris |
| [Working group 2] | Affordable housing + space for outdoor activities Moderation: Jürg Brühlmann, City of Zurich Expert: Dr. John McKendrick, Co-Director of the Scottish Poverty Information Unit, Glasgow Caledonian University |
| [Working group 3] | Health and safety Moderation: Tiia Sairanen, Children’s Ombudsperson, City of Tampere Expert: Prof. René Diekstra, Professor of Psychology and Head Social Science Department, Roosevelt Academy /University of Utrecht , Professor on Youth and Development and Head of the Youth and Development Center, University for Professional Education, The Hague Mag. Christian Theiss, lawyer and children's ombudsman for the region Steiermark, Graz Mika Vuori, expert on health indicators, City of Tampere Margret Goller, Director Nursing and Member of the Management Committee, Olgahospital Stuttgart |
| [Working group 4] | Work-life balance Moderation: Dr. Ursula Matschke, Head of the Mayor's Unit "Equal Opportunities for Women and Men", City of Stuttgart Expert: Ursula Schwarzenbart, Director of the Global Diversity Office, DaimlerChrysler AG, Stuttgart |
| [Working group 5] | Generation dialogue: active living together of old and young Moderation: Anne Öuemaa, Chief Specialist of Youth Policy Service, City of Tartu Expert: Prof. Pau Mari-Klose, Methodological Director of the First Panel Survey of Families and Childhood, Professor at the University of Barcelona, the Institute of Education of Students and the Institute for Childhood and Urban Studies, Barcelona |
| [Working group 6] | Youth participation Moderation: Sander Dekker, Alderman for Youth, City of The Hague Expert: Dr. Jan van Gils, Director of the Child-friendly Cities Network |
| 18.30 - 22.00 h | Reception at the Robert Bosch Foundation Heidehofstraße 31, 70184 Stuttgart |
Tue | 26, June 2007
| 9.00 h | Continued Parallel Working Groups Session |
| 11.00 h | Coffee break |
| 11.15 h | Final Plenary Session Presentation of results by the Working Group Chairs Concluding remarks Dr. Wolfgang Schuster Moderation: Dr. Haig Simonian |
| 13.30 h | Lunch buffet |
| 14.30 - 16.00 h | Optional: visit of an Einstein-kindergarden (facility with special early-childhood education concept) +"house for generations" ("Generationenhaus") in Stuttgart |
