• Summary of Expert Group Meeting Proceedings
• Photos of the Expert Group Meeting
• Summary of the Results of the Questionnaire Survey
• Agenda
• Profiles of EGM Experts
• List of Confirmed Participants  

PAPERS AND PRESENTATIONS

• Welcome Statement by the European Economic and Social Committee (EESC), Alexander Michael Graf Von Schwerin, Vice President, EESC  
• Civic Engagement in Policy Development and Implementation, M. Adil Khan, Expert on Participatory Governance (powerpoint)
• Some Aspects of Social Dialogue from an ILO's Standpoint, Georges Minet, Senior Labour Law Specialist, Social Dialogue, Labour Law and Labour Administration Department, International Labour Organization (paper)
• Social Partnership and Civil Dialogue in Austria : Participatory Alongside Parliamentary Democracy, Thomas Delapina, Secretary-General,Austrian Social Partners' Advisory Council for Economic & Social Affairs(powerpoint) (paper)
• The Economic and Social Council of Spain : Fifteen years promoting citizen participation, Beatriz Martin-Nieto, Head of the Department of Analysis & Evaluation of Activities, Economic & Social Council, Spain (paper)
• Social Dialogue & Economic and Social Council : Slovenian Case, Igor Antauer, Deputy President, Economic and Social Council (powerpoint)
• Economic and Social Council of Portugal, Renata Mesquita, Economic Advisor to the President, Economic & Social Council (powerpoint) (paper)
• The Dutch Social and Economic Council : Some Special Features, Steven Duursma, Deputy Secretary-General, Socio-economic Council (powerpoint) (paper)
• The Social Economic Council of Aruba, Ben Marapin, Secretary-General, Social Economic Council (powerpoint) (paper)
• Tripartite Commission for Social and Economic Affairs, Agata Oklinska, Senior Specialist, Social Dialogue & Partnership Department, Ministry of Labour & Social Policy, Poland (powerpoint) (paper)
• The CES Link Project : A Communication Tool Between the Economic and Social Councils in the European Union, Martha Theodorou, Head, Public and International Relations, Economic & Social Council, Greece (powerpoint)
• The Role of Economic & Social Council of Bulgaria for the Development of a New Model of Civil Dialogue & Consultations, Lalko Dulevski, President Economic & Social Council (powerpoint) (paper)
• Hungarian Economic & Social Council, Janos Toth, President, Economic& Social Council (powerpoint)(paper)
• The Council of Economic & Social Agreement, Czech Republic, Lubomir Baros, Senior Counsellor, External Relations (paper)
• Analyzing Intensity Levels of Civil Participation : The Case of ESCs in Eastern European Countries, Jacinto De Vera & Silke Eisenbeiss (paper)
• Capacity Building Initiatives for Economic & Social Councils, Efrain Velazquez, President, National Economic Council, Venezuela (paper) (powerpoint)
• State of the Economic and Social Councils in Africa, Simone Zoundi, Vice President, Economic & Social Council, Burkina Faso and Gustabe Nebie, Interregional Advisor, UNDESA (French) (English)
• Innovative Experiences & Best Practices : Economic & Social Council, Guinea (French) powerpoint
• UNDESA's Development Account Project, Jacinto De Vera, EGM Chair (powerpoint)
• UNDESA's Work Programme on Economic and Social Councils, Jacinto De Vera, EGM Chair (powerpoint)
• UNDESA's Database on Economic and Social Councils (ESCs) and Report on UNDESA's Survey on ESCs,          Mary Christine Ong-Reyes, EGM Coordinator (powerpoint)

• Mr. DE VERA, Jacinto
  Chief, Policy Analysis and Coordination Unit, Socio-Economic Governance & Management Branch, DPADM, UNDESA
  SGMB / DPADM, United Nations