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Programme of the Final Conference of the HDSE Project (Helsinki, 18-20 May 1998)

Monday 18 May 1998 

9.00 - 9.30	Opening of the Conference
	Welcome address: Ms Terttu Huttu-Juntunen, Minister of Health and Social Welfare, Finland
	Opening address: Mr Daniel Tarschys, Secretary General of the Council of Europe
	Address: Mr Claude Evin, Representative of the Parliamentary Assembly of the Council of Europe
9.30 - 10.00	Plenary session chaired by Ms Terttu Huttu-Juntunen Presentation of the HDSE Project: Mr Robin Guthrie, Director of Social and Economic Affairs of the Council of Europe
10.30 - 11.15	Presentation of the HDSE Project Report "Opportunity and risk: trends of social exclusion in Europe": Ms Katherine Duffy, Director of Research
11.15 - 11.45	Debate
14.00 - 16.30	Study visits to projects dealing with social exclusion
17.00 - 19.00	Workshops sessions

	Workshop A Legal rights and vulnerable groups	Workshop B Family and personal networks	Workshop C The role of civil society	Workshop D The local level of intervention
Chairpersons	Claude Evin Representative of the Parliamentary Assembly	Marie-Thérèse Paillusson International Federation of Social Workers (IFSW)	Kari Nars Chairman of the	Irma Pellinen Representative of the Congress of Local and Regional Authorities of Europe
Rapporteurs	Bruno Romazzotti International Movement ATD Fourth World	Solange Choppin de Janvry Internationale Association des Charités (IAC)	Ruth Brand European Anti-poverty Network (EAPN)	Jean Marie Heydt European Committee for Home-based Priority Action for the Child and the Family
Panelists	Steering Committee for Human Rights (CDDH): Jan Lathouwers Dirk Jarré Tekin Akillioglu	European Health Committee (CDSP): Xavier Coyer Riitta Särkelä Ludmila Dziewiecka-Bokun	European Steering Committee for Intergovernmental Co-operation in the Youth Field (CDEJ): Francine Meyer Elena Poptodorova Matti Heikkilä	Steering Committee on Social Policy (CDPS): Helle Niit Emmanuel Moreau Iveta Radicova

Tuesday 19 May 1998 

9.00 - 10.15	Round table: Presentation by HDSE Partners on their work in the field of social exclusion and their role in the Project:
	Chaired by Ms Magdalena Tovornik, Permanent Representative of Slovenia at the Council of Europe Joseph Rowntree Foundation: Sir William Utting Charles Stewart Mott Foundation: Mr Jon Blyth Friedrich Ebert Stiftung: Mr Helmut Weber Caisse de Dépôts et de Consignations (presented by Ms Tovornik) ATD Fourth World Universities: Mr Jean Tonglet
10.45 - 12.00	Round Table and debate on "The political context of the fight against extreme poverty and social exclusion” Chaired by Mr Lamarque and Mr Moreau Journalists at Radio France Urgences

"The political context of the fight against extreme poverty and social exclusion"
Sinikka Mönkäre	Minister of Social Affairs and Health, Finland
Magdalena Tovornik	Committee of Ministers of the Council of Europe
Claude Evin	Parliamentary Assembly of the Council of Europe
Yvette Jaggi	Congress of Local and Regional Authorities of Europe of the Council of Europe
Fintan Farrell	President of the European Anti-Poverty Network (EAPN)
Jean Lapeyre Risto Alanko	ETUC, social partners UNICE, social partners
Jos Jonckers	European Commission, DGV

14.30 - 16.30	Workshop sessions continued
17.00 - 18.00	Preparation in the workshop groups of the reports to be presented and discussed during the plenary session on Wednesday morning

Wednesday 20 May 1998 

9.00 - 10.30	Round table: Presentation/discussion of the reports drawn up by each workshop group Chaired by Ms Maria de Lourdes Pintasilgo, former Prime Minister of Portugal
11.00 - 12.00	Plenary session: Presentation and discussion of the Proposals for Action of the HDSE Project for approval Chaired by Ms Maria de Lourdes Pintasilgo
12.00	Closing session chaired by Ms Sinikka Mönkäre, Minister of Social Affairs and Health, Finland
12.30	Press Conference