Conference
"NEXT LEFT 2014: Towards a next Social Contract"
Building Participatory Societies
LISBON, PORTUGAL - APRIL 11TH
NOBLE HALL OF ISEG, INSTITUTE OF ECONOMICS AND MANAGEMENT
PROGRAMME
09:30h |
Welcoming Participants
10:00h |
Opening
Jamila Madeira - Coordinator of LIPP Social Movements
Alfred Gusenbauer - President of the FEPS Research Program - NEXT LEFT and former Chancellor of Austria
Pedro Marques - Member of the Board of Directors of the RES PUBLICA Foundation
10:30h |
Ignite sessions on the 9th May, with the participation of
Miguel Munoz Duarte:
Citizenship Stories - Social Movements in Portugal by:
ECOS Cooperative -
Bruno António
Association of Women Jurists -
Isabel Estrela
North Network -
José Alves
Socialist Youth -
João Torres
11:30h |
Accountants:
Telma Guerreiro - Taipa
Ary Ferreira da Cunha - University of Porto Debating Society
with the support of
Live Sketchers
11:45h |
The Commitment to Socioeconomic Empowerment
This session will look at the concept of societal well-being as an agenda for social transformation. In this sense, the focus will be on combating inequalities, paving the way for the resolution of contemporary distributive conflicts. This search for political answers aims to prove that a fair distribution of power, wealth and knowledge is feasible and compatible with the necessary balances in 21st century society.
Ignacio Urquizu - Associate Professor of Sociology at Complutense University - Madrid
Paulo Barros Vale - Adviser to the EU Economic and Social Committee and Founder of ANJE
Rui Riso - Vice-President of the UGT
Carlos Trindade - CGTP-IN leader and adviser to the EU's economic and social committee
Moderator:
Carlo D`Ippoliti - Researcher at the University of Rome "La Sapienza" and member of FEPS - NEXT LEFT Focus Group
Debate
13:15h |
Lunch
14:00h |
The Mission in the Name of the Welfare State
The global crisis has undermined confidence that existing welfare state networks (especially social security) can protect people from poverty and unemployment, allowing neoliberal rhetoric to question the sustainability and longevity of the welfare state. This is why the progressive left needs to find a response that can, on the one hand, explain the history of impasses, and on the other, demonstrate and concretize its commitment to the agenda of defending the welfare state.
Oriol Bartomeus - Professor of Political Science at the Autonomous University of Barcelona
Maria do Rosário Gama - founding citizen and president of APRE - Associação de Aposentados, Reformados e Pensionistas (Association of Retired, Retired and Pensioners)
Nuno Sá - Member of Parliament and PS coordinator in the Labor Committee
Debate
Moderator:
Ania Skrzypek - Senior Researcher, European Foundation for Progressive Studies (EFPS)
16:00h |
For Trust in Politics
The decline in membership of traditional parties and in citizens' involvement in state affairs are behavioral indicators of people's alienation from politics. In parallel, we see growing support for populist and radical parties which indicate that there is a strong desire for change in the way public policies and institutions are currently operating. It seems that politics applied to the neoliberal TINA logic (there is no alternative!), is forcing societies to look elsewhere for hope. The recent social mobilizations are proof of this trend. If the progressive left aims to restore confidence in the achievement of welfare societies, it needs to find ways to re-engage citizens and decide what kind of alliance it needs to form in order to gain the popular support crucial to governing towards the necessary changes.
Rune Paastrup - Director of Political and Organizational Development - CEVEA
José Diogo Madeira - More Democracy Association
João Paulo Batalha - Transparency and Integrity, Civic Association - TIAC
Moderator:
Matjaz Nahtigal - Associate Professor at the University of Primorska and Member of the FEPS - NEXT LEFT Focus Group
Debate
17:30h |
Building Participatory Societies and Well-being: A Fairer Portugal and Europe!
A journalist's eye (summary of the day):
Elisabete Miranda - Journalist at Jornal de Negócios
Speakers:
Alfred Gusenbauer - President of the FEPS Research Program - NEXT LEFT and former Chancellor of Austria
António José Seguro - PS Secretary General
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