Labour market in Italy and Europe: the way forward

Italian Minister for Labour and
Social Policies
Elsa Fornero

“Labour market in Italy and Europe: the way forward”

Programme

3pm to 4.pm

Welcome remarks by

Mr Daniel Crosby

Vice-president, Diplomatic Club of Geneva

&

Mr Guy Mettan

Director, Geneva Press Club

Introduction by

Ambassador Laura Mirachian

Permanent Representative of Italy

to the International Organizations in Geneva

Dialogue with

Mrs Elsa Fornero

Italian Minister for Labour and Social Policies

“Labour market in Italy and Europe:

the way forward”

Monday December 3, 2012 at 3 pm

Grande salle de conférence du sous-sol

« La Pastorale » Route de Ferney 106, Genève

(Bus 5 – Direction : Aéroport – Arrêt : Intercontinental)

Elsa Fornero

Minister of Labour, Social Policies and Equal Opportunities, Italy
Professor of Political Economy at the University of Turin, Faculty of Economics.
Professor of Political Economy at the University of Turin, Faculty of Economics.
Scientific Coordinator of CeRP – “Center for Research on Pensions and Welfare Policies”.
Honorary fellow of Collegio Carlo Alberto.
Research fellow of Netspar «Network for Studies on Pensions, Aging and Retirement».
Member of the editorial board of the “Rivista Italiana degli Economisti”.
Member of the Scientific Council of the “Observatoire de l’Epargne Européenne”, Paris.
She is the author of many publications about public and private pension systems, pension reforms, population aging, households saving, retiring choices and life insurance

Her research has been recently focused on financial literacy and financial education.

Main positions during the last few years

Member of the Steering Committee of the PhD Programme in Social Protection Policy at the Maastricht Graduate School of Governance (University of Maastricht)
Member of the Steering Committee of the Doctoral Programme in Economic Sciences at the University of Turin
Op-ed writer for the Italian economic daily “Il Sole-24 ore”
2010-2011 Vice-President of the Supervisory Board of Intesa Sanpaolo Bank
2008-10 Vice-President of the Compagnia di San Paolo
2005-11 Member of the Evaluation Unit of the Welfare Expenditure, established at the Welfare Ministry
2005-7 Member of Steering Board of SIE (Italian Association of Economists)

Awards

In 2011 she was awarded “La Mela d’Oro Prize” about “Women: innovation and human capital” by “Marisa Bellisario Foundation”.
In 2003, jointly with Olivia Mitchell, she was awarded the INA International Prize for the Economics, Finance and Statistics of private insurance by “Accademia Nazionale dei Lincei”.
In 2001, jointly with Ignazio Musu, she received the “Saint Vincent Price for Economics”.