Place:
Riga – Faculty
of Social Science, University of Latvia
Time:
9 – 10 may 2006
PROGRAMME
Tuesday 9 May:
11h30 - 12h00: Coffee break
12h00 - 12h15: Welcome and opening - by representatives from University
of Latvia
12h15 - 12h35: Poverty, social assistance and social inclusion - developments
in Estonia and Latvia in a comparative perspective. Introduction
to the project by Arne Grønningsæter
12h35 - 12h45: Welfare states under quadruple pressure. Introduction
to the concept by Tone Fløtten
12h45 - 13h30: Prof. Norman Ginsburg, London
Metropolitan University: Globalisation and pressure on social policy
development
Plenary discussions
13h30 - 14h00: Coffee break
14h00 - 15h15: Pressure from above
Avo Trumm: Estonia and Latvia; Poverty trends and structures in a comparative
perspective
Feliciana Rajevska: Latvia and Estonia; Policy
response
Comments and plenary discussions
15h15 - 15h30: Coffee break
15h30 - 17h00: Pressure from inside
Zane Loza and Arne Grønningsæter:
Assessments of the stake-holders; perspectives of providers, social
workers in Latvia, Estonia and Norway
Dagmar Kutsar: Listening to the poor
and excluded
Comments and plenary discussions
Wednesday 10 May:
08h30 - 09h00: Coffee break
09h00 - 10h00: Pressure from below
Aadne Aasland, Tone Fløtten and Arne Grønningsæter:
How egalitarian; attitudes towards income maintenance and income disparities
in Estonia, Latvia and Norway
Comments and plenary discussions
10h00 - 10h15: Coffee break
10h15 - 11h15: Prof. Chris de Neubourg,
Maastricht School of Global Governance: European integration - is there
a convergence of welfare policies?
11h45 - 12h45: Tone Fløtten:
Welfare states under quadruple pressure; winding up the seminar
Discussions and closing of the open part of the seminar
Contacts
Avo Trumm,
Tartu University: avo.trumm@ut.ee
Feliciana Rajevska, University of Latvia: rajevska@latnet.lv
Arne Grønningsæter, Fafo: arne.groenningsaeter@fafo.no
