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13th WAPES World Congress
5 May 2025 - 9 May 2025
Abidjan
13th WAPES World Congress
5 to 9 May 2025
Agenda
5 May 2025
Venue: Hotel ONOMO Abidjan Airport
Managing Board
14:00 - 17:30
Venue: Hotel ONOMO Abidjan Airport
Access reserved for members of the WAPES Managing Board
Access reserved for members of the WAPES Managing Board
6 May 2025
Venue: Hotel ONOMO Abidjan Airport
General Assembly
09:00 - 17:30
First meeting of the newly elected Managing Board
17:30 - 18:30
Access reserved for WAPES members
Congress
7 May 2025
Venue: Le Dôme – Abidjan Exhibition Centre
Registration of participants / Installation of officials
08:00
Welcome by the Master of Ceremonies (plenary room)
09:00
Welcoming words
09:05
• Mr Jean Louis KOUADIO, Director of AEJ
• Mr Ibrahim Ag NOCK, Vice-President of the WAPES Africa region
• President WAPES
• Mr Camille MOUTE à BIDIAS, President of Honour WAPES
• Mr Ibrahim Ag NOCK, Vice-President of the WAPES Africa region
• President WAPES
• Mr Camille MOUTE à BIDIAS, President of Honour WAPES
Introductory plenary lectures : Overview of the global demographic challenges of tomorrow
09:30
· Ms Konstancja PIATKOWSKA, Public Policy Expert mobilised by the EU Facility SOCIEUX+
· Dr Moustafa HININ, Director General of the Office National de la Population (ONP) – Republic of Côte d’Ivoire
· Dr Moustafa HININ, Director General of the Office National de la Population (ONP) – Republic of Côte d’Ivoire
Break
11:00
Round-table: What strategies can PES use to deploy and support active policies in the face of the demographic challenge?
11:30
Moderator : Pr. Hugues KOUADIO – ENSEA (École nationale supérieure de statistique et d’économie appliquée) – Côte d’Ivoire
• Ms Nicole CLOBES – WAPES Belgium
• Mr. Marcelo CUAUTLE SEGOVIA – International Labour Organization – Switzerland
· Ms Eva LAPSINA– Latvian National Employment Agency – Relations Representative
· Mr Ivan BARBALIC – Employment and Labour Agency of Bosnia and Herzegovina
• Mr. Michel VAN SMOORENBURG – UWV- The Netherland
• Mr Ousseni TAMBOURA – ANPE Burkina Faso
• Ms Nicole CLOBES – WAPES Belgium
• Mr. Marcelo CUAUTLE SEGOVIA – International Labour Organization – Switzerland
· Ms Eva LAPSINA– Latvian National Employment Agency – Relations Representative
· Mr Ivan BARBALIC – Employment and Labour Agency of Bosnia and Herzegovina
• Mr. Michel VAN SMOORENBURG – UWV- The Netherland
• Mr Ousseni TAMBOURA – ANPE Burkina Faso
Lunch
13:00
Opening ceremony (according to protocol)
15:00
- Ceremony
- Ministerial Round Table: Active employment and inclusion policies in the face of demographic challenges
- Marketplace inauguration
Reminder: the Marketplace remains accessible afterwards on all breaks
Closing of the first day
17:30
8 May 2025
Pick-up at hotels according to transport arrangements
08:30
Opening of the second day (plenary room)
09:00
Keynote: Understanding and mobilising the new 'ecosystems' of PES
09:05
• Mr Thibaut GUILLUY, France Travail – France
Round table: Understanding and mobilising the new PES "ecosystems
09:20
Moderator: Mr Niels LIEMAN, UVW – Netherlands
· Ms María Antonia AGUDO RIAZA– Servicio Público de Empleo Estatal –
· Mr Michael MWASIKAKATA – International Labour Organization – Switzerland :
· Mrs Muriel VAN DER AA and Mr Nicolas D’HONDT – Actiris Région Bruxelles – Belgium
· Mr Thibaut GUILLUY, France Travail and Ms Céline JAEGGY, UNEDIC -France
· Ms Sanela MESANOVIC – Employment and Labour Agency of Bosnia-Herzegovina
· Ms María Antonia AGUDO RIAZA– Servicio Público de Empleo Estatal –
· Mr Michael MWASIKAKATA – International Labour Organization – Switzerland :
· Mrs Muriel VAN DER AA and Mr Nicolas D’HONDT – Actiris Région Bruxelles – Belgium
· Mr Thibaut GUILLUY, France Travail and Ms Céline JAEGGY, UNEDIC -France
· Ms Sanela MESANOVIC – Employment and Labour Agency of Bosnia-Herzegovina
Break
11:00
Introduction to the workshops - Theme: Supporting the development of innovative, job-creating economies
11:15
Parallel sessions (Workshops)
11:45
Workshops A :
Green economy, Circular economy, Blue economy : Supporting the transformation of our economies
Modérateur : Mr Abou BAMBA – Conseiller du Président de la République Ivoirienne pour les questions d’environnement, de climat et des océans.
• Mme Živa ŠTIGLIC Service Public de l’Emploi de Slovénie
• Mr Mohamed Yeslem EL VIL – Agence Nationale pour l’Emploi TECHGHIL – Mauritanie
• Mr Joel ONSANDO – National Employment Authority – Kenya
Workshop B :
The development of the digital and platform economy: Preventing risks and taking advantage of opportunities for the future of employment
Moderator : Pr. Adama KONATE , ESATIC (ECOLE SUPÉRIEURE AFRICAINE DES TIC)
· Ms Leslie OSSETE, Co founder & COO MSTUDIO , Côte d’Ivoire
• Pr. Yongkui LIU,Chinese Academy of Labour and Social Security – China
· Mr Jean-Louis KOUADIO, Youth Employment Agency – Côte d’Ivoire
• Dr. Alexander HOGENBOOM -WCC Group – Pays-Bas
Workshop C :
Increasing inclusion through the development of the social economy
Moderator : Mr. S. Urbain AMEGBEDJI ,National Employment Agency – Benin
· Mrs Patricia Zoundi Yao, President of FIPME (Fédération Ivoirienne des Petites et Moyennes Entreprise)
· Mr Moisés MARTINEZ, Servicio Público de Empleo Estatal – Spain:.
· Mr Landry EMALE, National Employment Fund (FNE) – Cameroon”.
· Mr Sofien EL KAMEL, Espace Entreprendre Governorate of Gafsa -ANETI – Tunisia
Lunch
13:00
Feedback and sharing of workshop results
14:30
Rapporteurs
Keynote: WAPES PES project on the future skills of PES
15:00
- Prof. Alex Nunn – Leeds Trinity University – United Kingdom
Round table: Putting people back at the heart of employment policies and our organisations
15:15
Moderator: Ms Kerstin HOLLAND, Eesti Töötukassa, (Estonian Unemployment Insurance Fund) Estonia
· Pr Francis N’Guessan COFFIE, Director of the Economic Policy Management Programme (GPE) – University of Cocody
· Ms Reelika LEETMAA, Eesti Töötukassa (Estonian Unemployment Insurance Fund) – Estonia
· Mr Eser EROL – İŞKUR -Turkey
· Mr Simon SCHMID – SkillLab – Netherlands
· Pr Francis N’Guessan COFFIE, Director of the Economic Policy Management Programme (GPE) – University of Cocody
· Ms Reelika LEETMAA, Eesti Töötukassa (Estonian Unemployment Insurance Fund) – Estonia
· Mr Eser EROL – İŞKUR -Turkey
· Mr Simon SCHMID – SkillLab – Netherlands
Closing ceremony
16:30
- Master of ceremonies
- Mr Mamadou TOURE, Minister for the Promotion of Youth, Professional Integration and Civic Service, Deputy Government Spokesman
- President of WAPES
Gala dinner
19:30
9 May 2025
Cultural visits to Gran Bassam
08:00 - 12h30
- Visit to the Quartier France (UNESCO listed)
- Visit to the National Costume Museum – Collection of traditional Ivorian clothing and cultural objects
- A stroll through the craft market
- Ceramic centre
- Royal Court of Moossou
Speakers
Abou BAMBA
Economist, Advisor to the Office of the President of the Republic – Côte d’Ivoire
Adama KONATÉ
Full Professor at CAMES (Conseil Africain et Malgache pour l’Enseignement Supérieur) – Côte d’Ivoire
Alexander HOGENBOOM
Technology Director WCC – Netherlands
Alexander NUNN
Dean of Research and Professor of Global Political Economy and Social Policy at Leeds Trinity University, UK
Céline JAEGGY
Director of Institutional and Legal Affairs UNEDIC – France
Coffie Francis José N’GUESSAN
Executive Director of the Economic Policy Management Programme (GPE)-Abidjan.
Florence DUMONTIER
Director of Europe and International Relations, France Travail – France
Eser EROL
Senior employment expert İŞKUR – Türkiye
Eva LAPSINA
Advisor for European PES Affairs, National Employment Agency – Latvia
Hugues KOUADIO
Managing Director of ENSEA (Ecole Nationale Supérieure de Statistique et d’Economie Appliquée) – Côte d’Ivoire
Ivan BARBALIC
Director of the Labour and Employment Agency of Bosnia-Herzegovina
Kerstin HOLLAND
Head of International Relations, Eesti Töötukassa – Estonia
Konstancja PIATOWSKA
Advisor, Department of Sustainable Economy, Ministry of Economic Development and Technology – Poland
Landry EMALE
Head of the FNE Special Programmes Unit – Cameroon
Leslie OSSETE
Co-founder and CEO of Mstudio – Ivory Coast
Marcelo CUAUTLE SEGOVIA
Project Manager, Employment and Labour Market Policies, ILO – Switzerland
Maria Antonia AGUDO RIAZA
Deputy Director of Institutional Relations and Legal Assistance – Spanish Public Employment Service, SEPE – Spain
Mariana CHIQUIAR
Deputy National Director of Employment – Uruguay
Michael MWASIKAKATA
Head of the Labour Market Services for Transitions Unit in the Employment, Labour Market Policies and Youth Branch (EMPLAB) of the Employment, Employment Creation and Livelihood Policies Department, ILO – Switzerland
Michael VAN SMOORENBURG
International Labour Market Analyst, UWV – Netherlands
Mohamed Yeslem EL VIL
Director of Self-Employment at the Agence Nationale pour l’Emploi TECHGHIL – Mauritania
Moises MARTINEZ
Management technician for autonomous bodies , SEPE – Spain
Muriel VAN DER AA
Manager of the RPE (Réseau des partenaires pour l’emploi), Actiris – Belgium
Nicole CLOBES
WAPES Consultant – Germany
Nicolas D’HONDT
manager of public-private partnerships, Actiris – Belgium
Niels LIEMAN
Head of International Relations, UWV – The Netherlands
Ousseni TAMBOURA
Special Adviser to the Director General of the ANPE – Burkina Faso
Patricia ZOUNDI YAO
social entrepreneur – Ivory Coast
Reelika LEETMAA
Statistics and Analysis Business Development Manager, Eesti Töötukassa – Estonia
Sanela MESANOVIC
Labour and Employment Agency of Bosnia-Herzegovina
Simon SCHMID
Managing Director of the Just Skills Hub, SkillLab
Sofiene EL KAMEL
Head of Espace Entreprendre in Gafsa – Tunisia
Yongkui LIU
Associate Professor at the Chinese Academy of Labour and Social Security, Beijing – China
