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The functioning and financial durability of unemployment security systems during crises

The global pandemic has been the most recent and one the largest touchstones for the unemployment security systems in the Nordic countries as well as elsewhere. The meeting will collect experiences and teachings from the past year to help unemployment security systems build resilience and overcome future crises.

Programme

 

Time Programme
9.00 – 9.30 Registrering and coffee.
9.30 – 9.40 Opening of meeting
  • Hanna Sarkkinen, Finland's Minister of Social Affairs and Health
9.40 - 10.25 Intro
  • Review of the current situation in the Nordic - Merja Kauhanen, Merja Kauhanen, The Labour Institute for Economic Research LABORE (Labore)
10.25 - 10.45 Break. Coffee and salty snack.
10.45 - 12.30 Tema: The effectiveness of services and training in the promotion of employment
  • How to predict the demand of labour in the short and long term - Elina Pylkkänen, Arbets- och näringsministeriet​
  • Hvad kan beskæftigelsesindsatsen bidrage med? - Jens Erik Zebis, Styrelsen for Arbejdsmarked og Rekruttering (STAR)
  • Tackling long-term unemployment - Birna Guðmundsdóttir, Vinnumálastofnun / Directorate of Labour
12.30 - 13.30 Lunch at Restaurant Pörssi
13.30 – 14.30 Tema: The benefit system and the promotion of employment
  • ​Förändringar i arbetslöshetsförsäkringen och samverkande system för att mildra effekterna av pandemin - Jenny Oretun Wilnier och Kristian Löfgren, Arbetsmarknadsdepartementet (Regeringskansliet)
  • Temporary layoff system in Finland and changes to the system during Corona pandemic - Pirjo Väänänen, The Central Organisation of Finnish Trade Unions (SAK)
14.30 - 15.00 Break. Coffee and sweet snack.
15.00 – 15.30 Tema: The benefit system and the promotion of employment ​
  • ALS´s rolle under coronakrisen - Høgni í Stórustovu, Faroese Unemployment Service (ALS)
15.30 -  Closing of day one of the seminar
19.00 Dinner at Restaurant Sipuli
Time Programme
9.00 – 9.30​ Coffee and salty snack.​​
9.30 – 10.40​ Tema: The durability of the funding of unemployment benefits

  • Sustainable Financing of Unemployment Benefits - Janne Metsämäki, Sysselsättningsfonden​
  • Hvordan NAV sikret finansiering av koronatiltakene under pandemien og hva vi har lært oss - Yngvar Åsholt, NAV Arbeid og ytelser
11.00 – 12.00​ Lunch​​
12.00 – 13.00​ Paneldiscussion: The effects of the Covid pandemic and overcoming the crisis (panel in English)

  • SE: Lars Lööw, Arbetsförmedlingen​​
  • NO: Yngvar Åsholt, NAV Arbeid og ytelser​
  • FI: Essi Rentola, Ministry of Social Affairs and Health​
  • DK: Asbjørn Sonne Nørgaard, Cevea
  • IS: Vilmar Pétursson, Vinnumálastofnun / Directorate of Labour​​
13.00 - 13.20​ Presentation of time for next meeting and closing​
13.20 -  Cofee and sweet snack.
14.30 – 16.30​ Guided bus tour in Helsinki with focus on Finnish architeture. Departure from GLO Hotel Kluuvi.
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Program uppdated 14.9.2022

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Speakers

Picture of Jenny Oretun Wilnier, kansliråd at Arbetsmarknadsdepartementet Jenny Oretun Wilnier, kansliråd at Arbetsmarknadsdepartementet
Pictrue of Kristian Löfgren, ämnesråd at Arbetsmarknadsdepartementet Kristian Löfgren, ämnesråd på Arbetsmarknadsdepartementet
Picture of Hanna Sarkkinen Finlands Minister of Social Affairs and Health Hanna Sarkkinen Finlands Minister of Social Affairs and Health
Pictrue of Birna Guðmundsdóttir, Manager of Data Analytics på Vinnumálastofnun. Birna Guðmundsdóttir, Manager of Data Analytics på Vinnumálastofnun.
Picture of Permanent State Under-Secretary at the Ministry of Economic Affairs and Employment Elina Pylkkänen Elina Pylkkänen, Permanent State Under-Secretary at the Ministry of Economic Affairs and Employment
Picture of Janne Metsämäki, administrerande direktör på Sysselsättningsfonden Janne Metsämäki, administrerande direktör på Sysselsättningsfonden
Picture of Jens Erik Zebis, direktør på Styrelsen for Arbejdsmarked og Rekruttering. Jens Erik Zebis, direktør på Styrelsen for Arbejdsmarked og Rekruttering.
Høgni í Stórustovu Høgni í Stórustovu, afdelingsleder for arbejdsformidlingen vid Faroese Unemployment Service (ALS)
Pirjo Väänänen Pirjo Väänänen, Head of Social Affairs at The Central Organisation of Finnish Trade Unions (SAK)
Merja Kauhanen, Chief Researcher vid Labour Institute for Economic Research Labore Merja Kauhanen, Chief Researcher vid Labour Institute for Economic Research Labore
Yngvar Åsholt Kunnskapsdirektør/ Beredskapsleder at NAV Yngvar Åsholt Kunnskapsdirektør/ Beredskapsleder at NAV

Panelists

Picture of Vilmar Pétursson, personalchef at Vinnumálastofnun. Vilmar Pétursson, personalchef at Vinnumálastofnun.
Pictrue of Asbjørn Sonne Nørgaard direktör at Cevea Asbjørn Sonne Nørgaard, direktör at Cevea
Picture of Essi Rentola, direktör på social- och hälsovårdsministeriet i Finland. Essi Rentola, direktör at Ministry of Social Affairs and Health in Finland
Picture of Lars Lööw, överdirektör at Arbetsförmedlingen. Lars Lööw, överdirektör at Arbetsförmedlingen
Picture of Yngvar Åsholt Yngvar Åsholt Kunnskapsdirektør/ Beredskapsleder at NAV

Moderator

Picture of Annika Damström Annika Damström

Annika Damström is a Finnish journalist who has worked with news and current affairs for over 25 years. Annika is the host of A-studio, the leading current affairs program on Finnish television. She is especially interested in daily political affairs and international relations.

Page updated: 15/8/2022