Green Transitionon the Nordic Labour Market: A Tripartite Dialogue

1 December 2023

08:30 - 09:00
09:00 - 09:10

09:10 - 10:15

10:15 - 10:35
10:35 - 12:15

Reykjavík, Harpa

Registration

Opening speechGuðmundur Ingi Guðbrandsson
Minister of Social Affairs and Labour in IcelandFirst Session – Where are we and where are we heading?
Knowledge sharing and the view of the social partners
Anna Lundgren and Gustaf Norlén
Senior Research Fellow and Senior Cartographer – Nordregio
Snorri Hallgrímsson
Secretary, The Icelandic Youth Environmentalist Association
Susanna Gideonsson
President, The Swedish Trade Union Confederation (LO)
Antti Palola
President, The Finnish Confederation of Professionals (STTK)
Sólrún Kristjánsdóttir
CEO, Veitur Utilities Iceland
Panel Discussions
Green transition on the Nordic labour market
Karen Ellemann
Secretary General, Nordic Council of Ministers
Snorri Hallgrímsson
Secretary, The Icelandic Youth Environmental Association
Sólrún Kristjánsdóttir
CEO, Veitur Utilities Iceland
Kristján Þórður Snæbjarnarson
President, NFS, Council of Nordic Trade Unions

Coffee break

Second Session – How do we encourage just and efficientgreen transition on the Nordic Labour Market?
A tripartite dialogue and discussions on the issue

Table Discussions
Collaborative Word Cloud Creation: Shaping Ideas Together
Just transition: The ILO Resolution – ILC.111/Resolution V
Cristina Martinez
Senior Enterprise Development and Green Jobs Specialist,
The International Labour Organization (ILO)
Panel Discussions
How can governments and employees work together on the issues thatemployees consider the most important?
Johan Pehrson
Minister of Employment and Integration in SwedenGuðmundur Ingi Guðbrandsson
Minister of Social Affairs and Labour in Iceland

Hans-Erik SkjæggerudPresident, The Confederation of Vocational Unions in Norway (YS)
Kolbrún Halldórsdóttir
President, Confederation of University Graduates in Iceland (BHM)

12:15 - 13:15
13:15 - 14:50

Panel Discussions
How can governments and employers work together on the issues thatemployers consider the most important?
Ellen Bakken
State Secretary, The Ministry of Labour and Social Inclusion in Norway
Arto Satonen
Minister of Employment in Finland
Sigríður Margrét Oddsdóttir
Director General – Confederation of Icelandic Enterprises (SA)
Bernt G. Apeland
Managing Director, Virke in Norway

Lunch

Third Session – Where do we go from here?
Implementing a just green transition

The Priority Action Programme on Just TransitionsCristina Martinez
Senior Enterprise Development and Green Jobs Specialist,
The International Labour Organization (ILO)
Table Discussions
Where do we go from here?
Panel Discussions
Democratizing structural change
Katja Syvärinen
Vice President and Director, The Central Organisation of Finnish Trade Unions (SAK)
Ulrika Lindstrand
President, Engineers of Sweden, and Vice President,
Swedish Confederation of Professional Associations (Saco)Heiða Björg Hilmisdóttir
Chairman, Icelandic Association of Local Authorities
Tor Hatlevoll
Economist, The Swedish Association of Local Authorities and Regions (SKR)
Panel Discussions
Skills needed for the green transition
Andrés Magnússon
Director General, The Federation of Trade & Services in Iceland (SVÞ)
Mikko Vieltojärvi
Advisor, Confederation of Finnish Industries (EK)
Victoria Kirchhoff
Vice President, Unionen in Sweden
Sigmundur Halldórsson
Specialist, VR Union in Iceland (VR)
14:50 - 15:00

Final words

15:00 - 16:00

Refreshments and informal discussions at Harpa

Kristín Helga Gunnarsdóttir
WriterThe conference will be held in English without translations.