Final conference
SHAPING THE FUTURE OF CARE
Working Conditions, Job Quality and Social Dialogue
Date: Thursday, 11 December 2025
Time: 9:00 – 16:30
Place: Muntpunt Library, Room “Literair Salon”, Floor S1, access via Rue de l’Ecuyer 26, Brussels
Interpretation: English, Italian, Slovakian, Spanish
The attached document presents the agenda for the Final Conference, including the detailed programme of sessions and discussions.
Session 1. Strengthening Collective Bargaining in Care: Expanding Coverage Across the EU
- Synthesis of project findings
- Roundtable discussion with insights from the project’s researchers
Session 2. Understanding Workers’ Perceptions of Job Quality, Work Conditions, and Representation.
- Live poll: How do we think caregivers perceive their job?
- A shared dialogue among social partners from the project countries
Session 3. What makes Quality Jobs in the Care Sector?
- Eurofound study on Wages in Social Services – Hans Dubois, Eurofound research manager, and member of DEVCOBA Advisory Board
- The European Care Strategy and its Implementation – Flaviana Teodosiu, European Commission, DG Employment, Social Affairs and Inclusion, Social Protection Unit
- The Quality Jobs Roadmap – Joel Le Deroff, European Commission, DG Employment, Social Affairs and Inclusion
Session 4. Working group discussion: Strengthening Collective Bargaining and Enhancing Job Quality
- Working Group 1: Strengthening collective bargaining
- Working Group 2: Solutions to labour shortages
- Facilitators reporting back from working groups
