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'Mobbing – Torture at the Workplace'
An European Challenge

 

Venue

Nell-Breuning-Haus, Herzogenrath (near Aachen), Germany
Wiesenstr. 17, D-52134 Herzogenrath; www.nbh.de


Conference languages
Moderation of the Conference: (Sonja Puchelski (NBH) / Jochen Mettlen (CSC))
Simultaneous interpretation: German, English, French

 


Conference programme

 

Wednesday, 02.11.2011
until 13.00 hrs. Arrival
13.00 - 14.00 hrs. Registration and greeting with coffee and snacks in the lobby


14.00 hrs. Welcoming address from the moderators and organizer
Leo Jansen (Nell-Breuning-House)


14.10 hrs. Welcoming address
Rolf-Peter Cremer (Senior Head of Department Pastoral care / School / Education, Bishopric of Aachen)
Silviu Ispas (Member of the Management Board of the European Centre for Workers’ Questions)


14.30 hrs. Initial speech on the topic Part A:
„Mobbing – When the job becomes hell. Mental violence at
the workplace“
Dr. Marie-France Hirigoyen (France)


15.30 hrs. Coffee break


16.00 hrs. Initial speech on the topic Part B:
“Ways of preventing the use of mental violence in working
life“
Dr. Marie-France Hirigoyen (France)


17.00 hrs. Plenary with discussion of the initial speeches


18.00 hrs. Evening meal



Thursday, 03.11.2011
08.00 hrs. Breakfast


09.00 hrs. Podium with more detailed speeches:


09.00 hrs. “Mobbing and Therapy – the human being as a victim“
Josef Schwickerath (AHG Klinik Berus European Centre for Psychosomatic and Behavioural Medicine)


09.45 hrs. “Macro- and Micro-economic effects of mobbing – the costs
as an incalculable risk for the company“
Jean-Michel Miller (Eurofound - the European Foundation for the Improvement of Living and Working Conditions)


10.30 hrs. Coffee break


11.00 hrs. “current examples in EU Member States“


- The work of mobbing asbl in Luxembourg
Monique Breisch (mobbing asbl, Luxembourg)


- The work of the CSC in Belgium
Stéphane Lepoutre (CSC Verviers, East Belgium)


- The work of Betriebsseelsorge in Austria
Karl-Heinz Hellinger (Betriebsseelsorge Linz, Upper Austrich)


- The work of the Mobbing-Kontakt-Stelle in Germany
Heinz Backes (Mobbing-Kontakt-Stelle Aachen, Germany)


12.30 hrs. Lunch and break


14.00 hrs. Introductory speech by Georges Bach (MEP)
“Mobbing at the Workplace - Initiatives and Opportunities of the European Parliament“

 

15.00 hrs. Fishbowl discussion with participants on the topic
Participants: Georges Bach (MEP)
Jean-Michel Miller (Eurofound)
Josef Schwickerath (Berus)


16.15 hrs. Coffee and biscuits


16.45 hrs. Summary of the findings
“The main challenges for European legislation“


17.30 hrs. Departure to Aachen


18.00 hrs. Guided Visit to the Cathedral of the City of Aachen

19.00 hrs. Ceremony “10 years of mobbing intervention in the bishopric of
Aachen“ with members of the Mobbing Contact Point and Minister
G. Schneider (MAIS NRW)


21.00 hrs. Free time in Aachen


22.30 hrs. Return to Herzogenrath

 


Friday, 04.11.2011
08.00 hrs. Breakfast


09.00 hrs. “The Role of the Social Partners in the European Context
Input from Claude Denagtergal (Advisor confédérale at the European Trade Union Confederation)
Rebekah Smith (Senior Advisor for Social Affairs - Businesseurope) - requested


10.00 hrs. Podium discussion “The role of the social partners“


10.45 hrs. Summary of findings
“Main challenges to the social partners“

 

11.00 hrs. Coffee break


11.30 hrs. Drafting of a general statement (Charter)


12.00 hrs. Closing reflections


12.30 hrs. Lunch


14.00 hrs. End of the conference and departure of participants