“Social responsibility from a gender perspective” AGENDA

Bologna Friday 26th March 2021 9:30-13:30 Palazzo Malvezzi De Medici Sala del Consiglio

Online local event with the European Committee of the Regions (CoR)

The Metropolitan City of promotes institutional innovation processes. Cooperation between the various government levels is the key to addressing global challenges with sustainability and innovation. The Metropolitan City is a key player for the promotion of a strategic action that involves, in a virtuous circuit, the local authorities and local businesses. The most important companies in the metropolitan area (Marconi Airport of Bologna, Automobili Lamborghini, Bonfiglioli, Caab, Crif, Emil Banca, Ima, Philip Morris Bologna and Tper), are working together to develop good practices for the protection of the fundamental rights of workers, including equal opportunities and corporate welfare. The meeting aims to discuss, at national and european level, good practices for equal opportunities in the working environment, based on the application of the EU Charter of Fundamental Rights for citizens of EU countries Territorial governance strategies will be defined to support a process based on local authorities actions. European regions and cities have a strategic role to contribute to the european strategy through their EU and international relations, policies, programmes and concrete projects. This conference brings together representatives from the European Institutions, stakeholders and policy makers to discuss how to successfully contribute to the european strategy on social responsibility from a gender perspective.

Working Language: Italian

09h15 Log-on to platform and test of audio/video Registration This meeting will take place remotely using the videoconference platform. Participants are asked to connect to the platform 15 minutes before the meeting begins in order to test their connection and familiarise themselves with the functionalities.

9h30 Welcome Institutional Virginio Merola, Metropolitan City Session Stefano Bonaccini, President of Emilia-Romagna Region

Institutional Talks Helena Dalli, Commissioner for Equality Davide Sassoli, President of the European Parliament

9h55 Q&A from participants Open The facilitator will collect the questions from the Q&A space discussion 10h20 Keynote speech Introduction Linda Laura Sabbadini – Director of ISTAT (Italian National Institute of Statistics) and Chair of Women20

10h35 Q&A from participants Open The facilitator will collect the questions from the Q&A space and invite participants to use discussion the chat for sharing their impressions

11h00 Institutions, Companies, Territory Session 1 Virginio Merola - Mayor of Bologna Metropolitan City Simona Robotti - President of CAPO D, a network of 9 relevant companies aiming to promote equal opportunity culture and practices in the territory of Bologna. Facilitator: Maria Latella, journalist

11h20 Q&A from participants moderated by Maria Latella Open discussion 11h50 Short coffee break Break 12h00 Etymologies: the changing world Session 2 Vera Gheno – Sociolinguist specialized University of Florence and Accademia della Crusca Giovanna Cosenza – Philosophy and Theory of Language, University of Bologna

12h20 Q&A from participants to the speakers Open The facilitator will collect the questions from the Q&A space discussion

12h45 An overall dimension: guiding humanity towards the future Lectio Roberto Poli – UNESCO Chair in Anticipatory Systems, Director Department of Sociology and magistralis Social Research, University of Trento

13h10 Collective harvesting of the session Open Participants are invited to share questions, reflections, links and useful resources in the discussion chat. The comments will harvest the session, before its closure.

13h25 End of the conference Open discussion