100 Years of Social Pensions in Sweden – Global Poverty
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100 years of social pensions in Sweden – global poverty challenges and experiences of social protection Speakers presentation Folkpensionen 100 år – Globala fattigdomsutmaningar och svenska erfarenheter av sociala trygghetssystem Presentation av talare Day 1 Plenary 9:15-10:00 Welcome address and keynote Eva Brunne, Bishop of Stockholm Eva Brunne is Bishop of the Diocese of Stockholm since 2009. She has devotion for human equality regardless gender, ethnicity, religious affiliation or sexual orientation. Her motto as bishop is words chosen from the Epistle of James in the New Testament: "Do no respecter of persons." Thandika Mkandawire, London school of economics Professor Thandika Mkandawire is currently the Chair in African Development at the London School of Economics and, until last year, was Olof Palme Visiting Professor at the Institute for Future Studies in Stockholm. He has published broadly on the social sciences in Africa and on problems of policymaking, social policy, adjustment and democratization. In 2011 he was awarded an Honorary Doctorate by the University of Helsinki and, in 2013, by the University of Ghana. Plenary 10:00-12:00 Folkpensionen som en del av det sociala trygghetssystemet i Sverige: 1913- Social pensions in the Swedish social protection system: 1913- Urban Lundberg, Stockholm University Urban Lundberg has a Phd in history and works at Stockholm University. His thesis was about the big pension reform in Sweden in the nineties. His research touches on different aspects of Nordic and European pension politics, and the role of the state and the individual in Swedish community development. He also works in a project about the history of Swedish development politics. Joakim Palme, Uppsala University Joakim Palme is professor of political science at the Department of Government, Uppsala University, since 2009. Palme holds a PhD in sociology from 1990, Stockholm University. In 1999-2001 Palme chaired the Swedish ”Welfare Commission” which published a series of volumes on welfare and welfare state policies. From 2002 to 2011 he was the director of the Institute for Futures Studies in Stockholm where he lead research programmes focused on the tension between population change and public policy. Palme is part of many scientific bodies and projects, for example he is President of Research Committee 19 on ”Poverty, social welfare and social policy” of the International Sociological Association. Ulf Kristersson, Minister for social Security Ulf Kristersson is a Swedish Moderate Party politician serving as Minister for Social Security since 2010. His remit covers social insurance, including medical insurance and pensions and the administration of social insurance in Sweden. Previously he was one of the vice mayors in Stockholm and in 1991 was elected to the Riksdag and served until 2000. In 2000 Ulf Kristersson published the book "Welfare and safety in a new economy”. Moderator: Ulrika Knutson Ulrika Knutson is a writer and well-known Swedish cultural journalist. She writes columns for the national radio and several newspapers. Ulrika Knutson was the chairman of The National Swedish Press Club 2009-2012. Plenary 13:30-15:00 Expansion of social protection in developing countries today Utvecklingen av sociala trygghetssystem i utvecklingsländer idag Armando Barrientos, University of Manchester Mr. Barrientos is Professor and Research Director at the Brooks World Poverty Institute at the University of Manchester in the UK. His research interests focus on the linkages existing between welfare programmes and labour markets in developing countries, and on policies addressing poverty, vulnerability, and population ageing. Ramiro Ornelas, former General Director of Priority Groups of Social Development Ministry, Mexico Michael Cichon, International Council of Social Welfare Dr. Michael Cichon is a member of the German Actuarial Association, and in 2013 he was appointed professor of social protection at the Graduate School of Governance of Maastricht University/United Nations University in the Netherlands. Before that he served as Director of the ILO’s Social Security Department. He has undertaken and supervised technical cooperation assignments in social protection in over 30 ILO member states worldwide. Michael Cichon is President of the International Council of Social Welfare (ICSW), a network of civil society organisations promoting social welfare, social development and social justice. Moderator: Ronald Wiman Ronald Wiman is Development Manager in charge of Global Social Policy at the Finnish National Institute for Health and Welfare and External Senior Advisor on Social Development to the Ministry for Foreign Affairs. He is also Editor-In-Chief of the Global Social Policy web portal at THL (www.thl.fi/gsp-info). 15.30 – 17.00 Parallel session a) 15:30-17:00 Pensions and development Charles Knox-Vydmanov, HelpAge International Charles Knox-Vydmanov is Social Protection Policy Advisor at HelpAge International. In his five years at HelpAge, Charles has led the development of the “Pension Watch” hub on social pensions (www.pension-watch.net) which includes a comprehensive database of all social pensions globally. Charles has been involved in analysis of old age poverty and the feasibility of social pensions in countries including Bangladesh, Belize, Kenya, Indonesia, Mozambique, Myanmar and Tanzania and undertaken extensive work on costing of social pensions and other cash transfers, for example, through a costing of universal pensions in 50 low- and middle-income countries. Ari Kokko, Copenhagen Business School Ari Kokko is professor at the Department of International Economics and Management at Copenhagen Business School. He works mainly on issues related to internationalization and development in Asia, but has also an interest in Nordic and European economic affairs and economic history, as a base for comparative studies. In the past, Mr Kokko has also acted as chairman of a Swedish government commission studying the development of Swedish exports, served for nine years as a board member of the Swedish International Development Cooperation Agency (Sida), and is an advisor to the Vietnamese Minister of Agriculture and Rural Development. Olli Kangas, Social Security Institution of Finland Olli Kangas is professor and research director at Kela (Social Insurance Institution of Finland) since 2008. Previously he has been working as professor of Social policy at Turku University (1994-2003) at the Danish Institute for Social Research in Copenhagen (2004-2007). Kangas has been visiting professor in Stockholm, Beijing, Sydney, Budapest, Bremen, Odense and Umeå. His research interests revolve around comparative political economy of the welfare state - causes and consequences. Joel Mendizabal, Unidad de Análisis de Políticas Sociales y Económicas Joel Mendizabal works as a Research Analyst at the Department of Analysis of Social and Economic Policies of Bolivia. As part of the work of evaluating policies in pensions, banking and insurances fields, he was one of the leaders in analyzing the impact of the social pension called Renta Dignidad. He previously worked at the Ministry of Economics and Finance supporting in the evaluation of the long term financial sustainability of the pensions system in Bolivia Moderator: Annika Sundén, Swedish Pension Agency Dr. Annika Sundén is the deputy director-general at the Swedish Pensions Agency. She has worked in the pension field both with the administration of the public pension scheme in Sweden and as a researcher. Her research interests include the economics of retirement, pensions and social security, and household savings behavior. She has also worked as the Associate Director for Research at the Center for Retirement Research at Boston College and an economist at the Federal Reserve Board in Washington, DC, where she was involved in the design and implementation of the Survey of Consumer Finances. 15.30 – 17.00 Parallel session b 15:30-17:00 Current debates around Swedish/EU social protection Aktuell debatt om sociala trygghetssystem i Sverige och EU Eskil Wadensjö; Stockholm University Eskil Wadensjö is Professor of Labour Economics at the Swedish Institute for Social Research (SOFI) at Stockholm University since 1980. He was Dean of the Faculty of Social Sciences at Stockholm University 1996-2005. He has been member of several governmental commissions and contributed with studies for several international organizations (EU, ILO, OECD, the Nordic Council and European Council). His main research interests are the economics of international migration, labour market policy and social policy. Current research topics are the economic effects of immigration to Denmark and Sweden, the effects of the expansion of the European Union, temporary employment agencies, self-employment, occupational insurances and economic aspects of pension reform. He is since 2006 director of SULCIS (Stockholm Linnaeus Centre for Integration Studies). Heather Roy, Eurodiaconia Heather Roy has been the Secretary General of Eurodiaconia since 2008. She is also President of the Social Platform and on the boards of Social Services Europe and the International Society for the Research and Study of Diaconia and Christian Social Practice. She has worked professionally and voluntarily in youth work including with young people who experience homelessness. Heather is also a Lay Reader in training (lay minister) in the Church of England. Martin Hutsebaut, ETUI, European Trade Union Institute Hutsebaut has since