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Foundation Forum: Speeches and papers

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Foundation Forum: Speeches and papers
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16 December 2007

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Living to work - working to live Tomorrow's work-life balance in Europe
Dublin Castle and Loughlinstown House, 3-4 November, 2004

Speeches from 3 November

Speaker Title of Speech Text or transcript Audio Running time
Willy Buschak, Acting Director of the Foundation Opening speech of the Forum pdf, 15KB mp3, 1.32MB 07:42 mins
Micheál Martin TD, Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment, Ireland Opening speech of the Forum pdf, 23KB mp3, 2.51MB 14:39 mins
Bernhard Jansen, Director, DG Employment and Social Affairs, European Commission Opening speech of the Forum pdf, 22KB mp3, 2.64MB 15:23 mins
Vlado Dimovski, Minister for Labour, Family and Social Affairs, Slovenia Time for work and time for life – Challenges in the new Europe pdf, 22KB mp3, 6.69MB 39:16 mins
Bertie Ahern TD, Taoiseach, Ireland Balancing work-life demands pdf, 23KB mp3, 2.58MB 15:04 mins

Speeches from 4 November

Speaker Title of Speech Text or transcript Audio Running time
John Bowman, broadcaster, discusses this topic with Margit Wallstén, Lord Bill Brett and Jeannine Rupp An economy or a society – where do we live and work? pdf, 93KB mp3, 8.28MB 48:14 mins

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