European Economic
and Social Committee
Programme
09.00 Networking coffee
09.30 Welcome and introduction
- Ioannis Vardakastanis, President of the Section for Economic and Monetary Union and Economic and Social Cohesion (ECO), European Economic and Social Committee (EESC)
- Giuseppe Guerini, Rapporteur of the EESC opinion on "Taxation Framework for Social Economy Entities"
09.45 Keynote addresses
- Albert Raedler, Policy Officer DG TAXUD, D2 Direct Tax Policy & Cooperation, European Commission
- Alexandre Jutand, Tax specialist at Ernst & Young and former tax policy advisor at the OECD
Moderator: Mr Giuseppe Guerini, Rapporteur for the EESC
Interaction via Twitter/ Slido
10.30 Panel 1: Taxonomy – Mapping social economy entities
- María Pilar Alguacil Marí, Professor of Financial and Tax Law and Director of the Chair of Agrifood Cooperatives, University of Valencia
- Hanna Surmatz, Head of Policy, Philantropy Europe Association (Philea)
11.30 Coffee break
11.45 Panel 2: Best practices to develop the social economy and challenges building a common legal framework
- Gabriele Sepio, Partner at E-Ius Law Firm, General Secretary of the Terzjus Foundation, and Tax Law Professor, Salesian Pontifical University Rome
- Colette Bennett, Director of Advocacy & Research, the Wheel