Setting European Pension Reform Agendas: The Political and Socio-Cultural Determinants of Pension Reform
June 28-29, 2001, Laxenburg, Austria

A Workshop on the Politics of Pension Reform in the Framework of the PEN-REF Project.

Agenda

Thursday, June 28, 2001

09:00 - 10:00	Registration
10:00 - 10:15	Welcome Liana Giorgi (ICCR) and Joanne Linnerooth-Bayer (IIASA)
10:15 - 10:30	The PEN-REF Project Steven Ney (ICCR)
10:30 - 11:00	Coffee Break
Session 1: Generel Trends in Pension Reforms Chair: Liana Giorgi (ICCR)
11:00 - 11:30	Pension Reform in the PEN-REF Remit Les Mayhew (SERRL)
11:30 - 12:00	Structural Versus Parametric Reforms of Social Security Systems Estelle James (World Bank Consultant)
12:00 - 12:30	Beyond the Opposition of PAYGO and Funding Marek Gorá (Warsaw School of Economics)
12:30 - 13:00	Discussion
13:00 - 14:30	Lunch Break
Session 2: The PEN-REF Case Studies - Transition Economies Chair: Mitchell Orenstein - Syracuse University
14:30 - 15:00	Poland: Reinventing Social Security Jolanta Perek-Bialas (PONT INFO Ltd)
15:00 - 15:30	Assessing Pension Reform Processes in the Accession Countries Mitchell Orenstein - Syracuse University
15:30 - 16:00	Discussion
16:00 - 16:30	Coffee Break
Session 3: the PEN-REF Case Studies: Beveridgian and Nordic Pension Systems Chair: Stein Kuhnle - University of Bergen
16:30 - 17:00	The UK: Pension Reform by Stealth Les Mayhew (SERRL)
17:00 - 17:30	Norway: From ‘Clumsy’ Institutional Pluralism to ‘Elegant’ Efficiency Rune Ervik (LOS Centre)
17:30 - 18:00	Discussion

Friday, June 29, 2001

Session 3: The PEN-REF Case Studies - Continental European Countries Chair: Landis MacKellar - IIASA
10:00 - 10:30	France: New Configurations in the French Pension Debate Géraldine Bozec - Symlog de France
10:30 - 11:00	Italy: Finding a Path Through the Pension Jungle Antonella Cioccia (IRiDiSS)
11:00 - 11:30	Coffee Break
11:30 - 12:00	The German Pension Reform 2000 Uwe Rehfeld (VDR)
12:00 - 12:30	Germany: Conflict and Consensus in Pension Policy-Making Steven Ney (ICCR)
12:30 - 14:00	Lunch Break
14:00 - 14:30	Austria: Contending Views of Fairness in the Pension Reform Debate Joanne Linnerooth-Bayer (IIASA)
14:30 - 15:00	Discussion
15:00 - 15:30	Coffee Break
Session 5: Conflict, Democracy and Pension Reform: Why Pension Reform Is (and Should Be) So Difficult Chair: Estelle James - World Bank Consultant
15:30 - 16:00	Expanding the Scope of Conflict: European Pension Reform from the View of the Policy Sciences Steven Ney (ICCR)
16:00 - 16:30	The Citizen and Pension Reform: The Second Phase of the PEN-REF Project Claire Mays (SYMLOG de France)
16:30 - 17:30	Panel Discussion: Pension Reform and the Citizen
17:30	End of Workshop

Venue

IIASA Laxenburg
Schloßplatz 1
2361 Laxenburg
Austria

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