The European Social Model
Which benefits for South Africa and Africa?
15 October 2008
South African Institute of International Affairs
Jan Smuts House, East Campus, University of the Witwatersrand
The French Institute of South Africa, the Konrad Adenauer Stiftung, the Friedrich Ebert Stiftung and the South African Institute of International Affairs will host a one-day conference entitled “The European Social Model: Which Benefits for South Africa and Africa”. Initiated through a French-German partnership the conference aims at fostering open debates on future perspectives of the European socio-economic development and its benefits for South Africa and Africa.
The three panels of the conference are:
- The Preventive Welfare State: A Model for South Africa? (Coordinated by the Friedrich Ebert Stiftung)
- Does Policy Convergence Strengthen or Weaken Regional Integration? The Cases of Migration and Health Policies in the European Union. (Coordinated by the French Institute of South Africa)
- New Partnerships – How Business can Contribute to Development in Difficult Local Environments. (Coordinated by the Konrad Adenauer Stiftung)