Labour issues in the shipbuilding and marine equipment industries

Role of labour cost in factors of competitiveness

Paul Stott, Senior Lecturer in Marine Production and Shipping Market Analysis, Newcastle University, Marine, Offshore and Subsea Technology, School of Engineering

Key facts regarding labour in the shipbuilding sector

Presentation by Walton Pantland and Aurora Rossi, Trade Union Advisory Committee (TUAC) to the OECD

Opportunities arising from the green transition to recruiting talent from local labour markets

Malgorzata Kuczera, Policy Analyst, Centre for Skills (OECD)

How to find the missing workers and skills? Local lessons from shipbuilding and other sectors

Kristine Langenbucher, Head of Unit, Local Employment and Skills, Centre for Entrepreneurship, SMEs, Regions & Cities (OECD)

Labour mobility in shipbuilding in the European integrated market

Ines Wagner, Kennedy Fellow, Harvard University and Research Professor, University of Oslo

Foreign workers in shipbuilding

Jonathan Chaloff, Senior Policy Analyst, International Migration Division, Directorate for Employment, Labour and Social Affairs (OECD)

Gender Equity

Willem Adema, Senior Economist, Social Policy Division, Directorate for Employment, Labour and Social Affairs (OECD)

Florence MAHER, Social Scientist, NEA

How to address the key labour issues in shipbuilding?

The viewpoint of trade unions by by Walton Pantland and Aurora Rossi, Trade Union Advisory Committee (TUAC)

The viewpoint of shipbuilding associations and shipyards Christophe Tytgat, Secretary General, SEA Europe, and by Seppo Tikkanen, Senior Ecosystem Lead, DIMECC Oy

The viewpoint of universities and research by Dr. Khanssa Lagdami, ITF Seafarers Trust Assistant Professor, World Maritime University

Panel of government representatives

Interventions by representatives from selected governments including possibly Korea, Norway, Romania and the United Kingdom, on their responses to labour issues in the maritime sector.