Seminar: Single market for services – time to wake up Europe’s sleeping giant!

How to translate the Single Market Strategy and Roadmap into a driver for services integration?

This year marks two decades since the adoption of the Services Directive. To highlight this milestone, we invite you to a seminar on the future of the EU services market.

Join us for an engaging discussion on how the Single Market Strategy and its roadmap can be turned into concrete drivers of integration for services. The seminar will bring together speakers and panellists from EU institutions, businesses and key stakeholder organisations.

Who, when, where and how to register

Who?

High-level Group delegates as well as participants from the Council of the European Union, the European Parliament, the European Commission, businesses and other stakeholders involved in the single market for services.

When?

29 January, 17.00–18.30 followed by a reception

Where?

The Permanent Representation of Sweden to the European Union, Square de Meeûs

How to register?

Please register by 22 January by sending an email to representationen.bryssel-event1@gov.se

Questions
If you have any questions, please contact waltraud.heinrich@kommerskollegium.se

Programme

Moderator: Christofer Berg

Welcome remarks, introduction and short recap of the Services Directives history

  • H.E. Ambassador Åsa Webber, Permanent Representation of Sweden to the European Union, Coreper I
  • Anders Ahnlid, Director-General, National Board of Trade Sweden

Current challenges faced by service providers within the single market 

  • BusinessEurope
  • Martin Frohn, Head of Unit, Directorate-General for Internal Market, Industry, Entrepreneurship and SMEs, European Commission
  • To be announced

Possible ways forward to strengthen the single market for services

The European Commission

  • Mary Veronica Tovsak Pletersk, Deputy Director-General, Directorate-General for Internal Market, Industry, Entrepreneurship and SMEs

European Parliament

  • Committee on Internal Market and Consumer Protection

The Council of the European Union

  • High-Level Group for the upcoming EU Council Presidencies

Academia

  • To be announced

Closing remarks

  • To be announced

The seminar will be followed by a networking mingle.

The seminar is hosted by the Permanent Representation of Sweden to the European Union and the National Board of Trade Sweden.