This tripartite social summit is an opportunity to get the opinions of the social partners on two of the subjects that are going to dominate the next European Council.

This conference's aim is to present the added value of EU-led action in the field of health, regarding safety, quality of care and the promotion of patients' rights.

The conference aims to promote and deepen European cooperation to combat illegal employment practices, notably on the basis of proposals made recently by the European Commission..

300 experts will meet for two days to promote safety and prevent injury and violence in the European Union.

What influence do the changes in pay and and conditions of employment have on the rising employment rates?

In spite of prevention policies and ever-more effective treatments, cancer is still one of the main causes of mortality in Europe. One of the most common forms is breast cancer. An exhibition entitled “Cancer du sein, faites-vous dépister!”  ("Breast cancer – go for screening!") will be held from 7 to 16 October 2008 at the European Parliament in Brussels.

The purpose of the European Job Fair is to encourage the mobility of European citizens.

The French Food Safety Agency (AFSSA), together with the European Food Safety Authority (EFSA), is organising a symposium that will focus in particular on the means of intervention for health risk assessment bodies.

On 3 October, an event at the Palais Omnisports provided the opportunity for more than 10 000 French and European apprentices to meet for the first time.

The first meeting of the Employment, Social Policy, Health and Consumer Affairs Council (EPSCO) under the French Presidency will be held on 2 October 2008 in Luxembourg.

The EPODE towns congress will be held on 2 and 3 October 2008 in Béziers, France. The central theme will be the prevention of childhood obesity and the role of local policymakers in implementing grassroots actions.

At the EPSSCO Council held in Luxembourg on 2 October 2008, Xavier Bertrand, the French Minister for Labour, Labour Relations, the Family and Solidarity and chairperson of the Employment, Social Policy, Health and Consumer Affairs Council, underlined that 2008 should be the year to revive Europe’s social policy.

The French Institute for Public Health Surveillance (InVS) is organising this seminar on syndromic or non-specific surveillance

The French Presidency of the Council of the European Union is organising a forum on the quality of life at work in Europe for the 2010 decade, which will be held in Ecully on 2 and 3 October 2008.

This conference aims to identify the problems encountered with European legislation regulating veterinary products and to propose solutions that can be introduced by 2009.

The French Presidency of the Council of the European Union is holding a second summit on equality on 29 and 30 September 2008 in Paris.

Facilitating the employment of young people and senior citizens: what are the most efficient tools? What intervention tools are available to the European Social Fund?

On 19 and 20 September, the 'Mouvement Français pour le Planning Familial' (French Movement for Family Planning) is holding a European conference on "The right to abortion: which issues for women in Europe ".

This meeting, chaired by Xavier Bertrand, the French Ministrer of Labour, Labour Relations, Family and Solidarity and Nadine Morano, the French Secretary of State for family affairs, will be one of the major events of the French presidency in the social sphere.

Roma inclusion: a priority affirmed by the French Presidency at the first EU Roma summit.

The aim of this conference, which will be attended by Danuta Hübner, European Commissioner for Regional Policy, and Hubert Falco, French Minister of State for Town and Country Planning, is to take specific steps that will result in the emergence of new forms of governance.

The first meeting of the e-Government Working Group, "eGov", will be held in Paris on 11 and 12 September 2008.

In line with the conference on flexicurity held in Lisbon on 13 and 14 September 2007, this conference on the mobility of workers in Europe, organised by the French Presidency of the Council of the European Union and the European Commission, will present the different aspects of professional mobility and try to define some joint approaches for EU Member States in this area.

The key figures from the EU's healthcare systems will meet in Paris on 10 September.

This conference, to be held on 9 -10 September in Strasbourg, should be a step towards extending the procedures which guarantee the quality of educational courses and qualifications throughout Europe and beyond by means of the "Bologna process", which aims to promote the European system of training and higher education.

Representatives of the European Union Member States and trade unions will meet on 9 September 2008 to produce a draft text to combat work-related stress in public administrations. These discussions will take place within the framework of the experimental forum established by EUPAN (European Public Administration Network), and TUNED (Trade Unions' National and European Administration Delegation).

European public health security: Roselyne Bachelot-Narquin concludes a productive meeting between the European health ministers in Angers.