European Labour Mobility Congress

ELMC is the biggest annual event dedicated to the posting of workers within the freedom to provide services in the EU. It brings together a few hundred participants and guests, representing the stakeholders, policy makers and experts in the field. Thanks to ELMC Kraków has become the place to discuss work mobility outside of the “Brussels bubble”.

During two days of ELMC we take time to address the most recent & questionable issues at panel debates, keynote speeches and practical workshops. Our aim is to influence the policy-making and legislative process by providing facts and exchanging views of all the stakeholders and Member States. We create forum for a dialogue about one of the most polarizing topics in the EU.

The congres formula

Day 1, “opinion -forming day”, brings together all of the ELMC Participants for an expert panels, political and academic discussion, debates on the most recent issues, the present and future of work mobility and the posting of workers. Official and of a big scale. Day 2, “practical workshops”, focused on the need of the companies for expert knowledge and guidance concerning the most recent and complicated practical issues related to the posting of workers. Workshops conducted by lawyers and experts from mail EU Receiving and sanding Member State.

Previous ELMC in numbers

• More than 500 participants
• Groups of visitors:

• consulting, advisory and law firms 70%
• researchers & academia 10%
• public administration 10%
• politicians 5%
• other participants 5%

• Over 50 speakers
• International environment:

• 30-40% foreign participants ( German, French, Belgian, Ukrainian, Italian)
• 60-70% Polish participants

Labor Mobilis Gala

The end of the first day of the ELMC is crowned by a ceremonial Labor Mobilis Gala. The idea behind this award is to distinguish individuals who have contributed in an outstanding way to promoting and supporting work & service mobility on the Single Market.
Labor Mobilis Award has been granted four times and the Laureates are:

• prof. Jozef Pacolet and Frederic De Wispelaere, researches of KU Leuven’s HIVA
• EU Commissioner László Andor
• Minister Radosław Mleczko
• Danuta Jazłowiecka MEP