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Implementing the EU Recovery Package: are national resilience plans up to the challenges?

Day 2 Afternoon

Thursday 09 September

Room :

Plenary Room 1

Speakers

Chair
David Wright
President - EUROFI
Public Authorities
Jörg Kukies
State Secretary - Federal Ministry of Finance, Germany
Emmanuel Moulin
Director General of the Treasury - Ministry of the Economy, Finance and the Recovery Plan, France
Alessandro Rivera
Director General of the Treasury - Ministry of Economy and Finance, Italy
Irene Tinagli
Chair, ECON Committee & MEP - Committee on Economic and Monetary Affairs, European Parliament
Harald Waiglein
Director General for Economic Policy, Financial Markets and Customs Duties - Federal Ministry of Finance, Austria
Industry Representatives
Vitorio Grilli
Chairman of the Corporate and Investment Bank EMEA - J.P. Morgan
Pierre Heilbronn
Vice President, Policy and Partnerships - European Bank for Reconstruction and Development (EBRD)

The session will assess if the national resilience plans are fit-for-purpose. Speakers will be invited to express their views on the major risks to the effectiveness of the Recovery and Resilience Facility and on the key success factors to ensure that this EU financing effectively contribute to increasing medium term sustainable growth in the EU.

Points of discussion

  1. What are the major risks to the effectiveness of the Recovery and Resilience Facility (RRF)? Will the Member States be able to absorb and spend well the RRF funds and on time?
  2. How to ensure that the Next Generation EU recovery instrument will focus on domestic structural reforms and sustainable investment? What are the key success factors and metrics to ensure that EU financing will effectively contribute to increasing medium term sustainable growth?