On Thursday afternoon 28 January 2021, DG ECFIN organised its annual workshop on fiscal policy, dedicated this year to "The role of fiscal policy in mitigating the COVID-19 crisis". The workshop was organised in form of a webinar with high-profile speakers and discussants from academia and international institutions.
- financing policy | Economic and Monetary Union | economic policy | euro
- Thursday 28 January 2021, 15:00 (CET)
- Online only
- Live streaming available
Programme
- 28 Jan 2021, 15:00 - 15:25 (CET)
Introduction - Paolo Gentiloni (European Commission)
- 15:25 - 16:00 (CET)
Keynote speech:Tackling the fallout from COVID-19 - Laurence Boone (OECD)
- 16:00 - 17:30 (CET)
High-level panel followed by QNAModerator: Maarten Verwey (DG ECFIN)Panellists:
- Agnès Benassy-Quéré (DGTrésor)
- Vítor Gaspar (IMF)
- Veronica Guerrieri (University of Chicago)
- Niels Thygesen (European Fiscal Board)
- 17:30 - 17:45 (CET)
Conclusions - Maarten Verwey (DG ECFIN)
Practical information
- When
- Thursday 28 January 2021, 15:00 (CET)
- Where
- Online only
Report
The webinar was structured in two parts. Following an introduction by Commissioner Gentiloni, Laurence Boone (OECD) gave a keynote speech on “Tackling the fallout from COVID-19”. A high-level policy panel will then discuss the role of fiscal policy in mitigating the effects of the COVID crisis.