
The European Commission and the Belgian Presidency of the Council of the European Union organised this event to mark the publication of the mid-term evaluation of the Recovery and Resilience Facility (RRF). It took place on 9 April 2024, in Brussels, Art & History Museum (Cinquantenaire) and online.
The event was an opportunity to reflect on the results of the RRF so far, including concrete investments and reforms. It will also look ahead at the remaining challenges and at how to ensure the RRF achieves its objectives over the remaining three years. Finally, it was an opportunity to discuss how the RRF, as an innovative funding instrument, could serve as an inspiration for further EU support to reforms and investments, as the need for strategic reforms and investments will remain high in the future.
- Recovery and Resilience Facility
- Tuesday 9 April 2024, 08:00 - 16:30 (CEST)
- Brussels, Belgium
- Live streaming available
Media
Opening address - Paolo GentiloniOpening address - Paolo Gentiloni Opening address - Thomas DermineOpening address - Thomas Dermine Panel 1: RRF deliversPanel 1: RRF delivers Showcase session: Focus on individual projectsShowcase session: Focus on individual projects Presentation of the Bruegel Policy Paper on « Strategic Investment »Presentation of the Bruegel Policy Paper on « Strategic Investment » Keynote speech + Panel 2: RRF TransformsKeynote speech + Panel 2: RRF Transforms Panel 3: The RRF InspiresPanel 3: The RRF Inspires RRF event - Opening 1RRF event - Opening 1 RRF event - Opening 2RRF event - Opening 2 RRF event - Opening 3RRF event - Opening 3 RRF event - Opening 4RRF event - Opening 4 RRF event - Opening 5RRF event - Opening 5 RRF event - Opening 6RRF event - Opening 6 RRF event - Opening 7RRF event - Opening 7 RRF event - Panel 1 1RRF event - Panel 1 1 RRF event - Panel 1 2RRF event - Panel 1 2 RRF event - Panel 1 3RRF event - Panel 1 3 RRF event - Panel 1 4RRF event - Panel 1 4 RRF event - Panel 1 5RRF event - Panel 1 5 RRF event - Panel 1 6RRF event - Panel 1 6 RRF event - Panel 1 7RRF event - Panel 1 7 RRF event - Panel 1 8RRF event - Panel 1 8 RRF event - Showcase session 1RRF event - Showcase session 1 RRF event - Showcase session 2RRF event - Showcase session 2 RRF event - Showcase session 3RRF event - Showcase session 3 RRF event - Showcase session 4RRF event - Showcase session 4 RRF event - Showcase session 5RRF event - Showcase session 5 RRF event - Showcase session 6RRF event - Showcase session 6 RRF event - Showcase session 7RRF event - Showcase session 7 RRF event - Showcase session 8RRF event - Showcase session 8 RRF event - Showcase session 9RRF event - Showcase session 9 RRF event - Showcase session 10RRF event - Showcase session 10 RRF event - Bruegel Presentation 1RRF event - Bruegel Presentation 1 RRF event - Bruegel Presentation 2RRF event - Bruegel Presentation 2 RRF event - Bruegel Presentation 3RRF event - Bruegel Presentation 3 RRF event - Bruegel Presentation 4RRF event - Bruegel Presentation 4 RRF event - Bruegel Presentation 5RRF event - Bruegel Presentation 5 RRF event - Bruegel Presentation 6RRF event - Bruegel Presentation 6 RRF event - Bruegel Presentation 7RRF event - Bruegel Presentation 7 RRF event - Bruegel Presentation 8RRF event - Bruegel Presentation 8 RRF event - Bruegel Presentation 9RRF event - Bruegel Presentation 9 RRF event - Panel 2 1RRF event - Panel 2 1 RRF event - Panel 2 2RRF event - Panel 2 2 RRF event - Panel 2 3RRF event - Panel 2 3 RRF event - Panel 2 4RRF event - Panel 2 4 RRF event - Panel 2 5RRF event - Panel 2 5 RRF event - Panel 2 6RRF event - Panel 2 6 RRF event - Panel 2 7RRF event - Panel 2 7 RRF event - Panel 2 8RRF event - Panel 2 8 RRF event - Panel 3 1RRF event - Panel 3 1 RRF event - Panel 3 2RRF event - Panel 3 2 RRF event - Panel 3 3RRF event - Panel 3 3 RRF event - Panel 3 4RRF event - Panel 3 4 RRF event - Panel 3 5RRF event - Panel 3 5 RRF event - Panel 3 6RRF event - Panel 3 6 RRF event - Panel 3 7RRF event - Panel 3 7 RRF event - Networking 1RRF event - Networking 1 RRF event - Networking 2RRF event - Networking 2 RRF event - Networking 3RRF event - Networking 3 RRF event - Networking 4RRF event - Networking 4 RRF event - Networking 5RRF event - Networking 5 RRF event - Networking 6RRF event - Networking 6 RRF event - Networking 7RRF event - Networking 7 RRF event - Networking 8RRF event - Networking 8 RRF event - Networking 9RRF event - Networking 9 RRF event - Networking 10RRF event - Networking 10 RRF event - Networking 11RRF event - Networking 11 RRF event - Networking 12RRF event - Networking 12 RRF event - Networking 13RRF event - Networking 13 RRF event - Networking 14RRF event - Networking 14 RRF event - Networking 15RRF event - Networking 15 RRF event - Networking 16RRF event - Networking 16 RRF event - Networking 17RRF event - Networking 17 RRF event - Networking 18RRF event - Networking 18 RRF event - Networking 19RRF event - Networking 19 RRF event - Networking 20RRF event - Networking 20 RRF event - Networking 21RRF event - Networking 21 RRF event - Networking 22RRF event - Networking 22 RRF event - Networking 23RRF event - Networking 23 RRF event - Networking 24RRF event - Networking 24 RRF event - Networking 25RRF event - Networking 25
Programme
- 9 Apr 2024, 08:00 - 09:00 (CEST)Doors open and networking coffee
- 09:00 (CEST)Welcome by moderator
Barbara Moens, Politico
- 09:00 - 09:30 (CEST)Opening address
Paolo Gentiloni, Commissioner for the Economy, European Commission
Thomas Dermine, Belgian Presidency of the Council of the European Union, Secretary of State, Belgium
- 09:30 - 10:30 (CEST)Panel 1: RRF delivers
Results and lessons learned of the first three years (Based on the RRF mid-term evaluation, what were the accomplishments of the first 3 years? What could be improved? Why is the RRF an innovative instrument?)
Panel discussion:
- Maarten Verwey, Director General for Economic and Financial Affairs, European Commission
- Niki Kerameus,Minister of Interior, Greece
- Thomas Dermine, Secretary of State, Belgium
- Heather Roy, Vice-President and Acting President, the Social Platform
- James Watson, Director of Economics,Business Europe
- 10:30 - 11:00 (CEST)Coffee break
- 11:00 - 12:00 (CEST)Showcase session: Focus on individual projects
Focus on 4 emblematic RRF projects EU-wide with local representatives and other final recipients.
- Maria Teresa Fabregas Fernandez, Director in the Recovery & Resilience Task Force, European Commission
- Geraldine Mahieu, Director forInvestment, growth and structural reforms, DG ECFIN, European Commission
- Jarmo Heinonen, Senior Director, Business Finland
- Matthias Beitl, Director of the Ethnographic Museum in Vienna
- Victor Rodrigo Raya, Director of Digital Toolkit programme in RED.ES, Spain
- Kaja Zoran Ledinek, Director at Solis Timber, Slovenia
- 12:00 - 13:00 (CEST)Networking Lunch
- 13:00 - 14:00 (CEST)Presentation of the Bruegel Policy Paper on « Strategic Investment », commissioned by the Belgian Presidency of the Council of the European Union
Moderated by: Thomas Dermine, Secretary of State, Belgium
- Presenter: Maria Demertzis, Bruegel
- Bruno Colmant, Professor of Economics
- Debora Revoltella, Chief Economist, European Investment Bank
- Karolina Ekholm, Head of the Swedish Debt Management Office
- 14:00 - 14:10 (CEST)Keynote speech
Valdis Dombrovskis, Executive Vice-President responsible for an Economy that Works for People, European Commission
- 14:10 - 15:10 (CEST)Panel 2: RRF Transforms
More reforms and investments to come (How to make the best of the RRF over the remaining period and address implementation challenges?)
Panel discussion:
- Valdis Dombrovskis, Executive Vice-President responsible for an Economy that Works for People, European Commission
- Vincent van Peteghem, Vice-Prime Minister and Minister of Finance, Belgium
- Siegfried Mureşan, Member of the European Parliament
- Esther Lynch, General Secretary, European Trade Union Confederation
- Eulalia Rubio, Senior research fellow, Notre Europe – Institut Jacques Delors
- 15:10 - 15:30 (CEST)Coffee break
- 15:30 - 16:30 (CEST)Panel 3: The RRF Inspires
Long-term impact of the RRF as an innovative tool (What worked well so far? What could still be improved? Which RRF elements could be used in future EU funding programmes?)
Panel discussion:
- Nadia Calviño, President, European Investment Bank (video message)
- Céline Gauer, Head of the Recovery and Resilience Task Force, European Commission
- Margarida Marques, Member of the European Parliament
- Francesco Corti, Associate Research Fellow, Centre for European Policy Studies
- 16:30 (CEST)Closing by moderator and end of the event
Practical information
- When
- Tuesday 9 April 2024, 08:00 - 16:30 (CEST)
- Where
- Royal Museums of Art and HistoryCinquantenaire Park 10, 1000 Brussels, Belgium
- Languages
- English