Gender-based investments in national Recovery and Resilience Plans

Public Hearing - 08/11/2022


09:30 Welcome and introduction

  • Stefano Palmieri, President of the Section for Economic and Monetary Union and Economic and Social Cohesion (ECO), EESC
  • Elena-Alexandra Calistru, Study Group President ECO/584, EESC

09:40 Gender-based investments in national Recovery and Resilience Plans

• Recommendations on increasing investments and reforms of the Member States in gender equality (What are the incentives?)

• What tools should be used to measure the impact of the actions taken by the Member states to improve gender equality?

Panel discussion with: 

  • Claudia Piferi, Policy officer, Directorate-General for Economic and Financial Affairs, European Commission & Félix Poirier, Policy officer, Recovery and Resilience Task Force, Secretariat-General, European Commission
  • Irene Rioboo, Researcher, European Institute for Gender Equality
  • Barbara Martini, Researcher of Policy Economics, University of Rome Tor Vergata- Italy
  • Iga Magda, Associate Professor at the Warsaw School of Economics and Vice President of the Institute for Structural Research (IBS)
  • Cristina Antoñanzas Peñalva, General Deputy Secretary, Spanish General Union of Workers (UGT)
  • Sarah Perret, Head of the Personal and Property Taxes Unit, OECD Centre for Tax Policy and Administration

Q & A and debate with EESC members

10:45 Summary and conclusions

  • Ody Neisingh, Rapporteur SOC/723, EESC
  • Cinzia Del Rio, Rapporteur ECO/584, EESC

11:00 End of the debate – Presentation, debate and vote on ECO/584 opinion