14.30 Welcome
- Stefano Palmieri, president of the Section for Economic and Monetary Union and Economic and Social Cohesion (ECO), European Economic and Social Committee (EESC)
14.45 Setting the stage – Introducing the EESC opinion on the Recovery and Resilience Facility and the Technical Support Instrument
- Dimitris Dimitriadis, rapporteur for the EESC opinion
15.00 Panel discussion – Implementing the Recovery and Resilience Facility: State of play and the role of organised civil society
- Maria Teresa Fabregas Fernandez, Director, Recovery and Resilience Task Force (RECOVER), European Commission
- Henning Fahland, Head of Recovery and Resilience Facility Task Force, Federal Ministry of Finance, Berlin (on behalf of the Council Presidency)
- Rui Henrique Alves, Head of the Economic and Financial Affairs Department, Permanent Representation of Portugal to the European Union (on behalf of the future Council Presidency)
- Dragoș Pîslaru, MEP, Rapporteur for the Recovery and Resilience Facility, European Parliament
- Q & A and debate with EESC members
16.30 Summary and takeaways for the future work of the ECO section
- Stefano Palmieri, President of the ECO section, EESC
16:40 End of the debate
Interpreting requested from EN/FR/IT into EN/FR/IT
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