PROGRAM

Time

Program Item

Delivered By

09:00 AM

Welcome and Setting the Context

Marek Belka, Director, European Department, IMF

09:05 AM

Anchoring Medium-term Economic Programs: Making Full Use of the EU Framework

Antonio de Lecea, Director, International Economic and Financial Affairs, DG ECFIN, European Commission

09:25 AM

Policy Design and Coordination Challenges: Building Institutional Capacity

Carlo Cottarelli, Director, Fiscal Affairs Department, IMF

09:45 AM

Selected Countries' Assessment of the Challenges

Ministers of Finance and Central Bank Governors

10:40 AM

Identified Capacity Building Needs

Mira Dobovišek, Director, Center of Excellence in Finance

10:50 AM

Roundtable Discussion

Chaired by Carlo Cottarelli, Director, Fiscal Affairs Department, IMF

11:15 AM

Wrap-up and Way Forward

Max Watson, Visiting Expert, Center of Excellence in Finance and Fellow of Wolfson College, Oxford

11:25 AM

Overall Conclusions

Marco Buti, Director General, DG ECFIN, European Commission

11:30 AM

End of Seminar – Coffee Break

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