Ensuring Member States' recovery and reform plans help deliver growth and jobs

11.00-11.45

High-level session

Will recovery and reform plans successfully deliver growth and jobs? Insights from BusinessEurope's 2021 Reform Barometer

• Markus J. Beyrer, Director General, BusinessEurope

Keynote response

• Michael Hager, Head of Cabinet, European Commission Executive Vice-President, Valdis Dombrovskis

11.45-12.30

Panel discussion

Chair: James Watson, Economics Director, BusinessEurope

Presentation of BusinessEurope's 2021 Reform Barometer

• Malthe Munkøe, Senior Economic Adviser, BusinessEurope

Panel opening statements/responses

How does the panel assess the country plans? How can they be improved? How can we ensure effective implementation?

• Isabel Benjumea MEP (EPP), Vice Chair: Committee on Regional Development, Member: Committee on Economic and Monetary Affairs
• Bertrand Deprez, Vice-President for EU Government Affairs, Schneider Electric
• Wolfgang Merz, President of the Economic Policy Committee of the EU; Head of Division for European Economic Policy in the Federal Ministry of Finance (Germany)
• Johannes Luebking, Principal Adviser for the European Semester Coordination, Recovery & Resilience Task Force, European Commission