Aimed at raising investments for € 315 billion and supposed to “create jobs everyday”, after one year of operations the European Fund for Strategic Investments (EFSI) still appears questionable. On the eve of the proposal to extend the Juncker plan up to 2020, CEE Bankwatch Network, Counter Balance, Friends of the Earth Europe and WWF open up a much-needed discussion on the additionality, accountability and climate impact of this financial instrument.
Where: Museum of Natural Sciences, Rue Vautier 29, 1000 Brussels (behind the European Parliament)
To register, please contact adriana.paradiso@counter-balance.org
Agenda & speakers
9:00 – Welcome address
by Anelia Stefanova (Director CEE Bankwatch Network) and MEP Bas Eickhout(Green/EFA)
9:30 – Session 1: The European Fund for Strategic Investments: additionality, accountability and climate action after the first year of investments
Panel:
Irmfried Schwimann (Member EFSI Steering Board)
Thomas Pellerin-Carlin (Researcher, Jacques Delors Institute)
MEP Bas Eickhout (Green/EFA)
Presentation of the NGO analysis by Sebastien Godinot (WWF) and Xavier Sol (Counter Balance)
Q&A with the audience
11:00 – Session 2: The role of the EU budget and the EIB in meeting EU climate objectives beyond 2020
Panel:
Miguel Gil-Tertre (European Commission, Member of cabinet Commissioner Jyrki Katainen)
Monica Peña Sastre (Policy Officer Climate and Energy, EIB Brussels Office)
MEP Bas Eickhout (Green/EFA)
“A way forward” by Anna Roggenbuck and Markus Trilling (CEE Bankwatch Network)
Q&A with the audience
12:30 – Closing remarks
by Petr Hlobil (Campaigns Director CEE Bankwatch Network) and MEP Bas Eickhout (Green/EFA)
