EU Recovery and Resilience Fund for Croatia's Transition 2021 | The Economist | 23 March 2021 | Virtual

On 9 October 2020, EU ambassadors agreed the Council’s position on the Recovery and Resilience Facility (RRF), a new tool providing member states with financial support to step up public investments and reforms in the aftermath of the COVID-19 crisis. The €672.5 billion facility will help member states address the economic and social impact of the pandemic whilst ensuring that their economies undertake the green and digital transitions, becoming more sustainable and resilient.

Prior to the COVID-19 crisis, Croatia had recorded steady economic growth of close to 3 percent. A severe economic recession triggered by covid-19 reversed the income gains, poverty reduction, and fiscal sustainability that Croatia achieved during the past five years. The crisis could nevertheless provide an opportunity for Croatia to revisit its growth model and focus on policies to increase resilience to exogenous shocks and raise growth potential.

2021 Speakers

Joan Hoey
Regional director, Europe, Economist Intelligence Unit

Agnese Ortolani
Senior analyst Europe and country report manager, The Economist Intelligence Unit

Gianluca Antonini
Executive partner, cognitive & analytics IBM Global Business Services

Federico Barriga-Salazar
Director, sovereigns, emerging Europe Fitch Ratings

Helga Bubanović Devčić
Associate partner, EY

Jeroen Dijsselbloem
Chairman, Dutch Safety Board, Former president, Eurogroup

Wolfgang Fengler
Lead economist, The World Bank, Austria

Gloria Guevara
President & CEO World Travel & Tourism Council

Paul Hilbers
Εxecutive director, IMF

Rainer Hinrichs-Rahlwes
Vice-president, European Renewable Energies Federation

Veronica Manfredi
Director, Quality of Life, DG for Environment, European Commission

Zdravko Marić
Deputy prime minister & minister of finance, Republic of Croatia

Elizabeth McCaul
Μember of the supervisory board, European Central Bank

Majda Pavleković
Partner and consulting services leader, EY

Zoran Stančič
Hors classe adviser, DG for Communications Networks, Content and Technology, European Commission

George Tziallas
Expert, World Tourism Organisation, ex-secretary general at Ministry of Tourism, Greece

Boris Vujčić
Governor, Croatian National Bank

2021 Partner & Sponsors

PARTNER:
• HESA

SILVER SPONSORS:
• Arena
• EY
• Zagrebacka Banka
• Erste
• Aegean

ACADEMIC SPONSOR:
• ALBA

LOGISTIC SUPPLIER
• DHL

IT SPONSOR:
• Pobuca

COMMUNICATION SPONSOR:
• Poslovni Dnevnik

ONLINE COMMUNICATION SPONSOR:
• Agrocapital

CONTRIBUTOR:
• Artecniko

SUPPORTER:
• HMI & Partners