A Fair, Green and Digital Recovery of the EU: Czech and Portuguese Perspectives

Save the date for the online conference "A Fair, Green and Digital Recovery of the EU: Czech and Portuguese Perspectives" organized by the Embassy of Portugal in Prague in cooperation with the Institute of International Relations, European Investment Bank, European Commission, and EUROPEUM. The conference will be streamed both on our Facebook page and the Czech YouTube channel of the European Commission.

16. 2. 2021 (13:00)

ONLINE

The ambitious triple plan to transform the European Union in a fair, green, and digital fashion moves from the strategy-planning period to its first implementation phase in 2021. The Portuguese Presidency of the Council of the EU thus has a unique chance to initiate strategies which will define our next decade in the face of the current COVID-19 crisis. Besides bringing Europe back on the growth trajectory after the deep recession through the biggest 7-year budget in the EU´s history, there are two equally important ambitions: to start the continent´s path to the 2030 climate targets, and to navigate the bloc to the digital decade. How can this be done in a fair and sustainable manner?

Day 1 16/02/2021

13:00 - 14:10

KEYNOTE AND OPENING REMARKS

Time to Deliver: A Fair, Green and Digital Recovery

Ondřej Ditrych Director of the Institute of International Relations Prague
Lilyana Pavlova Vice-President of the European Investment Bank
Frans Timmermans Vice-President of the European Commission
Richard Brabec Minister of Environment of the Czech Republic
João Pedro Matos Fernandes Minister of Environment and Climate Action of Portugal
Moderator: Luís de Almeida Sampaio Ambassador of Portugal to the Czech Republic
14:10 - 15:40

PANEL I - Making the EU Fit for the 55 %: Energy Transformation through the European Green Deal

Nathalie Binet Head of the Prague Office of the European Investment Bank
Danuše Nerudová Rector of Mendel University in Brno
Jorge Moreira da Silva Director of the Development Co-operation Directorate at the OECD
Vladislav Smrž Deputy Minister of Environment of the Czech Republic
Elena Višnar Malinovská Head of Unit in the DG Clima of the European Commission
Moderator: Kateřina Davidová Researcher of Europeum, Prague
15:40 - 17:10

PANEL II - E-Recovery: Initiating the Digital Decade in the Post-COVID-19 Europe

Aleš Chmelař Deputy Minister of Foreign Affairs of the Czech Republic
Amílcar Falcão Rector of the University of Coimbra
Ilona Švihlíková Member of the National Economic Council of the Czech Government
Petr Zahradník Member of the Czech National Investment Council and Economist of Česká spořitelna
Rodrigo da Costa Executive Director of the European GNSS Agency
Moderator: Daniel Šitera Researcher of the Institute of International Relations Prague
17:10 - 17:30

CONCLUDING REMARKS

Moderator: Luís de Almeida Sampaio Ambassador of Portugal to the Czech Republic