On February 25, 2021, the National Bank of Romania and the European Investment Bank (EIB) hosted the webinar “Towards a green and smart economy in Romania: Investment and investment finance” on Cisco Webex platform. The event was dedicated on the presentation of the EIB report focusing on investment dynamics in Romania in times of COVID-19 pandemic, in order to support the transition to a green and digital economy.
The seminar is part of the EIB Investment series of events that take place annually in Romania, under the patronage of the NBR. To the event participed representatives of the NBR and the EIB, specialists from the financial-banking system, state and private companies and public institutions in Romania, as well as representatives of international financial bodies and the business community.
To obtain more information about the seminar, you can access Press release
Event Agenda
10:30 – 10:45 Opening remarks:
- Opening speech - Mugur Isărescu, NBR Governor
- Christian Kettel Thomsen, EIB Vice President
10:45 – 11:10 EIB Investment Survey Results for Romania – How to master COVID challenges and a successful structural transition?
- Debora Revoltella, Chief Economist, EIB
11:10 – 11:50 Panel: Towards a green and smart economy in Romania: Investment and investment finance
Moderator: Ramona Jurubiță, Country Managing Partner, KPMG
Panel discussion
- Pierre Beynet, Head of Division in the Economic Country Studies Branch, OECD
- Ionuț Dumitru, Chief Economist, Raiffeisen Bank Romania
- Nadeem Ilahi, Senior Regional Representative for Central, Eastern and South Eastern Europe, IMF
- Florian Neagu, Deputy Director Financial Stability, NBR
Conclusion:
- Anita Fürstenberg-Lucius, Director of Operations in Central and South-eastern Europe, EIB
Master of Ceremony: Lara Tassan Zanin, EIB Group Representative in Romania