Time              3rd June 2021 at 9 – 11 a.m.

Place             Teams (online event)

The event is free of charge but needs registration at latest on the 1st June 2021. Teams link will be sent to the registered participants on the 2nd June 2021.

Recovery and Resilience Facility will make €672.5 billion in grants and loans available for public investment and reforms in the 27 member states. The recovery plan is expected to lead the way out of crisis, address the impact of the Covid-19 pandemic, to foster the green and digital transition and to lay foundation for a modern and more sustainable Europe.

This webinar will focus on national recovery and resilience plans in the Baltics and Finland and how these countries will allocate the resources. 

The webinar is co-organized by the Finnish Chamber of Commerce in Latvia, the Finnish Lithuanian Chamber of Commerce,  Embassy of the Republic of Lithuania in Finland, Enterprise Estonia, Investment and Development Agency of Latvia. 

09.00 Opening 
Timo Vuori, Executive Director of International Chamber of Commerce in Finland and Executive Vice President of Finland Chamber of Commerce 

09.05 Estonia
Klen Jäärats, Director for EU Affairs at the Government Office

09.25 Finland
Laura Vartia, Senior Financial Adviser, Ministry of Finance

09.45 Latvia 
Armands Eberhards, Deputy State Secretary on EU Funds, Ministry of Finance of Latvia 

10.05 Lithuania 
Paulius Baniūnas, Deputy Director of the EU Investment Department, Ministry of Finance

10.25 Panel discussion 
Estonia: Tõnu Mertsina, Chief economist at Swedbank
Finland: Mauri Kotamäki, Chief Economist, Finland Chamber of Commerce
Latvia: Mārtiņš Āboliņš, Economist, Citadele Bank Lithuania Aleksandr Izgorodin, Independent economist

11.00 Closing 
Timo Vuori, Executive Director of International Chamber of Commerce in Finland and Executive Vice President of Finland Chamber of Commerce 

Timo Vuori will moderate the event.

Photo: Maryna Yazbeck