Green Budget Europe Annual Conference "Recovery, Jobs and Sustainable Prosperity. A New Agenda for Green Fiscal Reform in Europe"

Wednesday, 5 November 2014
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The incoming European Parliament and Commission are confronted with great challenges, but also with a very real window of opportunity. Although it is already six years since the financial and economic crisis began, economic recovery, the creation of jobs and fiscal consolidation remain significant challenges in many of the EU member states. At the same time, member states are still struggling to meet EU targets for emission reduction and resource efficiency. It seems that the crisis may yet provide a window of opportunity for overdue policy changes to generate multiple benefits for the economy and the environment.

With the European Semester process, the EU has been trying to improve policy coordination between member states and to monitor their compliance with the Stability and Growth Pact and the Europe 2020 strategy, as well as their efforts to deliver on “smart, sustainable and inclusive growth”.

Green fiscal reform, the consistent orientation of taxes and government spending towards environmental sustainability, has great potential to aid economic recovery, create jobs, consolidate budgets and to improve incentives for low-carbon and resource efficient economic development and investment.

The 2014 GBE Annual Conference will provide a platform to discuss the potential of green fiscal reform to create jobs and aid economic recovery. We will discuss the opportunities and shortcomings of the European Semester as a key process to move this agenda forward.

During the conference, key findings and experiences with green fiscal reforms will be presented and discussed with stakeholders from business, labour unions, and social groups; recent successes and current challenges with green fiscal reforms in individual member states will be presented; and the potential role of green fiscal reform in the European Semester process and for economic recovery will be evaluated with representatives from the EU institutions and environmental groups.

 

To register, please complete, print and scan the registration form and return to info(at)green-budget.eu.

Adresse

Norway House
Rue Archimède 17
1000
Brussels
Belgium