Event

Coordination of public development banking:Lessons for and from the European experience

  • Location

    University of Luxembourg, Black Box, Maison des Sciences Humaines (Belval Campus)

    2, Avenue de l’Université

    4365, Esch-sur-Alzette, Luxembourg

  • Type(s)
    In-person event, Virtual event

Conference

Sponsored by the ESRC / FNR Research Project: Banking on Europe ; And the FNR Intermobility Grant: Realigning the European Financial Architecture for the Twenty-First Century 

NB:  This is a draft programme and precise topics and speakers may change

Lunch / Coffee:  from 12.00

Welcome and Introduction:  13.00-13.05.  David Howarth, University of Luxembourg

Panel 1: 13h05-15h00. Lessons from the European experience

  1. Dermot Hodson (Loughborough University, London) Team Europe. Coordination issues in development finance
  2. Judith Clifton (University of Cantabria; Intermobility Fellow, University of Luxembourg) EBRD-EIB lending overlaps / coordination problems.
  3. Lukas Spielberger (University of Luxembourg) Coordination on European green public finance
  4. Dora Piroska (Central European University, Vienna) 20 years within the EU: EIB and national development banks cooperation in East Central Europe
  5. Matthias Thiemann (Sciences Po, Paris) EIB-EBRD coordination issues in Central and Eastern Europe.
  6. Daniel Diaz Fuentes (University of Cantabria) The Instituto de Crédito Oficial and its coordination with other European development banks
  7. Eefje Schmid (Head of Policy and Impact Unit, European Investment Bank) The EIB’s perspective on its cooperation outside the EU

Coffee break:  15.00-15.30

Panel 2: 15.30 to 17.30. Lessons for Europe

  1. Marcelo Rougier (IIEP/UBA, CONICET, Argentina) and Pablo López (UBA, UNPAZ, Minister of Treasury and Finance of the Province of Buenos Aires), The IDB and the National Development Banks. Synergies, cooperation, and ruptures
  2. Thomas Marois (McMaster University, Canada) Fostering a Global MDB-NDB Financial Ecosystem? Pitfalls and Prospects.
  3. Laurent de Mautort (formerly of the EIB and the AIIB) The AIIB and coordination with other regional development banks
  4. Helen Kavvadia (formerly EIB and EIB Research Fellow, University of Luxembourg) The AIIB and the challenge of coordination
  5. Carlos Andreas Brando (CESA, Bogota, Columbia) The Coordination Experience of the Corporación Andino de Fomento
  6. Anissa Bougrea (Ghent University) Development Banks in Sub-Saharan Africa: Geopolitics, Institutional Competition, and Risk Aversion

Conclusions:  Lessons from and for Europe: 17.30-17.40.  Judith Clifton 

Thanks:  17.40-17.45 David Howarth, University of Luxembourg

Crémant reception: 17.45-18.30. 

Dinner at Osteria for conference speakers and special guests:  18.30

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