EU-OECD Online Workshop
Better Regulation for More Competitive Markets and Higher Growth: What the OECD PMR Indicators Reveal
Date: 17 March 2025 - 14:00 – 17:30 CET virtually via Zoom
AGENDA
14:00 14:15 – Introductory Remarks
• Geraldine Mahieu – Director, Directorate-General for Economic and Financial Affairs, European Commission
• Alvaro Pereira – Chief Economist, OECD
14:15
14:55
– Session 1 – New Evidence on the Impact of Regulatory Reforms on Economic Performance
Chair: Dan Andrews – Head, Growth, Competitiveness and Regulation Division, Economics Department, OECD
• Cristiana Vitale – Head, PMR team, Economics Department, OECD
• Balázs Egert – Head, Quantitative Assessment of Structural Reforms team, Economics Department, OECD
Q & A
14:55 15:50 – Session 2 – Regulating Lobbying Activities to Level the Playing Field
Chair: Antonio Capobianco – Deputy Head, Competition Division, Directorate for Financial and Enterprise Affairs, OECD
• Cristiana Vitale – Head, PMR team, Economics Department, OECD
• Pauline Bertrand – Policy Analyst, Anti-Corruption and Integrity in Government Division, Public Governance Directorate, OECD
• Francesca Lotti – Director, Structural Economics Directorate, Bank of Italy
Q & A
15:50 16:05 – Break
16:05 17:15
– Session 3 – Corporate Governance of State-Owned Enterprises for Fair Competition
Chair: Alessandro Turrini – Head, Economics of Structural Reforms and Investment Unit, Directorate-General for Economic and Financial Affairs, European Commission
• Eszter Danitz – Economist, PMR team, Economics Department, OECD
• Sara Sultan – Head, State-owned Enterprises Unit, Directorate for Financial and Enterprise Affairs, OECD
• Federica Maiorano – Senior Competition Expert, Directorate for Financial and Enterprise Affairs, OECD
• Graciela Miralles – Senior Economist, Finance Competitiveness and Innovation, Europe and Central Asia, World Bank
Q&A
17:15
17:30 – Closing Remarks
• Alain de Serres – Acting Director, Policy and Research Branch, Economics Department, OECD