15 November 2021

European Union countries’ National Recovery and Resilience Plans: A cross-country comparison

Breugel presented a comparison between the different Recovery and Resilience Facilities of the EU Member States. The presentation was given to the French Senate on 12 November 2021.

27 April 2021

EPC Paper - National Recovery and Resilience Plans: Empowering the green and digital transitions?

The European Office of the Konrad-Adenauer-Stiftung (KAS) and the European Policy Centre (EPC) have published a Discussion paper: "National Recovery and Resilience Plans: enablers of the twin transformations?" This paper provides recommendations on how to deal with the double challenge of sustainable and digital transformation within Europe.

11 March 2021

Recovery and Resilience Paper 1 : Avoiding the Main Risks in the Recovery Plans of Member States

The Centre for European Policy Studies (CEPS) issued a first of a series of reports dedicated to the preparation and implementation of the Recovery and Resilience Facility of the EU. This report sets out some of the main risks to the success of the recovery programmes, such as a lack of focus and mistargeting, maintaining unsustainable sectors, delays in implementation, and the lack of both a European dimension and the capacity to implement such a complex programme over and above the normal EU budget.

These risks can be mitigated or avoided, however. The report also presents a number of solutions to ensure that aspects critical to the recovery programmes – and the key objective of longer-term resilience – are implemented. It highlights the necessity for serious structural reforms in member states, better management and control systems at EU level, well-designed active labour market policies, and a clear framework for public private partnerships to ensure that they are used more effectively.