High level Event in cooperation with the Spanish Ministry of Inclusion,
Social Security and Migration.
In-person only
Venue: Centre for European Policy Studies (CEPS)
Place du Congrès 1, 1000 Brussels
In order to guarantee that our pension systems are financially sound and politically resilient, it is crucial that pension reforms are socially sustainable. Based on past experience and abundant evidence gathered by economists and social scientists over the years, there is today a growing consensus on how central it is to understand well the “political-economy” of these reforms. In democratic societies, this means that reforms should be designed based on principles widely shared by citizens, in a way that entails both wide participation from all relevant stakeholders, and incorporate explicitly equity and fairness considerations, both across social and economic groups and across generations.
In this event, we aim at drawing lessons from what we know have we learned about the effects of past and current reforms in terms of individual behaviour, social cohesion, and wellbeing, and draw lessons for the ongoing debate on how to make our pension systems more politically robust in the face of present and future challenges, both financially and socially.
The event is structured in two blocks: first, an academic panel by internationally renowned scholars and policy experts, and a high-level round table with Ministers and EU policy-makers.
