From working hard to working smart: the next step for CEE

Join ING’s Central and Eastern Europe team for a webinar exploring key regional dynamics:

• Labour markets: CEE labour markets have successfully reached euro area employment benchmarks, but face structural headwinds and a shift from labour abundance to scarcity.

• Growth vs productivity: The region’s growth model has delivered GDP per capita convergence, yet productivity remains subdued due to underinvestment in capital, innovation, and over-representation of smaller firms.

• Future competitiveness: Sustaining momentum hinges on reallocating labour to high-productivity sectors, scaling firm size, capital deepening, and deregulation.

Please join us for a live discussion of this and our latest Directional Economics report with:

Rafal Benecki (Chief Economist, Poland)

Michal Rubaszek (Senior Economist, Poland)

Leszek Kasek (Senior Economist, Poland)

Muhammet Mercan (Chief Economist, Turkey)

Peter Virovacz (Senior Economist, Hungary)

David Havrlant (Chief Economist, Czech Republic) 

Valentin Tataru (Chief Economist, Romania)

Adam Antoniak (Senior Economist, Poland)

This event will be moderated by Rebecca Byrne (Senior Editor and Supervisory Analyst)

Details:

Date: Thursday 9th October

Time: 1200 BST/1300 CEST/0700 ET

The webinar will last 60 minutes, including a Q&A session at the end.

The event will take place online, and the waiting room will open 60 minutes ahead of the scheduled start time.

A joining link will be emailed following registration and you will receive a reminder email 10 minutes before the scheduled start time.