Sylvie Goulard

IEP@BU Vice President
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Sylvie Goulard

Sylvie Goulard is President of the Deutsch Französisches Institut (Ludwigburg, Germany) and Vice President of the Institute for European Policymaking at Bocconi University (Milano, Italy). She is also Professor of Practice at SDA Bocconi.

In June 2023, she was designated co-chair (with Dame Amelia Fawcett) of a Franco British initiative aiming at creating nature related financial instruments to tackle climate change and biodiversity loss.

From January 2018 to December 2022, she was deputy governor of the Banque de France / Eurosystem with a portfolio comprising international issues, research, public financial education and financial stability issues, including those related to climate and the monitoring of the secretariat of the Network for Greening the Financial System (NGFS) that coordinates the work of around 120 Central Banks and supervisors committed to tackle climate related financial risks and encourage sustainable development. Within the NGFS, Mrs Goulard co-chaired the Task Force on nature-related risks.

After the presidential election in 2017, Mrs Goulard was Minister of Defense in the first Edouard Philippe Government.

From 2009 to 2017, she served as a member of the European Parliament (ALDE group / Econ committee).

She was before a political advisor to Romano Prodi during his time as President of the European Commission and Chair of the French European Movement.

In 2009 she received an award (Prix du livre Européen) for her book L’Europe pour les Nuls.

 

European Policies

The Future of the European Green Deal: Three Potential Scenarios
2024

This dismantling of the European Grean Deal would be one of the main mistakes that the Europeans could make. The often critics should not lead us to underestimate or marginalize people's desire to take action and deny the necessity to accelerate the transition.

Policy Brief - Green Deal in a Time of “Green Bashing”
2024

After a detailed presentation of the Green Deal’s main measures in each sector, we will focus on a few of them to analyze its failures or successes in greater detail. 

Europeans Deserve Better
2023

The way the EU Commission and governments envisage launching future enlargements without strengthening the EU in parallel could have negative consequences for all Europeans, in the EU and in candidate countries.

Seminars

Public debt. How it works, how to reduce it.
21/11/2024 - 21/11/2024
Room N02 - Groundfloor Velodromo - Piazza Sraffa 13

Public debt has crucial economic consequences. With a focus on Italy in the European context, we will discuss the origins of public debt, its consequences for citizens and the economy, the future perspectives and the false myths about government debt.

Towards a more sustainable world: which role for Central Banks?
19/03/2024 - 19/03/2024
CANCELED

We will host as our guest speaker Sabine Mauderer, Chair of Central Banks and Supervisors NGFS (Network for Greening the Financial System) and Member of the Executive Board of the Deutsche Bundesbank.

Conferences

IS THE EU FIT FOR A FRAGMENTED WORLD? IEP@BU ANNUAL EVENT
14/10/2024 - 14/10/2024
Aula Magna - Via Roentgen 1, Bocconi University, Milan

Save the date for the upcoming IEP@BU Annual Event and register here

From Data to Action: Homelessness Policies and Perspectives in the EU
04/10/2024 - 04/10/2024
Morning session: Alesina Seminar Room (5.E4.SR04) - Roentgen Building
Afternoon session: Room N05 - Groundfloor, Velodromo Building

In preparation for the international day for the eradication of poverty, in October, the Institute for European Policymaking @ Bocconi University is preparing a focus on poverty and social inclusion, focusing in particular on homelessness. The goal is to bring together academia, policymakers, civil society and the very individuals experiencing poverty, in order to confront the issue from a wide range of perspectives. This way Bocconi hopes to share knowledge more effectively in order to develop more robust and evidence-based solutions.

The future of EU Environmental Law and Policies
26/09/2024 - 27/09/2024
Room AS01, Via Roentgen 1, Bocconi University
European Parliament Elections: What the Result Might Mean for Europe's Future
22/04/2024 - 22/04/2024
AULA FRANCESCHI - BOCCONI UNIVERSITY, VIA SARFATTI 25

As Europe prepares for the 2024 elections to the European Parliament in June, this panel brings together European thought leaders to discuss the implications of the elections for the EU's future.
With: Catherine De Vries, Sylvie Goulard, Isabell Hoffmann, Eleanor Spaventa.

Prospects for stability, growth and cohesion in the Eurozone
23/10/2023 - 25/10/2023
Villa Vigoni, Menaggio (CO)

Seminar organized by the Franco-German Institute (dfi) in collaboration with the IEP@BU, featuring the presence of researchers from French, German and Italian universities and think tanks.

 

wEUbinars

A IEP@BU Webinar Series: The Future of the EU Institutions
25/03/2024 - 25/03/2024
WEBINAR

In view of the European Parliamentary elections IEP@BU is launching a series of webinars on the future of the EU institutions. Whereas, there has not been any Treaty change since the Lisbon Treaty, the role of the European Council, the European Commission and the European Parliament have evolved considerably in the past 15 years or so. The inaugural digital event will take place on March, 25, 12.30-14.00 with the following speakers: Giuliano Amato; Sylvie Goulard; Mario Monti; Eleanor Spaventa.

IEP@BU - ECFR Working lunches

L’allargamento e il futuro dell’Unione Europea
06/12/2023 - 06/12/2023
@Rome

Il secondo appuntamento di una serie di tre working lunch realizzati congiuntamente da ECFR Roma, SDA Bocconi e l’Institute for European Policymaking @ Bocconi University.