George Pagoulatos
George Pagoulatos
Ambassador, Permanent Representative of Greece to the OECD
, France
Since May 2023, George Pagoulatos is the Ambassador of Greece to the OECD, chairing the OECD Global Strategy Group. He is Chair of the OECD Friends of South East Europe Group and a member of the OECD Evaluation Committee.
He is Professor of European Politics and Economy at the Athens University of Economics and Business (AUEB) (on leave), and Visiting Professor at the College of Europe in Bruges.
Pagoulatos has served as Director General of the Hellenic Foundation for European and Foreign Policy (ELIAMEP) (2019-23), advisor on European affairs to the President of the Hellenic Republic (2020-23), and senior advisor and director of strategy at the PM Office under Greece’s two non-political prime ministers and coalition governments (2011-12). He has been a member of the Governing Board of the Brussels-based European Policy Centre (EPC) (2015-20), a member of the High Council of the European University Institute (EUI) in Florence (2010-13), and President of ECSA-Greece (2013-14). Author of several books and many articles, he has been a regular columnist in the Sunday edition of the main Greek centrist newspaper Kathimerini. Pagoulatos holds a Law degree from the University of Athens, M.Sc. and D.Phil. in Politics from the University of Oxford, where he was a Rhodes scholar. He was a delegate for Greece in the Conference on the Future of Europe (2021-22).
Wednesday 10
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14.30 - 15.10
A World in Geopolitical Turmoil, Supply Chain Disruption, and Climate Crisis Redesigning Policies for Economic and Fiscal Survival
Ahrweiler Hall | European Cultural Centre of Delphi
Programming Partner: OECD Global Strategy Group, chaired by Greece
The world has shifted to a new geopolitical reality characterized by conflict and the weaponization of interdependence, multipolarity in tandem with polarization, and the growing inability of multilateral institutions to uphold a functioning rules-based global trading order. Governments are facing acute challenges for sustaining sound public finances. De-risking supply chains comes with costs. Meeting investment priorities in security and defence, supporting Ukraine, financing the green and digital transitions, engaging with the “Global South”, offsetting the influence of third powers, addressing the consequences of ageing and the climate crisis, all imply hard policy choices and trade-offs. What are the policy dilemmas emerging from this global landscape? And how should government policies be redesigned to navigate these acute challenges?
Friday 12
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10.50 - 11.25
Securing the Future Through Financial Literacy
Leto Hall | Amalia Hotel
Programming Partner: Organisation for Economic Cooperation and Development (OECD)