Video message -Opening speechValdis Dombrovskis | Executive Vice-President, European Commission .Presentation -Paper -Sebastian-Bogdan Căpraru | Vice-Chair; and Member of the Romanian Fiscal Council Do institutional aspects shape the effectiveness of independent fiscal institutions? Presentation -Sanja Madzarevic-Sujster | Senior Economist, The World BankDo institutional aspects shape the effectiveness of IFIs? .Presentation -Paper -Laszlo Jankovics | Secretariat of the European Fiscal Board, Economic AnalystIndependence safeguards: how do national EU IFIs fare? Presentation -Flavio Padrini | Parliamentary budget office of Italy, Director of public finance department Video message -Concluding remarksPaolo Gentiloni | European Commission, Commissioner