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ICEG EC—Financial Summit VII. - Forward or back?
May 1, 2008 18:05

The Hungarian Business Leaders Forum (HBLF) and ICEG European Center organized a high-level one-day conference on April 14, 2008.

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CASE—World Governance Assessment for the Kyrgyz Republic published
May 1, 2008 18:00

CASE-Kyrgyzstan has published the results of the World Governance Assessment for the Kyrgyz Republic. According to the report the Kyrgyz domestic stakeholders appeared to be critical on current situation and the dynamics of change in governance in the country assigning to the current governance quality a score of 2.32 on the scale from 1 (very low quality) to 5 (excellent quality).

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IET—Scientific seminar “Institutional Restrictions and Economic Growth”
May 1, 2008 17:58

On March 20, 2008, IET held a seminar on the above mentioned title to discuss the results of opinion polls conducted by the IET market study unit among industrial enterprises in Russia.

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IDIS Viitorul—Latvian experts invited to share experience
May 1, 2008 17:56

IDIS Viitorul invited Latvian experts to conduct two trainings on 11-13 and 19-20 April, 2008. The trainings were aimed to create a platform for experience exchange between the Baltic States and Moldova and to inform the participants on the practicalities of the Baltic 'success' in approaching European integration.

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IPM Research Center— seminar on "Economic Environment in Belarus”
April 3, 2008 11:56

On March 11, the IPM Business School in partnership with the IPM Research Center organized a seminar entitled "Economic Environment in Belarus: Possibilities and Threats for Business".

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ICEG EC—Conference for Chief Executive Officers
April 3, 2008 11:54

ICEG European Center in cooperation with AmCham (American Chamber of Commerce) Hungary organized a conference entitled „Central European Outlook for Chief Executive Officers – CEO for CEOs” on March 26, 2008.

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CER—lecture on “Global Energy Security: The Role of Russia and Central Asia States”
February 26, 2008 09:34

CER organized the next open lecture on Feb 1, 2008. This time it was dedicated to energy security issues in Eurasia. Vladimir Milov, the President of the Institute of Energy Policy (Russian Federation), was invited to lecture on the subject. <--more--> Mr. Milov talked about the following four main topics: 1) Energy security for producers, transitors, and consumers; 2) Transnational and national energy companies: comparative analysis and competitiveness; 3) Impact of political factors on energy markets and security (Iraq, Iran, Kurdistan, etc.); 4) Role of Central Asia and Uzbekistan, prospects of liquefied gas market in the world and Uzbekistan. Mr. Milov is one of the most renowned independent experts on energy policy in Russia. He is a founder of the Institute of Energy Policy—first Russian independent think-tank totally concentrated on national energy policy issues. He is also a columnist of the top Russian business daily newspaper “Vedomosti”.

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New Polish Economic Outlook published
February 26, 2008 09:33

The latest edition of „Polish Economic Outlook” was presented on February 6. 2008 by Dr. Maciej Krzak at the CASE headquarters. According to the publication, Polish business cycle peaked in the first half of 2007: Since then, year on year economic growth started slowing down and this trend should continue at least until Q 1st of 2008. Real GDP grew preliminary by 6.5% in 2007, i.e. above its potential rate of growth, estimated within the range of 5% to 5.5% a year.

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Yegor Gaidar at CASE
February 26, 2008 09:32

CASE held a seminar where Yegor Gaidar was invited as a guest speaker on January 25, 2008. Dr. Gaidar is a Director of the Institute for the Economy in Transition in Moscow. In the past he held positions of Russia's former Acting Prime Minister and former Minister of Finance and Economy under President Boris Yeltsin. He is related to CASE as a member of the CASE Advisory Council. During the seminar he briefed the participants on the current state of the Russian economy.

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Academic Council Meeting was held
February 26, 2008 09:30

IET held an academic council meeting on the subject “Contemporary Russian economy: trends and risks”. Yegor Gaidar, the Director of the institute presented main findings on “Conditions of the global economy and perspectives of economic policy in Russia”. In his presentation Dr. Gaidar summarized the economic development in Russia in recent years and forecasted probable economic and political problems in the coming years.

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IET—Seminar on economic situation in Ukraine
February 26, 2008 09:28

IET held a seminar entitled "Why Ukraine shows such successful economic results? " on January 31, 2008. The leading economist of the World Bank Martin Rajzner lectured on the subject. He pointed out three groups of growth factors in the Ukrainian economy: 1) a favorable conjuncture of the world market of metals, 2) presence of significant unused capacities, 3) and the process of convergence of Ukraine with the EU countries on labour productivity levels and the average salary (similarly to other economies of the Eastern Europe).

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IDIS “Viitorul” launches public debates
February 26, 2008 09:27

IDIS VIItorul launched new public debates entitled "Ideological Debates: The Structure and Function of the Political Ideas" on February 12, 2008. <--more--> The forum was about the political democratization of the Republic of Moldova and aimed at encouraging substantive discussions over key-policy distinctions among political actors. The forum also discussed the role and subjective perception of ideologies in transition, while providing a good background for tracking political ideas, doctrines, ideologies from populist rhetoric.

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IES— Scholarships for Master's Programme at the Charles University
February 4, 2008 11:16

The Czech Institute of Economic Studies offers Economics and Finance Master's Programme. The degree an a two-years English language programme and is fully accredited by the Czech Ministry of Education. The programme aims at giving students a thorough grounding in both theoretical and applied economics. The degree is taught at the Charles University in Prague by members of the Institute of Economic Studies (IES). The final deadline for applications this year is April 15, 2008.

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CASE concludes a project—results
February 4, 2008 11:13

CASE social policy experts concluded a project, which studied the phenomenon of unregistered workers in Poland. The team estimates that 9.3% of all jobs in Poland are held by unregistered workers, with the majority in rural areas.

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CASE launches a new project
February 4, 2008 11:10

CASE held first meeting in the framework of its newest project “Cross-curricular key competences and teacher education”. The project is being led by CASE with the participation of several international experts from other European institutions . The team will measure the extent that "key competences for lifelong learning" are being implemented in primary and secondary schools across the EU-27 countries.

Social Issues No comments yet
IDIS Viitorul launched an economic bulletin
February 4, 2008 11:01

IDIS Viitorul launched the eleventh issue of Economic Statewatch—quarterly economic forecasting bulletin. The bulletin gives a brief review of political and economic life in 2008 in Moldova. Also, the publication presents main macroeconomic indicators for 2007 and forecasts for 2008 in Moldova.

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CER—Open lecture on “Islam and Transformation”
February 4, 2008 10:58

CER organized an open lecture entitled “Islam and Transformation. Islamic Political and Legal Thought in Search of Answers to Contemporary Challenges” on January 8, 2008. Dr. Sukiainen, Professor of Law at the State University—Higher School of Economics, Moscow, lectured on the topic. Dr. Sukiainen specializes on Islamic Law, comparative law, Islamic finance, human rights, Islam in Russia and Muslim world.

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Major Impediments to Private Participation in Urban Transportation in Belarus
January 18, 2008 14:03

The paper provides some recommendations on how to foster private participation, including ensuring fair competition with public providers, abolishing superfluous technical requirements and restrictions, and eliminating abuse of the right to control and corruption.

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EERC Research Grant Competition - Spring 2008 Round
January 17, 2008 15:00

EERC is pleased to announce the Spring 2008 round of Economics research grant competition. The goal of the competition is to support policy-relevant research projects under five priority research areas. Grants in the amount of up to $14,000 are typically provided for up to 18 months of work. Research proposals can be submitted by individuals or small teams of CIS researchers. Young researchers and researchers based in the periphery may be offered smaller-scale development grants (up to $2,000) and training opportunities. The deadline for applications is April 25, 2008.

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IET Seminar on “Gazprom” reforms
January 3, 2008 09:48

IET hosted a scientific seminar entitled “Gazprom reforms: intention and failure” on December 20, 2007. The President of the Institute of Energy Policy V.Milov presented his report, which was focused on the comparative analysis of the development dynamics in gas and oil sectors of the fuel and energy complex in Russia. Moreover, the report underlined slow rates in the gas sector development compared to the oil sector and specific situation in the gas sector due to the proportion of investment in this sector. The participants discussed possible ways to restructure the gas sector at the end of the meeting.

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