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Brussels, ENEPO Final Conference - The European Union (EU) Eastern Neighborhood: Economic Challenges Ahead
Date: 2009-03-18
Time: 09:45
Venue: Centre for European Policy Studies (CEPS), Place du Congrès 1, B-1000 Brussels - Conference Room
Date: 18 March 2009
Time: 9:45 - 17:15
Agenda: EN (PDF)
Registration Form: EN (DOC)
CASE - Center for Social and Economic Research in cooperation with the Centre of European Policy Studies (CEPS) is pleased to invite you to the ENEPO Final Conference on "The European Union (EU) Eastern Neighborhood: Economic Challenges Ahead" on 18 March 2009 at the Centre for European Policy Studies in Brussels.The conference focuses on the future economic challenges to be faced by the NIS and on the policies that can foster their economic and institutional development as well as their closer integration with the EU. ENEPO - EU Eastern Neighborhood: Economic Potential and Future Development is a specific targeted research project funded by the 6th Framework Programme of the European Union. Its main objective is to examine the potential of the European Neighborhood Policy (ENP) to upgrade the relations between the enlarged EU and the new independent states (NIS) of the former USSR in the spheres of trade, investment, labour movement and technical cooperation, in addition to speeding up economic and governance reforms in the NIS, with special attention given to mutual interdependence between these cooperation areas.
Above find the conference programme and a registration form. To participate, please return a completed registration form before the 16th of March to Miriam Mir by e-mail at miriam.mir@ceps.eu or by fax to 0032.2.219.41.51.
EU Eastern Neighbourhood: Economic Potential and Future Development [ENEPO]
CASE Moldova Workshop
Date: March 4, 2009
Organizer: Foundation for Social and Economic Research - CASE Moldova
Place: Jazz Hotel, Conference Hall /Chisinau, Vlaicu Pircalab str., 72, Chișinău, Moldova
Contact Person: Petru Veverita (case_moldova@case.com.md)
Working Language: English
9.45 - 10.00 Registration of Participants
10.00 - 10.20 Mr. Petru Veverita, Managing Director of the CASE Moldova Foundation
Opening statement: ENEPO project - CASE Moldova involvement and results achieved
10.20 - 11.10 Dr. Matthias Luecke, the Kiel Institute for the World Economy
Labour Migration and Remittances in Moldova: Household-Level and Economy-Wide Effects (background ENEPO working paper)
11.10 - 11.30 Mr. Sorin Hadarca, Local Expert
FDI and Investment Climate - presentation of the survey results and policy recommendations
11.30 - 11.45 Coffee Break
11.45 - 12.15 Question and Answer Session
12.15 - 12.30 Closing remarks, conclusions
EU Eastern Neighbourhood: Economic Potential and Future Development [ENEPO]
Frontiers of European Integration: Behind Political Slogans
First Final Regional Seminar, 26 January 2009
Time: 10:00 - 14:00
Venue: Premier Palace, Sofievski Hall, Kyiv (Ukraine)
Contact Person: Viachaslau Herasimovichv.herasimovich@case-ukraine.kiev.ua or +380 44 227-53-17
Working Language: English and Ukrainian
Agenda: EN
Abstract of publications discussed: EN
The Center for Social and Economic Research -CASE Ukraine- and the Norwegian Institute of International Affairs (NUPI) are presenting the results of the research conducted under ENEPO project - EU Eastern Neighbourhood: Economic Potential and Future Development project. ENEPO is implemented under and financially supported by the EU's Sixth Framework Programme.The project seeks to provide analyses of the different aspects of the European Union's relationships with its Eastern neighbours. The research centers on key areas, such as the development gap, trade relations, energy policy, potential labour migration, and institutional harmonization, etc.
From 2005, the project has been implemented by a consortium of eleven partner institutes and led by the Warsaw-based Center for Social and Economic Research. This seminar is the first in a series of regional seminars that will be organized in Russia, Moldova, Georgia, and Kyrgyzstan. A final conference is to be held in Brussels on 2 March 2009.
The Kyiv seminar will focus on issues of regional inequality and convergence, and the institutional harmonization aspects of European integration, and feature NUPI and CASE Ukraine experts.
Representatives of the European Commission, the World Bank, UNDP, the Ministry of Economy, member of the diplomatic community, as well as experts of leading Ukrainian think tanks are expected to attend.
EU Eastern Neighbourhood: Economic Potential and Future Development [ENEPO]
2nd Workshop 11-12 April 2008
Venue: CASE - Center for Economic and Social Research, Warszawa, ul. Sienkiewicza 14, Conference Room
Date: 11-12 April 2008
On the 11th and 12th of April 2008, a workshop on the ENEPO project took place in Warsaw at CASE. The work-package coordinators were invited to present the progress of the research and present the papers prepared during the two first years of the project.Among others, the following papers were presented:
- Determinants of Portofolio Flows into CIS countries (A. Kudina)
- Assessing the Development Gap between CIS and EU countries (I. Sinitsina)
- Institutional Harmonization in the Context of Relations Between the EU and Its Eastern Neighbours: Costs and Benefits and Methodologies of the Their Measurement (A. Kolesnichenko).
Click here to download the programme.
The Wider Area of Freedom, Security and Justice - EU Neighbourhood Policy and Justice and Home Affairs (ENEPO Conference)
Venue: Centre for European Policy Studies (CEPS), Place du Congres 1, B-1000 Brussels - Conference Room
Date: 30 November 2007
Organizers: The Centre of European Policy Studies, in cooperation with CASE - Center for Social and Economic Research
This conference focuses on the Justice and Home Affairs elements in the European Neighbourhood Policy and in particular those related to the movement of persons. It is the first conference to be organised by the ENEPO project in Brussels.
Click here to download the Conference Program
Click here to download the Registration Form
Please send the Registration Form before the 28th of November to Florian Geyer by e-mail at florian.geyer@ceps.eu or by fax to 0032-02-2194151.
ENEPO - EU Eastern Neighbourhood: Economic Potential and Future Development is a specific targeted research project funded by the 6th Framework Programme of the European Union. Its main objective is to examine the potential of the European Neighbourhood Policy (ENP) to upgrade the relations between the enlarged EU and the new independent states (NIS) of the former USSR in the spheres of trade, investment, labour movement, technical cooperation, and to speed up economic and governance reforms in NIS, with special attention given to mutual interdependence between these cooperation areas.
For more information on the ENEPO project see: http://enepo.case.com.pl
For more information about the JHA Section at CEPS: http://www.ceps.be/Article.php?article_id=16
1st Worskshop 25 - 26th of March 2007
Program of the ENEPO workshop
Sunday, March 25, 2007
09.00-09.10 Introduction: Marek Dabrowski (CASE)
09.10-10.45 Deliverable D1' [A comprehensive analysis of various dimensions of the existing development gap between the CIS and selected EU countries (first draft)]
Presentation: Irina Sinitsina (CASE) - the entire study and Irina Denisova (CEFIR) - Ch. 5
10.45-11.00 Coffee break
11.00-12.00 Deliverable D24' [Institutional convergence of CIS towards European benchmarks (first draft)]
Presentation: Inna Melnykovska (Kiel Institute for the World Economy)
12.00-13.00 Deliverable D25 [Working paper on concepts and definitions of institutional development (harmonization) and methodology of measuring them].
Presentation: Anna Kolesnichenko (CASE Ukraine)
13.00-14:00 Lunch break
14.00-14.45 Deliverable D19 [A report on state-of-the-art research on key political and legal documents of the ENP]
Presentation: Miriam Mir (CEPS)
14.45-15.45 Deliverable D28' [Policy paper assessing effectiveness of TA and providing recommendations on increasing its impact (first draft)]
Presentation: Roman Mogilevskiy (CASE Kyrgyzstan)
15.45-16:45 Deliverable D29 [The Evolution of EU policy towards its CIS neighbors]
Presentation: Wojciech Paczynski (CASE)
16:45-17:00 Coffee break
17:00-18:00 Deliverable D10' [Report on energy trade and cooperation between EU and CIS countries (first draft)]
Presentation: Vladimer Papava (CASE Transcaucasus)
18.00-19:00 Deliverable D11 [Working paper on portfolio investment flows]
Presentation: Alina Kudina (CASE Ukraine)
Monday, March 26, 2007
08.30-09.30 Progress report of WP4
Presentation: TBD (Kiel Institute for the World Economy)
09.30-10.30 Progress report of WP8
Presentation: Matthias Luecke (Kiel Institute for the World Economy)
10.30-10.45 Coffee Break
10.45-11.30 Progress report of the remaining workpackages
Presentation: Arne Melchior (NUPI) in relation to WP2 and WP3 Vladimir Borgy (CEPII) in relation to WP7
11.30-12.00 Discussion summary and cross-cutting issues: Maryla Maliszewska (CASE) and Marek Dabrowski (CASE)
12:00-12:45 Financial issues and project reporting: Sebastien Leclef (CASE)
Kick-off Meeting 30th of June-1st of July 2006 (Kiev)
Programme
- General Project Presentation: main objectives, thematic blocks, working hypotheses, time schedule. Marek Dabrowski, CASE
- Work Package Presentations
- Cross-cutting issues (Marek Dabrowski and Maryla Maliszewska)
- Deliverables, publications, dissemination, workshops and conferences (Marek Dabrowski, Maryla Maliszewska and Sebastien Leclef)
- Project administration, finances, reporting deadlines and templates, communication, project's website (Sebastien Leclef)
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Meeting participants during the work presentation |
Sebastien Leclef - Project Administrator | |
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Per Botolf Maurseth (NUPI, Norway) |
M.Maliszewska (CASE), P.Veverita (CASE Moldova), T.Asatiani (CASE Transcaucasus) and R.Mogilevsky (CASE Kyrgyzstan) |
