Programme: Mapping out vulnerable sectors in the Eastern Partnership countries - macroeconomic workshop

Mapping out vulnerable sectors in the Eastern Partnership countries

Macroeconomic workshop

Warsaw, 16 April 2015, Collegium Civitas

12.30-13.00 Registration

13.00-13.15 Opening speech:
Christopher Hartwell, President of CASE - Center for Social and Economic Studies, Poland
András Deák, Senior Research Fellow, Institute of World Economics, Centre for Economic and Regional Studies HAS-IWE, Hungary

13.15-14.45 Presentation of the Macroeconomic Report
Moderator: András Deák, HAS-IWE, Hungary
Presenters: Małgorzata McKenzie, CASE-Poland; Mykola Ryzhenkov, Institute for Economic Research and Policy Consulting, Ukraine

14.45-15.05 Coffee break

15.05-16.15 Panel I: An institutional glance at Europe’s East – where may the growth come from?
Rafał Antczak, Member of the Board, Consulting Department, Deloitte Consulting SA, Poland
James Roaf, Senior Regional Representative, IMF Regional Office for Central and Eastern Europe, Poland

16.15-16.30 Coffee break

16.30-18.00 Panel II: Politics in the spotlight – stagnation, evolution or revolutions?
Moderator: Ewa Balcerowicz, CASE;
András Deák, HAS IWE; Sebastian Płóciennik, The Polish Institute of International Affairs (PISM), Poland; Andreas Umland, Institute for Euro-Atlantic Cooperation, Ukraine

18.00-18.10: Closing speech

Project leader: Institute of World Economics, Centre for Economic and Regional
Studies HAS - HU
Partners: IPM Research Center (BY)
Institute for Development and Social Initiatives, IDIS (MD)
CASE-Center for Social and Economic Research (PL)
CASE-Belarus (BY)
Slovak Foreign Policy Association (SK)
Institute for Economic Research and Policy Consulting (UA)
Sponsor: IVF Extended Standard Grant