“TRADE & ECONOMIC INTEGRATION OF THE WESTERN BALKAN COUNTRIES IN THE EUROPEAN UNION”
SHERATON TIRANA, HOTEL AND TOWERS
12-13 December, 2003

 

LIST OF PARTICIPANTS (click here to open it in pdf format)
 
PROGRAM OF SYMPOSIUM (click here to open it in a new window)
SESSION 1 - "REGIONAL INTEGRATION: MOTIVATIONS AND EXPECTED IMPACTS"


"Trade integration in Southeast Europe"
Prof. Milica Uvalic, University of Perugia, Italy


"A Free trade Area in South East Europe? Problems and Prospects"
Per Magnus Wijkman, Adjunct Professor, University of Göteborg, Sweden


"Trade liberalization: The case of Bulgaria"
Mr. Martin Dimitrov, Institute for Market Economics, Bulgaria


"Albania’s foreign trade through a Gravity approach"
Dr. Selami Xhepa and Msc Mimoza Agolli, ACIT, Albania


"Specifics of trade liberalization in the case of Kosovo"
Mr. Muhamet Sadiku, RIINVEST, Kosovo

 
SESSION 2 - "EU INTEGRATION AND ADJUSTMENT PROCESSES DURING TRANSITION"


"Prospects for Further (South-) Eastern EU Enlargement: from Divergence to Convergence?"
Prof. Vladimir Gligorov and Mario Holzner, Vienna Institute for International Trade (WIIW)


"Theoretical and empirical aspects of the economic integration and trade liberalization"
Mr. Ardian Harri, Ministry of Finance, Albania


"Stable population movements as a factor of economic stabilization and integration of the Western Balkans into the European Union"
Prof. Vladimir Grecic, Institute of International Politics and Economics, Belgrade


"Stabilization and Association Process in Albania and Institutional Framework"
MBA Valbona Kuko, Director, European Integration Department; Minister of State for European Integration, Albania

 
SESSION 3 - "POLICIES AND INSTRUMENTS TO FOSTER REGIONAL AND EUROPEAN INTEGRATION"


"Albanian chairmanship of the Working Group for the Trade Liberalization and Facilitation for the countries of the South East Europe"
Ms. Adriana Civici, Ministry of Economy, Albania


"Albanian trade policies towards the globalization and regionalization"
Mr. Ilir Ciko and Ms. Evis Sulka, Ministry of Economy


"Experiences with a Partial Equilibrium Model for Croatia: Analysis of the impacts of an EU-Association on Croatia's Agri-Food Sector"
Ms. Etti Maria Winter, researcher at IAMO (Institute for Agricultural Development in Middle and Eastern Europe), Germany


"Albania in transition and the regional integration processes"
Prof. Dr. Elfrida Zefi, University of Korça, Albania


"Main features of Stabilization and Association agreements, the differences with Europe Agreements"
Aida Gugu LL.M, ACIT


"Private sector perspectives on the framework of these new initiatives"
Mr. Ilir Rrembeci, RDA, Albania

 

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