Presentations at the Concluding seminar for the project "Poverty, social assistance and social inclusion – developments in Estonia and Latvia in a comparative perspective", Riga May 9-10 2006:

• Prof. Norman Ginsburg, London Metropolitan University, Globalisation and pressure on social policy development
• Zane Loza and Arne Grønningsæter, Assessments of the stake-holders; perspectives of providers, social workers in Latvia, Estonia and Norway
• Aadne Aasland, Tone Fløtten and Arne Grønningsæter, How egalitarian; attitudes towards income maintenance and income disparities in Estonia, Latvia and Norway
• Prof. Chris de Neubourg, Maastricht School of Global Governance, European integration - is there a convergence of welfare policies?
• Tone Fløtten, Welfare states under quadruple pressure; winding up the seminar

Jüri Kõre, Professor, Tartu University, Social Policy Development in Estonia in Liberal Political and Economical Circumstances (2005)

Aadne Aasland, researcher, NIBR, Baltikum: Kvinners levekår – arbeid, velferd (og reproduktive rettigheter) (The Baltic states: Women's living conditions - work, welfare (and reproductive rights)). Presented at Nei til EUs kvinnekonferanse om trafficking, 29 October 2005

Aadne Aasland, researcher, NIBR, Felles europeisk arbeidsmarked – konsekvenser for Baltikum. (Common European labour market - consequences for The Baltic states). Presented at Felles Arbeidsmarked: Konsekvenser for Norge og de baltiske landene, arranged by Kulturlaget Norge - Latvia, Norsk-Estisk Forening and Norden i fokus, 12 October 2005

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