Fafo Østforum Seminar: Romania and Bulgaria
The first Fafo Østforum seminar in 2007 will focus on the
EU's newest member states, Romania and Bulgaria. The seminar will shed
light especially on issues related to the economies, foreign investment
and business development, labour markets, business development, and
the potential mobility of labour and companies.
Fafo Østforum invites you to an open seminar on Monday, 29 January,
in Fafo's conference center at Borggata 2 B, Oslo. The seminar lasts
from 14.00 to 16.15, including coffee break.
Programme
14.00 Welcome
14.05 Romania
Mr Iuliu Winkler, Romanian Minister for Commerce as key speaker:
Romania accession to EU and EEA: economic and commercial impact
Debate
15.05 Coffee break
15.15 Bulgaria
Introduction by Mrs Liliana Stankova, Head of Free Movement
of Workers and Labour Migration Management Unit "EU-2" in
the Ministry of Labour and Social Policy (MLSP):
Bulgaria and its Migration Management Policy
Debate
Introduction by Nicolai Vazov, Assistant Professor, University
of Sofia, visiting researcher
at the University of Oslo: Bulgaria in the EU - the common sense
behind the common figures
Debate
16.15 End of programme
The seminar will be chaired by Line Eldring, project leader
of Fafo Østforum
Registration
The seminar is free and open to all. However, registration is required.
Please register by sending an email to pub@fafo.no,
no later than Thursday, 25 January. Please be sure to include the names,
email and post addresses, and institutional affiliations of all participants.
Confirmation of registration will arrive by email.