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To celebrate 15 years of the CEFTA agreement, LSEE, the Research Unit on South Eastern Europe at the London School of Economics, and CEFTA are launching a paper competition on the theme “International Trade in Southeastern Europe: Obstacles and Opportunities for CEFTA and the Common Regional Market”. For more information please follow the LSE link.

The Prof.Dr.Marijan Hanžeković Trust announces its competition for the award of the annual prize for 2021. Papers, in Croatian or in English, must be submitted by June 1, 2021 at the latest. The papers must be accompanied by an application form. All the entrants have to satisfy the terms of the competition. For more information […]

The Oesterreichische Nationalbank’s (OeNB) Conference on European Economic Integration (CEEI) 2020 will be hosted as a virtual event via Webex on November 5 and 6, 2020. This year’s conference will focus on: “CESEE in the COVID-19 crisis – the role of the EU and global spillovers.” For more information as well as the registration details […]

20 years of trying to drive political reconciliation via regional economic integration in the Western Balkans has produced disappointing results. New forms of differentiated integration with the EU provide a more promising route to increase economic development. A more decisive step forward in regional integration and the eventual admission of the six Western Balkan countries […]

Against the background of the current COVID-19 crisis, the OeNB’s 86th East Jour Fixe will discuss the macroeconomic situation in the Western Balkans as well as related macrofinancial stability issues. Renowned speakers will share their views on current stability challenges in the region. In particular, the workshop will address the European integration process, euroization and […]

The candidate should be interested in labour markets, migration and income distribution and Central, East and Southeast Europe (CESEE) Major Tasks: Widen our expertise on labour markets, migration and income distribution Acquisition and execution of research projects Research on the CESEE economies and country monitoring The position is limited to 18 months in the first […]

The IJF’s Prof. Dr. Marijan Hanžeković Trust announces its competition for the award of the annual prize for  2020.  Papers,  in  Croatian  or  in  English,  must  be  submitted  by  June  1,  2020  at  the  latest. To celebrate its 50th anniversary, the Institute of Public Finance (IJF) and Friedrich Ebert Stiftung are organising the conference Public […]

The 8th NBRM Research Conference is jointly organised by the National Bank of the Republic of North Macedonia and the European Investment Bank. The conference aims to bring together researchers from central banks, academia and policy-making institutions. The Conference will focus on discussing the impact on emerging markets and the appropriate policy mix to address […]

Currently, the institute is looking for candidates for the following three positions: An economist interested in regional and spatial analysis – download job advertisement in pdf format An economist specialised in the Western Balkans, macroeconomics and/or monetary policy and finance – download job advertisement in pdf format A part-time project manager – download job advertisement […]