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University American College Skopje is proud to initiate
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FOURTH ANNUAL INTERNATIONAL CONFERENCE ON EUROPEAN INTEGRATION
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EUROPE IN CRISIS: THREATS AND OPPORTUNITIES |
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Skopje, Macedonia
29th May 2009 |
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Summary |
This inter- and multi-disciplinary one-day conference
explored the current global crisis and its
consequences for the future of European
integration. The underlying assumption was that
such a crisis poses threats to existing
structures, values and achievements, but also
opens opportunities for critical reassessment
and improved solutions to exigent problems.
The aim of the conference was
to
emphasize and explore the contribution that
academia can make to catalyse an adequate
response to the crisis.
It started with determining first the
nature of the crisis in which
Europe
was in 2009 and identifying possible overseen
warnings as a tool to predict and prevent
similar crisis in the future.
The outcome of the crisis, not being clear at all, caused experts to take
sides and communicate optimistic and pessimistic
views for the end of 2010 and beyond. So,
possible scenarios were discussed ranging from a
worse case scenario-protectionism to following
risk-averse industries and their governance
models with a common conclusion that there is no
universal solution.
In this conference however, the crisis
was given a local and domestic context
discussing the case of Macedonia and
the Balkans. Experts from eight countries
expressed their views as well as relevant
professionals who gave the opening speech at the
conference: Mr. Ivica Bocevski,
Deputy Prime Minister of the Government of the
Republic
of Macedonia,
His Excellency Mr. Bernard Valero, French
Ambassador to
Macedonia
and Mr. Juan Carlos Fernandez Zara, Regional
Program Manager of IFC Corporate Governance
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Click below to download
Europe in Crisis – Threats and Opportunities: Conference Proceedings
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Conference Program
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Book of Abstracts
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Dr. Clarisse Molad, UACS Vice Dean,
e-mail:
molad@uacs.edu.mk
Prof. Dr. Jovan Pejkovski, e-mail:
pejkovski@uacs.edu.mk
Dr. Ivan Dodovski, e-mail:
dodovski@uacs.edu.mk
Ilijana Petrovska, e-mail:
petrovska@uacs.edu.mk
Ana Keener, e-mail:
keener@uacs.edu.mk
Elena Makrevska, e-mail:
makrevska@uacs.edu.mk
Elena Kilsarovska, email:
klisarovska@uacs.edu.mk