LSEE-CEFTA Academic Network, an initiative by LSEE Research on SEE, LSE Enterprise and the CEFTA Secretariat, is aiming to encourage the production of new research on trade in the CEFTA region, and facilitate academic dialogue and knowledge exchange with the policy community.
Following the successful first Workshop held in Belgrade on 29-30 June 2018 which explored issues related to Trade in Services, Trade effects, Customs & Investments, the 2nd LSEE-CEFTA Academic Network workshop focused on some of the key themes among the stated priorities of CEFTA, concerning in particular the issues of:
- Quality Infrastructure
- Geo-blocking
- E-commerce
- Interconnections between goods and services trade in the CEFTA region
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We invited submissions of abstracts of papers dealing with any of the above themes, from any disciplinary field, including Law, Economics, Politics, Information Systems, International Relations and others.
Below you can find the Workshop Programme and the related presentations:
Second LSEE-CEFTA Academic Network Workshop Porgramme
| 09:00-09:15 |
Registration
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| 09:15-09:45 |
Welcome
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Vassilis Monastiriotis – Director, LSE Research on Southeast Europe
Emir Djikic – Director, CEFTA Secretariat
Zoran Janevski – Director, Institute of Economics, Skopje
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| 09:45-11:15 |
Session 1 - E-commerce Moderator: Vassilis Monastiriotis
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Digital Infrastructure and Services Trade in the CEFTA Region
Ivana Prica, University of Belgrade; Will Bartlett, LSE
E-commerce: how can regional trade agreement facilitate cross-border e-commerce
Zlatko Veterovski,Customs Office of the Republic of North Macedonia
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| 11:15-11:45 |
Coffee break
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| 11:45-13:15 |
Plenary session Moderator: Silvana Mojsovska
Towards more intense and effective cooperation among policy-makers,
practitioners and the CEFTA Academic Network
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Tariffication and Transparency of Non-tariff Measures in CEFTA - possibilities for support from academia
Zlatko Veterovski,Director of Sector for Customs System Customs Office of the Republic of North Macedonia
Тhe Role of Academia in Advancing Trade Reforms: the projects' experiences and lessons learned
Tanja Boskovic,Project Manager of Open Regional Fund/Foreign Trade Promotion, GIZ
Regional Economic Cooperation in the Western Balkans - creating synergies between the decision makers, private sector and academic research
Nenad Djurdjevic,Advisor to the President of the Chamber of Commerce and Industry of Serbia
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| 13:15-14:30 |
Lunch
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| 14:30-16:00 |
Session 2 - Cross border trade Moderator: Ivana Prica
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Barriers to cross-border trade in intermediate goods within regional value chains in the CEFTA region
Besnik Krasniqi, University of Pristina; Jasmina Ahmetbasić, Sarajevo School of Sciences and Technology; Will Bartlett, LSE
Trade Interconnections in the CEFTA Region: Commercial and Institutional Challenges for Serbia and Kosovo*
Boban Stojanović,University of Nis; Zorana Kostić,University of Nis; Vladan Vučić, Union-Nikola Tesla University
Increased Protectionism in CEFTA -2006
Irena Kikerkova, Ss. Cyril & Methodius University; Katerina Toshevska-Trpchevska, Ss. Cyril & Methodius University; Elena Makrevska Disoska, Ss. Cyril & Methodius University
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| 16:00-16:30 |
Coffee break
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| 16:30-18:00 |
Session 3 - The wider picture Moderator: Will Bartlett
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Perspective of CEFTA 2006 –Economics versus Politics
Dijana Grahovac, Central Bank of Bosnia and Herzegovina and University of Business Studies Banja Luka; Senad Softić, Central Bank of Bosnia and Herzegovina and University of Sarajevo
Intra-CEFTA Trade Promotion and Evidence-based Policy-making: Challenges and Perspectives
Silvana Mojsovska, Institute of Economics – Skopje, Ss. Cyril & Methodius University
Chinese presence in the Western Balkans: Rivalry, complementarity, cooperation?
Xavier Richet, University of the Sorbonne Nouvelle; Jovan Zafiroski, Ss. Cyril & Methodius University
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| 18:00-19:00 |
Open discussion Moderator: Vassilis Monastiriotis
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CEFTA priorities, the LSEE-CEFTA Academic Network and the state-of-the-art of academic research in the CEFTA region
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| 19:30 |
Workshop Dinner
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*This designation is without prejudice to positions on status, and is in line with UNSCR 1244 and the ICJ Opinion on the Kosovo declaration of independence.