Jean Monnet EFRI Summer School 2013 Programme

30 June 01 July Sunday Monday arrival of participants

10:00 11:00 Opening Ceremony - Opening of the Summer School at the Faculty of Economics in Rijeka + Introduction to the Summer School 12:00 14:30 Visit to the Faculty of Tourism and Hospitality Management in Opatija/Ika & Opatija 17:30 21:00 Ceremonial party: First day in the European Union 02 July Tuesday

08:30 - 10:00 EU Development Results in Theory and Practice Andrej Kumar, PhD, Faculty of Economics, University of Ljubljana, Slovenia 10:30 - 12:00 Tax Harmonisation in th EU Helena Blai, PhD, Faculty of Economics, University of Rijeka 13:00 - 15:00 Lunch at Restaurant "Indeks" 16:00 - 18:00 Long - term Unemployment in Europe and the Future of 'Social Europe' Biruta Sloka, PhD, Faculty of Economics and Management, University of Latvia, Riga, Latvia 18:00 19:00 Introductory workshop

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03 July

Wednesday

08:30 - 10:00 EU and Croatia: Attractiveness of Business Environment Dunja kalamera Alilovi, PhD, Faculty of Economics, University of Rijeka 10:30 - 12:30 Examples of Citizen Participation in Local Development of EU Municipalities Biruta Sloka, PhD, Faculty of Economics and Management, University of Latvia, Riga, Latvia 13:00 - 15:00 Lunch at Restaurant "Indeks" 16:00 - 17:30 Free Trade Area and Regional Electricity Market in Southeast Europe: Position of Croatia Nela Vlahini Dizdarevi, PhD, Faculty of Economics, University of Rijeka 17:30 20:00 Preparations for workshops (computers room) 20:00 - 23:00 International Evening

04 July

Thursday

09:00 13:00 Visit to the pharmaceutical company "Jadran Galenski laboratorij d.d." 13:00 - 15:00 Lunch at Restaurant "Indeks" 15:30 - 17:00 Economic Development in Central and Eastern Europe Gurgen Aslanyan, PhD, Charles University in Prague, Czech Republic 17:30 - 19:00 Quo Vadis? The European Debt Crisis & The Aftermath Anastasiya Shamshur, PhD, Norwich Business School, University of East Anglia, United Kingdom

05 July

Friday Field trip to Istria: Visit to Istrian county in Pula Visit to the Faculty of Economics & Management in Pula + lunch Visit to ARENATURIST Pula + dinner

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Overnight stay in HOSTEL Pula 06 July Saturday Field trip to Istria: Visit to Motovun, Pazin & Umag

07 July

Sunday: Free day

08 July

Monday

09:00 - 10:30 Croatia and the Mediterranean freight corridors Evrard Claessens, PhD, Faculty of Applied Economics, University of Antwerp, Belgium 11:00 - 12:30 Croatia and EU-28 trade Evrard Claessens, PhD, Faculty of Applied Economics, University of Antwerp, Belgium 13:00 - 15:00 Lunch at Restaurant "Indeks" 15:15 17:00 The state of the welfare state in the EU anno 1992 and beyond: backward looking for the last two decades and forward looking for the coming decades Jozef Pacolet, PhD, HIVA Research Institute for Work and Society, Catholic University of Leuven, Belgium 17:00 20:00 Preparations for workshops (computers room) 09 July 07:00 Tuesday Trip to Zagreb

11:00 - 12:00 Visit to Croatian National Bank: Monetary policy and macroeconomic developments in Croatia Marina Botica, Direction for research of the Croatian National Bank 13:00 Visit to the Croatian Parliament & lunch

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Afternoon

Sightseeing Zagreb

10 July

Wednesday

08:30 - 10:00 Institutional system of the European Union Lucia Hurna, PhD, Economic University in Bratislava, Slovakia 10:30 12:00 Characteristics of the European Union Law and its sources Lucia Hurna, PhD, Economic University in Bratislava, Slovakia 12:30 - 14:00 How to negotiate effectively? Marjan Svetlii, PhD, Faculty of Social Sciences, University of Ljubljana, Slovenia 14:30 - 16:00 Lunch at Restaurant "Indeks" 16:00 20:00 Preparations for workshops (computers room)

11 July

Thursday

9:00 13:00 Workshops I 13:00 - 15:00 Lunch at Restaurant "Indeks" 15:00 18:00 Workshops II

12 July 09:00 10:00 10:00 13:00 13:00 14:00 14:00 15:00 15:00 -

Friday Closing ceremony of the Summer School Visit to Astronomical Centre Rijeka Lunch at the restaurant at University Campus Visit to STEP (Science and Technology Park, University of Rijeka) Sightseeing Trsat

13 July

Saturday

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07:00 20:00 Visit of Plitvice Lakes National Park & Otoac

14 July

Sunday

departures of participants

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