• The EU accession process, Economic and Monetary Union, entry into the euro area.
• Recent banking and finance market trends and forecasts.
• Current state of regional disparities (economic, infrastructure and social level) in EU countries and the factors behind those disparities. Regional economic development and improvement of regional competitiveness.
• Human Resources in Local and Regional Development, successful national and regional policy in education and training.
• Modelling catch-up, economic convergence and respective roles of endogenous and exogenous forces.
• Foreign Direct Investments (FDI) as a mean of transfer of technological and managerial know-how into the recipient country/region.
• Policies for attracting, FDI including strategies based on tax and other incentives and the impact of FDI on economic growth and regional development.
• Lisbon strategy and regional policy in the new member states -challenges and opportunities.
ORGANISING INSTITUTIONS:
• Faculty of Economics, Technical University of Košice
• Slovak Section of ERSA (European Regional Science Association)
• The Institute of Regional and Community Development
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