The first in a series of Roundtables in partnership between CEELBAS and the European Bank for Reconstruction and Development was held on February 12th 2010, bringing together experts from the EBRD with experts from across the CEELBAS Network. This event built on the fruitful links which have been developed between CEELBAS and the EBRD and provided the participants with an opportunity to cross the boundaries between research-oriented and policy-based approaches to issues in the region.

The event programme available here.

View keynote presentation by Professor Slavo Radosević (SSEES UCL):

full version / reduced version

The research background to the Roundtable was developed through the following outputs and publications:

1) Slavo Radosevic (2010) Southeast Europe, UNESCO World Science Report 2010,

2) Slavo Radosevic (2009) 'Research and Development, Competitiveness and European Integration of South Eastern Europe', Europe-Asia Studies, 61:4, 621 - 650
(or click here to access the working paper version of this article)

3) Iulia Nechifor, Slavo Radosevic (2007) 'Why Invest in Science in South Eastern Europe?' Science Policy Series, Vol. 5 (2007)

4) Eric Gordy, 'Weak Europe, Strong Balkans. How the Southeast European States Might Succeed Without Really Trying' (Presented at the Conference on The global crisis and regional governance in the Balkans: Is there a Threat to Stability?, MIREES, University of Bologna – Faenza, Italy – February 5th and 6th, 2010 )

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Participants are listed below (click on the names to contact via e-mail).

EBRD Participants

Ms Giorgia Albertin, Principal Economist, OCE

Mr Marko Atanasovsky, Analyst, OCE

Dr Oleg Levitin, Senior Political Counsellor

Dr Peter Sanfey, Lead Economist, Office of the Chief Economist

Ms Michelle Senecal De Fonseca, Director, Telecommunications

Mr Troy Weeks, Equity Funds

Ms Simone Zeh, Analyst, OCE

CEELBAS Participants

Dr Bojan Aleksov (SSEES UCL)

Dr Othon Anastasakis (University of  of Oxford)

Prof. Judith Batt (CREES, University of Birmingham)

Dr Richard Connolly (CREES, University of Birmingham)

Prof. Julian Cooper (CREES, University of Birmingham)

Dr Eric Gordy (SSEES UCL)

Dr David Lane (University of Cambridge)

Prof. Alena Ledeneva (SSEES UCL)

Dr Svetlana Makarova (SSEES UCL)

Dr Zoran Milutinović (SSEES UCL)

Mr Zlatko Nikoloski (SSEES UCL)

Prof. Slavo Radosević (SSEES UCL)

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