Black Sea and Central Asian Economic Outlook Official Launch of the Report

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The Black Sea and Central Asia: Promoting Work and Well Being is an OECD assessment of economic performance and underlying policies in the Black Sea and Central Asian regions. It has been designed to facilitate dialogue between policy makers, civil society and communication professionals at the national and regional levels.

The official launching event of the Outlook on 23 June 2008 in Bucharest was hosted by the Ministry of Foreign Affairs of Romania, the Ministry of Labour, Family and Equal Opportunities of Romania and the OECD Development Centre, and sponsored by the ERSTE Group.

This event provided participants with a first-hand opportunity to discuss and present their points of view on policy challenges in the regions. During the conference, the participants addressed topics on employment, informality, migration, coping mechanisms and labour market policies.

Agenda and List of Participants

Presentations and Other Material from the Conference

Opening Remarks	By Lazăr Comănescu Minister of Foreign Affairs Romania.
Welcoming Address	By Aart de Geus OECD Deputy Secretary-General.
Welcoming Address	By Georgios Poukamisas Ambassador Embassy of Greece in Bucharest.
Welcoming Address	By Dr. Mustafa Şahin Vice President The Turkish International Cooperation and Development Agency.
Promoting Work and Well Being: an OECD Development Centre Economic Outlook	By Javier Santiso Director OECD Development Centre.
Macroeconomic Development in Albania	By Durim Kraja Secretary General Ministry of Economy, Republic of Albania.
OECD EURASIA Competitiveness Programme Enhancing Investment, Competitiveness and Private Sector Development in Central Asia, the South Caucasus and Ukraine	By Rainer Geiger Deputy Director General OECD Directorate for Enterprise and Financial Affairs.
Diversification of the Economies in Transition: Policy Challenges	By Sayasat Nurbek, Head of Human Resources Policy Sector Department of State Control and HR Policy, Presidential Administration Republic of Kazakhstan.
Labour Market Policies in the Global Environment	By Richard Pomfret, Coordinator Black Sea and Central Asian Economic Outlook University of Adelaide, Australia.
Politici în Domeniul Muncii în Contextul Global - Cazul României (in Romanian)	By Akos Derzsi, Secretary of State Ministry of Labour, Family and Equal Opportunities, Romania.
Assessing Active Labor Market Policies in Transition Countries:Scope, Applicability and Evaluation	By Hartmut Lehmann Professor of Economic Policy University of Bologna, Italy.
Do Labour Market Institutions and Policies Matter?	By Alena Nesporova Deputy Regional Director for Europe and Central Asia, ILO Geneva.
Labour market Policies in the Global Environment: Case Study of Ukraine	Veronika Movchan, Academic Director Institute for Economic Research and Policy Consulting.
Labour Market Situation and Policies in the Kyrgyz Republic	By Roman Mogilevsky, Executive Director Center for Social and Economic Research CASE Kyrgyz Republic.
OECD EURASIA Competitiveness Programme Enhancing Investment, Competitiveness and Private Sector Development in Central Asia, South Caucasus and Ukraine	By Fadi Farra Head of OECD Eurasia Programme OECD Directorate for Financial and Enterprise Affairs.
Promoting Job Creation in BSEC and Central Asian Countries: What Role for the Private Sector?	By Karin C. Millett Head FIAS Investment Generation-Vienna.
Promoting Work and Well Being: Policy Challenges in the Global Environment	By Toshiaki Sakatsume Principal Economist Office of the Chief Economist - EBRD.
Working Towards Wellness: The Business Rationale	By Ruxandra Băndilă Marketing & Business Development Director PriceWaterhouseCoopers.

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