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News & Events
Investment Compact for South East Europe
News & Events
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20-Mar-2008
In the main article of its Spring 2008 issue, see.market magazine looks at the work of the Investment Compact and describes it as "one of the international bodies operating in the region with the clearest mandates specific to regional economic development." In a separate piece, Erhard Busek, Special Co-ordinator of the Stability Pact for South Eastern Europe, describes the Investment Compact as an "initiative that really complements CEFTA...and that provides an excellent forum for co-operation on improving the region's attractiveness to foreign investors".
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03-Dec-2007
In an open-editorial written for the Balkan Investigative Reporting Network, Erhard Busek, Special Co-ordinator of the Stability Pact for South Eastern Europe, highlights the major role the Investment Compact-managed South East Europe Investment Committee plays in the design and implementation of reforms to promote investment in SEE.
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18-Jul-2007
Undertaken within the framework of the SEEStat project, this study presents an evaluation of the practices, definitions and concepts used for statistical measurement of FDI in South East European countries, using the OECD/IMF Survey of Implementation of Methodological Standards for Direct Investment (SIMSDI).
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15-May-2007
Undertaken within the framework of the SEEStat project, this study presents an overview of the metal processing industry in Bosnia and Herzegovina and assesses the impact of foreign direct investment on this industry.
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27-Mar-2007
The Western Balkans has recently made good progress in improving the policy environment for small enterprises, the backbone of the region’s economies. But more needs to be done, notably in Albania, Bosnia and Herzegovina and UNMIK/Kosovo, to support small and medium-sized firms (SMEs), according to a new report by the OECD Investment Compact and the European Commission on enterprise policy in the Western Balkans.
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22-Mar-2007
Undertaken within the framework of the SEEStat project, this study describes the main characteristics of FDI in Croatia, along with its impacts on employment, fiscal revenues and trade.
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01-Feb-2007
Anthony O'Sullivan, Head of the Investment Compact, will present the Investment Reform Index 2006 Report in Rome, Italy, on 7 February 2007. The event will take place at the Italian Institute for Foreign Trade (ICE).
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Events
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from 02-Apr-2008 to 03-Apr-2008
Held in Vienna, Austria, on 02-03 April 2008, the 2nd meeting of the SEE Investment Committee Working Group on Regulatory Reform saw participants discuss problems encountered during the enactment process of business legislation reforms in parliament. Participants also identified areas for improvement, potential solutions and regional good practices, and reviewed the different methodologies for measuring business regulation.
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from 09-Apr-2008 to 10-Apr-2008
Held in Prague, Czech Republic, on 09-10 April 2008, the 2nd meeting of the SEE Investment Committee Working Group on Investment Promotion saw participants discuss the design and implementation of linkage programmes and the sustained benefits these programmes can generate for both foreign investors and local small and medim-sized enterprises. The discussions benefited from presentations of regional good practices and a review of experiences from OECD members.
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from 30-Oct-2007 to 31-Oct-2007
Held in Belgrade, Serbia, on 30-31 October 2007, the 1st Meeting of the SEE Investment Committee Working Group on Regulatory Reform saw participants discuss international practices for Regulatory Imapct Analysis, analyse the progress made by South East Europe in RIA and the challenges it faces in implementing it, and participate in a workshop on assessing the benefits and costs of new regulation.
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on 12-Nov-2007
The 2nd Meeting of the South East Europe Investment Committee was held in Paris on 12 November 2007. Participants discussed Investment Compact activities since the 1st Committee Meeting, the Committee's co-operation with the new Regional Co-operation Council, the preliminary results of Committee's Working Groups, the preliminary results of the TIPA Project, proposals for the second wave of Investment Reform Index and SME Policy Index evaluations, and the forthcoming Investment Compact 6th Ministerial Conference.
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on 19-Jul-2007
Held in Zagreb on 10 July 2007, the 1st Meeting of the SEE Investment Committee Working Group on Human Capital saw participants discuss the links between educational systems, skill suplly and skill development on one side and competitiveness and investment trends on the other, and policy responses with case studies from Croatia, Estonia, Ireland, and Romania.
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on 18-Jun-2007
Held in Antwerp, Belgium, on 18 June 2007, the 1st SEE Investment Committee Working Group on Investment Promotion saw participants discuss the concept of FDI-SME linkages and the role of the working group in the Investment Compact/World Bank 'Strengthening Sector Specific Sources of Competitiveness in the Western Balkans' project.
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Publication
SME Policy Index 2007
Report on the Implementation of the European Charter for Small Enterprises in the Western Balkans
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Investment Reform Index 2006
Investment Newsletter
Investment Compact for South East Europe