May 12, 2012 marks exactly 15 years since the establishment of the Economic Policy Institute (EPI). As a non-governmental, politically independent organization, working entirely on a project basis with clear sources of financing, through our research, analysis and public events we at EPI have always strived to contribute to promoting and maintaining an active and balanced debate on issues concerning key economic and socio-economic trends in the development of the country.

 

The Economic Policy Institute announces the launch of an academic award “Dr. Ivanka Petkova” for a research initiative in the field of international financial markets. Ivanka Petkova, PhD established the Economic Policy Institute in 1997 and chaired its Board of Trustees until her death in 2011. A long standing professor at the Technical University on Sofia, the VUZF University and the University of National and World Economy, Sofia - she has authored numerous articles and scientific papers in financial markets, banking and economic policy.

 

On April 26th, the Economic Policy Institute, in cooperation with the “Hanns Seidel” Foundation organized the seventh edition of the series conference on the Competitiveness of the Bulgarian economy. The current topic of the forum was “Competitiveness of Bulgaria in the region of Central and Eastern Europe”. The conference was divided into two panels, followed by discussions with the forum enhancing comments and questions from all the participants.

 

On March 27th, 2012 in Hilton Hotel took place an international conference on the topic “Bulgaria and the EU’s 2014-2020 Multiannual Financial Framework”, organized by the Economic Policy Institute in cooperation with the “Hans Seidel” Foundation. The conference was divided in two panels regarding, respectively, the Bulgarian position and the positions of three of the New member states - Poland, Romania and Hungary.