|
|
Latest News
|
20 March 2013
 Aging of the Bulgarian population will be among the biggest issues the country is about to face in the following decades. That was one of the main conclusions of a presentation, conducted by a team of the Economic Policy Institute in front of members of Central Institute for Economic Management, Vietnam. EPI’s Executive Director Mr. Yasen Georgiev stated that life expectancy is gradually increasing while the birth ratio is not catching up at the same time with this trend which is expected to lead to serious imbalances in the future social security system.
|
26 February 2013
 How to be successful in the international business dialogue? What is the etiquette in the multicultural negotiations? How important are the cultural specifics in the international business communication? These are only a part of all the questions, which provoked the attention of 36 students from 10 Bulgarian and 1 foreign universities during the seventh edition of the student seminars series Paving Youths’ Way – „Intercultural Skills for Doing Business”.
| |
27 December 2012
 The Economic Policy Institute (EPI) was invited to take part in the fourth CSR Marketplace in Turkey. The event, organized by CSR Association of Turkey, took place in Istanbul on December 21st, 2012. Aside from the attending Turkish companies, there were also representatives of companies and CSR organizations from the Black Sea Region.
|
13 December 2012
 Three talented young researchers in the field of international financial markets were in the spotlight during a ceremony held on December 11, 2012 in the Hungarian Cultural Institute. The festivity marked the final stage of the first ever “Dr. Ivanka Petkova” Academic Contest which the Economic Policy Institute established a year ago in memoriam of our dear founder, mentor and chairperson of the Board of trustees.
| |
|
|
|
The Economic Policy Institute (EPI) is a non-governmental, politically independent and not-for-profit organization, founded on 12 May 1997.
The mission of EPI is to support the efficient participation of Bulgaria in the EU and global economy and to contribute to the overall transformation and development processes in South Eastern Europe.
EPI's primary tasks are:
• to conduct economic research and provide interdisciplinary analyses of key economic and socioeconomic trends;
• to elaborate on and advocate alternative approaches in the field of economic policy and specific economic sectors;
• to encourage independent expert opinions and introduce best practices;
• to bring experts together to explore issues and exchange views in order to generate innovative proposals for practical economic policy measures;
• to provoke public discussions on a wide range of economic and socioeconomic issues and thus inform and influence policy- and decision-makers and the society.
|
|
