Newsletter - Social Science in Eastern Europe 2001-1
SLOVAK REPUBLIC
Slovenska Nadacia Pre Europske Studie
Safarikovo namesti 7 SK-811 02 Bratislava Tel.: +421-7 324 366
Fax: +421-7 324 366
Internet: http://www.sfes.sk/indexa.htm
Year of foundation: 1995
Historical development: Founded as a non-governmental and non-profit
organization.
Main fields:
* Supporting activities in the field of science, research and education,
leading to the integration of the Slovak Republic in the EU and NATO
* Lobbying European and Transatlantic organizations on behalf of Slovak
institutions
* Creating opportunities for dialogue between representatives of the
political, social and economic sectors for the benefit of the next generation of
Slovakia
* Providing networking opportunities for public and private institutions and
organizations, both at home and abroad
Long-term projects:
* Conservatism and Liberalism in Slovakia
* Open Slovakia
Co-operations: Slovak Academy of Sciences Bratislava; Comenius
University Bratislava (Faculty of Philosophy); Center for European Policy
Bratislava; Hanns Seidel Stiftung, International Republican Institute, Minority
Rights Group Slovakia, Nadacia Junior, The Hansard Society for Parliamentary
Government
Stredoeuropsky institut pre ekonomicke a socialne reformy
Bajkalska 25
SK-82718 Bratislava 212
Tel.: +4217-53 41 10 20
Fax: +4217-58 23 34 87
E-mail: meskova@ineko.sk
Internet: http://www.ineko.sk/english/contact.htm
Financing/Sponsors:
* Open Society Institute http://www.osi.hu/
* The German Marshall Fund of the United States http://www.gmfus.org/
* UNDP United Nations Development Programme, Regional Support Centre in
Bratislava http://www.undp.sk/
Main fields: The objective of the Institute is to study economic and
social relationships at home and abroad, to develop knowledge on economic
processes in market economies focussing on their application to the Slovak
Republic's economy. In particular, INEKO focuses on:
* Analyses of economic processes occurring in Slovakia and abroad in the area
of economic and social development
* Suggestions of measures to secure long-term economic growth based on
democratic development of the Slovak society.
Research project: A Central Government Audit of financing and
activities of central authorities of state administration and organizations
under their jurisdiction was conducted in the first half of 2000 in accordance
with a government resolution. The audit covered 172 institutions with a staff of
40,962.
Publications/ papers: Seminar-Bulletins, Books
* Miroslav Beblavy, Anton Marcincin (ed.) 2000: Economic Policy in Slovakia
1990-1999. Bratislava: INEKO (download possible)
* Anton Marcincin, Eugen Jurzyca, Pavlo Shostak 2000: Best Practices
Pamphlet. Bratislava: INEKO (download possible)
Events: Organisation of seminars, conferences, creative workshops to
interchange knowledge and to enable creative confrontation between international
and domestic economic experts, p. e. seminars about `Corporate Governance' in
2000.
Teaching:
* Organisation of educational programmes and other forms of educational
activities in the area of business development, globalisation, integration,
access to information, regulation of natural monopolies, spreading of
information technologies, SMEs, privatisation, etc., for the purposes of
continuous economic growth and democratic development of Slovakia.
* Organisation of study stays of young gifted individuals in the area of
economy and development of international relationships, aiming at facilitating
Slovakia's integration into international structures.
CPHR - Centrum pre hospodarsky rozvoj
Bajkalska 25 SK-82718 Bratislava 212
Tel.: +4217-53 41 10 20
Fax: +4217-58 23 34 87
E-mail: lubosv@cphr.sk
Management: Lubos Vagac, Direktor
Year of foundation: 1993
Staff: 8
Organization: The CED is a non-profit, non-governmental organization
specializing in economic research.
Main fields: Support of long-term economic development as the
prerequisite for a sustainable growth of the life quality of Slovak population.
Current research project: National Human Development Report - Slovak
Republic 2000
Publications: Seminar Bulletins, CED-Studies
* Cross-border cooperations of SMEs in Hungary, Romania and the Slovak
Republic, May 2000, D. & L. Zemanovicova, E. Sicakova
* Regulatory Barriers to Economic Competitions in Transitional Countries,
February 1999, Zemanovicova et al.
* Enterprise Restructuring in the SR, January 1999, A. Marcincin,
Zemanovicova et al.
Seminars: CED organizes seminars, for example: Transparency of
Government Activities, Bratislava 1999; Family Circle Privatization, Bratislava
1996; Privatization of Strategic Firms in the Slovak Republic, Bratislava 1996
Vano, B. et al.: Current State of Demography in Slovakia. 2000.
Bratislava: INFOSTAT
Vano, B. et al.: Population Development in the Slovak Republic 1999.
2000. Bratislava: INFOSTAT
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