Balance of EU Membership in the Visegrád Countries


Szervezõk: 
MTA Etnikai-nemzeti Kisebbségkutató Intézet; MTA Politikai Tudományok Intézete; MTA Szociológiai Kutatóintézete és MTA Világgazdasági Kutatóintézete


Programme

February 5, Thursday


9:00
Registration

09.30
Plenary session – Chair: Imre Lévai, scientific advisor, Institute for Political
Sciences of the HAS

09:30-9:50
The political processes of integration
József Bayer, director, Institute for Political Sciences of the HAS, Budapest

09:50-10:10
Minority rights in an enlarged European Union
Balázs Vizi, head of the working group on minority rights, Institute on Minority Studies of the HAS, Budapest

10:10-10:30
Visegrád countries: five years of membership, experiences with and active policy shaping in the enlarged European Union
András Inotai, director, Institute for World Economics of the HAS, Budapest

10:30-10:50
European projections: Euro-scepticism in Central Europe, new and old parameters
Pál Tamás, director, Institute of Sociology of the HAS, Budapest

10:50-11:20
Coffee break

11:20-12:30
Discussion

12:30
Buffet lunch

14:00-17:00
Afternoon working group sessions

  • Political working group, chair: Imre Kovách, research director, IPS
    Elites and European integration in V4 countries
  • Sociological Working group, chair: Pál Tamás, director, IS
    Europeanisation and social change in V4 countries
  • Working group on minority issues, chair: Balázs Vizi, research leader, IMS
    Trends and challenges of the legislation and policies on minority issues
  • Economic working group, chair: András Inotai, director, IWE
    EU membership – new development perspectives: first experiences with EU cohesion support, impact on national development, leverage in the economic crisis and potential for future regional cooperation

February 6, Friday

8:30-10:30
Political working group session:
Elite studies in V4 countries – comparison
Chair: Bernadett Csurgó, research fellow, IPS

9:30-10:15
Joint working group session on future scientific cooperation of the participating institutions

10:15
Coffee break

10:30
Plenary session – Chair: Pál Tamás, director, IS
Visegrád countries: old and new challenges and approaches to cooperation
Reports, summaries and policy recommendations of the working groups

  • Pavol Friè, senior researcher, Center for Social and Economic Strategies,
    Charles University, Prague
  • El¿bieta Kawecka, Jean Monet professor, deputy rector of the Warsaw School of Economics
  • Grigorij Meseznikov, president, IVO, Institute for Public Affairs, Bratislava
  • Kálmán Petõcz, director, Branch of International Relations, Forum Minority
    Research Institute, Somorja, Slovakia

11:30
Discussion, comments

12:30
Closing remarks

12:40
Buffet lunch


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