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Sofia
29 - 30 November 2002
Program
Day One - 29th of November
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9:30 -9:45 h.
Conference Hall
Hotel Bulgaria
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Opening
Dr. Ognian Shentov
Chairman, Center for the Study of Democracy
Nikola Yankov
Deputy Minister of the Economy
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Session 1
9:45-11:00 h.
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Grey Economy: Scope and Impact
Moderator: Ruslan Stefanov
Project Coordinator, CSD
Dr. Dominik Enste
Economic Policy Researcher, Gerling Group, Cologne Gerling
The Shadow Economy and Institutional Change in EU Accession
Countries - A Two Pillar Strategy for the Challenges Ahead
Dr. Ahmet Salih Ikiz
Faculty Fellow, Ege University, Izmir, Turkey - Recent
trends of Unrecorded economy in Turkey: Comparison with
Bulgaria
Mr. Caner Akar, International Economy and Finance,
Turkey
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| 11:00-11:30 h. |
Coffee Break |
| 11:30-12:15
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Discussion
Disscusants:
Mr. Shkelzen Mustafa
Deputy Director, Special Operations, Customs - United Nations
Interim Administration
Mission in Kosovo (FRY)
Mr. Michael Cayton, OECD Consultant, Sofia, Bulgarian
Ministry of Economy
Boris Petrov, Bulgarian National Bank, Analyses
Division
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| 12.15-14.00 h. |
Lunch |
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Session № 2
14:00 h.
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The Informal Economy In The EU
Accession Countries: Size and Trends
Moderator: Petkan Iliev
Center for the Study of Democracy
Presentations:
Ms. Rossalina Latcheva
Project Assistant, Institute for Advanced Studies, Vienna - The
Informal Economy in East-Central Erope
Mr. Todor Yalamov
ARC Fund - The Grey Economy in the IT Sector
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| 15:00-15:30 h. |
Cofee Break |
| 15:30 h. |
Moderator: Dr. Vesselin Mintchev
Economic Advisor to the President of the Republic of Bulgaria
Dr. Valentin Goev, Statistics Department, UNWE
Assoc. prof. Venelin Boshnakov
Presentation of the results from the survey of the grey economy
among the population
Mr. Maciej Grabowski
Vice President, Institute for Market Economies, Gdansk
Foreigners and Informal Labour Market in Poland
Dr. Jan Hanousek
Director, Center for Economic Research and Graduate Education,
Economic Institute - CERGE-EI, Prague
Quality Of Government Services And The Civic Duty To Pay Taxes
In The Czech And Slovak Republics, And Other Transition
Countries
(Written Jointly With Prof. Filip Palda).
Dr. Stefan Nikolov
Head of Department, Academy of the Ministry of Interior
Organized Crime in the Economy
Assoc. prof. Olga Teneva
Chief of Department "Economic Sciences", Academy of the Ministry
of Interior
The Shadow Economy - Economic Ground for Corruption, Organized
Crime and Terrorism
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| 17:00 h |
Discussion |
| 17:30 h. |
Closing |
| 18:00 h |
Cocktail |
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Day Two - 30th of November
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8:30-9:00 h.
9:00-9:30 h.
Sredetz Conference Hall
Sheraton Sofia Hotel Balkan
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Registration
Opening
Dr. Ognian Shentov
Chairman, Center for the Study of Democracy
Professor Georgi Petkanov
Minister of Interior
Ambassador James Pardew
Embassy of the USA
Ambassador Ian Soutar
British Embassy
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Session № 1
9:30 - 11:30 h.
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Economy of Crime: Grey Sector, Trafficking, Corruption
Moderator: Ambassador Boyko Noev, Director, European
Program, Center for the Study of Democracy
- Organized crime as a macroeconomic phenomenon
- The integration of Bulgarian organized crime within the
framework of cross-border criminal networks
- Corruption in law enforcement and controlling institutions as a
national security/ development problem
- The institutional response: the anti-corruption reform of the
security sector
- Priorities of international cooperation to counter cross-border
crime and corruption
Presentations:
General Boyko Borissov
Secretary General, Ministry of Interior
Mr. Stefan Sofianski
Mayor of Sofia
Mr. Assen Assenov
Director, Customs Agency
General Kalcho Taushanov
Rector, Academy of the Ministry of Interior
Mr. Нristo Manchev
First Deputy General Prosecutor and Head of the Supreme Cassation
Public Prosecutor's Office
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| 10:45-11:15 h. |
Discussion |
| 11:30-11:45 h. |
Coffee-Break |
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Session № 2
11:45-13:15 h.
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Monitoring and Prevention of Cross-BorderCrime and
Corruption
Moderator: Dr. Emil Tsenkov, Senior Fellow, Center
for the Study of Democracy
- Instruments for monitoring and assessment of contraband
- Risk profiling of "gray imports" and related corruption
- The economic dimension of drugs trafficking
- Countering cross-border crime and corruption
- Best practices in prevention of contraband, trafficking and
corruption
Mr. Tihomir Bezlov
Senior Fellow, Center for the Study of Democracy
Mr. Gati Al-Jebouri
First Deputy Minister of Finance
Mr. Peter Nunez
Regulatory and Law Enforcement Advisor, Department of Treasury,
US
Mr. Rumen Danev
Director, Customs Intelligence and Investigation Department,
Customs Agency
Mr. Chavdar Kunev
State Inspector, Customs Agency
Mr. John Brown
Principle Customs Advisor, Crown Agents
Presentation of Crown Agents' Reform Project in Bulgaria
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| 12:45-13:15 h. |
Discussion |
| 13:15-13:30 h. |
Closing Session:
Social and Economic Impact of Crime and Corruption, and the
Importance of. Public-Private Partnerships
Mr. Boyko Todorov
Program Director, Center for the Study of Democracy
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| 13:30-14:30 h. |
Cocktail |
* Working languages: English and
Bulgarian
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