The international conference on the
Informal Economy in the EU Accession Countries: Size, Scope, and
the Trends in Trafficking and Corruption, held on 29-30
November, 2002 in Sofia, was organized by the Center for the Study
of Democracy with the support of the European Commission. The event was second in a series of activities designed to address the issue of the informal economy in the Central and East European countries in the context of their accession to the European Union. Its major objectives were:
- to provide an adequate picture of the size and the
scope of the informal economy in the EU accession countries;
- to explore the nature of the informal economy
through application of the available methods of assessment and give
recommendation on the applicability of specific approaches
depending on a dynamic set of variables;
- to promote a consensus on the role of the informal
economy in Europe and its possible implications in the process of
EU enlargement.
The participants in the conference were leading
experts in the field - academics, policy makers, representatives of
relevant NGOs, and others, from EU member-states, accession
countries and other SEE countries. The format of the round table
included presentations of the results of original research by the
participants and experts in the field as well as a discussion of
their findings.
See also:
Conference agenda and
presentations
Media coverage (only in
Bulgarian)
Related events and publications of CSD
Main page of the
conference
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