The Applied Research and Communication Fund and the Center for the Study of Democracy, with support from the Freedom House held a country workshop on March 9, 2001 entitled Foreign Direct Investments in Bulgaria: Alternatives to Reduce Existing Barriers.

The workshop brought together business, government, academia and media experts to discuss the Country Report on Foreign Direct Investment and to propose policy measures to reduce existing barriers and attract foreign investments. It was organized under the framework of the regional projectForeign Direct Investments in Balkan Countries: Alternatives to Reduce Existing Barriers in a series of workshops in Tirana on March 2, 2001 conducted by the Institute for Development Research and Alternatives, Albania and Skopie on March 14, 2001 by the Center for Strategic Research and Development, Macedonia.

See the Workshop Agenda