The Centre for European Studies from “Alexandru Ioan Cuza” University of Iasi,Romania, organizes the EURINT 2015 international conference: Regional development and integration. New challenges for the EU (May 22-23 May, 2015).
The event is part of the EURINT conference series which was successfully launched in 2013 in the frame of the Jean Monnet Life Long Learning Programme. Since 2013 the EURINT conference series has established itself as a visible academic event in field of European Studies and in this regard we aim at developing it into a traditional conference series. The two day conference aims to transmit knowledge about the EU economic, social and political context, to draw together scholars, researchers, experts, civil society activists and to encourage an exchange of views.
The purpose of this 3rd edition of EURINT international conference entitled Regional development and integration. New challenges for the EU is to provide a proper context for mutual dialogue, joint knowledge and a better understanding of the challenges the EU is facing the current European milieu marked by a gradual regionalization process. Since becoming members of the EU the Central and Eastern European countries (CEECs) have experienced an ongoing process of decentralization,devolution and regionalization which, in turn, brought about different ways of
envisaging regional development. By and large, regional development can be seen as a general effort to reduce regional economic disparities by supporting several economic activities in the less development regions. Main objectives have been large-scale infrastructure development, creating opportunities for inward investment, policies to enhance social cohesion and other top-down and bottom-up initiatives meant to help regions to catch-up and to establish economic clusters of development.
The programme is structured around four scientific sessions with the aim of providing participants with a comprehensive understanding of the implications of regional development:
- The EU as regional and global player
- European economic governance: achievements and prospects
- Economy and regional development in the EU
- The European Union as a Model for Regional Integration
Important deadlines:
- Online registration and submission of abstracts: March 22, 2015
- Notification of acceptance or rejection: April 10, 2015,
- Full paper submission: May 18, 2015.
Please find more information on the conference website:
http://www.cse.uaic.ro/eurint/index.htm
If you have any questions, please do not hesitate to contact the organising committee at eurint.conference@gmail.com
Call for the EURINT 2015 International conference
