University of National and World Economy, Sofia

UNIVERSITY OF NATIONAL AND WORLD ECONOMY, SOFIA

CENTER ON SUSTAINABLE DEVELOPMENT

CONFERENCE PROGRAM

“Economic Policies for Sustainable Development”

October 19th-20th, 2007

Friday, October 19th

08.00 – 09.00 Registration, front of conference room A

09.00 – 09.20 Opening ceremony, welcome address by UNWE and UNDP ______09.20 – 10.30 Room A, Chair : Rumen Gechev ______Martin Jean-Christopher , Universite Montesquieu, FRANCE “Economic impacts of policy for reducing greenhouse gases emissions for Aquitaine Region: A demand Approach”;

Olga Ivanova and Kris Vanherle, ENESS , BELGIUM “On the construction and first empirical application of the new European Model for the Assessment of Environmental, Economic and Social effects of Sustainability Policies (ENESS)” ;

Rumen Brussarski, UNWE, Sofia, BULGARIA ‘How to discount ‘our common future”?

10.30 – 11.00 COFFEE BREAK

11.00 – 12.30 ROOM A , CHAIR: BAE JUNG-HAN Elisabetta Magnani and Adeline Tubb, School of Economics The University of New South Wales, AUSTRALIA “THE LINK BETWEEN ECONOMIC GROWTH AND ENVIRONMENTAL QUALITY: WHAT IS THE ROLE OF DEMOGRAPHIC CHANGE?”

Vanya Ivanova, UNWE, Sofia, BULGARIA “Necessity for Improvements of the EU Policy for Sustainable Development”;

1 October 19th, Conference Room A, 11.00 – 12.30

Bae, Jung-Han and Musaev Elbek, Yeongnam University (Daegu, SOUTH KOREA & KAZACHSTAN), “A Study on Government’s Basic Policies for Development of ICTs in Kazakhstan and Uzbekistan”;

Mariana Kuzmanova , UNWE, Sofia, BULGARIA “Improvement of the competitiveness and sustainable development of the modern organizations”; ______

12.30 – 14.00 Lunch ______

14.00 – 16.00 Room A, Chair: Nathaly Lameta

Rumen Gechev and Tz. Penev, UNWE, BULGARIA „ Environmental and Financial Disclosure for Sustainable Development: Critical Evaluation of the Disclosure Practices of the Companies Comprising the SOFIX Index” ;

Paula Bastos, Monteiro and Maurilio, Coordenadora Mestrado PLADES, Núcleo de Altos Estudosda Amazônia Universidade Federal do Pará, Campus do Guamá, BRAZIL "Sustainable development throughout innovation policies: the emergence of a regional system in the periphery of capitalism, Eastern Amazon" ;

SARUC, Naci Tolga, Sakarya University, TURKEY “Global Environmental Taxes and Other New Sources for Development: Can we be optimistic?”;

Lilia Yotova, UNWE, BULGARIA “Welfare and Sustainable Devlopment”

Jozef MLÁDEK and Jana Marenčáková, Univetzity Komenského, SLOVAKIA “Population processes and structures and their influnce on regional development”;

Nathalie Lameta, University of Corsica, FRANCE “Intermediated market structure: Firm Competitivness and Environmental Performance”

16.00 – 16.30 Coffee break

Friday, October 19th

16.30 – 17.30 Room A , Chair: Sevil Rejepi ______

Keti Medarova, Ph.D. candidate, Central European University, Hungary “Environmental Policy Integration In the Energy Sector – Policies and Tools for Energy Efficiency and Renewable Energy in Bulgaria”

Sevil Rejepi , University of Tetovo, MACEDONIA “Sustainable development problems in the countries of Transition”;

Lydia Stankova, UNWE, Sofia, BULGARIA “Sustainable competitive advantages and company’s strategic choice”;

18.00 – 20.00 Welcome reception, Restaurant of the UNWE ______

3 Friday October 19th

14.00 – 16.00 Room B, Chair: Ahmad Samimi ______

Viorica Chirilă and Ciprian Chirilă, University “Alexandru Ioan Cuza, ROMANIA “The Bucharest stock exchange’s role in sustainable development of Romania”

Ahmad Jafari Samimi, The University of Mazandaran, IRAN “Inflation and Economic Growth in Developing Countries: New Evidence” ;

Zvezdelina Zhelyazkova, UNWE, BULGARIA “Trends and challenges before the ‘sustainable mobility” in the road transport in Bulgaria“

Simion Dalia and Stanciu Marieta, University of Craiova, ROMANIA “The role of stock exchange indicators in the appreciation of performance of the enterprises listed on the capital markets”;

Daniela Penu, Christian University “Dimitrie Cantemir”, ROMANIA “Sustainable development within the European Union”; ______16.00-16.30 Coffee break ______

18.00 – 20.00 Welcome reception, Restaurant of the UNWE ______

4 Saturday, October 20th

08.30 – 10.30 Room A , Chair: Maria Ferreiro

Maria de Fátima Ferreiro and ISCTE and Dinâmia, Higher Institute of Social Sciences and Business Studies, PORTUGAL. “Common Agricultural Policy and Sustainable Land Use: The Importance of Property Rights Definition”;

Ivan Ivanov and Yulia Dobreva, SU “Kl. Ohridski”, Sofia, BULGARIA ‘Duality and optimality in the analysis of the policy for sustainable development”

Cicero I. Limberea, Vice President Swiss Re Capital Management and Advisory, USA “The Euro framework: unemotional absorption of risk capital?”

Boyan Durankiev, UNWE, Sofia, BULGARIA “Limiting Factors for sustainable development”;

Mocuta Dorina and Voicu Cristina, Department of Doctoral School, Academy of Economic Studies, Bucharest, ROMANIA “Underground economy influences over the human health”

Ivaylo Beev, UNWE, BULGARIA “Sustainable development concept: competitive order or normative regulation?;

10.30 - 11.00 Coffee break

11.00 – 12.30 Room A , Chair: Sondes Kahouli-Brahmi ______

Cyril Radev , UNWE, BULGARIA “The role of the energy resources for sustainable development of the Bulgarian Economy”;

FOUED BRAHMI and SONDES KAHOULI-BRAHMI, University of Nantes, FRANCE “Endogenous technological change in the DICE model”;

Gerard Mondello, University of Nice, GREDEG CNRS, FRANCE “ Fragmenting Risky Activities”;

Ivelina Radeva, UNWE, BULGARIA “Modern aspects of sustainable development of the municipalities”

12.30 – 14.00 Lunch

5 Saturday, October 20th ______14.00 – 15.30 Room A Chair : Petya Dankova Alessandro Marchesiani and Pietro Senezi, ITALY “Dual Currency Circulation and Monetary Policy”;

Svetla Panayotova, Technical University, Gabrovo, BULGARIA “Successful economy through sustainable development”;

Saeed Yazdani, University of Tehran, IRAN “Economic Sustainability of the agriculture in Iran”;

Petya Dankova, Economic University,Varna, BULGARIA "Corporate Social Reporting as a Contribution to Sustainable Development";

15.30 – 16.00 Coffee break 16.00 – 17.30 Room A , Chair: Ana Paula Bastos Katya Sotirova, UNWE, Sofia “The Bulgarian Foreign Trade Policy for Sustainable Development”

Agheli Kohnehshahri, Lotfali, Academic member of Economic Research Center, Tarbiat Modares University , IRAN “Is sustainable development really sustainable?”;

Marilena Mironiuc and Leontina Betianu, “Al.I.Cuza” University of Iasi, ROMANIA “The company and environmental management: “respectful behavior towards the environment by means of command and control policies or market-based instruments” ;

Shteryo Nozharov, UNWE, BULGARIA “Alternative Mechanisms for Emissions Tradable permits” ;

Saturday, October 20th,

6 08.30- 10.30 Room B , Chair: Ana Paula Bastos

Popescu Cristian, Diaconu Laura and Maxim Andrei, “Alexandru Ioan Cuza University”, (ROMANIA), “Human Capital and Migration Costs for Romanian Economic Development”

Nadya Yorgova and Tanya Gaydadjiyska, UNWE, BULGARIA ‘Indicators and criteria for Sustainable development”;

Mr. Jose Nazareno Araujo dos Santos and Ms. Ana Paula Vidal Bastos, BRAZIL “Innovation to promote sustainable development: Evidence from fishing industry in Eastern Amazon”

Irimia Roxana, Christian University-Bucharest (ROMANIA) "Aspects regarding the correlation between the level of internet dispersion and the economic growth in the context of the information society” ;

______10.30 – 11.00 Coffee break ______

12.30 – 14.00 Lunch ______14.00 – 17.30 Room B , Chair : Teodor Atanasov ______

Hristina Nikolova, UNWE, BULGARIA Opportunities for internalization of the external transportation cost in the determination of the transport fees”;

Aleksey Petrov, UNWE, BULGARIA “ Terorism in the industrial relation as a treat to sustainable development”;

Nikolay Shterev, UNWE, BULGARIA “Introduction of the marketing approach as a factor for sustainable development and competitiveness of the Bulgarian industrial companies”;

Teodor Atanasov, SU “Kl. Ohridski”, Sofia, BULGARIA Sustainable development in Eastern Europe”;

Momchil Dobrev, Institute Dobrev, Sofia, BULGARIA “Basic principles of the competitiveness in the process of sustainable development and globalization”;