<p> UNIVERSITY OF NATIONAL AND WORLD ECONOMY, SOFIA</p><p>CENTER ON SUSTAINABLE DEVELOPMENT</p><p>CONFERENCE PROGRAM</p><p>“Economic Policies for Sustainable Development”</p><p>October 19th-20th, 2007</p><p>Friday, October 19th </p><p>08.00 – 09.00 Registration, front of conference room A</p><p>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”;</p><p>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)” ;</p><p>Rumen Brussarski, UNWE, Sofia, BULGARIA ‘How to discount ‘our common future”?</p><p>10.30 – 11.00 COFFEE BREAK</p><p>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?”</p><p>Vanya Ivanova, UNWE, Sofia, BULGARIA “Necessity for Improvements of the EU Policy for Sustainable Development”;</p><p>1 October 19th, Conference Room A, 11.00 – 12.30</p><p>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”;</p><p>Mariana Kuzmanova , UNWE, Sofia, BULGARIA “Improvement of the competitiveness and sustainable development of the modern organizations”; ______</p><p>12.30 – 14.00 Lunch ______</p><p>14.00 – 16.00 Room A, Chair: Nathaly Lameta</p><p>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” ;</p><p>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" ; </p><p>SARUC, Naci Tolga, Sakarya University, TURKEY “Global Environmental Taxes and Other New Sources for Development: Can we be optimistic?”;</p><p>Lilia Yotova, UNWE, BULGARIA “Welfare and Sustainable Devlopment”</p><p>Jozef MLÁDEK and Jana Marenčáková, Univetzity Komenského, SLOVAKIA “Population processes and structures and their influnce on regional development”;</p><p>Nathalie Lameta, University of Corsica, FRANCE “Intermediated market structure: Firm Competitivness and Environmental Performance” </p><p>16.00 – 16.30 Coffee break</p><p>Friday, October 19th </p><p>2</p><p>16.30 – 17.30 Room A , Chair: Sevil Rejepi ______</p><p>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” </p><p>Sevil Rejepi , University of Tetovo, MACEDONIA “Sustainable development problems in the countries of Transition”; </p><p>Lydia Stankova, UNWE, Sofia, BULGARIA “Sustainable competitive advantages and company’s strategic choice”;</p><p>18.00 – 20.00 Welcome reception, Restaurant of the UNWE ______</p><p>3 Friday October 19th</p><p>14.00 – 16.00 Room B, Chair: Ahmad Samimi ______</p><p>Viorica Chirilă and Ciprian Chirilă, University “Alexandru Ioan Cuza, ROMANIA “The Bucharest stock exchange’s role in sustainable development of Romania”</p><p>Ahmad Jafari Samimi, The University of Mazandaran, IRAN “Inflation and Economic Growth in Developing Countries: New Evidence” ;</p><p>Zvezdelina Zhelyazkova, UNWE, BULGARIA “Trends and challenges before the ‘sustainable mobility” in the road transport in Bulgaria“</p><p>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”;</p><p>Daniela Penu, Christian University “Dimitrie Cantemir”, ROMANIA “Sustainable development within the European Union”; ______16.00-16.30 Coffee break ______</p><p>18.00 – 20.00 Welcome reception, Restaurant of the UNWE ______</p><p>4 Saturday, October 20th</p><p>08.30 – 10.30 Room A , Chair: Maria Ferreiro</p><p>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”;</p><p>Ivan Ivanov and Yulia Dobreva, SU “Kl. Ohridski”, Sofia, BULGARIA ‘Duality and optimality in the analysis of the policy for sustainable development”</p><p>Cicero I. Limberea, Vice President Swiss Re Capital Management and Advisory, USA “The Euro framework: unemotional absorption of risk capital?”</p><p>Boyan Durankiev, UNWE, Sofia, BULGARIA “Limiting Factors for sustainable development”;</p><p>Mocuta Dorina and Voicu Cristina, Department of Doctoral School, Academy of Economic Studies, Bucharest, ROMANIA “Underground economy influences over the human health” </p><p>Ivaylo Beev, UNWE, BULGARIA “Sustainable development concept: competitive order or normative regulation?;</p><p>10.30 - 11.00 Coffee break</p><p>11.00 – 12.30 Room A , Chair: Sondes Kahouli-Brahmi ______</p><p>Cyril Radev , UNWE, BULGARIA “The role of the energy resources for sustainable development of the Bulgarian Economy”;</p><p>FOUED BRAHMI and SONDES KAHOULI-BRAHMI, University of Nantes, FRANCE “Endogenous technological change in the DICE model”;</p><p>Gerard Mondello, University of Nice, GREDEG CNRS, FRANCE “ Fragmenting Risky Activities”;</p><p>Ivelina Radeva, UNWE, BULGARIA “Modern aspects of sustainable development of the municipalities”</p><p>12.30 – 14.00 Lunch</p><p>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”;</p><p>Svetla Panayotova, Technical University, Gabrovo, BULGARIA “Successful economy through sustainable development”;</p><p>Saeed Yazdani, University of Tehran, IRAN “Economic Sustainability of the agriculture in Iran”;</p><p>Petya Dankova, Economic University,Varna, BULGARIA "Corporate Social Reporting as a Contribution to Sustainable Development";</p><p>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”</p><p>Agheli Kohnehshahri, Lotfali, Academic member of Economic Research Center, Tarbiat Modares University , IRAN “Is sustainable development really sustainable?”;</p><p>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” ;</p><p>Shteryo Nozharov, UNWE, BULGARIA “Alternative Mechanisms for Emissions Tradable permits” ;</p><p>Saturday, October 20th, </p><p>6 08.30- 10.30 Room B , Chair: Ana Paula Bastos</p><p>Popescu Cristian, Diaconu Laura and Maxim Andrei, “Alexandru Ioan Cuza University”, (ROMANIA), “Human Capital and Migration Costs for Romanian Economic Development”</p><p>Nadya Yorgova and Tanya Gaydadjiyska, UNWE, BULGARIA ‘Indicators and criteria for Sustainable development”;</p><p>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” </p><p>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” ;</p><p>______10.30 – 11.00 Coffee break ______</p><p>12.30 – 14.00 Lunch ______14.00 – 17.30 Room B , Chair : Teodor Atanasov ______</p><p>Hristina Nikolova, UNWE, BULGARIA Opportunities for internalization of the external transportation cost in the determination of the transport fees”;</p><p>Aleksey Petrov, UNWE, BULGARIA “ Terorism in the industrial relation as a treat to sustainable development”;</p><p>Nikolay Shterev, UNWE, BULGARIA “Introduction of the marketing approach as a factor for sustainable development and competitiveness of the Bulgarian industrial companies”;</p><p>Teodor Atanasov, SU “Kl. Ohridski”, Sofia, BULGARIA Sustainable development in Eastern Europe”;</p><p>Momchil Dobrev, Institute Dobrev, Sofia, BULGARIA “Basic principles of the competitiveness in the process of sustainable development and globalization”;</p><p>7</p>