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Conferences of Ezoneplus at a Glance
1st Berlin workshop: "Markets"
Berlin, 18-21 October 2001
All went well and the first Ezoneplus workshop on the "Eastward Enlargement of the Eurozone" was a huge
success for the project. The international research project Ezoneplus was launched officially in August
this year. Joining the co-ordinating team of the Freie Universität Berlin, participating economists from
six European countries discussed major research issues and presented first results.
Thanks to the generous support ot the European Commission and Deutsche Bank Research, we were
able to organise a fruitful environment to focus on the main aspects related to our working
packages. Thus, at the heart of the Friday sessions were:
 The role of capital markets, which was covered by Thomas Meyer of the Berlin team.
Prof. Dr. Jaako Kiander from VATT, Finland dealt with labour markets development.
Next Prof. Dr. Isabel Vieira, University of Evora, Portugal revealed major issues concerning
trade & foreign direct investment, whereas Dr. Vladimir Lavrac from IER, Slovenia tackled
prospective risks with regard to exchange rate regimes and monetary and fiscal policies during the
run-up to EMU. Finally, Achim Kemmerling, FU Berlin developed a framework dealing with the social
dimension eurozone enlargement.
Moreover, we are especially grateful for the asisstance of Deutsche Bank Research in
establishing the first "Euroluncheon"; a formal dinner series created to launch informal
debate between embassies, people from the banking and industrial sector as well as academia.
The first Euroluncheon took place on Friday 19th at Deutsche Bank Research Berlin and
key speeches were delivered by Ulrich Schröder of the Bank's team in Frankfurt and the
co-ordinating professor in Berlin, Michael Bolle.
The initial Ezoneplus workshop concluded with administrative and financial matters and
especially focussed on appropriate means of dissemination. The next meeting which will
offer intermediate results on the issues tackled within the working packages will be held
in Bologna next year.
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