Dear Sir or Madam,
We have the pleasure of inviting you to the 83rd East Jour Fixe on
September 18, 2018 entitled
„Catching the wind: current challenges and opportunities for European integration and convergence"
On the occasion of the Austrian Presidency of the Council of the European Union
Torn between deeper integration and enlargement, with Brexit weighing on the negotiations of the next budget, migration pressure at its
borders and rising influence of Russia and China in its southeastern neighborhood, the EU is facing formidable challenges today which will be discussed at the
83rd East Jour Fixe to be hosted by the Oesterreichische Nationalbank on September 18, 2018. After all, as stated by European Commission President Juncker in his speech on the state of the
European Union in September 2017: "The wind is back in Europe's sails. But we will go nowhere unless we catch that wind. (…) Now is the time to build a more united, stronger and more democratic Europe for 2025."
Renowned speakers representing a variety of international institutions and think tanks (including the European Commission, Bruegel and The
Bank of Finland Institute for Economies in Transition) will present and discuss selected studies with a regional focus on Central, Eastern and Southeastern Europe (CESEE) published in a special issue of the OeNB’s quarterly publication Focus on European Economic
Integration (FEEI, to be released by end-August). Keynote/special speeches will be given by István-Pal Székely (Director in the European Commission’s DG ECFIN) and Wolfgang Petritsch (President of the Austrian Marshall Plan Foundation).
Both the 83rd East Jour Fixe and the special FEEI issue have been organized on the occasion of the Austrian Presidency of the Council of
the European Union in the second half of 2018. The topics have been closely aligned with the priorities of the Austrian presidency and address, among others: (1) the sustainability of convergence and integration, (2) EU budget and structural reform priorities,
(3) EU enlargement and neighborhood policy, (4) financial sector development and stability as well as (5) labor markets and migration in CESEE.
Date
Tuesday, September 18, 2018
Venue
Oesterreichische Nationalbank
Otto-Wagner-Platz 3
1090 Vienna
Kassensaal, 1st floor
For further information on this event and to download the latest program please visit the OeNB
website. Official invitations will follow on August 20, 2018.
Yours sincerely,
Event-Management
