Dear Sir or Madam, We have the pleasure of inviting you to an OeNB-SUERF workshop on the occasion of Austria's, Finland's and Sweden's 25th EU membership anniversary, which will be held online via Cisco Webex Meeting on September 21, 2020: 2020 marks the 25th anniversary of the EU's Northern enlargement, which, after several years of negotiations, made Austria, Finland and Sweden EU members on 1 January 1995. There is hardly any other step in foreign and economic policy for a European country in the 2nd half of the 20th (and in the 21st) century that could be more far-reaching and important than EU membership. It is thus worth looking back on what EU membership has entailed for the three countries. The OeNB has prepared two volumes to study the issue in some detail. First, a special edition of Monetary Policy and the Economy, Q1-Q2/2020<https://www.oenb.at/Publikationen/Volkswirtschaft/Geldpolitik-und-Wirtschaft/2020/monetary-policy-and-the-economy-q1-q2-20/monetary-policy-and-the-economy-q1-q2-2020-html.html> contains a collection of analyses focusing on aspects pertaining primarily on Austria. Second, a collection of contributions covering perspectives from all three "Northern EU enlargement countries" are compiled in a conference volume (to be published). This workshop, jointly organized by the OeNB<https://www.oenb.at/> and SUERF - The European Money and Finance Forum<https://www.suerf.org/> presents main findings from both volumes, in order to make the analysis known to a broader audience and in order to seek views and feedback from a wider public. Please find the latest program online<https://www.suerf.org/oenb2020>. Date Monday, September 21, 2020 at 01:45 p.m. - 06:00 p.m. (CET) Please reply to event-management@oenb.at<mailto:event-management@oenb.at> to receive a personal invitation. We look forward to your participation! Yours sincerely, Doris Ritzberger-Grünwald Director Economic Analysis and Research Department Oesterreichische Nationalbank Otto-Wagner-Platz 3, 1090 Vienna, Austria T:+43(0)1 40420-7002 doris.ritzberger-gruenwald@oenb.at<mailto:doris.ritzberger-gruenwald@oenb.at> www.oenb.at<http://www.oenb.at/> Diese E-Mail kann vertrauliche Informationen enthalten und irrtümlich an Sie gelangt sein. In diesem Fall informieren Sie bitte sofort die Absenderin bzw. den Absender und vernichten Sie diese E-Mail. Das unerlaubte Kopieren sowie die unbefugte Weitergabe dieser Mail oder von Teilen dieser Mail sind nicht gestattet. Informationen gemäß DSGVO zur Verarbeitung personenbezogener Daten durch die OeNB finden Sie unter www.oenb.at/datenschutz<https://www.oenb.at/datenschutz>.