16.00 – 19.00

Registration

20.00 –

Welcome Reception

  8.00 –   9.30

Registration

  9.30 – 10.00

Welcome speeches

10.00 – 11.30

Key Note Presentations

Chair: David Smallbone

Kåre Moberg, Christian Vintergaard, Lene Vestergaard – Regional Growth: Model for Entrepreneurship Education in Regions

Friederike Welter, Nadezhda Veleva, Susanne Kolb – Trust, Learning and Cross Border Entrepreneurship

11.30 – 11.45

Coffee Break

11.45 – 13.00

Session

EU Enlargement and the Border Changes

Chair: Lois Labrianidis

Urve Venesaar, Merle Pihlak – Consequences of EU Enlargement for Economic Development in Border Regions

Kiril Todorov, Yordanka Ivanova, Kostadin Kolarov – Effects of EU Enlargement on Bulgarian SMEs in South-West Bordering Regions

Atanas Damyanov, Ivaylo Petrov – The Role of NGO Sector in the Cross Border Zone Svishtov – Zimnicea

13.00 – 14.30

Lunch

14.30 – 16.30

Session

Regional and Cluster Dimensions in Cross Border Co-operation

Chair: Anna Rogut

Lois Labrianidis, George Agelopoulos, Efi Voutira, Aspa Kyriaki, Nikos Vogiatzis – ‘Local delocalisation’ of labour intensive activities to the other side of the border so as to reap the benefits of both worlds

Emil Papazov – Cluster-based Strategies for Regional and Cross Border Economic Development

Peter Zashev – Clusters policies and development in Cross Border Regions

20.00 –

Conference Dinner – in Lilia Hotel

  9.00 – 10.30

Key Note Presentations

Chair: Kiril Todorov

Mitko Dimitrov, Stoyan Totev  – Balkan Countries CBC in the Framework of the EU Integration Process – the Enterprise Point of View

Lila Leontidou – Ambivalence and Fluidity on the Eastern Boundaries of ‘Europe’

10.30 – 10.45

Coffee Break

10.45 – 12.45

Session

EU Enlargement and the Border Regions in the NIS

Chair: Friederike Welter

Anton Slonimski, Olga Linchevskaya, Anna Pobol, Marina Slonimska – Cross Border Cooperation in Belarus: the Impact of EU Enlargement on Border Regions

Elena Aculai, Adela Bulgac – The Impact of EU Enlargement on the Development of Border Regions in Moldova

Nina Isakova – Impact of Cross Border Cooperation of SMEs in Western Ukraine on Innovation Activity

12.45 – 14.00

Lunch

14.00 – 15.45

Session

Policy Perspectives on Cross Border Co-operation

Chair: Urve Venesaar

Anna Rogut, Bogdan Piasecki - Governance structures and practices as a framework factor for cross border cooperation. Similarities and differences between Polish regions

David Smallbone, Mirela Xheneti - Public Policy and Cross Border Entrepreneurship in EU Border Regions: an Enabling or Constraining Influence?

David Smallbone – Policies to promote cross border co-operation: the Irish experience

15.45 – 16.00

Closing Session

20.00 –

Farewell Dinner