‘Privatization and private entrepreneurship in Belarus - scope for international assistance' seminar on 16th and 17th April in Warsaw

On April 16th and 17th CASE is co-organizing the ‘Privatization and private entrepreneurship in Belarus – scope for international assistance' seminar together with the Polish Ministry of Foreign Affairs, Solidarity Fund PL and Warsaw Stock Exchange. The underlying goal will be to debate the requirements for privatization and consolidation of private entrepreneurship and to outline the feasible economic reforms which the EU and international financial institutions could assist in.

Hosted at the Palace on the Isle in Royal Łazienki, the event will be officially opened by the Minister of Foreign Affairs Radosław Sikorski and the European Commissioner for Enlargement and European Neighborhood Policy Štefan Füle.

CASE - Center for Social and Economic Research will play a leading role in conducting the expert panel on the second day, in the Warsaw Stock Exchange building. During the 1,5 hour panel, CASE expert, professor Piotr Kozarzewski will deliver a speech on highly coveted privatization reforms to be carried in Belarus, followed by a question and answer session by the general public.

The expert will discuss the motives of privatization, institutional/government approach towards privatization, the role of small and medium enterprises as well as the role of international assistance in the process of privatization, and the adjustment of a legal framework towards the EU and OECD standards. The panel is to be attended by Belarusian press and the experts representing Belarusian opposition as well as the present cabinet.