Publishing Institution: EastWest Institute / Political Geography: Bulgaria

Author:: Martin Baldwin-Edwards
Publication Date:: 10-2006
Content Type:: Policy Brief
Institution:: EastWest Institute
Abstract:: South Eastern Europe (SEE) has been under great pressure from the European Union (EU) to modernize and improve its border management, while simultaneously trying to facilitate cross-border flows and good neighborly relations in the region. The forthcoming accession to the EU of two countries from the region, Bulgaria and Romania, and recently opened negotiations for the accession of two more, Croatia and the former Yugoslav Republic of Macedonia, have the potential to damage both cross-border flows and regional stability. One of the principal factors influencing this potential is the requirement for acceding countries to implement the Schengen regime – in particular, the so-called “black list” of countries whose nationals require visas to enter the Schengen area. At this time, from the Balkan region only Croatia, Bulgaria and Romania are not on the “black list”.
Topic:: International Relations, Foreign Policy, and Regional Cooperation
Political Geography:: Europe, Yugoslavia, Bulgaria, Balkans, Romania, Macedonia, and Croatia

Author:: Stoyan Totev and Maria Boyadjieva
Publication Date:: 04-2003
Content Type:: Working Paper
Institution:: EastWest Institute
Abstract:: The transition process in Central and Eastern Europe was associated with increasing intra-regional disparities. It appears also that the regional inequalities in South east Europe are relatively high creating in the same time significantly higher economic and social problems. That refers to Bulgaria, Macedonia and FR Yugoslavia whereas every reform face serious difficulties due to the lower readiness for accession to the EU structures as well as for their backwardness in the economic development. In countries like Czech Republic, Hungary and Slovenia there exist enough resources for facing the negative effects from one or another reform as well as the necessary readiness of the population the reform s to be carried out.
Topic:: Development, Economics, and International Trade and Finance
Political Geography:: Europe, Eastern Europe, Yugoslavia, Bulgaria, and Macedonia

Publication Date:: 04-2003
Content Type:: Working Paper
Institution:: EastWest Institute
Abstract:: At the strong initiative of the Mayors of the cities of Niš, Skopje and Sofia, and with the active support of the EastWest Institute's Programme for Transfrontier Cooperation, a long-term process was launched to intensify transfrontier cooperation between the border regions of the Republic of Bulgaria, the FYR Macedonia and the FR of Yugoslavia. The overall objective of this initiative is to employ intensified cross-border cooperation as a tool for regional economic development and integration within this Niš-Skoplje-Sofia Triangle, as well as to foster conditions of prosperity, security and peaceful co-existence between neighboring peoples and states.
Topic:: Arms Control and Proliferation and Economics
Political Geography:: Europe, Eastern Europe, Yugoslavia, Bulgaria, Macedonia, and Maryland

Publication Date:: 10-2002
Content Type:: Working Paper
Institution:: EastWest Institute
Abstract:: At the strong initiative of the Mayors of the ci ties of Niš, Skopje and Sofia, and with the active support of the EastWest Institute's Programme for Transfrontier Cooperation, a long-term process was launched to intensify transfrontier cooperation between the border regions of the Republic of Bulgaria, the FY R Macedonia and the FR of Yugoslavia. The overall objective of this initiative is to employ intensified cross-border cooperation as a tool for regional economic development and integration within this Niš-Skoplje-Sofia Triangle, as well as to foster conditions of prosperity, security and peaceful co-existence between neighboring peoples and states.
Topic:: Development, Economics, and International Trade and Finance
Political Geography:: Europe, Yugoslavia, Bulgaria, and Macedonia

Author:: Rado Petkov, Rick Petree, and Eugene Spiro
Publication Date:: 08-2001
Content Type:: Working Paper
Institution:: EastWest Institute
Abstract:: This study presents a conceptual and organizational framework for establishing a pilot technology park and incubator in Bulgaria. Such a park might initially focus on the telecommunication and information technology (IT) sector (including software development), where the country displays strong, albeit under-utilized, technical talent. The park might encompass an export-oriented IT service firm and an incubator that will nurture hi-tech companies and help them commercialize innovative ideas and technologies. The study presents the experience of leading technology parks and incubators in the U.S., Israel, India and elsewhere and draws upon an on-going project of the Institute for EastWest Studies to establish a technology incubator in Budapest. The purpose of the paper is to identify the existing models of technology parks and to suggest organizational, legal and management solutions that can be applied in Bulgaria.
Topic:: International Relations, Development, and Science and Technology
Political Geography:: Europe, Eastern Europe, and Bulgaria

Author:: Aleko Djildjov and Vasil Marinov
Publication Date:: 01-1999
Content Type:: Working Paper
Institution:: EastWest Institute
Abstract:: There are different possible approaches to solving this problem. Considering its extreme complexity, and especially the lack of relevant practices in market economic conditions and in a democratic decision-making process, one of the possible solutions is the study and analysis, of the experience of other countries. If relevant, these experiences in countries which have already institutionalized regional development can be promoted. Although the experience of the countries in the EU, of which Bulgaria aspires to become a member, is important, it is even more important to study the current experience of countries in which conditions are closer to those in Bulgaria.
Topic:: Development, International Cooperation, and International Organization
Political Geography:: Europe, Eastern Europe, and Bulgaria

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