The Crisis Observatory of ELIAMEP in collaboration with the Friedrich Ebert Foundation – Athens Office, held a public debate yesterday, 19-06-2014, at Aegli – Zappeion  – Olympia hall. The discussion evolved around the main topic of “Creating Jobs: Europe’s biggest challenge after the crisis”, with numerous speakers from various backgrounds contributing to a fruitful exchange of ideas: – Prof. Dr. Peter Bofinger, Chair for Monetary Policy and International Economics, University …Read More

The Crisis Observatory of the Hellenic Foundation for European Foreign Policy (ELIAMEP), in collaboration with the European Investment Bank Institute, successfully organised a conference on: “Fostering an Inclusive Economic Recovery in Greece: Promoting SME Innovation and Combating Youth Unemployment”. The event took place on Tuesday 27 May at 17:30 – 20.30 at Impact Hub, Athens. You can read the programme of the event here.

Euro Summit Simulation, 9-11 May – Athens 2014: the three(3)-day event, which was jointly organised by the Crisis Observatory of the Hellenic Foundation for European and Foreign Policy (ELIAMEP), the Institute of Research and Training on European Affairs (IRTEA), the Student Association for International Affairs (SAFIA), the Department of Political Science and Public Administration of the University of Athens and the Université libre de Bruxelles, concluded yesterday. Admittedly with great …Read More

The Crisis Observatory of the  Hellenic Foundation for European and Foreign Policy (ELIAMEP) and the demosEUROPA – Centre for European Strategy successfully organised an event where the research findings of the project “New sources of cohesion”  were presented, with keynote speaker Mr. László Andor, EU Commissioner responsible for Employment, Social Affairs and Inclusion. The event took place on Tuesday 29 April 2014 at 11:30 at the B&M Theocharakis Foundation for …Read More

The Crisis Observatory successfully hosted today, Tuesday 11 March 2014, the event on “The Social Effects of the Crisis and the Role of Civil Society”. The highly modern, welcoming and beautiful venue of Impact Hub, where the event took place, hosted representatives from various NGOS that participated in the respective survey of the Crisis Observatory, as well as many independent participants, who all took an active part in the discussion …Read More

On November 12th at 19:30, at the French Institute of Athens (Auditorium Theo Angelopoulos), an event was held, entitled “Economic Governance: What are the prospects for growth?” Henry STERDYNIAK, Director of the “Economy of Globalisation” Department of the French Economic Observatory of Sciences Po Paris, gave a lecture on growth and austerity. Based on the question of the possible ways for growth existing in the EU, he examined the conditions …Read More

On Monday, September 30, 2013, the Crisis Observatory hosted a closed seminar with Leonard Seabrooke, Professor at the Copenhagen Business School and the University of Warwick and specialist in issues of international political economy and economic sociology, on the theme: “Distinctions, Affiliations, and Professional Knowledge in Financial Reform Expert Groups”. Prof. Seabrooke presented results of the “Professions in International Political Economies” (PIPES) research programme, which is funded by the European …Read More