Aspen Institute Romania had the pleasure to host a working dinner on the theme "Manufacturing in the Global Economy - Industrial Policy Challenges for Romania and Europe" having as guest speaker Prof. Dr. Carl H. Hahn, Chairman Emeritus of Volkswagen AG.The renowned former chairman of the Volkswagen Group is widely credited with driving V More...

Daniel Daianu, 26 September, 2011The European Central bank (ECB) top officials note recurrently that the aggregate deficits of the euro zone (EMU) are inferior to those of the US and of other big countries (Japan is probably meant here since it has a public debt above 200% of its GDP). The president of the ECB, Jean Claude Trichet, made this remark More...

Aspen Romania organized the 2011 Annual Economic Conference entitled "The Hunt for Red Herrings - Towards an Evidence-Based Approach to Competitiveness" with the aim to continue the series of debates regarding the future of the European economic governance, hosted by the Aspen Institute Romania. The event brought together 150 experts More...

Aspen Institute Romania organized a Policy Roundtable on the theme ‘Global Economic Governance After the Great Recession - a U.S - EU View. The discussion took place on Monday, June 27, 2011. The key note speakers were Dr. Robert F. Wescott, President of Keybridge Research LLC, a highly esteemed scholar with professional experience regarding More...

"Competitiveness for Development and Convergence" Policy Meeting The event continues the Aspen Institute Romania series on economic and social governance launched earlier this year. Building on a recent two day event that focused on the way the crisis and the new EU Lisbon Treaty are bringing about a lasting transformation of European eco More...