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[Comment] The Baltic economies after a perfect storm |
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April 2010 |
by Marek Tiits
The global crisis stroke, as argued by many, by complete surprise and there was very little individual small economies such as the ones on the Baltic Sea Region could themselves do to avoid the domestic crisis that followed. Is this really so? What have we learned from this crisis? Are there any extra lessons to be taken?
The general hope and perception emerging from recent international media coverage is that the global financial and economic crisis is nearly over. The employment figures remain sluggish, but financial markets enjoyed last year extraordinary gains, and a number of economies have started to demonstrate again quite reasonable growth rates. In the Baltic Sea Region, also things seem to have started to return back to normal. The quarterly GDP growth was in Q4 2009 for the countries in the Baltic Sea region close to 0% or even slightly positive. Estonia prepares for adoption of euro in 2011 and the budget crisis in Greece has overshadowed the woes in the Baltic States. The view that the crisis is nearly over and everything will continue as previously represents a rather comforting outlook. This is a very tempting, yet dangerous way of thinking.
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[Project] Improving business oriented e-government solutions |
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February 2010 |
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Institute of Baltic Studies participates in the project EGOPRISE ("E-GOvernment solutions as instruments to qualify the public sector for the specific needs of small and medium sized enterPRISEs (SMEs) in the rural BSR"), which aims to turn public administrations in rural BSR areas to more business oriented service suppliers, to relieve SMEs from administrative burdens, improve their access to information & qualified staff and as a consequence to increase attractiveness of rural areas as places to live, work & invest in. |
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[Project] Maintenance of the European website on integration |
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January 2010 |
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Maintenance of the European website on integration is a joint project of European Commission and Migration Policy Group (MPG) with the objective to maintain the European website on integration (www.integration.eu) up-to-date and well functioning, in order to have a widely and easily accessible website for European experience on immigrant integration.
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[Project] Creating an Online Database System of Civil Society Funding Opportunities |
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January 2010 |
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Open Estonia Foundation’s ’Fund for Non-Governmental Organisations’, financed by the EEA and Norwegian Financial 2004-2009, decided to allocate in the 5th round of proposals funding to the Institute of Baltic Studies project „Creating an Online Database System of Civil Society Funding Opportunities”.
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[Projekt] The inter-relationship between the structural fund and the provision of services of general interest and services of general economic interest |
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January 2010 |
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IBS analüütik Merit Tatar osales eksperdina projektis „The inter-relationship between the structural fund and the provision of services of general interest and services of general economic interest, and the potential for cross-border service delivery“. Projekti tellijaks oli Euroopa Parlament (DG Internal Policies) ning juhtpartneriks Leedus paiknev Public Policy and Management Institute. Projekti eesmärgiks oli uurida avalikes huvides pakutavate teenuste kvaliteeti EL liikmesriikides ning Struktuurifondide rolli selliste teenuste piisaval ja kvaliteetsel tasemel pakkumisel. |
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