Themes for the conference have revolved around the linkages between Domestic Policy Reform, Trade Liberalisation, Economic growth, Poverty Reduction, Climate Change, Sustainable Development, Innovation, Entrepreneurship and Education for Agribusiness.

Topics: - Tax/benefit policies and labor supply, employment - Fiscal integration in the EU and its effects on EU labor markets - National unemployment insurance (UI) policies and perspectives of EU-wide UI-provision - The interactions of fiscal policies with nominal and real rigidities - The...

Program: Session A: Wage Setting and Price-Wage Interactions Session B: Labor Market Modeling, Macro-Interactions and Policies Session C: Implications for Monetary Policy Book Launch: Labor Migration, EU Enlargement, and the Great Recession Special Session: IZA World of Labor Session D: Labor...

Topics: - Prevention in the EU-27. Focus: SMEs - Prevention pays! Increasing the productivity of enterprises and employees - Implementation of Framework Directive 89 / 391 / EEC - Good Practice Examples - Prevention strategies in big and in small enterprises - Certification of management systems...

Main Conference Themes: - Motivation for migration and return: social, cultural and economic implications - Consequences of financial and energy crisis: a quest for a balanced economical development - Intercultural knowledge managment and culture identity in relation to migration of ideas,...