Balance of the EU membership in the Visegrad countries: results and expectations

International conference

Date: 5-6th February, 2009
Venue: 1014 Budapest, Országház utca 30., Jakobinus terem
Language: English
Please register for the conference no later than 30th January, 2009 via e-mail: vgyorgyi(at)vki.hu

organised by the following institutes of the Hungarian Academy of Sciences:
Institute for World Economic
Research Institute of Ethnic and National Minorities
Institute for Political Science
Institute of Sociology

programme to download 1

programme to download 2

February 5, Thursday

9:00 Registration

9.30 Plenary session – chair: Imre Lévai (scientific advisor, Institute for Political Sciences of the HAS)

9:30- 9:50 The political processes of integration

József Bayer (director, Institute for Political Sciences of the HAS)

9:50-10:10 Minority rights in an enlarged European Union

Balázs Vizi (head of the working group on minority rights Institute on Minority Studies of the HAS)

10:10-10:30 Visegrad countries: five years of membership, experiences with and active policy shaping in the enlarged European Union

András Inotai (director, Institute for World Economics of the HAS)

10:30-10:50 European projections: Euro-scepticism in Central Europe, new and old parameters

Tamás Pál (director, Institute of Sociology of the HAS)

10:50 - 11:20 Coffee break

11:20- 12:30 Discussion

12:30 Buffet lunch

14:00- 17:00

Afternoon working group sessions (parallel)

1) Sociological Working group, chair: Pál Tamás

Europeanisation and social change in V4 countries

venue: Institute of Sociology, HAS, Library Room (1014 Budapest,Úri utca 49. I/31.)

Andrzej Rychard (professor, Institute of Philosophy and Sociology, Polish Academy of Sciences (IfiS PAN), Warszawa): Europeanization and entrepreneurship: how market helped to fight populism in Poland
Jiri Musil (professor, Charles University, Prague): Europeanization as a contemporary form of socio-cultural integration in Central Europe- theories and facts
Grigorij Meseznikov (president, Institute for Public Affairs (IVO), Bratislava): Slovak quasi-Euro-optimism five years after: populism on ethnocentric background
Endre Sík (scientific adviser, Tárki Social Research Institute, Budapest): Competing and coexisting identities - is there a European identity (deficit?)
Zoltán Lakatos (senior researcher, Szonda Ipsos Media, Opinion and Market Research Institute, Budapest): Rethinking the effects of cultural dispositions on electoral behavior in a post-communist context (Declining class voting and obsolete political semantics in Hungary)

2) Political working group (chair: Imre Kovach, scientific director, Institute for Political Sciences of the HAS)

Elites and European integration in V4 countries

chair: Imre Kovách

venue: Institute for Political Sciences, HAS, 1. floor (1014 Budapest, Országház u. 30.)

14.00 – 14.15- welcome: József Bayer (Inst- for Political Sciences, Budapest)

14.15 -14.30 - Preliminary notes - Max Haller (Univ. of Graz)

14.30 – 15.00 György Lengyel (Univ. Corvinus): East-and West European Elites on the Integration

15.00 – 15.30 Juraj Marusiak (Inst..of Political Sciences, Bratislava): Euro sceptical moods among Slovak political elites - "Europeans on the outside, traditional “pro domo".

15.30-15.45 coffee break

15.45 – 16.15 Jiri Safr (Czech Institute of Sociology, Prague) Economic and Cultural Elite vs. Common Population: The lifestyles and value orientations.
16.15 – 16.45 Martin Nekola and Pavol Fric (CESES Prague): Comparative elite-public research on attitudes to the EU matters and integration

16.45 – 17.15 Ewa Nalewajko (Inst of Political Sciences, Warsaw): Integration and elites in Poland

17.15 -17.45 Imre Kovách (Inst- for Political Sciences, Budapest): Elites and integration in European and Hungarian context

17.45 - Summary - Max Haller (Univ. of Graz)

3) Working group on minority issues, chair: Balázs Vizi

Trends and challenges of the legislation and policies on minority issues

chair: Balázs VIZI
Venue: Institute for Minority Studies of the HAS, Library, 3rd Floor
(1014 Budapest, Országház u. 30.)

• Katarzyna Kaźmierczak (Institute of International Affairs, Akademia Świętokrzyska, Piotrków Trybunalski, Poland): National minorities in the Polish politics in the past and the present

• Helena Petrův (Department of Constitutional Law, Charles University, Prague): Legal Situation of Minorities in the Czech Republic

• Kálmán Petőcz (Forum Institute, Somorja, Slovakia): Participation of national minorities in public affairs in Slovakia, in the light of the ACNM Commentary on the Article 15 of the FCNM

• Balázs Dobos (Institute for Minority Studies of the HAS, Budapest): Minority rights and minority policy in Hungary after 2004

4) Economic working group, chair: Krisztina Vida

EU membership - new development perspectives: first experiences EU cohesion support, impact on national development, leverage in the economic crisis and potential for future regional cooperation

chair: Krisztina VIDA
venue: Institute for World Economics, HAS, Bognár-Balassa Conference Room
(1014 Budapest, Országház u. 30.)

• Tamás Szemlér (research director, IWE, Budapest): Mid-term economic programmes and the use of EU Funds in Hungary

• Elzbieta Kawecka (deputy rector, Warsaw School of Economics,Warsaw): Use of EU Structural Funds in Poland: rate of absorption as compared to other New Member States, reasons of problems and prospects for improvements

• Radomir Spok (research director, EUROPEUM, Prague): Czech experience with EU Structural Funds, results, problems, lessons for the future

• Zoltán Bara (political consultant, Bratislava): Contribution of EU Structural Funds to the development processes in Slovakia and the potential role of EU support in the crisis period

Discussants:

• Péter Heil, head of department, Ministry of Transport, Energy and Telecommunication, Budapest (tbc)

• János Matolcsy, chief consultant KPMG, Budapest (tbc)

February 6, Friday

8:30 – 10:30 Political working group:

Elite studies in V4 countries - comparison (chair: Bernadett Csurgó)

Elites and European integration in V4 countries (cont.), chair: Bernadett Csurgó

8.30 – 8.50 Pavol Fric (CESES, Prague): CESES elites research project

8.50 -9.10 Zuzana Polackova (Inst.of Political Sciences, Bratislava). Main topics of the

Members of the European Parliament from Slovakia in comparison with the policy of their mother/ politicalparties in Slovakia

9.10 -9.30 Ewa Nalewajko (Inst, of Political Sciences, Warsaw): Elite and European integration studies in Poland

9.30 -9.50 Ivo Bayer (Institute of Sociology, Prague):

9.50 – 10.10 Luca Kristóf (Inst. for Political Sciences, Budapest): Cultural, political and economic elites in Hungary

10.10-10.30 discussion

9:30-10:15 Joint working group session on future scientific cooperation of the participating institutions

10:15 Coffee break

10:30 Plenary session, chair: Pál Tamás

Visegrad countries: old and new challenges and approaches to cooperation

Reports, summaries and policy recommendations of the working groups

Pavol Frič, senior researcher, Center for Social and Economic Strategies, Charles University, Prague
Elżbieta Kawecka, Jean Monet professor, deputy rector of the Warsaw School of Economics
Grigorij Meseznikov, Institute for Public Affairs (IVO), Bratislava
Kálmán Petőcz, director, Branch of International Relations, Forum Minority Research Institute, Somorja, Slovakia

11:30 Discussion, comments

12:30 Closing remarks

12.40 Buffet lunch

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I/31.) Andrzej Rychard (professor, Institute of Philosophy and Sociology, Polish Academy of Sciences (IfiS PAN), Warszawa): Europeanization and entrepreneurship: how market helped to fight populism in Poland Jiri Musil (professor, Charles University, Prague): Europeanization as a contemporary form of socio-cultural integration in Central Europe- theories and facts Grigorij Meseznikov (president, Institute for Public Affairs (IVO), Bratislava): Slovak quasi-Euro-optimism five years after: populism on ethnocentric background Endre Sík (scientific adviser, Tárki Social Research Institute, Budapest): Competing and coexisting identities - is there a European identity (deficit?) Zoltán Lakatos (senior researcher, Szonda Ipsos Media, Opinion and Market Research Institute, Budapest): Rethinking the effects of cultural dispositions on electoral behavior in a post-communist context (Declining class voting and obsolete political semantics in Hungary) 2) Political working group (chair: Imre Kovach, scientific director, Institute for Political Sciences of the HAS) Elites and European integration in V4 countries chair: Imre Kovách venue: Institute for Political Sciences, HAS, 1. floor (1014 Budapest, Országház u. 30.) 14.00 – 14.15- welcome: József Bayer (Inst- for Political Sciences, Budapest) 14.15 -14.30 - Preliminary notes - Max Haller (Univ. of Graz) 14.30 – 15.00 György Lengyel (Univ. Corvinus): East-and West European Elites on the Integration 15.00 – 15.30 Juraj Marusiak (Inst..of Political Sciences, Bratislava): Euro sceptical moods among Slovak political elites - "Europeans on the outside, traditional “pro domo". 15.30-15.45 coffee break 15.45 – 16.15 Jiri Safr (Czech Institute of Sociology, Prague) Economic and Cultural Elite vs. Common Population: The lifestyles and value orientations. 16.15 – 16.45 Martin Nekola and Pavol Fric (CESES Prague): Comparative elite-public research on attitudes to the EU matters and integration 16.45 – 17.15 Ewa Nalewajko (Inst of Political Sciences, Warsaw): Integration and elites in Poland 17.15 -17.45 Imre Kovách (Inst- for Political Sciences, Budapest): Elites and integration in European and Hungarian context 17.45 - Summary - Max Haller (Univ. of Graz) 3) Working group on minority issues, chair: Balázs Vizi Trends and challenges of the legislation and policies on minority issues chair: Balázs VIZI Venue: Institute for Minority Studies of the HAS, Library, 3rd Floor (1014 Budapest, Országház u. 30.) • Katarzyna Kaźmierczak (Institute of International Affairs, Akademia Świętokrzyska, Piotrków Trybunalski, Poland): National minorities in the Polish politics in the past and the present • Helena Petrův (Department of Constitutional Law, Charles University, Prague): Legal Situation of Minorities in the Czech Republic • Kálmán Petőcz (Forum Institute, Somorja, Slovakia): Participation of national minorities in public affairs in Slovakia, in the light of the ACNM Commentary on the Article 15 of the FCNM • Balázs Dobos (Institute for Minority Studies of the HAS, Budapest): Minority rights and minority policy in Hungary after 2004 4) Economic working group, chair: Krisztina Vida EU membership - new development perspectives: first experiences EU cohesion support, impact on national development, leverage in the economic crisis and potential for future regional cooperation chair: Krisztina VIDA venue: Institute for World Economics, HAS, Bognár-Balassa Conference Room (1014 Budapest, Országház u. 30.) • Tamás Szemlér (research director, IWE, Budapest): Mid-term economic programmes and the use of EU Funds in Hungary • Elzbieta Kawecka (deputy rector, Warsaw School of Economics,Warsaw): Use of EU Structural Funds in Poland: rate of absorption as compared to other New Member States, reasons of problems and prospects for improvements • Radomir Spok (research director, EUROPEUM, Prague): Czech experience with EU Structural Funds, results, problems, lessons for the future • Zoltán Bara (political consultant, Bratislava): Contribution of EU Structural Funds to the development processes in Slovakia and the potential role of EU support in the crisis period Discussants: • Péter Heil, head of department, Ministry of Transport, Energy and Telecommunication, Budapest (tbc) • János Matolcsy, chief consultant KPMG, Budapest (tbc) February 6, Friday 8:30 – 10:30 Political working group: Elite studies in V4 countries - comparison (chair: Bernadett Csurgó) Elites and European integration in V4 countries (cont.), chair: Bernadett Csurgó 8.30 – 8.50 Pavol Fric (CESES, Prague): CESES elites research project 8.50 -9.10 Zuzana Polackova (Inst.of Political Sciences, Bratislava). Main topics of the Members of the European Parliament from Slovakia in comparison with the policy of their mother/ politicalparties in Slovakia 9.10 -9.30 Ewa Nalewajko (Inst, of Political Sciences, Warsaw): Elite and European integration studies in Poland 9.30 -9.50 Ivo Bayer (Institute of Sociology, Prague): 9.50 – 10.10 Luca Kristóf (Inst. for Political Sciences, Budapest): Cultural, political and economic elites in Hungary 10.10-10.30 discussion 9:30-10:15 Joint working group session on future scientific cooperation of the participating institutions 10:15 Coffee break 10:30 Plenary session, chair: Pál Tamás Visegrad countries: old and new challenges and approaches to cooperation Reports, summaries and policy recommendations of the working groups Pavol Frič, senior researcher, Center for Social and Economic Strategies, Charles University, Prague Elżbieta Kawecka, Jean Monet professor, deputy rector of the Warsaw School of Economics Grigorij Meseznikov, Institute for Public Affairs (IVO), Bratislava Kálmán Petőcz, director, Branch of International Relations, Forum Minority Research Institute, Somorja, Slovakia 11:30 Discussion, comments 12:30 Closing remarks 12.40 Buffet lunch
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