NEWS
A Romanian contribution to the EU reform budget debate initiated by the European Commission
The Study (Managing diversity for a growing Europe: a Romanian view on the EU budgetary review process)

GEA Self-Assessment Report 2004-2007 (in Romanian)


GEA launched the Report on Romania and Lisbon Agenda, the 5th edition

5th GEA Report on Romania and the Lisbon Agenda
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Global Competitiveness Report 2007-2008, published by the World Economic Forum (GEA is the partner organization for Romania):

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GEA has published "The Handbook for Regional Competitiveness Assessment”, a result of the GOF - finance project "Romania – Building Regional Assessment Capacity in Line with the Lisbon Agenda"


GEA hosts, on November 28th, 2007, a public conference to launch the 5th edition of its report "Romania and the Lisbon Agenda". The event will take place at the Crowne Plaza Hotel in Bucharest, from 10 a.m.


GEA is the local partner selected by Arthur D. Little to contribute to the study "Romania Competitiveness Project", financed by IFC


GEA is undertaking a research commissioned by the Association of Leasing and Non-Banking Financial Services on the topic of credit growth dynamics and potential in Romania.


GEA is undertaking a research for The Vienna Institute for International Economic Studies (WIIW), within the GDN Southeast Europe network, on the impact of flat tax reform on inequality in income distribution.


GEA completed a study for the European Investment Bank on the financing gap for SMEs in Romania.


Presentations given by professors John Dunning, Rajneesh Narula, Klaus Meyer (Reading University), Ulf Andersson (Uppsala University) and Matija Rojec (Ljubljana University) at the GEA - NEC conference "The Role of Foreign Direct Investments in An Emerging Economy", held in Bucharest on March 16th 2007.

Presentation of GEA Curriculum Vitae DIANA SPIRIDON

Name: SPIRIDON, Andreea Diana
Date of birth: 15.10.1979
E-mail: dianaspiridon@yahoo.com; diana.spiridon@gea.org.ro
Nationality: Romanian
Civil status: Married

EDUCATION

Date: 1998 – 2002
Institution: Academy of Economic Studies - Bucharest, Romania (Faculty of International Business and Economics)
Degree or Diploma obtained: Bachelor Degree in International Business and Economics

Date: 2002 – 2004
Institution: The National School of Political and Administrative Studies
Degree or Diploma obtained: Master Degree in International Relations and European Integration

Date: June 1997
Institution: University of Cambridge
Degree or Diploma obtained: Certificate in Advanced English

Date: October 2001 – February 2002
Institution: Universita degli Studi di Lecce
Degree or Diploma obtained: Erasmus/Socrates Scholarship

Date: 8 – 11 June 2004
Institution: American University in Bulgaria
Degree or Diploma obtained: Certificate of graduation – Regulatory Impact Assessment Courses

PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE

Date: July 2003 – to present
Organisation: The Romanian Center for Economic Policies
Location: Bucharest, Romania
Position: Research fellow

Date: November 2004 – to present
Organisation: Group of Applied Economics
Location: Bucharest, Romania
Position: Programme Coordinator

Date: December 2004 – to present
Organisation: DNP Research & Consulting SRL
Location: Bucharest, Romania
Position: Consultant

FOREIGN LANGUAGES
Mark 1 to 5 for competence, where 5 is the highest

English: 5 (passive) - 5 (spoken) - 5 (written)
German: 3 (passive) - 2 (spoken) - 3 (written)
Italian: 5 (passive) - 3 (spoken) - 4 (written)

COMPUTER SKILLS

Word, Excel, Power Point

PRESENT POSITION

Programme Coordinator, Group of Applied Economics
Research fellow, The Romanian Center for Economic Policies
Consultant, DNP Research & Consulting SRL

YEARS WITHIN THE COMPANY: 3 months; 4 months; 1 ½ years

KEY QUALIFICATIONS

European integration
International economics

SPECIFIC EXPERIENCE

Ljubljana (Slovenia )
Date: February 2003
Title of the seminar / conference: Seminar: “A Slovenian Perspective on the Convention on the Future of Europe”

Rousse (Bulgaria)
Date: January 2004
Title of the seminar / conference: 6th Conference “ Network of European Studies in South Eastern Europe”

Odessa (Ucraina)
Date: February 2004
Title of the seminar / conference: Seminar: “The Enlarged EU and Its Immediate Neighbourhood”

Moscow (Russian Federation)
Date: April 2004
Title of the seminar / conference: The Cato Institute’s Conference: “A Liberal Agenda for the New Century: A Global Perspective”

Blagoevgrad (Bulgaria)
Date: June 2004
Title of the seminar / conference: Seminar: “Improving Implementation of Internal Market Acquis by Introducing Impact Assessment”

PROJECTS

Name of the project: InCluD (Industrial Cluster Development) Project
Date: July 2003 – December 2004
Brief description of the project:

INCLUD project is funded within the framework of Interreg III B CADSES Programme being primarily aimed at promoting the clustering model successfully experienced in Italy and Austria, in the Eastern European countries participating to the project.
The tasks carried out by me were:
- organising meetings, focus groups;
- logistics management;
- drafting reports, notes of meeting etc. for the team leader, work package managers, local country manager and EU experts;
- paper work, documentation;
- translation during meetings and visits in the territory.

Name of the project: World Bank’s Country Assistance Evaluation Mission in Romania
Date: September 2004
Brief description of the project:

The World Bank’s mission in Romania evaluated the quality of the Bank’s financial assistance to Romania since 1990. I assisted the members of the mission in their work and provided logistical support and translation services as needed.

Name of the project: Global Opportunities Fund
Date: December 2004 – March 2005
Brief description of the project:

„Strengthening Economic Governance in Romania on the Way to EU Accession” – subproject B: „Fair competition, the role of the state and a new industrial policy”

Name of the project: Global Competitiveness Report 2005 - 2006 (World Economic Forum)
Date: March - April 2005
Brief description of the project:

Data collection on Romanian economy using Executive Opinion Surveys – my position in this project is Programme Coordinator

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