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
Comunicat de presa






Global Competitiveness Report 2007-2008, published by the World Economic Forum (GEA is the partner organization for Romania):

Comunicat de Presa GEA
General Press Release



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 RALUCA MITREA

Name: MITREA, Carmen Raluca
Date of birth: 3.10.1980
E-mail: ralumitrea@yahoo.com
Nationality: Romanian
Civil status: Single

PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE

Date: November 2004 – January 2005
Organisation: Group of Applied Economics
Location: Bucharest, Romania
Position: Research fellow
Description: Co-author of the study: ”Impact Analysis of the 1,5% Micro-enterprise Tax”

Date: March 2004 - April 2004
Organisation: Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development
Location: Bucharest, Romania
Position: Regional Consultant for a Regional Synthesis in preparation for the 2004 SEE Ministerial Conference
Description: Completing of a questionnaire on Romanian business environment

Date: February 2004 - June 2004
Organisation: Romanian Center for Economic Policies
Location: Bucharest, Romania
Position: Research Assistant in the OECD project: Enterprise Policy Performance Assessments in South East Europe (2004, Romania)
Description: Organising and participating in the Focus Groups and in interviews, centralising and analysing data

Date: November 2003 – December 2004
Organisation: Romanian Center for Economic Policies
Location: Bucharest, Romania
Position: Research fellow in INTERREG IIIb project – Industrial Clusters Development (INCLUD)
Description: Conducting research on different development related aspects for the two Romanian potential clusters in Romania.

Date: May 2003 - June 2003
Organisation: Romanian Center for Economic Policies
Location: Bucharest, Romania
Position: Project Assistant in the CERES project: ”The National Productive System’s Capacity of Satisfying Domestic Demand; Priorities in Production Reorganization for Increasing Domestic Competitiveness”
Description: Preparing the documentation of the project

Date: May 2003 - June 2003
Organisation: World Bank Office in Romania
Location: Bucharest, Romania
Position: Workshop Assistant in the “Comprehensive Development Framework” Project Evaluation Workshop
Description: Organization of a seminar

Date: March 2002 - April 2002
Organisation: Romanian Center for Economic Policies
Location: Bucharest, Romania
Position: Logistics Coordinator in the project “Economic Transformation through Regional Development in Romania”
Description: Organization of a round-table and of a conference

Date: May 2001
Organisation: Romanian Center for Economic Policies
Location: Bucharest, Romania
Position: Project Assistant - in the project “Towards European Union”,
Description: Organization of a conference

EDUCATION

Date: November 2004 – ongoing
Institution: Academy of Economic Studies, Bucharest
Faculty of International Business and Economics
Doctoral Studies in International Economic Relations

Degree or Diploma obtained:
The topic of my thesis is: The main effects of Romania’s accession to the Economic and Monetary Union

Date: October 2004 – ongoing
Institution: Academy of Economic Studies, Bucharest
Doctoral School of Finance and Banking
Master of Science in Finance and Banking

Degree or Diploma obtained:

Date: October 2003 – June 2004
Institution: Academy of Economic Studies, Bucharest
Faculty of International Business and Economics
Etudes Aprofondies in European Integration

Degree or Diploma obtained: Diplome d’Etudes Aprofondies, with the average grade of 10/10

Date: October 2002 – June 2003
Institution: Romanian Society of Political Science – Invisible College
Degree or Diploma obtained: Certificate

Date: October 2002 – February 2003
Institution: Romanian Banking Institute -
Degree or Diploma obtained: Specialist Banking Certificate in International Financial System

Date: October 1999 – June 2003
Institution: Academy of Economic Studies, Bucharest
Faculty of International Business and Economics
Specialisation: International Economics
Degree or Diploma obtained: Bachelor Degree in International Business & Economics with average grade of 9.25/10

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

Romanian: 5 (passive) - 5 (spoken)  - 5 (written)
English: 5 (passive) - 5 (spoken)  - 5 (written)
French: 4 (passive) - 4 (spoken) - 4 (written)

COMPUTER SKILLS - Microsoft Word, Excel, PowerPoint, SPSS, EViews, Internet

Capacity of research, analysis and evaluation of information and good organizing skills

PRESENT POSITION

Teaching Assistant, International Business and Economics Department, Academy of Economic Studies, Bucharest – Teaching: The Economics of European Integration and International Trade and Trade Policies

YEARS WITHIN THE COMPANY:
1,5 years

KEY QUALIFICATIONS

European integration
trade policies
macroeconomics
business environment improvement

OTHERS

March – May 2005 Research stage in the European Economic Studies Department, College of Europe, Bruges, elaborating the paper: “Does Romania form an Optimum Currency area with the Current Euro Area?”

October 2004 Romanian Economic Society, Presenting the paper – “Economic Growth and Real Convergence with EU – Romania’s case”

July 2004 Participation in the Summer Session of the HESP Regional Seminar for Excellence in Teaching Applied Macroeconomics, St Petersburg, Russia

May 2004 Participation in the ECONNET Workshop with the paper “Romania and Bulgaria. A comparison from the economic perspective”

March – June 2002 Internship: Ministry of Foreign Affairs, General Direction for European Union

May 2001 Training Courses: “Communicate & Co-operate!” Training Course for Young International Officers - Pech, Hungary

 

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