IISEPS — Independent Institute of Socio-Economic and Politycal Studies

Independent Institute of Socio-Economic & Political Studies (IISEPS, Minsk, Belarus),
Belarusian Union of Entrepreneurs & Employers in the name of М. Kunyavsky (BUEE, Мinsk, Belarus)
Center for International Private Enterprise (CIPE, Washington, D.C., USA)

"Building an Information and Analytical Infrastructure for Private Enterprise in Republic of Belarus"
National conference
March 2-3, 2000, Minsk

PROGRAM
March 2, 2000
10.00-10.30 - Introduction by: Prof. Oleg Manaev (IISEPS, Minsk), Dr. Tatyana Bykova (BUEE, Minsk), Daniel Speckhard (Ambassador of USA in Belarus)
PLENARY SESSION
10.30-11.00 - "Private enterprises and democracy" - by Willard A. Workman (Vice-president of the U.S. Chamber of Commerce, Vice-president of CIPE, Washington)
11.00-11.20 - "Building an information and analytical infrastructure in the system of aims and tasks of BUEE in the name of М. Kunyavsky" - by Dr. Tatyana Bykova (BUEE, Мinsk)
11.20-11.40 - "Development of information and analytical infrastructure for private enterprise in Belarus" - by Prof. Oleg Manaev (IISEPS, Minsk)
11.40-11.55 - Coffee-break
PANEL I. "THE ROLE OF PRIVATE SECTORS AND BUSINESS-ASSOCIATIONS IN THE SOCIO-ECONOMIC TRANSFORMATION"
11.55-12.10 - "Private sector and problems of economic reforming" - by Georgy Badey (BUEE, Мinsk)
12.10-12.25 - "Some reasons for the criminalization of private enterprise in the Republic of Belarus" - by Jury Podolski (Moguilev City Union of Entrepreneurs and Taxpayers, Мoguilev)
12.25-12.40 - "Role of business-associations in the social and economic transformation in Belarus" - by Nikolay Streltsov (Belarusian union of employers, Minsk)
12.40-12.55 - "The Experience of the Vitebsk information and analytical center of BUEE" - by Nikolay Baklanov (BUEE, Vitebsk Gorpromtorg company, Vitebsk)
12.55-13.15 - "The role of the private sector in development of market economy in postsocialist counries" - by Pavel Daneyko (Supreme Soviet of XIII-th convocation, Minsk)
13.15-14.30 - Launch
14.30-15.45 - Discussion of presentations and the role of the private sector and business-associations in the social and economic transformation
Moderators - Dr. Аlyaksandr Sasnow (IISEPS, Minsk), Georgy Badey (BUEE, Minsk)
PANEL II. "INTERACTION ENTERPRENEURS WITH THE CIVIL SOCIETY AND STATE"
15.45-16.00 - "Cooperation between political parties and business: a liberal solution" - by Prof. Stanislav Bogdankevich (UCP, Minsk)
16.00-16.15 - "The free market as the engine of social development: the experience of the Lithuanian institute of the free market" - by Elena Leontjeva (Lithuanian institute of the free market, Vilnius)
16.15-16.30 - "The experience of private enterprise and political preferences" - by Dr. Yury Drakokhrust (IISEPS, Minsk)
16.30-16.45 - Coffee-break
16.45-17.00 - "Problems of building an information and analytical infrastructure of private enterprise in Gomel region" - by Leonid Kovshik (BUEE, Gomel)
17.00-17.15 - "Private enterprise in Belarus: a virtual reality" - by Dr. Nadezhda Efimova (IISEPS, Minsk)
17.15-18.45 - Discussion of presentations and interaction of entrepreneurs with civil society and state
Moderators - Dr. Yury Drakokhrust (IISEPS, Minsk), Leonid Kovshik (BUEE, Gomel)
March 3, 2000
PANEL III. "PROBLEMS OF ENTREPRENEURS FROM AN ANALYTICS POINT OF VIEW"
10.00-10.15 - "The framework of business and private enterprise: the social and economic aspects" - by Dr. Leonid Zaiko (Analytical center "Strategy", Minsk)
10.15-10.30 - "The economic preferences of entrepreneurs: a sociological aspect" - by Dr. Alyaksandr Sasnow (IISEPS, Minsk)
10.30-10.45 - "The development of information and analytical infrastructure for private enterprise (a regional aspect)" - by Dr. Viktor Vorobyev, Dr. Vladimir Kovalev, (Center of Support for Private Enterprise "Agrobuisiness Center", Moguilev)
10.45-11.00 - "Information support for private enterprise (experience of Grodno region)" - by Valentin Petelchits (Center of Support for Private Enterprise "Bonton-Fax", Grodno)
11.00-11.15 - Coffee-break
11.15-11.30 - "The main problems and information needs of small business (a case of Minsk)" - by Prof. Georgy Yevelkin ("Olkhon" Ltd., Minsk)
11.30-11.45 - "Problems and prospects of rural private enterprise" - by Dr. Anatoly Kasyanenko (Gomel centre of social resources development "Orakul", Gomel)
11.45-13.00 - Discussion of presentations and problems of business from an analytics point of wiew
13.00-13.30 - Summaryzing the results of conference
Moderators - Prof. Oleg Manaev (IISEPS, Minsk), Dr. Tatyana Bykova (BUEE, Minsk)
Number of participants - 94