Economic dynamics and civil society in Wider Europe, 19.4.2018

Prof. Dr. Karl Aiginger, Professor at WU and Founder of Policy Crossover Center Vienna Europe

Dr. Peter Vandor, Senior Researcher, Competence Center for NPO and SE at WU

Bistra Kumbaroska, Social Impact Award International

and

Zoltán Árokszállási, CFA, Chief Macroeconomic Analyst CEE, Erste Bank

discussed if European neighborhoods in the East and the West are areas of dynamics or "rings of fire". They talked about how big the influence of the civil sector in these countries is, how important it is for the future economic developemt and what the main changes and challenges in both economic and civil sector in these counrties will be.

The panel discussion was moderated by Dr. Hannes Leo from Communication Based Innovation Systems.