List of thematic papers prepared by
Network for Agricultural Policy Research and Development - NAP:

1. Second Ministerial Consultation on Agricultural Policy and Reforms in Central and Eastern Europe - Warsaw, Poland - 27-28 September 1994

· "Privatization Policies in Central and Eastern Europe: Agriculture and Food Industry"

document based on ten country reports - presented by Dr. György Raskó Chairman (1994-1996) of the Executive Committee of the NAP.

· "Agricultural Policy Perspectives in the Central and Eastern European Countries"

by Prof. Secondo Tarditi - University of Siena - Deputy Chairman (1994-1996) of the Executive Committee of the NAP.

2. Third Ministerial Consultation on Agricultural Policy and Reforms in Central and Eastern Europe

Prague, Czech Republic, 13-14 November, 1995

· "Overview of Agricultural Policy in mid 1990s in Central and Eastern Europe"

Prof. Dr. Tadeusz Hunek

Polish Academy of Sciences

· "Integration Efforts in the Agriculture of Central and Eastern Europe"

Dr. László Vajda

Ministry of Agriculture - Department of International Economic Affairs, Budapest, Hungary

· "International Policy Environment including the EU Enlargement "

Dr. Stefan Bojnec

Ministry of Agriculture, Food and Forestry

Ljubljana, Slovenia

· "Some of the Potential Effects of the Uruguay Round Agreement on Agricultural Policies in the CEECs"

Dr. Janos V. Budavari

International Economist

Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations, Rome, Italy

· "Structural Reforms and the Agricultural Sector in Central and Eastern European Countries"

Dr. Stefan Bojnec

Ministry of Agriculture, Food and Forestry,

Ljubljana, Slovenia

· "Place of Agriculture in Rural Development Policies"

Dr. Sergei V. Kiselev

Russian Academy of Agricultural Sciences

The Agrarian Institute, Moscow, Russia

3. First general meeting of membership of NAP on:

"MODELLING OF AGRI-FOOD SECTOR DEVELOPMENT IN TRANSFORMED ECONOMIES OF CENTRAL AND EASTERN EUROPEAN COUNTRIES"

Bucharest, Romania 25-28 April 1996

Working Session I: ENTREPRENEURIAL MANAGEMENT AS THE

BASE OF THE COMPETITIVE AND COST EFFICIENT

AGRICULTURE IN CEE COUNTRIES


· "The Albanian Agricultural Sector in Transition"

Mr. Fahri Dahri - Albania

· "Lithuanian Agricultural Policy in Transition"

Dr. Arvydas Kuodys - Lithuania

· "Remodelling of the Agricultural Structures in the Post Revolutionary Romania: Uncertainties and Promises"

Ing. Dorina Minoiu - Romania

· "Extension and Information Systems as the Intellectual base of competitive Agriculture"

Dr. Sergei Petkevich - Republic of Belarus

· " Competition Policies and Market Regulation in The Food Economy in Hungary - The Role of Institutions"

Dr. György Raskó - Hungary

Working Session II: STRUCTURING MODERN AGRI-FOOD SECTOR

IN CEE COUNTRIES

· "Agricultural and Rural Development Policies between Market Orientation and Protectionism in CEECs"

Dr. Janos V. Budavari, FAO - Rome


· "Structuring modern agri-food sector in CEE countries - Czech Republic"

Dr. Tomás Doucha - Czech Republic

· "The Establishment of the Albanian Market Information Service"

Mr. Christopher Grace, B.Sc.,M.Sc - USA

· "Price Upheaval in the Russian Agro-Industrial Complex in the Course of Economic Reform"

Dr. Sergey V. Kiselev - Russia

· "Food Products Price Gap - Main Economic Problem of EU Enlargement to CEECs"

Dr. Valdek Loko - Estonia

· "Some Aspects of the Strategy for Agricultural Development in Republic of Croatia."

Ms. Jasna Mikulecky - Republic of Croatia

· "Contribution of US Agribusiness Companies in Improvement of food and Agricultural Systems in Ukraine"

Dr. Evgueni N. Orel - Ukraine

· "Market Efficiency in Poland's Pork and Wheat Sector"

Dr. Jerzy Plewa (et al.) - Poland

· "Market and Prices in Polish Agri-Business"

Prof. Augustyn WOS - Poland

Working Session III: MODELLING OF AGRI-FOOD SECTOR IN CEE COUNTRIES IN THE CONTEXT OF EUROPEAN INTEGRATION

· "Agriculture in Central European Transition Countries"

Dr. Stefan Bojnec - Republic of Slovenia

· "Russia's Return to the Global Agricultural economy-short and long term problems"

Dr. Dmitri Durmanov - Russia

· " Implications of Possible Changes in the EU Common Agricultural Policy for the Agri-Food Sector in Central and Eastern European Countries".

Mr. Antonio M D Nucifora M. Sc. - United Kingdom

· "Scenarios for Integration of Polish Agriculture with the European Union"

Dr. Wladyslaw Piskorz, Jerzy Plewa - Poland

· "Czech Agri-Food Policy Options" (unfinished)

Prof. Secondo Tarditi, University of Siena, Italy




SPECIAL PRESENTATIONS:

· "Internet as a New Factor in Agrarian Development"

Dr. Alexander O. Makeev - Russia

· "Many a Slip: Studying Policy Delivery Systems"

Dr. Frances Sandiford and Dr. Ed Rossmiller - Rome- Italy

(Paper prepared for and presented at the Agricultural Economics Society Conference, University of Newcastle-upon-Tyne, 27-30 March 1996)