The European Commission is once again Official Partner of Bulgaria Economic Forum 2014. The main item of this year’s event is Bulgaria on the EU road to 2020.
High level representatives of the European Commission will take part in the official opening of the forum on 3th December 2014 as well as in the stream Financial environment in Bulgaria on the second day of the event. Fiscal stability, state budget, external debt, perspectives for Bulgaria’s accession to the  Eurozone, Current state of the energy and banking sectors, Financial status of the National Social Security Institute and the National Health Insurance Fund are among the items that will be discussed there. Commission’s recommendations for Bulgaria regarding European semester’2014-2015 will be presented as well. Download the Programme of the event.

Event profile:
Dates: December 3-4, 2014, Sofia Hotel Balkan
Expected participants and guests: more than 450
Format: Round tables, presentations, B2B meetings
Special guest: Key-note speech: Prof. SteveH.Hanke, Global financial trends. Bulgaria’s  performance - what’s next?
Participants profile:

• CEOs and managers from the region of Bulgaria and SEE;
• Financial and economic experts;
• Representatives of  international financial institutions;
• Representatives of leading Bulgarian and international media

The discussions within the event will be in three parallel main streams:
Part 1: Financial environment in Bulgaria
Part 2: EU Funds - Presentation and discussion of the budget framework and the financing priorities of the EU financed Programmes for the period 2014-2020
Part 3 : Promotion of the Bulgarian foreign trade + Balkan Trade Bridge 2014

BalkanTradeBridge 2014 will provide a platform for Individual pre-arranged business meetings between "Purchasing Managers" from companies from Bulgaria and the region (buyers) with their potential suppliers, producers of products and services in Bulgaria and the region (suppliers) – please see attached description of the event.

Registration form for the whole event:
Registration form for the lecture of Prof. Steve Hanke (up to 31.10.2014)
Application form for suppliers during Balkan Trade Bridge