NATO Economics Directorate and Office of Information and Press Deputy Director NATO Economics Directorate 25-27 June, 1997 Brussels 25-27 juin, 1997 Bruxelles

Colloquium/Colloque 1997 Economic Developments and Reforms in Cooperation Partner Countries: External Economic Relations with Particular Focus on Regional Cooperation L'volution et les rformes conomiques dans les pays partenaires de la coopration: Relations conomiques extrieures et plus particulirement coopration rgionale Contents Summary by the Economics Directorate. Welcoming Remarks by the Secretary General of NATO Keynote Speech: The Economic Development, Reform and Regional Cooperation of Central European Countries in Transition, with Emphasis on Slovenia by Marjan Senjur, Minister of Economic Relations and Development, Government of Slovenia

Panel I :

External Economic Relations of Partner Countries - Overall Developments and Their Place Within Economic Reforms An Overview of the Integration Tendencies of the Transition Economies by Joe Smolik Russian External Economic Relations: Problems and Prospects by Valery Oknyansky Current Status of East-West Trade Within International Trade by Ferry De Kerckhove Evaluation of Structural changes in Polish Industry and in Foreign Capital Flow to Poland in the Period of Systemic Transformation by Zofia Wysokinska Some Random Foreign Capital as a Factor of Structural Changes in the Polish Economy by Janina Witkowska

Panel II :

Regional Cooperation Among Partner Countries - The Institutional Settings Polish Trade with CEFTA Countries: In Search of Promising Sectors by Katarzyna Zukrowska Black Sea Economic Cooperation: A Test Case by Ercan Ozer Economic Cooperation Within the CIS: Problems and Outlook by Yuri V. Shishkov Economic Cooperation Among the CBSS Countries by Martins Lacis Economic Cooperation in the Eastern Baltic Sea Region: A Finnish View by Pekka Sutela

Panel III :

Regional Cooperation Among Partner Countries - A Sectoral Approach Regional Cooperation Among Central Asian Economies by Michael Kaser Cooperation in the Field of Energy by Friedemann Mller The Role of Russia on the European Energy Market by Alexander A. Arbatov Energy Perspective: Some Personal Observations of the 1990s in Russia and the Ukraine by Tony Scanlan

Panel IV :

Economic Integration of Partner Countries into Pan-European Structures Economic Integration of Partner Countries into Pan-European Structures by Andras Inotai Economic Transition, Democratic Consolidation and the Integration of Central-Eastern European Countries into European Structures by Thomas Nowotny The Integration of NATO Partner Countries into Pan-European Economic Structures by Jean-Pierre Tuveri World Bank Priority Sectorial Activities by Spiros Voyadzis The European Union, Enlargement and Regional Cooperation by Fraser Cameron Foreign Direct Investment in Slovenia: Trends, Experiences and Policy by Matija Rojec and Janez Potocnik Economic Reforms in the Republic of Macedonia (1) by Olgica Vasilevska Turkey recognises the Republic of Macedonia with its constitutional name

Overview: Economic Developments and Reforms in Cooperation Partner Countries' External Economic Relations with Particular Focus on Regional Cooperation by John P. Hardt Copyright © 1997 NATO All rights reserved. No part of this publication may be reproduced, stored in a retrieval system or transmitted in any form or by any means: electronic, electrostatic, magnetic tape, mechanical, photocopying, recording or otherwise, without permission in writing from the copyright holders. First edition 1997 ISBN 92-8450093-7 This is the latest in a series bringing together papers presented at the NATO colloquia organised by the NATO Economics Directorate and Office of Information and Press on economic issues in the former USSR and Central and East European countries. For further information please write to the Director, Office of Information and Press, 1110 Brussels, Belgium. The articles contained in this volume represent the views of the authors and do not necessarily reflect the official opinion or policy of member governments or NATO.