Saturday, February 11, 2006

CSR in enlarged Europe


DG Employment, Social Affairs and Equal Opportunities, in association with the World Bank, organizes a conference to examine the situation and development of CSR in the new Member States.

The face of Europe in 2006 is a vastly different one from that of 1989. The speed of change in the new Member States would have been inconceivable less than two decades ago.

For the new Member States, EU accession has been the culmination of their successful transition towards democracy and free market economy. The advent of the market economy has meant a spontaneous growth of entrepreneurship but has however not led to instant prosperity. Creating a market economy out of a command economy has been and is still a huge endeavour.

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