Project experience

• Project coordinator “Think tanks consultations on the Romanian-Bulgarian cooperation in the context of European integration”
  • Date: April 2000 - February 2001
  • Institution: Romanian Center for Economic Policies (CEROPE), Institute for Market Economics (Sofia)
  • Financed by: Open Society Foundation
• Project partner “Vertical restraints and technology transfers in Eastern Europe”
  • Date: May 2000 – January 2001
  • Institution: Copenhagen Business School
  • Financed by: ACE PHARE
• Project consultant “Winners and losers of EU integration. The case of Romania”
  • Date: October 2000 - January 2001
  • Institution: CEROPE
  • Financed by: Open Society Institute (Budapesta)
• Project consultant “Balance of payments financing in Romania. The role of foreign remittances”
  • Date: January-May 2001
  • Institution: CEROPE
  • Financed by: USAID
• National project coordinator "Regionalism in South East Europe”
  • Date: March 2001 – November 2001
  • Institution: WIIW (Vienna Institute for International Economic Studies)
  • Financed by: World Bank
• Project expert “Early Warning Report”
  • Date: March 2002 – March 2003
  • Institution: Romanian Academic Society (SAR)
  • Financed by: UNDP
• National project coordinator “Global Competitiveness Report”
  • Date: February – April 2002, February – April 2003
  • Institution: CEROPE
  • Financed by: World Economic Forum
• Project coordinator “Romanian traditional industries in the context of EU integration”
  • Date: February – October 2002
  • Institution: SAR
  • Financed by: Open Society Foundation
• Project expert “Capital account opening in Romania”
  • Date: June-September 2002
  • Institution: European Institute Romania (IER)
  • Financed by: PHARE
• Project expert “Identification of barriers to FDI in South East Europe”
  • Date: March-May 2003
  • Institution: Economic Policy Institute Belgrade
  • Financed by: OECD
• Project partner “Measuring the costs of protection in the Southeast European Countries”
  • Date: August 2003 – May 2004
  • Institution: WIIW (Vienna Institute for International Economic Studies)
  • Financed by: World Bank
• Project consultant “The competitiveness of the Romanian textiles and clothing industry”
  • Date: August 2003 – September 2003
  • Institution: CEROPE
  • Financed by: Light Industry Employers’ Federation
• Project expert “How to adapt bankruptcy procedures in Romania to those in the EU”
  • Date: November 2003 – April 2004
  • Institution: IER
  • Financed by: the Government of Romania
• Project expert “Romania: an assessment of the Lisbon scorecard”
  • Date: March-April 2004
  • Institutions: GEA, SOREC
  • Financed by: the UK Embassy and the Government of Romania
• Project coordinator: “Performance in the Lisbon Context: Does Institutional Design Matter?”
  • Date: June - November 2005
  • Institution: IER
  • Financed by: PHARE
• Project coordinator “Determinants of Banking FDI in South East Europe”
  • Date: June 2005 – March 2006
  • Institution: WIIW
  • Financed by: GDN, World Bank
• National project coordinator “Understanding the Relationship between Knowledge and Competitiveness in the Enlarging European Union” (project website)
  • Date: March 2006 – March 2008
  • Institution: international consortium led by the Halle Institute, Germany
  • Financed by: EU, FP6
• Project expert “Gap analysis of SMEs’ financing in Romania”
  • Date: November 2006 – February 2007
  • Institution: GEA
  • Financed by: European Investment Fund
• Project coordinator “Regional Competitiveness Analysis in line with Lisbon Agenda”
  • Date: September 2006 – August 2007
  • Institution: GEA
  • Financed by: Global Opportunities Fund (UK)
• Project coordinator “Flat tax impact on income distribution. The case of Romania”
  • Date: June 2007 – June 2008
  • Institution: GEA
  • Financed by: WIIW
• Project coordinator “Who is responsible for pensions? Monitoring CSSPP and protecting employees’ rights to a minimum guaranteed return on investment in the second pillar”
  • Date: December 2008 – September 2009
  • Institution: GEA
  • Financed by: PHARE 2006
• Project coordinator “Public-private wage inequalities in Romania”
  • Date: June 2009 – March 2011
  • Institution: GEA
  • Financed by: WIIW
• National project coordinator “Markets for executives and non-executives in Eastern Europe”
  • Date: 2010- April 2012
  • Institution: New Europe College and the University of St. Gallen
  • Financed by: Swiss National Science Foundation
• Project coordinator - "Labour market observer"
  • Date: 2010 – 8 May, 2012 (date of resignation)
  • Institution: BNS
  • Financed by: POSDRU

International meetings

• Washington, April 2018, IMF/WB Spring Meeting
• New York-Boston-Los Angeles, roadshow, October 2017
• Washington, April 2017, IMF/WB Spring Meeting
• Washington, April 2016, IMF/WB Spring Meeting
• Lima, October 2015, IMF/WB Annual Meeting
• Tbilisi, May 2015, EBRD Annual Meeting
• Washington, April 2015, IMF/WB Spring Meeting
• Brussels, October 2014 – present, EFC Meetings, EC
• Frankfurt, November 2014 – present, ATC Meetings, ECB
• Hague, June 2014, IMF Constituency meeting
• Dublin, April 2014, Informal ECOFIN Council
• Brussels, February 2013 – July 2014, ECOFIN Council
• Warsaw, May 2014, EBRD Annual Meeting
• Singapore - Hong Kong – Tokyo, roadshow, May 2014
• Washington, April 2014 IMF/WB Spring Meeting
• Washington, October 2013, IMF/WB Annual Meeting
• Istanbul, May 2013, EBRD Spring Meeting
• Washington, April 2013, IMF/WB Spring Meeting
• Washington, September 2011, IIF Annual Meeting
• New Delhi, March 2011, IIF Annual Conference
• Porto, December 2010, EIBA Annual Conference
• Valencia, December 2009, EIBA Annual Conference
• Fribourg, December 2006, EIBA Annual Conference
• Ljubljana, December 2004, EIBA Annual Conference
• Zagreb, March 2003, Economic University, FDI in transition economies
• Bologna, June 2002, EACES Bi-annual conference
• Vienna, WIIW, November 2001, Regionalism in South East Europe

International conferences

• Brussels, May 2018, guest speaker at The Ninth Debt Management Facility Stakeholder’s Forum Rising Tide of Debt: Risk, Resilience, Responsibility
• Brussels, May 2018, guest speaker at conference CEPS-IMF Spring 2018 Regional Economic Outlook
• Lisabona, September 2017, guest speaker “Trade-offs in modern central banking“ at Banco de Portugal and ECB conference on risk management for central banks
• Cluj-Napoca, September 2017, “Macroeconomic disparities at regional level in Romania“, guest speaker at conference "Regional Polarisation and Unequal Development in CEE: Challenges for Innovative Space-based Policies"
• Brussels, September 2017, “Finance and housing in central and eastern europe: A demand-side approach“ guest speaker at Bruegel Annual Meetings
• Nicosia, May 2017, guest speaker “Romania - Financial sector”, EBRD
• Washington, D.C., April 2017, “Breaking the back of NPLs – the Romanian experience” - IMF
• Johns Hopkins University, November 2016 – "Macroeconomic developments in Romania"-guest speaker
• Zurich, October 2016, guest speaker at conference “Monetary Policy, Macroprudential Regulation and Inequality”, - Council on Economic Policies (CEP) and International Monetary Fund (IMF)
• Washington, October 2016, guest speaker at The JP Morgan Investor Seminar
• Vienna, January 2016, guest speaker at The Central & Eastern European Forum - Euromoney
• Lima, October 2015, guest speaker at JP Morgan Investor Seminar
• St. Louis, September 2015, guest speaker at conference “Monetary Policy and the Distribution of Income and Wealth”, - Federal Reserve Bank of St. Louis
• Washington, June 2015, 15th Annual International Conference on Policy Challenges for the Financial Sector, Federal Reserve/WB/IMF
• Tbilisi, May 2015, guest speaker at EBRD Business Forum
• Washington, April 2015, guest speaker at JP Morgan Investor Seminar
• Zagreb, March 2015, guest speaker at The Institute of Economics
• Vienna, January 2015, guest speaker at The Central & Eastern European Forum - Euromoney
• Warsaw, December 2014, guest speaker at “New Member States Policy Forum” - IMF
• Warsaw, May 2014 guest speaker at conference IIF Annual Meeting of CEE CEOs
• Stockholm, September 2012, guest speaker at Stockholm School of Economics
• Berlin, February 2012, guest speaker at conference “Which Europe do we want?”, Friedrich Ebert Stiftung and Das Progressive Zentrum
• Providence, New York, September 2011, Guest speaker – Brown University, Watson Institute
• Roma, June 2011, Brainstorming on Romania - Aspen Institute Italy
• Berlin, November 2009, guest speaker in a conference organized by the South-East Europe Association and the European Commission Delegation
• Istanbul, October 2009, IIF (International Institute of Finance) Annual Membership Meeting
• Brussels, March 2008, European Commission, GEA study on EU budget reform
• Paris, March 2008, OECD Global Forum on Investments, guest speaker “Market concentration and innovation. Evidence from foreign affiliates in Central and Eastern Europe”?
• Ljubljana, September 2007, Institute for Economic Research, FP6 workshop
• London, April 2007, King’s College, AIB-UK Annual Conference
• Brussels, April 2007, CEPS, guest speaker raport GEA
• Luxembourg, February 2007, European Investment Fund, guest speaker studiu GEA
• Brighton, November 2006, Workshop in FP6 project
• Budapest, June 2006, guest speaker CEU
• Vienna, WIIW, May 2006, Workshop in GDN project
• Manchester, Manchester Business School, April 2006, Association of International Business, UK Chapter, Annual Conference
• Halle, March 2006, Workshop in a FP6 project
• Budapest, April 2005, Institute for World Economy, Workshop on Financial Systems in Transition
• Copenhagen, August 2004, Copenhagen Business School, Workshop on Transition Economies
• Copenhagen, December 2003, Copenhagen Business School, EIBA Annual Conference
• Dubrovnik, April 2003, EACES workshop on trade in South East Europe