CASE – Center for Social and Economic Research, in partnership with the Association of Belarusian Business Abroad (ABBA), is pleased to invite you to an advocacy meeting in Brussels focused on EU-based businesses with Belarusian shareholders
13:45 Welcome coffee
14:00 Introduction words: (Hubert Duhot, European Commission, Deputy Head of Unit – South Caucasus & East (DG ENEST) – tbc; Sierž Naūrodski, ABBA Vice President; Katsiaryna Kasykh, CASE Project Manager)
14:15 Belarus’ economy today: why do people emigrate to the EU? (Aleś Alachnovič, Sviatlana Tsikhanouskaya’s Advisor on Economic Reforms)
14:35 Belarusian businesses in the EU: assessing their economic influence (Sierž Naūrodski, ABBA Vice President)
15:00 Coffee Break
15:30 Entrepreneurial potential of Belarusian migrants in the EU: implications for EU policy (Olga Aleszko-Lessels, CASE Researcher, Katsiaryna Kasykh, CASE Project Manager)
16:10 Q&A, EU policy discussion (Aleś Alachnovič, Sierž Naūrodski, Olga Aleszko-Lessels, Katsiaryna Kasykh)
16:40 Belarusian Diaspora Initiative presentation by Eurochambres (Ia Khodeli, Eurochambres Project Officer)
16:50 Conclusions
