The economies of Balkans and Eastern Europe countries have almost completed a course of two decades with significant changes in their characteristics and their adaptation in the new economic environment. This course has fore grounded significant difficulties, has highlighted the problems that the countries of the region should face, and it has led to different states and patterns of growth and enhancement of the economies.

The aim of the conference is to discuss and evaluate the results of the economic policy that have been applied during the last two decades, to suspend the prospect challenges and to investigate the policies in the sector of economy which are considered necessary, so that the countries to be integrated getting as much benefit as possible.

A specific focus will be dedicated on the impact of the pandemic on the different economic sectors and intends to investigate the strategies and prospects for their recovery. Then the conference intends to investigate the redesign and relaunch of the healthcare system and organizations as driver for new investment and development. 

This year the conference also includes a corporate governance track which invites contributions from all areas of corporate governance. The track is coordinated by the Hellenic Observatory of Corporate Governance (HOCG) and welcomes papers that will address the recent trends corporate governance faces including ESG criteria and related reporting for firms. The track has a specific interest on the developing economies in the Mediterranean, Balkans and in Eastern Europe and studies investigating the state of the debate around corporate governance in less developed capital market states.

Papers to be accepted for the conference have to be related to the wider domain of economic science and health management with particular reference to research and experiences that could be interesting for the regions of Balkan and Eastern Europe.