Center for Civil Society International ([email protected])
Fri, 20 Mar 1998 10:26:57 -0800 (PST)
Kent Lewis, Program Administrator of the EERC Program at Kyiv-Hohyla Academy
have provided the attached Conference announcement. I believe the announcement
will be of interest to many of our CEEMAN-L members.
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EERC Conference: "The Internet and Economics Education and Research"
Economics Education and Research Consortium Master's Program in Economics
at the National University "Kyiv-Mohyla Academy"
Kyiv, Ukraine
April 23-24, 1998
The Internet and other electronic resources are rapidly changing the methods of
education and research throughout the world, and this is especially true in
economics. An exploding volume of interactive learning tools, as well as
resources for accessing economics literature and data, is now available on the
worldwide web and CD ROM.
The potential of these electronic resources is especially promising for
countries making the transition from Soviet-style central planning to a
market-based economy, since they offer a way to rapidly develop a firm basis
for modern economics education and research.
The Economics Education and Research Consortium (EERC) is organizing a
conference on "The Internet and Economics Education and Research" to provide an
opportunity for Ukrainian economists-university faculty, policymakers,
researchers, and private-sector practitioners-from approximately twenty cities
to interact with economists and educators from abroad.
Confirmed presenters include:
Stephen Yeo, director of the Centre for Economic Policy Research;
Holt Ruffin, author of "Internet Resources for Economic Educators;"
Gene Ellis, EERC Visiting Professor of Economics;
and representatives of the Eurasia Foundation, the International Renaissance
Foundation, the World Bank, the International Science Foundation, and IREX.
In addition, to the plenary sessions, the conference will include hands-on
"breakout sessions," during which participants will break into groups and get
on the Internet to focus on topics, such as:
teaching materials on the web;
the World Bank on-line;
Ukrainian-language websites;
using e-mail to access the worldwide web.
For more information, please write to: [email protected]
The EERC comprises the Eurasia Foundation (with funding from the U.S. Agency
for International Development), the Ford Foundation, the Open Society
Institute, The Pew Charitable Trusts, the Royal Norwegian Ministry of Foreign
Affairs, the Starr Foundation, and the World Bank.
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