Slovak Delegation visits the Institute of Economics

The Institute of Economics of the NASB was visited by the scientific delegation from the Institute of Geography of the Slovak Academy of Sciences. In the course of the meeting the Slovak scientists got acquainted with the research approaches and directions developed by the Belarusians in the field of regional policy and regional development. Researchers of the Institute of Economics have made a presentation on the subject: "Internal migration and commuting in Belarus: conditions, trends and problems".

Left to right: Daniel Michniak, Scientific Secretary of the Institute of Geography, the Slovak Academy of Sciences; Vladimir Szekely, Human Geography Department Head, the Slovak Academy of Sciences; Aleh Kaliada, researcher of the Section of Inter-State Economic Integration, the Institute of Economics of the NASB; Tatsiana Viartinskaya, Head of the Section of Inter-State Economic Integration, the Institute of Economics of the NASB; Nastassia Kelnik and Alena Trubitsyna, researchers of the Section of Inter-State Economic Integration, the Institute of Economics of the NASB

The roundtable discussion about the perspectives of bilateral cooperation brought the scientists to a draft agreement between the Institute of Economics of the NASB and the Institute of Geography of the Slovak Academy of Sciences on cooperation in the field of spatial economics and economic geography. A collection "Slovak geography in the early 21st century," composed of selected contemporaty research papers of the Institute of Geography of the Slovak Academy of Sciences, was handed by the Slovak side to the library of the Institute of Economics.