Ministry of Economy of the Republic of Lithuania, The Heritage Foundation and Lithuanian Free Market Institute organized the conference: Can we do more to boost Lithuania’s competitiveness?
Date: Monday, July 9, 2018
The purpose of the event was to draw attention to Lithuania’s economic environment in the context of the global economy, to identify preconditions for increased competitiveness and to evaluate recent accomplishments and the immediate policy agenda.
Presentations (ppt):
How do other countries merit higher rankings? Lessons for Lithuania, Ambassador Terry Miller
Competitiveness, reform anatomy and challenges for governments, Simeon Djankov
Labor law reform and the impact on Lithuania’s competitiveness (LT), Eglė Radišauskienė
What else is important for investors beside higher rankings? (LT), Gerda Sakalauskaitė
Program
9:30–10:00 Registration
10:00–10:05 Lithuania’s competitiveness: why does it matter?
Virginijus Sinkevičius, Minister of Economy
10:05–10:40 How do other countries merit higher rankings? Lessons for Lithuania
Ambassador Terry Miller, The Heritage Foundation, USA
10:40–11:15 Competitiveness, reform anatomy and challenges for governments
Simeon Djankov, Director of the Office of the Chief Economist, World Bank, co-author of Doing Business Index
11:15–11:45 Coffee break
11:45–12:00 Labor law reform and the impact on Lithuania’s competitiveness
Eglė Radišauskienė, Vice-Minister of Social Affairs and Labor
12:00–12:15 What else is important for investors beside higher rankings?
Gerda Sakalauskaitė, analyst of Invest Lithuania
12:15–12:30 Good enough is not good enough: Why small countries should care more
Žilvinas Šilėnas, President, Lithuanian Free Market Institute
12:30–13:00 Can we do more to boost Lithuania’s competitiveness?
Comments:
Lukas Savickas, Advisor to Prime Minister
Miglė Tuskienė, Vice-Minister of Finance
Marius Skuodis, Vice-Minister of Economy
Virgilijus Poderys, Member of the Economic Committee of the Seimas of the Republic of Lithuania
Aleksandr Izgorodin, Lithuanian Confederation of Industrialists, Economic Advisor
13:00–14:00 Discussion. Shaping the immediate policy agenda
Anthony B. Kim, The Heritage Foundation
Lukas Savickas, Advisor to Prime Minister
Marius Skuodis, Vice-Minister of Economy
Eglė Radišauskienė, Vice-Minister of Social Affairs and Labor
Žilvinas Šilėnas, President, Lithuanian Free Market Institute
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