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Geoeconomic Forum, Association for the World Economic Development Studies.

The Geoeconomic Forum is Croatian think tank specialized for the issues of foreign policy and processes of integration in South-East Europe.

We live in integration times

Since we live in integration times Geoeconomic forum(GEOFO) considers important to provide and spread of knowledge about processes of integration and foreign policies which have power to affect the Republic of Croatia, and every day life of its citizens, South East Europe, Europe and the World.

The Forum encourages that kind of Croatian economic culture that gives the advantage to the social solidarity.

Geoeconomic forum is dedicated to being a resource to help people better understand South East Europe, Europe, the World and the foreign policy structural and political choices facing Croatia and the Region.There is a real lack of konwledge about these things international, and purposes of Croatia's diplomacy.

Geoeconomic forum is oriented to quality, independence, and impact. Activities, the analysis and recommendations of GEOFO' s experts absolutley reflect its commitment.

Geoeconomic forum member of Silk Road Think Tank Network (SiLKS)www.esilks.org

The Silk Road Think Tank Network (SILKS) was launched during the 2015 Silk Road Forum held on October 28th and 29th, 2015, in Madrid. The Network includes more than 40 other think-tanks and international organizations.

GEOEKONOMSKI FORUM SIGNED TRANSPARENCY REGISTER

News

Vice President Jasna Plevnik attends flagship Silk Road Forum in Paris

PARIS, 7 December 2018 – The 2018 Silk Road Forum took place in Paris with opening speech of Chinese Vice Premier Hu Chunhua to an invitation-only audience of political, business, and think-tank leaders from the world.

The Geoeocnomic forum Croatia has attended The Silk Road Forum since 2015 when Silk Road Forum was held in Madrid, Spain and the first-of-its-kind Silk Road Think Tank Network (SiLKS) was launched during the 2015 Silk Road Forum.

The four plenary sessions were held in one day, focused on the Belt and Road(BRI) and Open World Economy; BRI and Green, Low–Carbon Development¸ BRI and the New Round of Technological Revolution and BRI and Inclusive Development. The Parisian Forum brought together more of 50 high-level speakers from business, think tanks and foreign affairs.

The Silk Road Forum 2018 was co-founded and co-organized by the Development Research Center of the State Council of China (DRC) and the Center for International Relations and Sustainable Development, with the support of China’s Foreign Ministry. The co-organizers also included the OECD’s Development Centre and the UN industrial Development Organization (UNIDO).

Vice President Jasna Plevnik attends 2018 Silk Road Business Summit in Zhangjiajie

On 16 October 2018, GEOFO Vice President Jasna Plevnik visited China and attended the prestigious annual Silk Road Business Summit, organized by the Silk Road Chamber of International Commerce (SRCIC in partnership with leadership of Hunan Province, and the government of city Zhangjiajie and China Chamber of International Commerce, China Association for Friendship, China Council for the Promotion of International Trade Hunan sub-council.

The opening remarks were delivered by the first man of SRCIC and the founder and CEO of DTXS Investment Lu Jianzhong, Foremer President of Croatia (2000-2010) Stjepan Mesić , He Baoxiang, Deputy of Governor of the Hunan Province and President of Two Chambers of Commerce Zhang Wei, whose wide-ranging speeches outlined vision of the world that serves to development of all countries. That is what leaders of Hunan Province, Zhangjiajie city and the Silk Road Chamber of International Commerce meant when have been talked on “new beautiful cooperation”.

Delegation of the Institute of European Studies visits Croatia

ZAGREB, 18. September 2018– At the invitation of the Geoeconomic Forum (GEOFO), a delegation of the Institute of European Studies of Chinese Academy of Social Sciences (CASS) that belongs to the China-CEEC Think Tank Networks visited Zagreb, meeting with GEOFO Vice President Dr. Jasna Plevnik and Dr. Zvonimir Stopić, an expert for China.

The Chinese delegation( LIU Zuokui, KONG Tianping, CHEN Siyang) led by ZHOU Yunfan, Deputy Director General of the Institute of European Studies during the study tour of Croatia met with President of the Croatian Academy of Sciences and Arts, Academician Zvonko Kusić and with Mr. Vice Skračić, the Assistant Minister of Croatian Ministry of Foreign and EU Affairs.

Research and opinion

SIGNIFICANT RECOGNITION TO GEOECONOMIC FORUM FOR ITS EXPERTISE WORK

Dr. Jasna Plevnik, Vice President of the Geoeconomic Forum, is a part of the expert team of SiLKS, who explores the strategic potential of the Belt and Road Initiative (BRI).The team of experts includes present or former ministers, presidents of world financial institutions as well as globally recognized experts from various academic institutions and think tanks focused on issues of international economics, finance, sustainable development, international relations and international cooperation mechanisms.

Minister Li Paris

Dr. Jasna Plevnik, Vice President of the Geoekonomic Forum, is a part of the distinguished expert team of SiLKS

Izjava Jasna Plevnik sajt Kineske vlade

Jasna Plevnik opinion on the future of relations between Croatia and China that she expresed said in tv show "In the network of First of Croatian of Croatian Radio Television has been posted on the Chinese Government official website.

Among the experts are Justin Yifu Lin, former chief economist of the World Bank and dean of the Institute for New Structural Economics; Jin Liqun, president of the Asian Infrastructure and Investment Bank (AIIB); David Sommer and Cheng Li, Peter Nolan, Director of the University's Center for Development Studies, University of Cambridge, for which The Financial Times wrote that it has all the most knowledgeable experts on Chinese companies, David M. Lempton, China Studies at the Johns Hopkins (SAIS) and Chairman of The Asia Foundation and many others.

Which experts are part of that team can see on

http://www.esilks.org/scholar/

Conferences and publications

The reform of globalisation is at the very heart of mahathirism

SMALL COUNTRIES AND CHALLENGES OF ECONOMIC GLOBALISATION

COUNTRIES IN TRANSITION: IMF AND WB AS THE FACTORS OF DEVELOPMENT OR STAGNATION?

THE JOB OF THE POSTNATIONAL DIPLOMACY

About us

GEOFO, association for world economic development studies, specialized for the issues of economic globalisation in Croatia and South-East Europe expresses its orientation through the interconnection of interests of economy, diplomacy and national security.

GEOFO advocates for the domination of economic function in foreign policy of the country, but its every conference considers important to encourage the kind of Croatian economic culture that gives the advantage to the social solidarity in relation to unlimited freedom of profit.

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