IX Annual International Scientific Conference on the Inflation 2022 – Circumstances, Challenges, Impact Was Held at the UNWE

The first academic day of the new academic year 2023/2024 at the UNWE gave the beginning of the 9th Annual Scientific Conference on the Inflation 2022 – Circumstances, Challenges, Impact.

The Forum is organized jointly by the Monetary Research Center, the Institute of Economics and Policies and the Finance Department of UNWE and the Union of Economists in Bulgaria.

Chief Assist. Dr. Diana Miteva, Acting Director of the Institute of Economics and Policies, greeted the participants in the Conference and presented the guests.

The Rector of UNWE Prof. Dr. Dimitar Dimitrov greeted the participants in the Conference and outlined that the beginning of the Forum coincides with the opening of the new academic year at the UNWE which has gathered representatives of the diplomatic missions, partners from the business, local authorities and employers' organizations and the topic of inflation is extremely important and concerns everyone.

"This Forum is part of our leading scientific events. I am convinced that the reports and discussions at the Conference will contribute to the search and finding solutions to cope with the challenges and rising inflation", pointed out Prof. Dimitrov.

"I would like to express thankfulness to all colleagues for their dedication and participation in this International Conference as well as the Finance and Accountancy Faculty. In the presence of his Dean Prof. Dr. Rumen Brusarsky, I would like to confirm that the dedication and intellectual inspiration are enormous, as well as the willingness to explore and share ideas with colleagues and partners", said Prof. Dr. Tatyana Hubenova-Delisivkova, President of the Union of Economists in Bulgaria and added: "For a consecutive year, huge efforts have been made to implement this Conference by its organizers in the face of Prof. D.Sc./Econ./ Nikolay Nenovsky, Chief Assist. Dr. Diana Miteva, all colleagues from the Finance Department and colleagues from the Union of Economists in Bulgaria. The topic of inflation is extremely important. According to the International Monetary Fund, the inflation will be difficult to overcome, so I hope the Conference will contribute to solve the problem".

The Dean of the Finance and Accountancy Faculty Prof. Dr. Rumen Brusarsky pointed out that in today's time of challenges, the topic of inflation is one of the most important for economists. He believes that this three-day forum will contribute to finding adequate solutions to cope with the inflationary processes.

Prof. Dr. Rumen Brusarsky, Prof. Dr. Tatyana Hubenova-Delisivkova, Iliya Lingorsky, Gildas Bondi, Prof. D.Sc./Econ./ Nikolay Nenovsky, Chief Assist.. Dr. Diana Miteva /from the left to the right/

Iliya Lingorsky, member of the Bulgarian National Bank Management Board on behalf of the BNB Managing Body greeted the UNWE on the occasion of the opening of the new academic year. "The UNWE for understandable reasons is the alma-mater of most of the members of the BNB Management Board as well as of many Heads of institutions in the banking and financial sector", said Mr. Lingorsky at the opening of the Conference and emphasized: "It is an attestation of the indisputable contribution of this university which organizes today's Conference with valuable topics for discussion".

Gildas Bondi from Marien Ngouabi University expressed thankfulness to the organizers and said: "I believe that this International Conference is the right place to examine from a scientific point of view a large number of actual issues not only of an economic but also of a socio-political nature, taking into account the current geopolitical situation. I will present these issues in my presentation on the Security and Socio-Economic Issues as Vectors of Change in Political Governance".

After the opening part, a keynote paper on the Resource-Based International Currency. Perspectives and Problems delivered Prof. D.Sc./Econ./ Nikolay Nenovsky, member of the BNB Managing Board, lecturer at Jules Verne University, 

The Conference continues in the next two days with the presentation of the programme papers. Within the frameworks of the event on 20 September 20 a round table on the Financial Literacy of Students in Bulgaria - Current Problems and Challenges will be held.