State-owned enterprises and economic democracy: alternative models of accountability in the public enterprise sector

International workshop organised by the Institute of Legal Studies

at the HUN-REN Centre for Social Sciences

 

23 July 2024

Conference room of the Institute of Legal Studies

1097, Budapest, Tóth Kálmán utca 4.

 

Programme

9:00 Opening

Marton Varju, HUN-REN Centre for Social Sciences, project-lead

9:05 – 9:45 Opening speech

Regulation of state-owned enterprises in business and human rights

Jernej Letnar Černič, Nova Univerza – New University, Ljubljana

9:45 – 10:00 Coffee break

 

10:00 – 11:45 Panel 1: The Hungarian experience

TBP

György Hajnal, Corvinus University and HUN-REN Centre for Social Sciences, Budapest

Generalities and specialities of state-owned enterprises: The relevance of the Hungarian example

Tamás Horváth M., University of Debrecen, Debrecen

The case of the Hungarian Oil and Gas Company (MOL)

Ildikó Bartha, University of Debrecen, Debrecen

Discussant: István Hoffman, ELTE University and HUN-REN Centre for Social Sciences, Budapest

11:45 – 12:30 Lunch

 

12:30 – 14:15 Panel 2: Comparative experiences

TBP

Ioana Ciolomic, "1 Decembrie 1918" University, Faculty of Economic Studies, Alba Iulia

State ownership in enterprises and party patronage: An investigation of state-owned enterprises in Poland in the 21st century

Piotr Matuszak, Polish Academy of Sciences, Institute of Economics, Warsaw

State-owned enterprises regulation in France. A historical perspective on a democratic issue

Scott Viallet-Thevenin, Universität Potsdam, Potsdam

Discussant: Marton Varju, HUN-REN Centre for Social Sciences

14:15 – 14:55 Closing speech

TBP

David Ondráčka, Transparency International, Prague

15:00 Workshop ends