Dear Colleagues, dear all,

The economic crisis which today shakes the whole world is the greatest challenge facing the globe and each individual state. We are facing a global crisis - economic, energy, ecological, moral and psycho-social aggravated by climate change and demographic transition. No country - and in particular not our country can isolate itself from this global crisis. Moreover, the crisis in some countries probably started even earlier. Some countries are enormously indebted, their products and exports are significantly less than imports and consumption, most of their riches have been sold, the workforce is underemployed (Poland, Croatia and Serbia have very lo employment rate, about 50-58%) and the ratio between pensioners and workers is unsustainable (typically less than 1 vs. 2.5). The majority of socio-economic indicators classify many South East European countries near the bottom of European countries and sometimes even worse than that.