Belarusian Institute for Strategic Studies (BISS) and BEROC Economic Research Center organized the expert meeting “Argentina – Belarus: a New Opening?” with H. E. Ricardo Lagorio, the Ambassador of the Argentine Republic to the Russian Federation, as the keynote speaker.

This year conference was focused on existing constraints and also highlighted initiatives that could help to create an equal society. Lev Lvovskiy, Research Fellow, represented BEROC at the conference with the Presentation "What is Good, Bad, and What Could be Done with Gender Equality in Belarus".

The chapter reveals that technology transfer offices (TTOs), centres for entrepreneurship and entrepreneurship education as important success factors for academics spin-offs and knowledge commercialisation. Practical implications for entrepreneurship university and other stakeholders and discussed.

The paper "Politicized trade: What drives withdrawal of trade preferences?" by Arevik Mkrtchyan was published in the International Journal Economics Letters

The paper by Anastasia Luzgina was published in the International Journal

The "Economic Environment" is an annual event organized by IPM Business School, IPM Research Center, and BEROC.