The objective of the symposium is to discuss a number of topics associated with the European Monetary Union and its impact on economic development.

The themes include fiscal discipline and development, sound macroeconomic policies, the effect of the EMU on developing countries and the need or otherwise of revising the Maastricht criteria.

The European Association of Development Research and Training Institutes (EADI), which is coordinating the symposium, is an international organisation with an active network of 150 organisations and 11 working groups addressing key issues in development research, training and information.

The network is managed from a central secretariat in Bonn, Germany.

The executive committee of the EADI is drawn from many European countries, including Malta.

To attend the symposium, contact the EMU Symposium Secretariat, Islands and Small States Institute, St Paul’s Street, Valletta, VLT 07.