The annual conference Development, Competitiveness and Inequality in EU and Western Balkans was held in the IES, and two awards were given. The award "Ana Jaško" for the best research paperwork went to Olivera Jovanović, MA, and the award "Tomislav Popović" for the best scientific paper went to Sanja Filipović, PhD
A plenary session opened the conference with key note speakers: Edvard Jakopin, Nermin Oruc, and Mirjana Radović-Marković. The other three sessions included 25 presentations.

