Prof. Dr. Ali BAYAR
 President of the Global Economic Modeling Network (EcoMod)
 Professor of Economics and Head of Unit of at the University of Brussels,
 Research Professor at the German Institute for Economic Research (Deutsche Institut
für Wirtschaftsforschung, DIW Berlin),
 Research Fellow at CES-ifo Network and Economic Research Forum.
 Former Principal Administrator at the Directorate-General for Economic and Financial
Affairs of the European Commission.
 Honorary Member of the Scientific Council of the Romanian Academy Institute of
Forecasting
Prof. Bayar is specialized in policy modelling for impact assessment, scenario analysis,
forecasting, and projections. He holds a BA in Economics, an MA in Econometrics, a PhD in
Economics, all from the Free University of Brussels, and several business and government
management executive certificates from Harvard University and Columbia University.
Prof. Bayar is Associate Editor of the international journal Public Finance and of the
European Review of Economics and Finance and a referee for several international journals
and publishers. He has published a large number of scientific articles, books and book
chapters and won several awards and scholarships for academic achievement in the USA,
Belgium, and Turkey. He presented more than 200 research papers at major international
conferences and chaired a large number of major international scientific conferences.
Prof. Bayar provides advisory, consulting, and training services to a large number of major
institutions on all continents including the European Central Bank, Federal Reserve, the
European Commission, the UNCTAD, the UNDP, the World Bank, the IMF, the International
Labour Organization, the Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations, the World
Trade Organization, the OECD, Asian Development Bank, Inter-American Development
Bank, many governments, business organizations, and several top Fortune 100 companies.
Prof. Bayar has initiated, led and co-coordinated a large number of policy-oriented research
projects using advanced econometric modeling techniques in the fields of macroeconomic
policy, energy, public finance, forecasting, labor market issues, sectoral issues,
environmental issues, regional policy, European Economic and Monetary Union, EU
enlargement, WTO related issues, trade analysis, regional integration, development
economics, transition economies (Russia, Ukraine, Kazakhstan, Poland, Slovenia, Romania,
Azerbaijan), Middle East and North African economies, Latin American countries, African
countries, natural resource rich countries, and EU outermost regions.