23 February 2004
Salle XVIII
Palais des Nations, Geneva, Switzerland
10:00 | |||
Opening remarks : Executive Secretary, UNECE | |||
10:10 - 11:30 | |||
Session I: | A comparative analysis of competitiveness and growth in the UNECE region: Alternative models | ||
Moderator : | Abdur Chowdhurry, UNECE | ||
Speaker : | Karl Aiginger, Austrian Institute of Economic Research | ||
Paper : | Copying the US or developing a New European Model – policy strategies of successful European countries in the 1990s | ||
Discussants : | - Daniel Daianu, Academy of Economic Studies, Bucharest | ||
11:30 - 13:00 | |||
Session II: | The determinants of competitiveness in the knowledge-driven economy: education, research and development, innovation in the UNECE region | ||
Moderator : | Daniel Daianu, Academy of Economic Studies, Bucharest | ||
Speaker : | Jan Fagerberg, University of Oslo | ||
Paper : | The Competitiveness of Nations: Economic Growth in the UNECE Region | ||
Discussants : | - Janos Gacs, Hungarian Academy of Sciences | ||
15:00 - 16:30 | |||
Session III: | The competitiveness of regions and localities within the UNECE economies | ||
Moderator : | Pavel Mertlik, Raiffeisenbank, Czech Republic | ||
Speaker : | Gyula Horvath, Hungarian Academy of Sciences | ||
Paper : | The Competitiveness of Regions and Localities in Central and Eastern Europe | ||
Discussants : | - Karl Aiginger, Austrian Institute of Economic Research | ||
16:30 - 18:00 | |||
Session IV: | The role of governments in fostering competitiveness and growth | ||
Moderator : | Riccardo Faini, Italian Ministry of Treasury | ||
Speaker : | Ken Warwick, UK Department of Trade and Industry | ||
Paper : | The role of governments in fostering competitiveness and growth | ||
Discussant : | - Pavel Mertlik, Raiffeisenbank, Czech Republic | ||
