|
| 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
- Evgeny
Gavrilenkov, Troika Dialog, Moscow |
| 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
- Robert
Huggins, Robert Huggins Associates |
| 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
-
Riccardo Faini, Italian Ministry of Treasury |
| 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 |
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