ADDRESSING THE CHALLENGES OF THE INTERNATIONALIZATION OF
ECONOMIC ACTIVITIES
Second session of the Committee on Economic Cooperation and
Integration
Geneva, 5-7 December 2007
Geneva, 4 December 2007 -- What is driving at present the internationalization
of business activity in the UNECE region? What is the role of SMEs, mature
and emerging multinationals for the diffusion of innovation in the region?
What are the main obstacles to wider and deeper internationalization of business
activity in the UNECE region preventing countries and enterprises benefiting
from this internationalization? These issues will be addressed by a panel
made up of high-level policymakers and representatives of the business community,
which is held under the auspices of the UNECE Committee on Economic Cooperation
and Integration.
The session will also review key outputs of teams of specialists and networks
of experts that contribute to a better understanding of competitiveness and
innovation in the UNECE region. These include comparative reviews on ‘Financing
Innovative Development‘, ‘Creating a Conducive Environment for
Higher Competitiveness and Effective National Innovation Systems as well as
synopses of best practice on ‘Intellectual Property, its Protection
and Commercialization’, ‘Policy Approaches to Reducing Barriers
to Entrepreneurship’ and ‘ Promoting Good Governance in Public
Private Partnerships’. On the basis of these policy recommendations,
a particular focus of the Committee will be to promote their dissemination
and launch relevant capacity-building programmes in the ‘catching-up’ economies.
During the meeting, a web-based virtual platform for information exchange
developed by the UNECE secretariat will be presented. This innovative tool
serves to facilitate the dissemination of information and communication among
the teams of specialists and other associated experts between sessions of
the Committee.
The session will commence in the Palais des Nations, Geneva, Salle XVI on
Wednesday, 5 December at 10.00 am.
For further information, please contact:
Geoffrey Hamilton, Secretary to the Committee
Chief, Cooperation and Partnerships Section
UNECE Economic Cooperation and Integration Division
Palais des Nations, Office 468
CH - 1211 Geneva 10, Switzerland
Phone: +41 (0) 22 917 2838
Fax: +41 (0) 22 917 0178
E-mail: [email protected]
or
Iouri Adjoubei
UNECE Economic Cooperation and Integration Division
Palais des Nations, Office 447
CH-1211 Geneva 10, Switzerland
Phone: +41 (0) 22 917 4421
Fax: +41 (0) 22 917 0178
E-mail: [email protected]
Website: http://www.unece.org/ceci/docs/secondsession.html
Ref: ECE/ECID/07/P06