“Professor, Michal Enright, arriving on 26 March, 2006 for a four day visit to Pakistan to discuss the international best practices on
Innovation and Competitiveness”
Islamabad, March 25, 2006 - To discuss competitiveness, innovation driven long term economic growth and building a knowledge-based competence economy, Prof. Michael Enright, member of the Competitiveness Institute (TCI), Board of Advisors and Director of Competitiveness Programme, Hong Kong Institute for Economic and Business Strategy will arrive Pakistan on 26th of March for four days visit.
The arrival of Prof. Enright will be a pre-conference visit, which is scheduled to be held in Pakistan on 15 - 16 May 2006. The said conference is being considered highly significant as being regional conference; it will involve a large number of stakeholders especially from South Asian region.
During his stay in Pakistan, Prof. Enright will share his views with Pakistani officials about the international best practice on innovation and competitiveness and will meet the high-level Government officials including Mr. Pervez Musharaf, President of Pakistan, Mr. Shaukat Aziz, Prime Minister and the Minister of State for Finance, Mr. Omar Ayub Khan, besides representatives from the private sector. He will also visit Chambers of Commerce and Industry of Lahore, Karachi and Islamabad and he will be giving his presentations on the subject of Competitiveness, while Mr. Omar Ayub Khan, Minister of State for Finance and Mr. Arthur Bayhan, CEO of the Competitiveness Support Fund (CSF) will also enjoin him on these occasions.
It is worth mentioning here that TCI is the most significant entity in this arena as it is an alliance of cluster practitioners and network of the competitiveness experts worldwide. TCI's mission is to promote innovation-driven economic growth by fostering cluster-based development initiatives throughout the world. Its membership base is more than 300 leading competitiveness and cluster practitioners from all levels of governments and from the private sector, coming from more than 40 countries. By sharing knowledge and experience members gain access to leading insights and expertise and the most recent global developments in competitiveness theory.
TCI’s 8th annual conference offered a platform for Pakistan during 8th annual conference, which was held in Hong Kong in November last year. The Pakistani delegation led by Mr. Omar Ayub Khan participated in the conference as part of the CSF's initiatives to introduce its competitiveness efforts, project an image of Pakistan poised to fully participate in the competitive global market place.
During his visit, Prof. Michael Enright will share his views regarding the preparations of forthcoming important regional conference in Pakistan. Its being expected that the conference will provide Pakistan with an opportunity to showcase its competitiveness initiatives and efforts underway to improve Pakistan's standing in the global value chain --
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About The Competitiveness Institute (TCI)
www.competitiveness.org
TCI is a non-governmental organization with a network of the competitiveness experts and cluster practitioners worldwide. The TCI network provides a valuable resources for all triple helix actors with exchange of ideas, best practice and know-how regarding methodologies for economic growth. The Board of the TCI composes the well known innovation competitiveness individuals, including Prof. Michael Porter and Prof. Michael Enright. TCI's mission is to promote innovation-driven economic growth by fostering cluster-based development initiatives throughout the world.
About the TCI Regional Conference on Competitiveness and Economic Growth in Asia, 14 – 16 May, 2006 in Islamabad
Islamabad will host a TCI Regional Conference on Competitiveness and Economic Growth for Asia on May 14- 16, 2006: Taking Stock of Pakistan's Global Competitiveness. The conference is organized by The Competitiveness Support Fund (CSF), sponsored by the USAID, and under the Auspices of TCI and the Ministry of Finance, the Government of Pakistan. For more information on conference,
please visit
http://www.competitiveness.org/article/articleview/752/1/10/
About The Competitiveness Support Fund (CSF)
The Competitiveness Support Fund grows out of a benchmarking exercise that identified a gap in Pakistan’s efforts to become more competitive: the need for a vehicle to finance and support interventions that drive innovation, promote cluster development, establish linkages between academia and industry, encourage formation of innovative business incubator programmes and venture capital, promote knowledge based enterprise development, create better jobs and boost innovation-driven long-term economic growth.
The principal objective of CSF is to: 1. Promote knowledge- based enterprise start-ups and increase the productivity of the country’s enterprises, 2. Enhance the quality of the services and create new and better job opportunities, 3. Improve regulatory framework for viable business environment, and 4. Reinforce innovation-driven economic growth.
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