TCI is a not-for-profit alliance of cluster practitioners. TCI's mission is to improve living standards and the local competitiveness of regions throughout the world, by fostering cluster-based development initiatives.
The Competitiveness Institute offers information on clusters and competitive regions worldwide. We use multiple arenas in real life and on the net for exchange of ideas, knowledge and experiences on methodologies for economic growth. We work on clusters, innovation systems, promotion of entrepreneurship and regional branding.
The World Economic Forum is an independent international organization committed to improving the state of the world by engaging leaders in partnerships to shape global, regional and industry agendas.
Incorporated as a foundation in 1971, and based in Geneva, Switzerland, the World Economic Forum is impartial and not-for-profit; it is tied to no political, partisan or national interests. The Forum is under the supervision of the Swiss Federal Government.
Swedish Governmental Agency for Innovation Systems
VINNOVA, Swedish Governmental Agency for Innovation Systems, integrates research and development in technology, transport and working life. VINNOVA´s mission is to promote sustainable growth by financing RTD and developing effective innovation systems.
VINNOVA's mission is to promote sustainable growth by developing effective innovation systems and funding problem-oriented research.
VINNOVA has around 150 employees and a total budget of 1 GSEK.
The Faculty of Business and Economics was created through the amalgamation of two schools -- the School of Business with the School of Economics and Finance. Forming an alliance of excellence, the Faculty of Business and Economics takes an entrepreneurial approach to meeting the challenges of a rapidly changing economic and business environment by drawing together the strengths of the two Schools.
The Higher Education Commission has been set up to facilitate the development of the universities of Pakistan to be world-class centers of education, research and development. Higher education plays a central role in the development of both human beings and modern societies as it enhances social, cultural and economic development, active citizenship and ethical values.
The mandate of the HEC encompasses all degree granting universities and institutions, public and private, including degree granting colleges and supports the attainment of quality education in these institutions by facilitating and co-ordinating self-assessment of academic programs and their external review by national and international experts. The HEC also supervises the planning, development and accreditation of public and private sector institutions of higher education.
The Centre for the Development of Industrial Technology (CDTI) is a Spanish public organization, under the Ministry of Industry, Commerce and Tourism, whose objective is to help Spanish companies to increase the technological profile of said companies.
CDTI is manned by 150 employees, three quarters of which is made up of engineers and graduates. Although the bulk of the infrastructure of CDTI is located in Madrid, the Centre has made a strategic network of offices and representatives abroad available to Spanish companies (Japan -SBTO-, Belgium -SOST and a Permanent Eureka Secretariat-, Brazil -FINEP-, Colombia -Colciencias-, Korea, Chile and Morocco) to give them support in their international technological activities.
Stanford faculty and students from many schools and departments collaborate on SCIL programs and projects, since complex learning issues are by their very nature multidisciplinary. The Stanford Learning Lab, established in 1997 and now merged with SCIL, has added its accomplished staff and formidable international research base to further the Center's objectives.
SCIL resides in Wallenberg Hall, a showcase facility with path-breaking technology, learning, and research spaces located in the front of the Quad on the Stanford campus. Wallenberg Hall was built with generous support from the Knut and Alice Wallenberg Foundation, which has maintained a long and auspicious affiliation with Stanford University's educational mission.
The INNOVATION JOURNALISM Journal
INNOVATION JOURNALISM is a journal for developing the concept and community of Innovation Journalism.
What is Innovation Journalism?
Innovation Journalism covers technical, business, legal and political aspects of innovations and innovation systems. Good Innovation Journalism contributes to society by enhancing the public debate through better common knowledge and understanding of innovation issues.
The World Bank is a vital source of financial and technical assistance to developing countries around the world. We are not a bank in the common sense. We are made up of two unique development institutions owned by 184 member countries-the International Bank for Reconstruction and Development (IBRD) and the International Development Association (IDA) . Each institution plays a different but supportive role in our mission of global poverty reduction and the improvement of living standards. The IBRD focuses on middle income and creditworthy poor countries, while IDA focuses on the poorest countries in the world. Together we provide low-interest loans, interest-free credit and grants to developing countries for education, health, infrastructure, communications and many other purposes.
International Finance Corporation (IFC) http://www.ifc.org IFC's mission is to promote sustainable private sector investment in developing countries, helping to reduce poverty and improve people's lives.
IFC promotes sustainable private sector development in developing countries. Its particular focus is to promote economic development by encouraging the growth of productive enterprise and efficient capital markets in member countries .
Its investments in emerging-market companies and financial institutions create jobs, build economies, and generate tax revenues. We also recognize that economic growth is sustainable only if it is environmentally and socially sound and helps improve the quality of life for those living in the developing world.
On a number of occasions in the past, the World Bank as an institution and the President of the Bank in his personal capacity have assisted in mediation or conciliation of investment disputes between governments and private foreign investors. The creation of the International Centre for Settlement of Investment Disputes (ICSID) in 1966 was in part intended to relieve the President and the staff of the burden of becoming involved in such disputes. But the Bank's overriding consideration in creating ICSID was the belief that an institution specially designed to facilitate the settlement of investment disputes between governments and foreign investors could help to promote increased flows of international investment.
ICSID was established under the Convention on the Settlement of Investment Disputes between States and Nationals of Other States (the Convention) which came into force on October 14, 1966. ICSID has an Administrative Council and a Secretariat. The Administrative Council is chaired by the World Bank's President and consists of one representative of each State which has ratified the Convention. Annual meetings of the Council are held in conjunction with the joint Bank/Fund annual meetings.
ICSID is an autonomous international organization. However, it has close links with the World Bank. All of ICSID's members are also members of the Bank. Unless a government makes a contrary designation, its Governor for the Bank sits ex officio on ICSID's Administrative Council. The expenses of the ICSID Secretariat are financed out of the Bank's budget, although the costs of individual proceedings are borne by the parties involved.
As a member of the World Bank Group, MIGA's mission is to promote foreign direct investment (FDI) into developing countries to help support economic growth, reduce poverty, and improve people's lives.
Based at the Harvard Business School , the Institute for Strategy and Competitiveness is dedicated to the study of competition and its implications for company strategy; the competitiveness of nations, regions, and cities; and the relationship between competition and society. The Institute seeks to develop new theory, assemble bodies of data to test and apply the theory, and disseminate its ideas widely to scholars and practitioners in business, government, and non-governmental organizations such as universities, economic development organizations, and foundations.
The Institute is led by Michael E. Porter , Bishop William Lawrence University Professor. The Institute is dedicated to deepening, extending, and disseminating the body of research that Professor Porter has pioneered over the last two decades.
Some of the Institute's major projects include Baltic Rim competitiveness; cluster mapping; clusters of innovation; company performance; the Global Competitiveness Report ; environmental policy and competitiveness; the innovation index, and Japanese competitiveness.
The work of the Asian Development Bank (ADB) is aimed at improving the welfare of the people in Asia and the Pacific, particularly the 1.9 billion who live on less than $2 a day. Despite many success stories, Asia and the Pacific remains home to two thirds of the world's poor.
ADB is a multilateral development financial institution owned by 65 members, 47 from the region and 18 from other parts of the globe.
ADB's vision is a region free of poverty. Its mission is to help its developing member countries reduce poverty and improve the quality of life of their citizens.
DB's main instruments for providing help to its developing member countries are
policy dialogue
loans
technical assistance
grants
guarantees
equity investments.
ADB's annual lending volume is typically about $6 billion, with technical assistance usually totaling about $180 million a year.
ADB headquarters is in Manila . They have 26 other offices around the world:
19 resident missions in Asia
3 sub regional offices in the Pacific
representative offices in Frankfurt for Europe, Tokyo for Japan , and Washington , DC for North America
a special liaison office in Timor-Leste
ADB has more than 2,000 employees from over 50 countries.
Organization for Economic Co-operation and Development (OECD) www.oecd.org
The OECD groups 30 member countries sharing a commitment to democratic government and the market economy. With active relationships with some 70 other countries , NGOs and civil society , it has a global reach. Best known for its publications and its statistics , its work covers economic and social issues from macroeconomics , to trade , education , development and science and innovation
The OECD plays a prominent role in fostering good governance in the public service and in corporate activity . It helps governments to ensure the responsiveness of key economic areas with sectoral monitoring. By deciphering emerging issues and identifying policies that work, it helps policy-makers adopt strategic orientations. It is well known for its individual country surveys and reviews
The OECD produces internationally agreed instruments, decisions and recommendations to promote rules of the game in areas where multilateral agreement is necessary for individual countries to make progress in a globalize economy. Sharing the benefits of growth is also crucial as shown in activities such as emerging economies , sustainable development , territorial economy and aid .
Dialogue, consensus, peer review and pressure are at the very heart of OECD. Its governing body, the Council, is made up of representatives of member countries . It provides guidance on the work of OECD committees and decides on the annual budget . It is headed by Angel Gurría , who took up the post of Secretary-General on 1 June 2006.
The Japan International Cooperation Agency (JICA) is advancing its activities around the pillars of a field-oriented approach, human security, and enhanced effectiveness, efficiency, and speed.
