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A word from the president
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Preparations for our Annual Conference in Ottawa are going well
and we are already searching for hosts for next year's
conference. Hosting the conference is a valuable opportunity to
achieve international recognition of your competitiveness
initiatives.

TCI has launched a Call for Proposals for the organisation of its
8th Annual Conference to be held in 2005. Proposals from within
the Asia Pacific region will be particularly welcome because of
the rotation scheme to organize the conference which alternates
between Europe/Middle East/Africa, Americas and Asia/Pacific
regions.

If you are interested in hosting this event, you can download our
Call for Proposals document which contains more detailed
information on how to apply. For any further questions please
contact Franziska Blunck fblunck @ competitiveness.org at the TCI
headquarter in Barcelona or Alan Koziarski akoziarski @
competitiveness.org , TCI's vice president for Asia Pacific

Wishing you all the best,
Alec Hansen

White book executive summary available
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The executive summary and the introductory chapter of the white
book with the results of last year's TCI conference in Gothenburg
is now available for download.
More ť http://www.competitiveness.org/article/view/203

EURADA lobbies for European structural funds
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The European Association of Regional Development Agencies
(EURADA) recently organised a round table of practitioners in
economic development in Brussels (April 26th and 27th).
More ť http://www.competitiveness.org/article/view/198

European Union Enlargement Conference
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The European Union celebrated its recent extension during the
European Union Enlargement Conference (EIADT) in Paris May the
3rd and 4th.
More ť http://www.competitiveness.org/article/view/199

Competitiveness of small economies
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The international conference Competitiveness of small economies,
held in Riga April 23 -24 addressed the question "how small
countries such as the Baltic States can compete in the EU single
market"
More ť http://www.competitiveness.org/article/view/200

Connectivity, networks, cluster and lobbies conference
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On May 19 a one day conference will be held in Barcelona aiming
to bring together participants from the Central European latin
region to discuss connectivity, networks, cluster and lobbies.
More ť http://www.competitiveness.org/article/view/202

Networks of Competence in Germany with International Perspectives
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Kompetenznetze is a website arising from an initiative from the
German Federal Ministry of Research and Education. Among
descriptions of the different fields of competence in Germany it
contains a section on international networks in 10 other
countries like Finland, Canada, Austria or Japan.
More ť http://www.competitiveness.org/article/view/206

Automation Alley: the next Silicon Valley?
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Automation Alley, located in Southeast Michigan, has expanded to
include a total of eight Michigan counties. The two new counties
that have now joined, will be able to further strengthen
connections and promote to local entrepreneurs and citizens the
resources available to them through the Automation Alley member
consortium.
More ť http://www.competitiveness.org/article/view/209

Structural change in Europe
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Christian Ketels of Harvard Business School in a recently
published article named "Structural Change in Europe 3 -
Innovative City and Business Regions" discusses the role of
clusters in the European Union.
More ť http://www.competitiveness.org/article/view/204

Canada's prime minister emphasizes the importance of economic
clusters
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During an address to the Empire Club and the Canadian Club in
Toronto Canada´s Prime Minister Paul Martin emphasized the
importance of economic clusters for the development of Canada.
More ť http://www.competitiveness.org/article/view/208

Annual report Kompetenznetze 2004/05
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102 German Networks of Competence in 21 fields of innovation and
32 German regions present their innovative strenghts in an Annual
Report.

More ť http://www.competitiveness.org/article/view/205

Bahrain: leader in the Middle East
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As a founding member of the World Trade Organization (WTO)
Bahrain has been consistently ranked amongst the top most
economically free countries in the world and has been rated as
the freest economy in the Middle East and the Arab world.
More ť http://www.competitiveness.org/article/view/207

OECD conference in Istanbul
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OECD organises together with the Turkish Ministry of Industry and
Trade the Second OECD Ministerial Conference on SMEs on 3-5 June
2004 in Istanbul: "Promoting Entrepreneurship and Innovative SMEs
in a Global Economy".
More ť http://www.competitiveness.org/article/view/212

"Pour un écosysteme de la croissance"
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Christian Blanc, deputy of the Yvelines parliament (France) has
published the results of a study for a report to the Prime
Minister on competitiveness in France and proposes an action plan
to reveal the poles of competitiveness: "Pour un écosysteme de la
croissance". The central objective is to build an autonomous
growth engine pulled by innovation.
More ť http://www.competitiveness.org/article/view/210

Workshop on competitiveness strategies for small states
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"Maximising competitiveness potential of small states" is the
title of a workshop that will be held in Malta between 21 and 24
June 2004, organized by the Commonwealth Secretariat, London, the
Economic Department and the Islands and Small States Institute of
the University of Malta.
More ť http://www.competitiveness.org/article/view/211

New members
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Jordi Campas is our new member from Algorta, Spain. He
collaborated in different cluster developments in Spain like
Steel, Environment, Agro-Food and IT and Telecommunication in
Asturia, he helped creating a IT and Telecommunication Cluster in
Aragón and had an active role in the building of the
International Cooperation of European Clusters in the aeronautic
sector.

CARANA Corporation is our new supporting member from the USA
(Arlington, VA), an international consulting firm specialized in
economic growth projects, including competitiveness and SME
development, trade and investment promotion among others. They
address mostly foreign governments, USAID and other donor
agencies. CARANA has undertaken projects in several countries
worldwide. See their website: http://www.carana.com
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