Just Before Leaving A TENTATIVE SUMMARY 1.THINK DIFFERENTMINDSET 2.THINK RIGHTREFERENCE LEVEL 3.THINK FASTSPEED 4.THINK BROADPILLARS 5.THINK PRACTICALPRODUCTS OF INTL. ORG 6.THINK TOGETHERCRITICAL MASS

THINK DIFFERENT MINDSET Modernization Mindset Economic, Social Become a good regulator Productivity catch-up Did you modernize too slowly? Modern institutions Rule of law Good basic business environment Building things Economy Liberalization Mindset Get out of the way Stop being an operator Stability, incentives Did you liberalize too fast? Freedom Fluidity Even playing field Undoing things Domain Govern- ment Role: Main Focus: Anxiety: Creates: Is about: Societal Become a challenger Become an integrator Becoming globally competitive Did others leave you in the dust? Vision A winning mentality Clusters A vibrant home base for business Building winning opportunities Knowledge-based Economy Mindset

THINK RIGHT REFERENCE LEVEL BASICS OF ACCESSION KNOWLEDGE- BASED ECONOMY Local  European Union  Global (Leapfroggers)      

THINK FAST SPEED START TODAY, NOT TOMORROW 1.Leapfrogging is best done in times of extreme change like these 2.Hurry to create a stable middle class of knowledge technologists 3.Your agriculture + manufacturing  services labour force redeployment will be major, so start early DRUCKER’s POINTS: 1.You have 10 months or so to tilt your National Devt. Strategies towards KBE 2.Use e-Europe + and Intl. Organizations for help 3.But don’t wait: begin your own actions, support your first movers MORE DOWN- TO-EARTH’S POINTS:

Economic Structure and Incentives 1 Tariff and non-tariff barriers Property rights Regulation Education 2 Adult literacy Secondary enrollment Tertiary enrollment Information Infrastructure 3 Telephone lines/capita Computers /capita Internet hosts /capita Innovation System 4 Researchers in R&D Manufacturing trade as % of GDP Scientific articles/million pop. THINK BROAD PILLARS

Economic Structure and Incentives 1 The A+M  S redeployment How do you create real entrepreneurship? How to create an innovation culture around SMEs? Education 2 Knowledge technologists KBE–boosting education system Functional literacy Knowledge partnerships, diaspora Information Infrastructure 3 Low and uneven Internet penetration ICT use is what’s key E-government as catalyst Innovation System 4 How do you start clusters? Mushroom effects? Business – Academia – Research Links KBE-boosting R&D KBE-boosting FDI Missing Pillar 5 Government role Creating an exciting vision, national dialogue Social cohesion, trust Culture and values

THINK PRACTICAL INT. ORG. PRODUCTS 1.National KBE Assessment/Strategies 2.Modular KBE Assessment/Strategies 3.Awareness Raising (Road Shows) 4.National Dialogue/Vision Building 5.Training, Case-Studies 6.New Statistics ? 7.Technical Assistance, Networking Help 8.Selected Operations 9.Regular Benchmarking/Brainstorming Can be key

THINK TOGETHER CRITICAL MASS Very rich plans  good news Even ahead of some EU countries? But probably a large vision vs. reality gap Constitute a mutual support group? Best practice exchanges Peer reviews Helping each other develop awareness + buy-in