1. 1 Optimizing the Peer Review methodology Experience and added value of working with the peer review methodology

2. powered by : 2 Agenda  Internationalisationcenter Styria (ICS)  Peer Review methodology  Optimizing  Experiences  Recommendations

3. powered by : 3 ICS is owned by…. ICS – the one-stop-shop for Styrian institutions and companies regarding all questions of internationalisation. State Government of Styria Styrian Chamber of Commerce Styrian Federation of Industry CEO Board CEO Foreign Trade Enterprise Europe Network Territorial Cooperation RIST/Projects

4. powered by : 4 Territorial Cooperation within ICS European Union Authorized representative of the State Government of Styria Development, Evaluation & national Funding (co-financing) CoR & AER; Lisbon Agenda (Lisbon Monitoring Platform) Policy Recommendations for Internationalisation & Innovation other Tasks Prioritization of international programs & projects of Styria Internationalisation of Clusters, Networks & Competence Centers Styrian Business center (St. Petersburg, Zagreb, Novi Sad, Shanghai) International Marketing of Styria abroad

5. powered by : 5 Peer Review methodology

6. powered by : 6  Host Region  Review Team  Review Process  Sustainable Tourism Checklist  Preparing for the Review  Visit  Report  Action Plan Peer Review methodology

7. powered by : 7 Peer Review methodology The Review Process Step 1: Regional authority indicates its interest in being a host region to the AER Secretariat Step 2: AER Secretariat issues a call for experts, identifies a multinational peer review team with relevant experience and nominates a team leader Step 3: AER Secretariat contacts all participating regions to arrange a mutually convenient date for the peer review

8. powered by : 8 Peer Review methodology Step 4: Host region completes preliminary questionnaire on its tourism policies and disseminates it to the peer review team, together with additional background information on its tourism policies Step 5: Review teams review information provided and provide host regions with a set of suggestions for meetings they would like to hold during the peer review Step 6: Host region agrees detailed timetable for the peer review with the review team leader

9. powered by : 9 Peer Review methodology Step 7: Host region sets up meetings for the peer review and arranges transportation, interpretation and accommodation Step 8: Review team spends one week in the host region undertaking the review Step 9: Review team prepares a draft set of recommendations for the host region, within one month of the review, on improving its tourism policies

10. powered by : 10 Peer Review methodology Step 10: The host region has two weeks to provide feedback on the draft report to the review team leader Step 11: The review team has an additional two weeks to incorporate the remarks of the host region and produce a final report Step 12: Host region presents recommendations to its political representatives and prepares action plan on implementation of the recommendations

11. powered by : 11 Optimizing

12. powered by : 12 Optimizing  Peer and Host like in sports: Peer acts as the Trainer and Host as the Athlet  The Questionnaire: attention: the „strategic response styles“ button is activ -use the defined sample of indicators -General economic indicators -Tourism related inidicators  use all important concepts of the region (executive summary in english!)  generate a dossier of the region (it‘s homework for the peers)

13. powered by : 13 Optimizing Mixed teams diferent experts for tourism, spatial planing, economy to check interaction of policies, spatial planing and financing. interviews with policy makers, entrepreneurs and… Generation of template (no content related questions) At the end of the visit Do a Group interview for „the whole picture“ Lunch together Meeting of Peers (fresh impressions)

14. powered by : 14 Experiences

15. powered by : 15 Experiences Foster regional cooperation (eg. setup common EU-projects, B2B-meetings, Fairs) Optimize the “Transferability models” Transfer “Good Pratices” Find investors for implementation (Public – like national structural funds – and Private) Optimize the PPP-Models

16. powered by : 16 Recommendations

17. powered by : 17 Recommendations Do it Be practial oriented Peers: be the trainer use the „learn from our mistakes“ approach look for added value Hosts: be the athlete look for added value

18. powered by : 18 Michael Azodanloo Authorized representative of the State Government of Styria for Territorial Cooperation ICS Internationalisierungscenter Steiermark GmbH Head of Department for Territorial Cooperation A-8010 Graz | Koerblergasse 117 (access: Lindweg 33) T +43 316 601-276 | F +43 316 601-455 M +43 664 81 79 316 michael.azodanloo@ic-steiermark.atwww.ic-steiermark.at Thank you for your attention!

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