1. 1 Presentation by: INFORMER S.A. Deo Ramprakash Coordinator of NESIS Email: deo.ramp@artemis.lu Tel.: +352 / 45 91 45 82 June 2003 NESIS Introduction

2. 2 THE NESIS FRAMEWORK NE 4 PILLARS ISSUES HORIZONTAL WORKPACKAGES OTHER WPs Indicators Statistics, SIS

3. 3 THE FOUR PILLARS PILLAR II Productivity and comp. PILLAR IV Social Cohesion PILLAR III Skills – Human Capital PILLAR I Macro Economy

4. 4 ACCOMPANYING MEASURE THEREFORE LIMITATION 1 LIMITATION 2 No large No Research Scale Data Collection

5. 5 NESIS GOALS SIS INDICATORS Every Workshop Must Contribute to The Achievement of NESIS GOALS

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7. 7 THE NESIS FRAMEWORK : Abstraction – Specificity Ladder New Economy (Definition Paper) Definition – Pragmatic Approach 4 Pillars Lisbon

8. 8 Issues - Examples  Pillar I : Stability,– Sustainability  Pillar II : Spatial Networking  Pillar III : e-learning  Pillar IV : Digital Divide, Regional Inequality

9. 9 Horizontal Workpackages Users WP 3.1 Quality WP 4.1 and WP 5 + Paper 2 Conceptualisation WP 5 Dissemination :- WP 1.2 IDWG - WP 2.1 Website - WP 2.2 Publication

10. 10 Pillar 1: Macro-economy WP 5.1:Satellite accounts WP 5:Conceptualisation and reconceptualisation

11. 11 Pillar 2: Productivity & competitiveness WP 5.2 : Productivity and territorial competitiveness. WP 5.4 : Impact of ICT on business WP 5.5 : Enterprise dynamics

12. 12 Pillar 3: Human Investment WP 5.6 : Knowledge Stocks and Flows

13. 13 Pillar 4: Social Inclusion WP 5.7 : eCitizenship WP 5.8 : Socio-economic cohesion, on a regional basis WP 5.9 : eGovernment (this WP really cuts across the other pillars)

14. 14 NESIS Work Methods – I OBSERVATORY University of Bath mainly Conceptualisation and reconceptualisation Benchmarking and best practice

15. 15 NESIS Work Methods – II METRICS : Understanding before Indicators Case – Study type date collection From which Indicators

16. 16 NESIS Work Methods – III DISSEMINATION : Website Publication Awareness - IDWG