EWI-Review 2 / October 2007

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Combining Economy, Science and Innovation for a better society

Periodical of the Department of Economy, Science and Innovation| October 2007

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Prepareforyour future

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Reactions to the first edition of Review were mixed,ranging from the somewhat critical to the highly com-plimentary. Here are just a few…

“As an economics teacher, I think this is an excellent initiative.”

José Vander Vennet

“I’ve just read the new EWI-review. It’s a very dynamic magazine... “

Hans Crijns,

Professor Entrepreneurship, Vlerick Leuven Gent ManagementSchool“In my view, Review is a very unstuffy, accessible and hence reader-friendlymagazine. A great initiative and a nice way of showcasing the Department ofEconomy, Science and Innovation and its dynamism.”

Gerard Buteneers,

Managing Director, Investeringsmaatschappij voor Limburg“Review is a well-presented and above all informative and interesting publica-tion that should be replicated in all other 13 departments.”

Jan Peumans,

N-VA party leader in the Flemish Parliament“The articles in Review are of a high quality and reveal the potential that existswithin EWI. This is a milestone in EWI’s development into a truly policy-baseddepartment.”

Jan Larosse,

Policy Officer at DG RTD Unit C3 “Economic analysis and monito-ring of the coordination of national research policies and the Lisbon Strategy”

“Review is a welcome initiative for those interested in the subject, but thequestion is whether we might not find ourselves with one too many e-zines infuture. What is nice is that contributions are from staff themselves.Keep it up!”

Kurt Van den Bunder,

General Policy Coordinator, Syntra Vlaanderen

> Readers’ corner

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> Welcome

EWI is proud to present its second collection of contributions from in-house staffand guest authors. The many requests to be added to the mailing list and thepositive feedback received on the first edition have spurred us on to produce moreof the same, whilst driving up the quality still further. One person even spoke of “amilestone in EWI’s development into a truly policy-based department”.In addition to the usual sections, this issue focuses on a topic of particular concernto EWI: prospective (or foresight) policy. After describing the concept, we presenta future vision of the international political order and its organisation and outlinea practical method of applying prospective research. There follows an interviewwith Philippe Destatte, Managing Director of the Jules Destrée research institutein Wallonia, which ties in perfectly with our central theme. A number of other contributions also look to the future: the OECD study on Global Value Chainsand post-2010 projections for the 3% investment objective, elaborating on datacontained in the EWI Budget Browser. Finally, we reveal EWI’s plans to conduct itsown prospective exercises in the near future, with the help of the EWI Club amongstothers.I hope you enjoy the issue and wish you wonderful autumn days. Any reactions,comments or additional observations would be more than welcome: simply visit

http://www.ewi-vlaanderen.be/review.

Peter SpynsGeneral Editor

A milestone

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