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22 October 2009 - ECORYS organised a succesful conference on Impact Assessments & Industrial Competitiveness in Rotterdam, on October 1, 2009.
Background
In January 2008, the ECORYS Research Programme started with the project Impact Assessments and Industrial Competitiveness. This project was divided into three stages. The first stage started with an in-depth literature review on impact assessments and industrial competitiveness. In the second stage each of the researchers worked on his/her own subject. The final stage consisted – and still consists – of results dissemination and the organization of a Final Conference to present the results. The Final Conference was organised on Thursday October 1, 2009. Conference
The conference was successful with over 50 guests from all over the world and from many different backgrounds (policy makers, academics, consultants). The guests were interested not only in the results of the 6 different topics, but also in the latest academic developments in the field of quantification of ex ante impact assessment techniques as presented by Prof. Bergstrand, Prof. Francois and Prof. Van Marrewijk. In the topics list of this conference, presented below, you can find the different presentations. Move your mouse over titles to see if they are hyperlinked to a presentation. The presentations for the 6 pillars are in the list below the programme. The downloadable pillars can be found on this Research Programme page. Topics list Part I - The importance of quantitative methods in current research Part II - Results “Impact Assessments and Industrial Competitiveness” Part III Panel discussion and research award - Panel discussion on “Impact Assessment and Industrial Competitiveness”
Moderator:
Marcel Canoy, Chief Economist ECORYS Netherlands.
Panel:
Raili Kajaste, Environment and Energy expert)
Stephen Browne, International Trade Centre
Annette Pelkmans, Assistant professor Erasmus University Rotterdam
Chris Fisher, Principal Transkinetic Strategie - Best Research Award
Jury:
Willem Molle, Member Board of Governors Foundation NEI, Former Chairman of the Board of Management of ECORYS, Jury Chairman
George Barrett, Director ECORYS Research Programme
Paul Wymenga, Managing partner ECORYS Netherlands
Saara Tamminen, Consultant Trade, Industry & Competitiveness
Marcel Canoy, Chief Economist ECORYS Netherlands - Final word
Paul Wymenga, Managing partner ECORYS Netherlands & Head of Trade, Industry & Competitiveness Unit
Discussions during the panel discussion were focused on several statements, including the relation between quantitative and qualitative assessments, the ETS and 100% container scanning: what are the benefits. The jury, with Prof. dr. Willem Molle as the chairman, struggled with all studies and finally concluded with some nice words about all studies, the best research award went to Jeroen van der Laan. More info
If the presentations of the Part II of the conference interested you in one or more complete studies, click below on the pillar you are interested in. - PILLAR 1: Impact of the Post-2012 Expansion of the EU Emission Trading Scheme – Jeroen van der Laan;
- PILLAR 2: Competitiveness of EU Financial Sector and the Harmonic Mass Index – Anna Schouten;
- PILLAR 3: FDI and Democracy: A Gravity Analysis – Eva van Etten;
- PILLAR 4: The impact of subsidized children’s day care on gender equality and economic growth – Margreet Verwaal;
- PILLAR 5: Taxing the Aviation Sector: A special notion on the natural oil tax – Leon van Berkel;
- PILLAR 6: The 100% Container Scanning Legislation: an analysis of waiting lines and economic costs – Miguel Tovar Fernandez;
We continue to further disperse the results through academic publications and presentations for policy makers. At the moment, another follow-up is given through a new ECORYS Research Project related to ‘Environmental Impact Assessments’. The results of this follow-up project will be presented in the Fall of 2010. For any information and questions about the ECORYS Research Programme in general please contact:
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For this project “Impact Assessment and Industrial Competitiveness” and futher competitiveness ECORYS Research Programmes projects, please contact
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. For more information, please contact: Dr. Koen Berden
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