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GEM 2014 Annual Meeting Santiago, Chile Increasing the Policy Impact of GEM. Tuesday January 21 13:30-17:30 Moderator: Prof. Ehud Menipaz ehudm@bgu.ac.il. Increasing the Policy Impact of GEM Agenda. 13:30-13:45 A view from the top: Mike Herrington 13:45-14:00 GEM Policy Impact in Chile
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GEM 2014 Annual MeetingSantiago, ChileIncreasing the Policy Impact of GEM Tuesday January 21 13:30-17:30 Moderator: Prof. Ehud Menipaz ehudm@bgu.ac.il
Increasing the Policy Impact of GEMAgenda 13:30-13:45 A view from the top: Mike Herrington 13:45-14:00 GEM Policy Impact in Chile 14:00-14:15 Introduction: Ehud Menipaz 14:15-16:30 Working groups (6 groups) 16:30-17:30 Report back and discussion
WG: Argentina Luxembourg Barbados Mexico Ecuador Slovenia Guatemala Slovakia Jamaica Spain Latvia Taiwan Lithuania Trinidad & Tobago USA ~ 50%:50% financing governmental and private funds
How can GEM increase its impact on government policies towards entrepreneurship and innovation: National/subnational/regional/municipal level: depending the size of the country Listen carefully what the policy makers want to know Beneficiaries are entrepreneurs Find the critical areas Find the connection points between policy makers and GEM Find a target persons and institutions Offer trustable appropriate significant measurable indicators Media oriented strategies
What are the tools/methodologies necessary to impact government policies towards entrepreneurship and innovation: Media Discussion Meetings Information Clearing House Sharing Interesting Findings Best Practices Create connections between officers of different countries
Recommendations 1. GEM Regional Board (Spain), put together all stakeholders (academia, policy makers, business people) 2. Antigua Forum (Guatemala) Breaking the Global Report in special reports to increase the communication and presence Developing interregional (multinational, but regional) projects Take into the consideration the risk of depending on public financing