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General participation as a precondition for knowledge-based development: universal regularities and Latvia’s case. Prof. Edvins Karnitis Expert Latvia’s Commission of Strategic Analysis Subcommittee of Saeima on Monitoring the Implementation of the National Development Plan.
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General participation as a precondition for knowledge-based development: universal regularities and Latvia’s case Prof. Edvins Karnitis Expert Latvia’s Commission of Strategic Analysis Subcommittee of Saeima on Monitoring the Implementation of the National Development Plan
Information society = knowledge-based development RESOURCE GOAL Information Business Technological excellence Education research Innovation Quality of life Knowledge Enabler Catalyst Public services ICT tools and services information knowledge wisdom
Processing ICT – growth catalyst Information ICT tools & services Support Transformation EU25: 40% of productivity growth and 25% of GDP growth is achieved due to ICT Knowledge Productivity Investments Use Growth Growth Economy Innovation Sources: Eurostat, WEF
People First A human-centred knowledge-based growth model approved by Saeima (Parliament), October 2005
NDP: a mid-term implementation programme Acquisition People: educated, wise and creative Development Quality & quantity Financial supply Creation Research & development Resource: knowledge Results of applied research Demand Usage Innovation, technological excellence Exploitation Financial supply Motivation Keeping Welfare, security, sustainability
Latvia today: impressive growth, progress in innovation Sources: Eurostat, WEF
ICT and innovation: unutilised potential so far Sources: Eurostat, CSB
To motivate business: innovation • knowledge creation and transfer; • also everyday improvements; • in any sector, region and job; • material motivation – profitability; • selective support of innovative business (taxes, investment and export support, etc.); • cooperation with research institutions; • creative industries: integration in the economics; Source: LIDA
To motivate academic society: applied research • programmes for market oriented research; commercialisation of results; • cooperation with industries; • basic science in priority areas; • renewal of research community; • material motivation – remuneration system; • psychological motivation – academic career, patents; Source: LIDA
Society about knowledge: strongly understanding, moderately interested, underinformed and insufficiently active Source:Eurobarometer, 2006
Renewal of highly skilled human resources Sources: Eurostat, MS&E
Education: from several guru to mass-production of knowledge potential • qualitative basic, compulsory secondary, competitive and publicly accessible tertiary education; • higher level specialists, master and doctoral degrees; • life-long learning for everybody; • from brain donor country to brain beneficiary country; Source: Eurostat
Motivation to learn: employment and earnings Source: Eurostat
Usage of online public services Source: Eurostat
Internet access in households Sources: Eurostat, CSB
Motivation for access: supply of online services Sources: ITU, Eurostat
Computer literacy Sources: Eurostat, CSB
Baltic Sea region and polycentric development • deeper integration of the Baltic Sea Region: political, legal and economic aspects; • active function of metropolises – real knowledge hubs; Hanseatic League; • strengthening capacity and competitiveness of Riga; • Riga as a knowledge gateway, transfer of Riga’s excellence and potential to towns; • towns as the knowledge, business, social and culture centre of surroundings; • virtual enterprises and e-work –the base for development of rural areas;
Public opinion study: in general, things are going in the right or in the wrong direction? Source: Eurobarometer, 2006