“Mapping European Competitiveness” (MAPCOMPETE) is an FP7 proposal of six European universities and research centers (from Germany, France, Italy, Belgium and Hungary) to provide an assessment of data opportunities and requirements for the analysis of comparative competitiveness in European countries.
Europe needs improved competitiveness to escape the current economic malaise, so it might seem surprising that there is no common European definition of competitiveness, and no consensus on how to consistently measure it.
To help address this situation, this Blueprint provides an inventory and an assessment of the data related to the measurement of competitiveness in Europe. It is intended as a handbook for researchers interested in measuring competiveness, and for policymakers interested in new and better measures of competitiveness.
29 May 2015
Microsoft Centre, Rue Montoyer 51, Brussels, Belgium
We are pleased to announce that the MapCompete Final Conference will take place on 29 May 2015 in Brussels.
Friday, 6 March 2015, 12:30-14:30
Bruegel, Rue de la Charité 33, 1210 Brussels
This Blueprint picks up some of the main issues of the MAPCOMPETE project and provides an inventory and an assessment of the data related to the measurement of competitiveness in Europe. This Report, and the associated meta-database available at mapcompete.eu – which provides detailed information on data accessibility and computability of more than 150 indicators – can be a key handbook for a researcher interested in measuring competiveness, or for policymakers interested in the feasibility and in the quality of alternative competitiveness measures.
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Speakers:
Guntram Wolff, Director of Bruegel
Davide Castellani, Professor of Applied Economics at the University of Perugia and a research fellow of CIRCLE (Sweden) and LdA (Italy)
Andreas Koch, Research Fellow at the Institute for Applied Economic Research –IAW (Germany)
Isabel Grilo, Head of Unit B2 “Structural reforms, competitiveness and innovation”, DG ECFIN, European Commission
Ani Todorova, Head of Unit C2 “National and Regional Accounts Production. Balance of Payments”, Eurostat – European Commission