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The interactive nature of The Future of Europe Summit emphasizes the importance of discussion among all present. Sessions are geared toward idea generation and debate. Summit Reports offer an overview of the proceedings from each Summit and – more importantly – the conclusions and recommendations generated during these lively sessions among Europe’s key thinkers and actors. Join us this year in Andorra to add your views to the 2009 debate. Andorra Development and Investment (ADI) has replaced the Office for Business Innovation (OIE). ADI, which is continuing OIE activities, launches a new phase as the Economic Development Agency of the Principality of Andorra to serve companies that want to grow and the foreign investor that seeks to do new business in Andorra. Download Reports 2008: Economic Sustainability - New Opportunities for Europe ›› Download the 2008 report 2007: Addressing Europe's Brainpower Challenge After two days of intensive brainstorming among policy makers, academics, executives and media, the 2007 Summit distilled ten key messages to pass on to European decision-makers to help achieve a new dynamism. ›› Download the 2007 report 2006: A Call For Action... ›› Download the 2006 report Creating a new mindset for Europe The inaugural meeting of The Future of Europe Summit, Making Europe a Global Leader in Innovation, held in Andorra on 29 November-1 December, 2006, launched an ongoing series of annual conferences with top business, political, scientific, academic and media leaders exploring the global challenges facing Europe, both now and in the future. Andorra in particular, while not a member of the European Union, sees itself as strategically-placed for dealing frankly but also sensitively with the real issues at hand. Nestled between France and Spain, it can serve as a unique arbiter for dialogue and debate by bringing various key players together, and by serving as a crucial crossroads between Europe and the rest of the world. As the host for this first Summit, Europe’s highest capital gathered over 200 participants from 22 countries and highlighted the critical and urgent need for examining how best to turn around EU’s sluggish economic growth by encouraging more aggressive, innovative and entrepreneurial ways for dealing with high unemployment, under-performing educational systems, the problems of aging and the need to introduce more flexible fiscal incentives by EU member states. The Future of Europe Summit was specifically designed to serve as a platform for imagining how to re-engineer Europe’s dynamism and re-defining its role in the global economy. In many ways, both panelists and participants responded to this challenge by critically exploring specific issues in a manner that would help bring about real change. The strong presence of young entrepreneurs and business innovators also introduced an energetic sense of confidence and new ideas. They emerged with practical and imaginative recommendations, some of them urgent, for stimulating necessary reforms. Among those proposed, such as fiscal incentives for start-up companies which create the bulk of new jobs, need to be implemented sooner rather than later, they urged. Only in this way can Europe stay on top as a world economic leader. ›› Download the report ›› Read more: www.adi.ad |
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