Reports
The 2008 World Investment Conference focused on “Brainpower in Europe, a driver for growth”.
The presentations and debates revolved around the identification, analysis and promotion of the innovative capabilities vested in Europe’s industrial and service sectors. Some setbacks were also deciphered to understand why the materialization of an idea, a concept, or a process into a high value-added product or service has not found a market through profitable and viable industrial application. This key factor analytical approach to success and failure allowed a better determination of the issues on a global level, while putting in perspective the means for brainpower to boost growth. Brainpower as innovative capacity is an inexhaustible resource on the condition of mastering the main catalysts: education, radiance and progress, fluidity, attractiveness and embedding talent in the territory. These assets must not be taken for granted. As skilled labour becomes increasingly rare, they even adopt a precarious status whose main drivers will be explored. Lastly, in the context of a general revision of the economic world map, “innovation Europe” holds numerous comparative advantages. Diversity and an innovative spirit of Europe’s workforce, in general and, particularly, its ability to enhance value in sectors of excellence, constitutes the cornerstone of its competitiveness against emerging countries, as well as its main competitors and partners.
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2008 Recommendations: Emerging and Promoting cleantechs and renewable of the future
In June 2007, the World Investment Conference, which brings together over 1,000 international business and political leaders each year to exchange views and present high-level representatives of the European Union with proposals for economic, social and innovation policies, focused on green technologies and services as drivers for growth and jobs. In so doing, it gave birth to the concept of green growth.
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"EUROPE: AGENDA 2010" - 2006 Report
This second report, published under the aegis of the Europe+ Foundation, draws on the recommendations of the 2005 World Investment Conference and convictions shared by members of a high-level think tank chaired by Sir Francis MACKAY, Chairman of Carlton Financial Group and Vice-chairman of ISS Group. The report was officially presented to Mr. Jacques BARROT, Vice-president of the European commission and Mr. François FILLON, Prime minister of France, during the closing session of the 5th World Investment Conference, that took place on 28-29 of June 2007 in La Baule.
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LA BAULE-WIC 2005 – Proceedings
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LA BAULE-WIC 2004 – Proceedings
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New Lisbon Agenda – Autumn 2005 report
The second report of the LA BAULE Group is also the first to be published under the aegis of the Europe+ Foundation. Entitled "Mobilizing regions, business and civil society- 65 proposals to help Europe regain momentum" it draws on the recommendations of the 2005 World Investement Conference and convictions shared by the members the Europe+ Think Tank.
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Lisbon Agenda – From Recommendations to Implementation
The first report published by the LA BAULE think tank, entitled "The Lisbon Agenda, from recommendations to implementation", was presented to national and EU leaders in February 2005. Setting out 40 measures for a more attractive and competitive Europe, it came in response to the Kok Report, itself an analysis of progress made in implementing Lisbon Agenda.
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