ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS Potter, Jonathan; Miranda, Gabriela; Cooke, Philip ...
OECD Local Economic and Employment Development (LEED) Working Papers,
06/2012
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Paper
CHAPTER 6. CONCLUSIONS Potter, Jonathan; Miranda, Gabriela; Cooke, Philip ...
OECD Local Economic and Employment Development (LEED) Working Papers,
06/2012
11
Paper
In May 2011, the OECD launched its Green Growth Strategy. It is a strategy for governments that contains recommendations on policy instruments and tools for achieving economic growth in line with the ...sustainable use of natural resources and a measurement framework for progress towards these goals. As set out in one of the strategy's central reports, Towards Green Growth, OECD governments share the objective of introducing green growth policies that will achieve efficiencies in the use of natural resources and reduce environmental problems whilst expanding economic growth and job creation in new directions. These policies are critical to addressing what may otherwise become irreversible problems of increased water scarcity, resource bottlenecks, air and water pollution, climate change and biodiversity loss. Clean-tech development in the Negev is also of strategic importance to regional development. Clean-tech activity is one of the most important opportunities for the economic development of the Negev region, because of the region's existing assets and potential for growth in this area tied to the high global growth trajectory expected for this industry in the next two decades.
This report summarises the findings of a case study project on growing clean-tech cluster activity in the Negev region of Israel as part of a series of reviews on Entrepreneurship, SMEs and Local ...Development carried out by the Local Economic and Employment Development (LEED) Committee of the Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development (OECD). The review examines entrepreneurship, SMEs and local development in the Negev in the south of Israel, where there is strong potential for the growth of significant clean-tech industry cluster activity, involving a critical mass of firms, human capital, research organisations, support infrastructure and associated formal and informal linkages. This report looks at the ways in which such capacity can be strengthened by public policies, including investment in centres of research excellence and specialised testing facilities, creation of spaces for innovation exchange, and the introduction of a green strategy and eco-city approach. The analysis provides guidance and policy recommendations on how best to support the emergence and expansion of clean-tech cluster activity that will enhance economic development capacity in the region while contributing to national green growth objectives.
This report summarises the findings of a case study project on growing clean-tech cluster activity in the Negev region of Israel as part of a series of reviews on Entrepreneurship, SMEs and Local ...Development carried out by the Local Economic and Employment Development (LEED) Committee of the Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development (OECD). The review examines entrepreneurship, SMEs and local development in the Negev in the south of Israel, where there is strong potential for the growth of significant clean-tech industry cluster activity, involving a critical mass of firms, human capital, research organisations, support infrastructure and associated formal and informal linkages. This report looks at the ways in which such capacity can be strengthened by public policies, including investment in centres of research excellence and specialised testing facilities, creation of spaces for innovation exchange, and the introduction of a green strategy and eco-city approach. The analysis provides guidance and policy recommendations on how best to support the emergence and expansion of clean-tech cluster activity that will enhance economic development capacity in the region while contributing to national green growth objectives.
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