Entrepreneurship Indicators Entrepreneurship Indicators Steering Group Steering Group

Project GovernanceProject Governance

Proposed Mandate, Goals and Operational ArrangementsProposed Mandate, Goals and Operational Arrangements

Tim Davis, OECD Statistics DirectorateTim Davis, OECD Statistics Directorate EISG Meeting, Rome, December 5/6, 2006

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Entrepreneurship Indicators ProjectEntrepreneurship Indicators Project

Background Mandate Goals Operational Arrangements

– Membership– Meetings– Communications/coordination– Bureau

Next steps/Questions

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BackgroundBackgroundWhy a Steering Group? Why a Steering Group?

Ensure relevance and feasibility

Facilitate meetings and communications

“Share the load”

Encourage “buy in” and support (financial or intellectual)

Project gets lost on Committee or WP agendas

Funding agreement(s) request “Governance Structure”

Preliminary step in establishing a structure for funding and management of an international survey? (Like PISA)

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Proposed MandateProposed Mandate

1. Provide advice and direction to the EIP on the establishment of the Work Programme and priorities

2. Advise and assist the EIP on all activities to be carried out under the Work Programme;

3. Serve as forum for consensus on all aspects of Entrepreneurship Indicators development so that meaningful comparisons can be made across countries;

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Proposed MandateProposed Mandate

4. Organise and coordinate inputs by experts and consultants from OECD member countries;

5. Ensure coordination of the EIP work with that of other OECD groups and relevant international bodies;

6. Promote support for the Project from OECD member countries and other relevant bodies.

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Goals Goals

Establish an ongoing program

Approve and oversee a Work Programme

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Membership Membership

20 to 25 persons

Statistical and entrepreneurship policy experts

A sub-set of OECD countries; Active membership

Geographical balance

Establish initial, key international comparisons

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Current Participants Current Participants Australia Denmark Germany Korea New Zealand USA

Potentially France

Canada Finland Italy Netherlands UK EC

Luxembourg

Statistical members outnumber others

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MeetingsMeetings

Two “physical” meetings per year Default location is Paris Are back-to-back meetings preferred? Secretariat will identify other relevant meetings Members’ suggestions welcomed Also conference calls and electronic communications

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Communications and Coordination Communications and Coordination

Many have asked for ongoing information Hence “EIP Network” will send Agendas, Papers etc List to be established by Secretariat in December Members to add names Members encouraged to communicate with entire

Steering Group

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Coordination LinksCoordination Links Semi-formal links to OECD:

– Committee on Industry, Innovation and Entrepreneurship – Working Party on SMEs and Entrepreneurship

International Consortium for Entrepreneurship (ICE) IPREG UNECE World Bank European Foundation for Entrepreneurial Research Kauffman Foundation Global Entrepreneurship Monitor Other?

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Bureau and SupportBureau and Support

Elect or reconfirm Bureau every year Initial Bureau to consist of:

– Chair– Two Vice Chairs

Support Support is provided by “Secretariat” (EIP)

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Governance paper: Next Steps/QuestionsGovernance paper: Next Steps/Questions

Elect a Bureau Approve a Governance structure paper for submission

to Statistics Committee, WPSME, CIIE and Kauffman Is a more elaborate structure needed to finance and run

actual surveys, like PISA Extend membership/activities to non-OECD members Do we need more members More non-statistics members Is meeting schedule satisfactory?