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OECD/SCOTTISH EXECUTIVE CONFERENCE
Investment Priorities for Rural Development
The Hub, Edinburgh, Scotland, October 19-20, 2006
Welcome Remarks l Session 1 l Session 2
Session 3 l Session 4 l Session 5 l Session 6
DAY 1: Thursday, 19 October, 2006
Welcome Remarks
Councillor Lesley Hinds, Lord Provost of the City of Edinburgh, Scotland, UK
Richard Wakeford, Head of Environment and Rural Affairs, Scottish Executive, Scotland, UK
Margaret Clark, Deputy Chief Executive, Commission for Rural Communities, Countryside Agency, UK
SESSION 1: Investing in rural areas: what are the priorities?
Chair: Diana Brittan, Chair, The Carnegie Commission for Rural Community Development, UK
Speakers:
Richard Hecklinger, Deputy Secretary General, OECD
Richard Wakeford, Head of Environment and Rural Affairs, Scottish Executive, Scotland, UK (on behalf of Ross Finnie, Minister of Environment and Rural Development, Scottish Executive, Scotland, UK)
Thomas Dorr, Under Secretary for Rural Development, United States Department of Agriculture, US
Sergio Soto, Vice Minister of Social and Human Development, Mexico
SESSION 2: Fostering innovation in rural areas
Chair: Odile Sallard, Director, Public Governance and Territorial Development Directorate, OECD
Keynote Speaker: David McGranahan, Senior Economist, Economic Research Service, United States Department of Agriculture, US
Panellists:
Andrés Rodriguez Pose, Professor, London School of Economics, UK
Background paper
Sami Kurki, Director of Ruralia Institute, Seinajoki Unit, University of Helsinki, Finland
Alan D. Barkema, Senior Vice President for the Regional, Public, and Community Affairs Division, Federal Reserve Bank of Kansas City, US
Background paper by M.J. Orlando and M. Verba
Background paper by J. Henderson
SESSION 3 Delivering services to sparsely populated regions
Chair: Mario Pezzini, Head of Division, Regional Competitiveness and Governance Division, OECD
Keynote speaker: Mark Shucksmith, Professor of Planning, University of Newcastle upon Tyne, UK
Background paper
Panellists:
Xiaohe Ma, Vice President, Academy of Macroeconomic Research, National Development and Reform Commission, China
Thomas Dax, Deputy Director, Federal Institute of Less-Favoured and Mountainous Regions, Austria
Background paper
Carolyn McNally, Executive Director, Regional Services Division, Department of Transport and Regional Services, Australia
SESSION 4 Exploiting rural-urban linkages
Chair: Margaret Clark, Deputy Chief Executive, Commission for Rural Communities, Countryside Agency, UK
Keynote Speaker: Chuck Fluharty, Director, Rural Policy Research Institute, US
Panellists:
Kees de Ruiter, Director, National Service for Archaeology, Cultural Landscape and Heritage, Netherlands
John Mills, Director of Rural Affairs, Department of Environment, Food and Rural Affairs (DEFRA), UK
Kristin Nakken, Deputy Director General, Ministry of Local Government and Regional Development, Norway
DAY 2: Friday, 20 October 2006
SESSION 5 Successful rural investment in services and business innovation
Chair: Maninder Gill, Sector Manager, Social Development Team, Europe and Central Asia Region, World Bank
Keynote Speaker: John Bryden, Chairman of the International Rural Network, UK
Panellists:
Sabrina Lucatelli, Member of the Evaluation Unit, Ministry of Economic Development, Italy
Background paper
Jorge Villar, Coordinator of EARO, Centre for new Initiatives, Extremadura, Spain
Armando Rios Piter, Minister of Rural Development, Guerrero State, Mexico
Masahiko Tanoi, Director of Rural Policy Coordination Office, Ministry of Agriculture, Forestry and Fisheries, Japan
Robert Sauvé, Associate Deputy Minister for Rural and Regional Development, Ministry of Québec, Québec, Canada
SESSION 6: Investment priorities for rural areas, the way forward
Chair: Richard Wakeford, Head of Environment and Rural Affairs, Scottish Executive, Scotland, UK
Speakers:
Mark Drabenstott, Director, RUPRI Center for Regional Competitiveness, US
Accompanying powerpoint slide
Theo Augustin, Manager of Sustainable Rural Development, Ministry of Consumer Protection, Food and Agriculture, Germany
Donald MacRae, Strategy and Finance Director of Lloyds TBS Scotland, Scotland, UK
Fabrizio Barca, Chairman of the Territorial Development Policy Committee, OECD
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