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Knowledge Economy Indicators Development of
Innovative and Reliable Indicator Systems
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• European Commission DG Research in
• cooperation with DG ECFIN and DG ESTAT
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• Framework Programme 6
• Integrating and Strengthening the European
  Research Area
• Policy Orientated Research
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• Project period
• 1.9.2004 28.2.2007
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• EC contribution 1.58 M 

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Aims

• KEI will focus on indicators and composite
  indicators for policy purposes
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• Review of state-of-the-art methodology
• Policy scenarios
• Main thematic areas in relation to Lisbon
• and Barcelona objectives
• Forward looking policy and indicator analysis

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Aims (continued)

• Development of innovative approaches for
  composite indicators
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• Improved statistical methodology
  
• Multi-criteria methods
  
• Aggregation and weighting techniques
  
• Elaboration of sensitivity analysis
  
• Evaluation of analytical properties of
  indicators
• Investigation of adequate presentational
  techniques
• Support by large-scale simulation study
  
• Scenario analysis in co-operation with
• Commission services

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Participants

• Eberhard Karls University of Tübingen, Germany
• Eberhard Schaich, Dominik Ohly, Kersten Magg,
  Rolf Wiegert
• Joint Research Center, Ispra, Italy
• Andrea Saltelli, Niels Schulze, Giuseppe Munda,
  
• Stefano Tarantola, Michaela Saisana
• Katholieke Universiteit Leuven, Belgium
• Tom Van Puyenbroeck, Laurens Cherchye, Wim
  Moesen, Nicky Rogge
• University of Maastricht, MERIT, The Netherlands
  
• Anthony Arundel, Wendy Hansen
• Statistics Finland, Finland
• Mikael Åkerblom, Tero Luhtala
• University of Trier, Germany
• Ralf Münnich (CO), Nicole Thees

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Contact Details

• Ralf Münnich (coordinator)
• University of Trier, Faculty IV
• Economic and Social Statistics Department
• Universitätsring 15
• D-54286 Trier
• Phone [phone]
• Fax [phone]
• e-mail muennich_at_uni-trier.de
• WEB http//www.kei.publicstatistics.net
• Next workshop Leuven, 5.-6. September 2007

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Invited Session Knowledge Economy Indicators

• The RD Indicators in the Knowlege Based
  EconomyAsterios Chatziparadeisis, Greek Ministry
  of Development
• Quality of Knowledge Economy IndicatorsNicole
  Thees, University of Trier
• Weighting and Aggregation for Composite
  IndicatorsA Non-compensatory ApproachGiuseppe
  Munda, DG JRC, Ispra, and University Autonoma de
  Barcelona
• An Introduction to Benefit of the Doubt Composite
  IndicatorsNicky Rogge, Catholic University of
  Leuven

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