Krasnoyarsk, Russia on 3-5 October 2012

 

 

SESSION 1: OPENING CEREMONY AND WELCOME: RURAL AND REGIONAL DEVELOPMENT PERSPECTIVE FROM RUSSIA

 Chair: Rolf Alter, Director, Public Governance & Territorial Development Directorate, Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development (OECD)

Speakers: 

• Lev Kuznetsov, Governor of Krasnoyarsk Territory, Russian Federation - Welcome speech (PDF)
• Yuri Osintsev, State Secretary and Deputy Minister of Regional Development of the Russian Federation - Welcome speech (PDF)
• Yves Leterme, Deputy Secretary General, OECD - Welcome speech (PDF)

 

SESSION 2: INNOVATION IN THE CONTEXT OF RURAL AREAS 

Chair: Joaquim Oliveira Martins, Head of Division, Regional Development Policy Division, Public Governance and Territorial Development Directorate, OECD

Keynote speaker: John Bryden, President, International Rural Network, Research Professor, Norwegian Agricultural Economics Research Institute (NILF), Norway - Innovation in the context of Rural Regions (PDF)

Speakers:

• Grigoriy Tulchinsky, Honoured Scientist of RF, Doctor of Philosophy, Professor, Branch of the National Research University- Higher School of Economics, Saint-Petersburg, Russia
• Dimitris Diakosavvas, Senior Agricultural Policy Analyst, Environment Division, Trade and Agriculture Directorate, OECD
• Betty-Ann Bryce, Administrator, Rural and Regional Programme, Public Governance & Territorial Development Directorate, OECD - Rural Governance and Innovation (PDF)
• David Smallbone, President, International Council for Small Business (ICSB), Professor, Kingston Business School, United Kingdom - Innovation, Entrepreneurship and Rural Development (PDF)

 

SESSION 3: MODERNISING RURAL ECONOMIES: CHALLENGES AND OPPORTUNITIES

 Chair: William Tompson, Senior Counsellor, Regional Development Policy Division, Public Governance and Territorial Development Directorate, OECD

Keynote speaker: David Freshwater, Professor, Agricultural Economics and Martin School of Public Administration, University of Kentucky, United States - Modernising Rural Economies (PDF)

Speakers: 

• Victor Tomenko, First Deputy Governor of Krasnoyarsk Krai, Chairman of Krasnoyarsk Krai Government, Krasnoyarsk, Russia - Strategic Areas for Territorial Development of Krasnoyarsk Krai (PDF)
• Enrique Garcilazo, Head, Rural and Regional Programme, Regional Development Policy Division, Public Governance and Territorial Development Directorate, OECD - Modernising the Rural Economy: Promoting Growth in all Regions (PDF)
• Ekaterina Travkina, Administrator, Local Economic and Employment Development Division, Centre for Entrepreneurship, SMEs and Local Development, OECD - Modernising rural: skillbuilding in rural areas (PDF)
• Thomas Dax, Deputy Director, Federal Institute for Less Favoured and Mountainous Areas, Austria - Balancing diversification and specialisation (PDF)
• Andrey Neshchadin, Deputy Director Of Institute for Regional Research and Spatial Development, Financial University, Russia - Urban Life Cycles and How to Enhance Rural Competitiveness (PDF)

 

MODERNISING RURAL 1: STRENGTHENING RURAL MARKETS

Chair: William Tompson, Senior Counsellor, Regional Development Policy Division, Public Governance and Territorial Development Directorate, OECD

Keynote speaker: Enrique Garcilazo, Head, Rural and Regional Programme, Regional Development Policy Division, Public Governance and Territorial Development Directorate, OECD - Modernising the Rural Economy: Promoting Growth in all Regions (PDF)

Speakers: 

• Jane Atterton, Policy Researcher, Rural Policy Centre, Scottish Agricultural College, United Kingdom - The Vulnerability of Scotland’s Towns (PDF)
• Natalia Pyzhikova, Deputy Minister of Agriculture and Food Policy of Krasnoyarsk Krai
• Armin Kloeckner, Sectoral Department, Division Rural Development and Agriculture Sector Project "Rural Territorial Development" Team Leader, GIZ - Perspectives from Developing Countries (PDF)

 

RURAL INNOVATION 1: RURAL INNOVATION SYSTEMS AND PROCESSES

Chair: Joaquim Oliveira Martins, Head of Division, Regional Development Policy Division, Public Governance and Territorial Development Directorate, OECD

Keynote speaker: Dimitris Diakosavvas, Senior Agricultural Policy Analyst, Environment Division, Trade and Agriculture Directorate, OECD -  Green Growth in Agriculture and Rural Innovation Systems (PDF)

Speakers:

• Carmen Hubbard, Research Manager, Centre for Rural Economy, Newcastle University, United Kingdom - Unlocking Rural Innovation in the North East of England: The Role of Innovation Connectors PDF)
• Bruno Jean, Professor, Regional Development, Department of Societies, Territories and Development, University of Québec at Rimouski, Canada - A new paradigm of rural innovation: learning from and with rural people and communities (PDF)
• Andrey Nikolaev, Senior Researcher of Institute for Regional Researches and Spatial Development, Financial University, expert of the Committee for tax and budget of State Duma of the RF Federal Assembly, Moscow, Russia - New Rural Health Systems (PDF)

 

MODERNISING RURAL 2: SKILL BUILDING IN RURAL AREAS

Chair: William Tompson, Senior Counsellor, Regional Development Policy Division, Public Governance and Territorial Development Directorate, OECD

Keynote speaker: Ekaterina Travkina, Administrator, Local Economic and Employment Development Division, Centre for Entrepreneurship, SMEs and Local Development, OECD - Skill building in rural areas (PDF)

Speakers:

• Priidu Ristkok, Head of Regional Development Department, Ministry of the Interior, Estonia - Skills development in Estonian rural areas (PDF)
• Gillian Skinner, Director, Regional Development, Department of Innovation, Business and Rural Development, Newfoundland, Canada - Government of Newfoundland and Labrador (PDF)
• Irina Vorontsova, Head of the Department of Human Resource Management, PhD, Siberian Federal University, Krasnoyarsk, Russia -  Modernisation of education (PDF)

 

RURAL INNOVATION 2: INNOVATIVE GOVERNANCE MODELS

Chair: Joaquim Oliveira Martins, Head of Division, Regional Development Policy Division, Public Governance and Territorial Development Directorate, OECD

Keynote speaker: Betty-Ann Bryce, Administrator, Rural and Regional Programme, Public Governance and Territorial Development Directorate, OECD - Refining how rural regions reach decisions (PDF)

Speakers:

• Maria Varinia Michalun, Policy Analyst, Urban Programme, Public Governance and Territorial Development Directorate, OECD - Innovation in Governance to improve policy performance (PDF)
• Laura Janis, Senior Officer, Rural Affairs, Ministry of Employment, Finland - Innovative governance models: examples from Finland (PDF)
• Mark Cropper, International Relations Officer, European Commission DG Agriculture and Rural Development -  Evolving Rural Innovation Governance Models in the EU (PDF)
• Vadim Medvedev, Mayor of Zheleznogorsk, Russia

 

MODERNISING RURAL 3: BALANCING DIVERSIFICATION AND SPECIALISATION

Chair: William Tompson, Senior Counsellor, Regional Development Policy Division, Public Governance and Territorial Development Directorate, OECD

Keynote speaker: Thomas Dax, Deputy Director, Federal Institute for Less Favoured and Mountainous Areas, Austria - Balancing diversification and specialisation (PDF)

Speakers:

• Eleni Papadopoulou, Professor, Dept. of Spatial Planning and Development School of Engineering, Aristotle University of Thessaloniki, Greece - Evauluation tools for integrated EU multisectoral development initiatives: the case of LEADER+ (PDF)
• Raffaele Trapasso, Administrator, Rural and Regional Programme, Public Governance and Territorial Development Directorate, OECD - Linking Renewable Energy to Rural Development (PDF)
• Dr. Ernan Rustiadi, Dean, Faculty of Agriculture, Bogor Agricultural University (IPB), Jl. Meranti, Darmaga Campus, IPB, Indonesia -  Socio-economic Transformation of Agriculture and Rural Development (PDF)

 

RURAL INNOVATION 3: STIMULATING RURAL INNOVATION

Chair: Joaquim Oliveira Martins, Head of Division, Regional Development Policy Division, Public Governance and Territorial Development Directorate, OECD

Keynote speaker: David Smallbone, President, International Council for Small Business (ICSB), Professor, Kingston Business School, United Kingdom - Innovation, Entrepreneurship and Rural Development (PDF)

Speakers:

• Anabela Dinis, Professor, University of Beira Interior, Portugal - Entrepreneurshiop and Innovation in Rural Areas: Strategies and Processess (PDF)
• Marianne Neraal, Senior Advisor. Office of the Secretary General, Nordic Council of Ministers Copenhagen, Denmark - Nordic Council of Ministers: Stimulating innovation (PDF)
• Olavur Gregersen, Founder, Syntesa, Faroe Islands - Innovation in rural communities: the challenge of identifying competitive advantages (PDF)

 

SESSION 4: RECAP AND WAY FORWARD: A FRAMEWORK FOR ACTION

Chair: Richard Wakeford, Chair, Working Party on Territorial Policy in Rural Areas, OECD - A Paradigm shift in Rural Development (PDF)

Speakers:

• William Tompson, Senior Counsellor, Regional Development Policy Division, Public Governance and Territorial Development Directorate, OECD - The Known Unknowns: Questions yet to be answered (PDF)
• Joaquim Oliveira Martins, Head of Division, Regional Development Policy Division, Public Governance and Territorial Development Directorate, OECD - Summary of Rural Innovation (PDF)
• Victor Tomenko, First Deputy Governor of Krasnoyarsk Krai, Chairman of Krasnoyarsk Krai Government, Krasnoyarsk, Russia - Closing speech (PDF)