Dr. Ismail Serageldin participates in the Arab Competitiveness Roundtable
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Alexandria, 31 March 2005—Dr. Ismail Serageldin, Director of the Bibliotheca Alexandrina, is participating in the Arab Competitiveness Roundtable, taking place on 2 April 2005, in Doha, Qatar.
Bringing together over 150 high-level participants including ministers of economy, trade and finance from the Arab world along with global and regional CEOs, the talks will revolve around the findings of the 2005 Arab World Competitiveness Report. The Arab World Competitiveness Report 2005 will attempt to provide the answers to how Arab governments should best implement economic reforms to enhance competitiveness. Its findings will be disclosed to a selected group of business leaders, ministers and experts from the entire Arab world and beyond, and discussed with the authors, political leaders and members of the World Economic Forum during the Arab Competitiveness Roundtable.
In addition, the Roundtable will provide a platform for the exchange of views and ideas concerning the commercial, political, and economic development, as well as identifying the specific strengths and obstacles to Arab countries reaching sustained improvements in competitiveness, on the regional and international levels.
Key topics discussed during the roundtable include:
- Launch of the World Economic Forum"s first-ever competitiveness ranking of Arab world countries
- Women as dynamic agents of change in the Arab world: a vision for 2020
- Creating an investment-friendly climate in the Arab region
- Brains without borders: Education as an engine for growth
- Role of the media in Arab reform
- Role of governance in the development of the Arab world
- Unemployment
- Arab Free Trade
It’s worth noting that the release of the first Arab Competitiveness Report in 2002-2003 helped to create awareness among Arab business leaders and government officials of the need to enhance competitiveness in the region in order to accelerate the development process and create jobs for a fast-growing population.