The Institute's Activities

The Institute's so-far activities are focused on 4 goals we are targeted at:

I. Collecting and processing knowledge on knowledge- and innovation-based processes

Conference - exchange of opinions and results of scientific research in the field of economic development based on knowledge & innovation

  • Rationale
    Little awareness of CEE scientists on current factors influencing development processes
  • Focus group
    - Scientists
    - Economists
    - Policy-makers
  • Approach
    Organisation of a scientific conference
  • Outcome
    Raising of the economists' and policy-makers' awareness in the field of current development processes

Summary of CEE economists' current achievements in the field of knowledge & innovation economy

  • Rationale
    Small number of publications on this issue in CEE
  • Focus group
    Scientists
    Economists
    Policy-makers
    Politicians
    Academic teachers
  • Approach
    Publication of scientific books
  • Outcome
    Increasing the number of publications on these issues; raising the recipients' knolwedge and awareness of the knowledge & innovation economy

Changing the public opinion on the role of knowledge & innovation in the economic development

  • Rationale
    Low public awareness of the role of knowledge & innovation in development processes
  • Focus group
    General public opinion
    Policy-makers
  • Approach
    Preparation of articles, comments, opinions, reports on scientific research related to the country's development programmes, aims of the government's economic policy, achievements of the Nobel Prize winners and the conclusions emerging as a result of all that for less developed countries (like Poland); advisory support in the field of country's policy towards NGOs
  • Outcome
    Gradual change of general public opinion and policy-makers as far as the role of knowledge & innovation in countries' economic development is concerned

Popularisation of the role of knolwedge & innovation in contemporary economics

  • Rationale
    Politicians' and economists' poor understanding of the role of knowledge in economic growth
  • Focus group
    General economists
    Students
    Policy-makers
  • Approach
    Translation and publication of foreign books and articles.
  • Outcome
    The designed outcome is raising awareness of Polish economists in the field of the role of knowledge & innovation in economic development (project in progress)

Increasing awareness of usefulness of knowledge & innovation management in companies

  • Rationale
    Little mastery of knowledge & innovation management in companies among entrepreneurs and scientists
  • Focus group
    Teachers of economics
    Entrepreneurs
    Scientists
  • Approach
    Organisation of a conference with participation of scientists, practitioners and entrepreneurs
  • Outcome
    Increasing entrepreneurs' and academic teachers' knowledge of knowledge & innovation management in business (project in progress)

II. Professional advisory on behalf of Central- and East-European countries' governments

Changing the country's policy concerning information society

  • Rationale
    Faults in Polish government's policy concerning information society in the Operational Programme Innovative Economy (financed with EU funds)
  • Focus group
    - Policy-makers
    - Scientists
    - Economists
  • Approach
    A visit of the UK's e-Envoy in Poland aimed at presentation of best British practices in the field of building knowledge-based economy in the UK
  • Outcome
    Making policy-makers aware of the necessity to modify the policy concerning information society the implementation of which is to be financd with EU funds

Changing the direction of the government's policy concerning the role of knowledge & innovation in the process of Poland's economic development

  • Rationale
    The government's and political parties' insufficient consideration of possibilities of accelerating Poland's economic development through focusing on developing knowledge- and innovation-based economy (incl. e.g. realisation of the Lisbon Agenda)
  • Focus group
    Political parties
    Politicians
    Economists
    Scientists
  • Approach
    Authorship (of the Institute's President) of major parts as well as coordination of expert works on a programme for a political party with consideration of the role of knowledge & innovation.
    Influencing the standpoint of other political parties' economic advisers.
  • Outcome
    Political party's economic programme taking into account the effect of knowledge & innovation on accelerating the country's economic development; influence on other political parties' programmes.

III. Analyses of EU's social and economic conditions and economic development processes, in Central- and East Europe in particular

IV. Advisory in the field of knowledge & innovation management provided to entrepreneurs and companies