Entrepreneurship Indicators Steering Group Project Governance Proposed Mandate, Goals and Operational Arrangements Tim Davis, OECD Statistics Directorate Entrepreneurship Indicators Steering Group Project Governance Proposed Mandate, Goals and Operational Arrangements Tim Davis, OECD Statistics Directorate EISG Meeting, Rome, December 5/6, 2006

2 Entrepreneurship Indicators Project Background Mandate Goals Operational Arrangements – Membership – Meetings – Communications/coordination – Bureau Next steps/Questions

3 Background Why a Steering Group? Ensure relevance and feasibility Facilitate meetings and communications “Share the load” Encourage “buy in” and support (financial or intellectual) Project gets lost on Committee or WP agendas Funding agreement(s) request “Governance Structure” Preliminary step in establishing a structure for funding and management of an international survey? (Like PISA)

4 Proposed Mandate 1.Provide advice and direction to the EIP on the establishment of the Work Programme and priorities 2.Advise and assist the EIP on all activities to be carried out under the Work Programme; 3.Serve as forum for consensus on all aspects of Entrepreneurship Indicators development so that meaningful comparisons can be made across countries;

5 Proposed Mandate 4.Organise and coordinate inputs by experts and consultants from OECD member countries; 5.Ensure coordination of the EIP work with that of other OECD groups and relevant international bodies; 6.Promote support for the Project from OECD member countries and other relevant bodies.

6 Goals Establish an ongoing program Approve and oversee a Work Programme

7 Membership 20 to 25 persons Statistical and entrepreneurship policy experts A sub-set of OECD countries; Active membership Geographical balance Establish initial, key international comparisons

8 Current Participants Australia Denmark Germany Korea New Zealand USA Potentially France Canada Finland Italy Netherlands UK EC Luxembourg Statistical members outnumber others

9 Meetings Two “physical” meetings per year Default location is Paris Are back-to-back meetings preferred? Secretariat will identify other relevant meetings Members’ suggestions welcomed Also conference calls and electronic communications

10 Communications and Coordination Many have asked for ongoing information Hence “EIP Network” will send Agendas, Papers etc List to be established by Secretariat in December Members to add names Members encouraged to communicate with entire Steering Group

11 Coordination Links Semi-formal links to OECD: – Committee on Industry, Innovation and Entrepreneurship – Working Party on SMEs and Entrepreneurship International Consortium for Entrepreneurship (ICE) IPREG UNECE World Bank European Foundation for Entrepreneurial Research Kauffman Foundation Global Entrepreneurship Monitor Other?

12 Bureau and Support Elect or reconfirm Bureau every year Initial Bureau to consist of: – Chair – Two Vice Chairs Support Support is provided by “Secretariat” (EIP)

13 Governance paper: Next Steps/Questions Elect a Bureau Approve a Governance structure paper for submission to Statistics Committee, WPSME, CIIE and Kauffman Is a more elaborate structure needed to finance and run actual surveys, like PISA Extend membership/activities to non-OECD members Do we need more members More non-statistics members Is meeting schedule satisfactory?