Project Launch Event – 21 January 2015

1. Boosting Regional Competitiveness
in Turkey
Project Launch Event – Project
presentation
21 January 2015
Sheraton Ankara Hotel, Turkey

2. 2
Agenda
Project context
Objectives and rationale
Key deliverables and timeline
Immediate next steps

3. 3
The OECD at a glance
34 Member countries with a broad policy expertise
A forum where governments can compare policy experiences and address the economic,
social and governance challenges of globalisation as well as to exploit its opportunities
Member countries Policy expertise
Horizontal policy areas
 Competitiveness
 Territorial Development and Public
Governance
 Investment
 Entrepreneurship, SMEs and Local
Development
 Employment, Labour and Social Affairs
 Trade
 Education
 Tax Policy and Administration
Sector-specific policy areas
 Agriculture
 Industry
 Science and Industry
 Financial and Enterprise Affairs
Note: The map is without prejudice to the status of or sovereignty over any territory, to the delimitation of international frontiers and boundaries and to the name of any territory, city or area.

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Turkey’s GDP has doubled in the last 20 years, outperforming OECD countries
Real GDP growth, 1995=100
Source: OECD Economic Survey of Turkey 2014
Korea
Poland
TURKEY
Mexico
OECD

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Annualgrowthrateofregionalvalueadded
2004-2011
Regional value added per capita, USD, 2011
Share of
Turkey’s
population
Level 1
Level 2
Level 3
Level 4
Level 5
Level 6
Ministry of
Development’s
Socio-economic
Development
Index (2011)
Source: Turkstat
Note: RVA is defined as the difference between the total revenues of the factors of production located in a specific region and their total purchases
Regional disparities remain a major challenge in Turkey
Regional value added per capita (RVA), status and recent evolutions
Western
regions

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Territorial disparities also reflect uneven levels of regional
competitiveness
…The capacity of a region to attract and
maintain successful firms while
contributing to stable or rising standards of
living for the region’s inhabitants.
Regional competitiveness is…
Note: Adapted from Storper, M. (1997) The Regional World: Territorial Development in a Global Economy, Guildford Press, New York.

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The National Strategy of Regional Development and the Regional
Development Strategies already focus on increasing regional competitiveness
National Strategy of Regional Development 2014-2023
(final draft)
 Overall vision: a developed, competitive, socio-
economically and spatially integrated Turkey with
higher levels of prosperity throughout the regions
 Selected specific objectives:
 Reducing regional discrepancies
 Increasing competitiveness of all regions and their
contributions to national growth
26 Regional Development Strategies – one for each NUTS II region
New Regional Development Strategies currently being finalised

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Agenda
Project context
Objectives and rationale
Key deliverables and timeline
Immediate next steps

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Overall question
Building on existing strategies and initiatives,
how to enhance regional and sectoral competitiveness
policies, while better co-ordinating between
all relevant institutions?
The project on Boosting Regional Competitiveness aims at supporting
Ministry of Development’s effort
2014
Boosting Regional Competitiveness Project in
Turkey - 22 months
2015 2016

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The project has five specific objectives
Measuring, benchmarking and
monitoring regional competitiveness
Identifying priority sectors in NUTS II
regions
Improving the co-ordination between
central institutions and RDAs in
identifying priority sectors
Strengthening the regional dimension
of national sector strategies
1
2
3
4
Specific objectives
No unified set of regional competitiveness
indicators is used to prioritise policy actions
in the regions
Prioritising sectors at the regional level helps
better focus RDAs resources, but:
 No unified methodology is being
used among RDAs
 Priority sectors defined by other
central institutions are not in line
with those identified by the MoD
and RDAs
National sector strategies exist but often
omit setting sound regional competitiveness
targets
Sharing methodologies with stakeholders to
ensure long-term impact
Rationale
Capacity building at national and
regional levels
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Agenda
Project context
Objectives and rationale
Key deliverables and planning
Immediate next steps

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Project flight plan
Major deliverables
1 – Measuring
regional
competitiveness
Objectives
2 – Priority sectors in
the NUTS II regions
3 – Centre-regions
coordination in
prioritising sectors
4 – National sector
strategies w/ regional
dimension
To be adjusted as project evolves
By July 2015 By April 2016 September 2016
Regional
competitiveness
indicators (RCIs)
framework
26 NUTS-II regions
mapped according to
the RCIs and data gaps
identified
Action plan to address
data gaps
Framework to prioritise
high-potential sectors
in the regions
3+ high-potential
sectors recommended
in all 26 regions
Regional targets
recommended for the
second sector
Regional targets
recommended for one
sector
Recommendations to
improve centre-regions
coordination in
prioritising sectors
3+ high-potential
sectors identified in all
26 regions
Devising frameworks and collecting data
Collecting data and formulating recommendations

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1. Provide country-specific data
2. Contribute to the analysis and
provide feedback
3. Help prepare final conclusions and
recommendations and provide
feedback
1. Collect country-specific input
2. Develop materials and analysis
3. Prepare final conclusions for
review by the Project Advisory
Committee
OECD and MoD
in partnership
Ministries, RDAs, private sector,
partner organisations
The project approach is inclusive
Workshops to collect input, capacity buildings to share knowledge
The Project Advisory Committee reviews the results under the chairmanship
of the MoD

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Extensive activities to be conducted in regions
Project planning (to be adjusted as project evolves)
2014
Q4 Q1 Q2 Q3 Q4 Q1
2015
Q2 Q3
2016
1 – Measuring regional competitiveness
1. Set of indicators/methodology
2. Indicators applied to each region
3. Gap analysis and action plan
Outputs
2 – Priority sectors in the NUTS II regions
1. Methodology to identify priority sectors
2. Identification of 3+ sectors per region
3. Final recommendations on sectoral
priorities
3 – Centre-regions co-ordination
1. Assessment of consistency in sectoral
priorities across strategic documents
2. Good co-ordination practices
3. Recommendations on effective co-
ordination
4 – Sector strategies w/ regional dimension
1. Assessment from a regional perspective of
two sector strategies
2. Recommendations on regional targets for
two sectors
Workshops
Trainings
Ankara Regions

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Project Website is on-line
We invite you to visit it
 Key upcoming
dates to be
announced
 Key materials to
be put on-line in
English and/or
Turkish
 Links to project
partners
 http://www.oecd.
org/globalrelation
s/brc-turkey.htm

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Agenda
Project context
Objectives and rationale
Key deliverables and timeline
Immediate next steps

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Immediate next steps
Workshops on competitiveness indicators and sector prioritisation
 First workshop this afternoon at 2.00
pm
 Workshops to be held in 2-3 NUTS II
regions and in Ankara in
February/March to collect input
Cocktail at 4.30 pm today 