Plenary 1. Leveraging regional development policies to boost competitiveness
May 20, 2025 | 9:00 AM - 10:30 AMPlenary
May 20, 2025 | 9:00 AM - 10:30 AM
Plenary
Description
Boosting competitiveness - particularly through long-term and sustainable productivity growth - is a key focus of many new industrial policies being adopted across countries. Many of these strategies are explicitly placed-based, reflecting both the different strengths of regions within countries and a growing awareness that large and persistent spatial disparities can weigh down on resilience, and, in turn, on competitiveness.
This session invited Ministers to discuss what worked – and what didn’t – when it came to fostering balanced and sustainable development across different types of regions and geographies. It also looked at how to take these lessons forward to boost regions’ contribution to overall competitiveness and well-being while rebuilding social cohesion.
