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Drawing on the preparations and outcomes of a few conferences and workshops, this final chapter reviews selected deliberations and discussions aimed at advancing a common response across the region to issues and concerns in science, research, innovation, higher education, and entrepreneurship. It underlines the importance of mindset change and presents reflections on ways in which regional and international collaboration could contribute more effectively to constructive reform processes.
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The Egyptian Sawariki Group has contributed strongly to building ICT infrastructures throughout the region in the face of tough competition from elsewhere.
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The close cooperation within the Maghreb and associated incentives for collaboration within limited Francophone networks has for instance countered the development of wider international partnerships and benefits from global cooperation (Andersson et al. 2006).
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This section partly draws on the summary report produced by the chairs of this session, Saif Al Hiddabi, The Research Council, Oman, and Cristina Flesia, University of Ferrara, Italy.
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This presentation partly draws on the summary report produced by the chairs of this session, Abdullah Al-Mahrouqi, The Research Council, Oman, and Mohammed Chaib, Jönköping University, Sweden.
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This summary is partly based on the report produced by the chairs of this session, Said Al Kitani, Oman National Commission on Science, Education and Culture, Ministry of Education, Oman, and Paris Kokorotsikos, Euroconsultants, Thessaloniki, Greece.
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This presentation extends from a summary produced by the chairs of this session, Mohamed Al-Maskari, Knowledge Oasis, Muscat, Oman, and Costas Kiparissides, Centre of Research and Technology Hellas and Aristotle University, Thessaloniki, Greece.
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This draws on the summary produced by the chairs of this session Abdullah Al-Zakwani, Industrial Innovation Centre, PEIE, Muscat, Oman, and Sylviane Toporkoff, ITEMs International, Paris, France.
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President of the Arab Science and Technology Foundation, based in Cairo and Dubai.
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Secretary General of TRC, Sultanate of Oman.
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Professor at the School of Learning and Communication, Jönköping University, and founder of Encell, the Swedish Centre for Adult Learning. See also Chap. 15.
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Abdullah Al-Zakwani, Director of the Industrial Innovation Centre, PEIE, Muscat, Oman.
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Secretary-General of the Dasman Diabetes Institute, Kuwait. See also Chap. 11.
Acknowledgments
Participants at the Muscat INCONET-GCC conference in December 2010 contributed to the background material that was subsequently processed to form this chapter, in particular Umaima Al Mahdhori and Talal Al Balushi. This chapter further draws on the workshop on Entrepreneurship and Higher Education, also held in Muscat and organised by the Ministry of Higher Education. This was primarily organised by Abdullah Al Sarmi and Robert Craig of the ministry and in collaboration with TRC, including Miad Al-Balushi and Zaki Muscati whose substantive report was extensively drawn upon. The material has been processed and updated by Thomas Andersson.
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Andersson, T. (2013). Special Considerations and Ways Forward. In: Andersson, T., Djeflat, A. (eds) The Real Issues of the Middle East and the Arab Spring. Innovation, Technology, and Knowledge Management. Springer, New York, NY. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-1-4614-5248-5_18
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