Mapping European Competitiveness (MAPCOMPETE)

“Mapping European Competitiveness” (MAPCOMPETE) is an FP7 support action of six European universities and research centers (from Germany, France, Italy, Belgium and Hungary) to provide an assessment of data opportunities and requirements for the analysis of comparative competitiveness in European countries. Partners of the project are Brussels based think tank Bruegel, Budapest based research center CERS–HAS (coordinator), Milan research centre LdA, Paris School of Economics and Sciences–Po in Paris, and Tübingen research institute IAW. Associate partners are the OECD, the ECB and several central banks in Europe.

Competitiveness is at the heart of policy making at the Union level and specifically within the Eurogroup. Definition of new country-level competitiveness indicators is an essential task. The aim of this project is to provide a thorough assessment of data opportunities and requirements for the analysis of comparative competitiveness in European countries.

Work examines how to interconnect different approaches to research and policy making in this field at the macro, sectoral and micro-level and consequently map data availability and needs. It comes up with proposals for enhancing standards and consistency of data, with the aim of improving future comparative work on competitiveness. It analyzes data requirements and suggests collection methods for selected topics such global value chains, trade and performance as well as pricing and quality.

Recently, the central results of the first phase of the project have been published as a Bruegel Blueprint:

• Castellani, Davide and Koch, Andreas (2015) Mapping Competitiveness with European Data. Bruegel Blueprint Series, Volume XXIII. Brussels.

For further information, please visit the MAPCOMPETE website www.mapcompete.eu