Indonesia's and Germany's QI Systems at a Glance: A Comparative Analysis The publication "Indonesia's and Germany's QI Systems at a Glance: A Comparative Analysis” provides a detailed analysis of the Quality Infrastructure (QI) systems and laws of both countries. It highlights the similarities, differences, and best practices by presenting case studies, prospects for QI systems, and…
Systemic Approaches to Quality Infrastructure - A comparative study between Germany and Mexico Why compare the Mexican and German QI systems?
As part of this endeavour, it is vital to under- stand the similarities and differences between the QI systems of different countries. In the case of Mexico and Germany, this is particularly important given their strong trade partnership: The volume of…
Dr Shawn Cunningham
Frank Wältring
Annelien Cunningham
Christian Schoen
Dr Ulrich Harmes-Liedtke
Dr Jörg Meyer-Stamer Scholarship
Operamos como asesores y proveedores de servicios para organizaciones de desarrollo (agencias para el desarrollo, donantes de AOD (Ayuda Oficial al Desarrollo), bancos de desarrollo, ONG, redes de clústeres y otros), para tomadores de decisiones en el sector…
Mesopartner Annual Reflection 2021-2022 Covid-19 has thrown us out of rhythm. While we usually produce our Annual Reflection yearly, we took a break during the last two years. Adjusting our working mode and focusing on the new conditions during the pandemic, we discontinued some of our usual practices. However, in early 2023 we decided to look back on our insights and experiments of the last two…
The system perspective on LED Mesopartner has regularly been asked to support the introduction of Local Economic Development (LED) or strengthen LED as an economic development approach in a country (see AR 2018, Article 3: How to introduce LED as an approach to economic change in a country).
05 The system perspective on LED Mesopartner has regularly been asked to support the introduction of…
Let’s reimagine place together In November 2021, Mesopartner and a group of friends organised an online dialogue series. We invited a diverse group to jointly reimagine what we mean by “place” and how we approach this concept.
06 Let’s reimagine place together Introduction In November 2021, Mesopartner and a group of friends organised an online dialogue series. We invited a diverse group to…
Implications of migration for territorial development Migration is essential to human development and has contributed towards altering societies and economies for thousands of years. Depending on various factors discussed in this article, migration can be a blessing or a curse for a country’s or a sub-national location’s development trajectory.
07 Implications of migration for territorial…
How societies learn and build competencies Have you ever wondered why some companies, industries or even places appear to be more able to innovate and harness new knowledge, while others are lagging or stagnant?
Being innovative involves the ability to combine existing knowledge in new ways as well as to combine existing knowledge with newly gained knowledge.
03 How societies learn and build…
Fostering dynamic entrepreneurial innovation ecosystems In the natural sciences, an ecosystem is understood as a system of interconnected elements, formed by a community of organisms interacting with their environment. Ecosystems are often nested structures, and drawing a boundary around them is hard.
02 Fostering dynamic entrepreneurial innovation ecosystems In the natural sciences, an…
Gaining Systemic Insight when facing complexity In our 2019 Annual Reflections we described the Systemic Insight process logic, a template for a process of search and discovery that we developed in Mesopartner. Process logic is aimed at partners and clients who work under conditions of uncertainty where answers are not easy to find, and exploration is needed.
04 Gaining Systemic Insight when…
