He chaired the State Planning Institute’s ‘Development Strategies Advisory Council’, comprising former economy and finance ministers, secretaries of treasury and State Planning Institute, academicians, representatives of business world and professionals with experience in international organizations such as OECD, to help define Türkiye’s vision for 2020. He also served on the executive board of the Competitiveness Forum formed by TÜSİAD and Sabancı University. He was the co-chairman of the public sector workgroup of the National Innovation Initiative. He has also initiated the scenario development efforts to support Türkiye’s prospective planning prepared by ARGE Consulting and co-chaired the ‘Searching for Tomorrow’ conference.
Development Strategies Advisory Council (2006)
1- Dr. Yılmaz ARGÜDEN (Chairman)
2- Dr. Ahmet TIKTIK (Undersecretary of State Planning Organization)
3- Yıldırım AKTÜRK
4- Cansen BAŞARAN
5- Rüştü BOZKURT
6- Dr. Ege CANSEN
7- Dr. Rauf GÖNENÇ
8- Prof. Dr. Seyfettin GÜRSEL
9- Hüsamettin KAVİ
10- Faik ÖZTRAK
11- Dr. Ekrem PAKDEMİRLİ
12- Prof. Dr. Erol TAYMAZ
13- Prof. Dr. İlhan TEKELİ
14- Prof. Dr. İnsan TUNALI
15- Dr. Güngör URAS
16- Salim USLU
17- Uğur YÜCE
18- Zafer YÜKSELER
Searching for Tomorrow
