We have arrived at a point in our economic development when the future performance of indigenous industry will be of central importance to future economic growth.
There is no room for complacency.
We must now become the architects of our own economic future.
That means we must focus our energies and resources on growing a cohort of Irish companies with the ambition, leadership and innovation necessary to achieve global scale.
Over the period of Enterprise Ireland’s strategy Transforming Irish Industry
2005-2007 we have proved that when we recognise and take responsibility for ourselves substantial progress can be made.
That strategy laid the foundation for Enterprise Ireland’s approach in responding, adapting and meeting new business challenges presented by a dynamic global business environment that constantly demands the highest standards and most innovative solutions.
Since 2005, Enterprise Ireland has worked closely with companies across all sectors and in every region to emphasise the need for transformational change in order to guarantee continued growth and prosperity. Over that period significant progress has been made in promoting the change agenda and investing with industry in essential areas such as entrepreneurship, scaling, training, R&D and international market development.
In this context the active support of the Department of Enterprise, Trade and Employment, including the Office of Science Technology and Innovation, has been vital to our ability to execute that strategy. I take this opportunity to recognise the contribution of the staff of Enterprise Ireland at home and overseas in delivering that success.
Increasing exports continues to be the overarching objective of Enterprise Ireland’s activities and remains the primary indicator of Ireland’s international success and competitiveness. Innovation across all aspects of business is central to securing the export growth required to fuel the economy.
The Enterprise Ireland strategy Transforming Irish Industry 2008-2010 builds on the strong progress made in the past three years and addresses the increasing pace of globalisation and international competition.
It is now timely to reaffirm our commitment to transforming Irish industry, to build on successes to date, to secure and expand hard won positions in world markets and focus in on the challenges that need to be overcome in the next three years.
To achieve our vision we will lead and support transformational change in the performance of Irish industry and key strategic targets have been set against which progress may be judged.
The priorities for the life of this strategy include:
In ‘Going for Growth’ Irish companies will strive to be leaders of future innovation and growth. Enterprise Ireland is committed to partnering with enterprise to achieve this growth over the next phase of Ireland’s transformation and expansion.
Frank Ryan
Chief Executive Officer
