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ACKNOWLEDGEMENTSThe Council and Secretariat of NESC acknowledge the cooperationand assistance of many individuals and organisations inthe preparation of this report.The Council wishes to acknowledge the contribution of Forfás andthe Department of Enterprise, Trade and Employment who providedmaterial and assistance on enterprise policy for Chapter 10.The Council is grateful to the following researchers who preparedbackground documents: Dr. Jelle Visser of the Amsterdam Schoolfor Social Research, who prepared a paper on industrial relationsand wage bargaining in European countries for Chapter 6; Dr. GerryBoyle of NUI Maynooth who prepared a paper on agriculture, foodand rural development for Chapter 10; and Dr. Larry O’Connell ofthe National Centre for Partnership and Performance (NCPP) whoprepared a paper on organisational change for Chapter 10.The staff of several Government Departments, the Economic andSocial Research Institute, the National Centre for Partnership andPerformance, the Central Statistics Office, the Central Bank and theNational Economic and Social Forum provided great assistance tothe Secretariat throughout the preparation of this Strategydocument.Ann Marie O’Connor of the Department of Social and FamilyAffairs contributed to the drafting of this Report while a member ofthe NESC Secretariat. The administrative staff of the Council’sSecretariat provided valuable support in the production anddistribution of the various drafts of the report.xxi