Transcript Science and Technology Programme Dr. Victor Konde

OVERVIEW
 Policy Research and Analysis
 Outreach and Advocacy
 Business Development Support Services
 Partnerships
Policy Research and Analysis
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Policy advice and implementation
 The African Innovation Framework launched
 STI Policy Development Support
○ On-going (Benin)
○ Requests (Gambia, Burkina Faso, Cote D’Ivoire, Gambia, Niger ,Togo)
 STI Policy Studies
○ Mainstreaming Gender in STI (Kenya)
○ STI and MDGs (Rwanda)
○ Innovation in manufacturing (Nigeria)
 Technology Transfer for Africa’s competitiveness
○ A technological resurgence? Africa in the global flows of technology
transfer
 STI Knowledge Hub
○ Pilots – innovation policy comprehensiveness and R&D
OUTREACH AND ADVOCACY
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Science with Africa Centre
ECA STI Support to AU/NEPAD
Afro Guide
Access to Scientific Knowledge in Africa (ASKIA)
Knowledge resources in our network
UNESCO’s ANSTI
Parliamentary workshops
Knowledge Networks
 Access
to Scientific Knowledge in Africa (ASKIA)
 STI Knowledge Hub
 TDTNet Innovation Centre
 Science with Africa e-Newsletter
 East Africa Research Network (EARN)
 Research Networks –North Africa and West
Africa
 Discussion Groups (STI)
Business Development Support Services
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African Science to Business Challenge (ASBC)
African Science and Technology Innovation
Endowment Fund (ASTIEF)
African Technology Development and Transfer
Network (TDTNet)
Partnerships
Boston University
 Biomedical Engineering Initiative
 Republic of Korea
 Biomedical Engineering
 World Health Organization (WHO)
 African Network for Drug and Diagnostic Innovation (ANDI)
 Global Footprint/ICSU
 Africa Human Footprint Initiative
 Climate Change Science
 Research Triangle Institute- International
 ABSC
 Finland
 Science with Africa, TIGA, STI Report
 African Regional centre of Technology
 African Innovation Award
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Future Additional Activities
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STI Policy Review and Implementation
Initiative
STI Database
STI Outlook
Innovation Award
ATDTNet
ANDI
STI Policy Review and Implementation
Setting the goals
and objectives
Assessing performance, outputs
and impact
Projects and
Initiatives
The foundation: 5 survey tools,
analyse legal and regulatory
frameworks, interviews and
workshops
Policy review
Distil the framework report,
foresight and expert group
discussions, identify opportunities
Identification ideas that can be
implemented easily
National strategy
Innovation policy climate:
A comparison: Ghana, Kenya and Zambia
General innovation policy
5.0
Research policy
4.0
Ghana
Kenya
Zambia
Innovation in education
3.0
2.0
1.0
Traget groups
0.0
Promotion of innovation
Financing
Business environment
Counselling and information
STI Database and Outlook
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STI Database
 Intellectual Property
 Academic performance
 Innovation perception survey
 R&D performance
 Supplemented by other databases:
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World Bank, WIPO, UNSD, USBEA
Lack of data: The case of IP
1990 - 2008
Algeria
Angola
Benin
Botswana
Burkina Faso
Burundi
Cameroon
Cape Verde
Central African Republic
Chad
Congo, Rep.
Cote d'Ivoire
Djibouti
Egypt, Arab Rep.
Equatorial Guinea
Eritrea
Ethiopia
Gabon
Gambia, The
Ghana
Guinea
Guinea-Bissau
Kenya
Lesotho
Liberia
Libya
Madagascar
Malawi
Malaysia
Mali
Mauritania
Mauritius
Morocco
Mozambique
Namibia
Niger
Nigeria
Rwanda
Senegal
Seychelles
Sierra Leone
Somalia
South Africa
Sudan
Swaziland
Tanzania
Togo
Tunisia
Uganda
Zambia
Zimbabwe
STI Outlook
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Present the current status
Performance over the last 10 years
Detailed analysis of key indicators (see database)
Special analysis of the trends in a given sector
 R&D
and technology
 Skill
 Knowledge
outputs
 Collaborations and interactions
 Investment – public and private, foreign/domestic
 Production and trade
 Employment
 Poverty or other development indicators
ATDTNet initiatives
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Biomedical engineering course
Student innovation competitions
Summer school
TDTNet Innovation Centre
Nanomedicine Centre of Excellence
Partners
 Boston University,
 Republic of Korea,
 CSIR/DST,
 Universities in Africa
African Network for Drug and Diagnostic
Innovations (ANDI)
Creating a regional platform for health
innovations
 Establish centres of excellence
 Establish Region Hubs
 Create a fund
 Develop a database
 Partners
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 WHO, EU, AfDB, AU
CODIST 1 Recommendations
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ECA and/AUC
 Observatory for STI
 Strengthen collaboration
 Regional centres to build systems of innovation
 Update the classification of tech fields
 Funding: R&D, start-ups (public-private investment)
 Tech transfer and commercialization support
 CSR (private sector participation)
 Triple Helix
CODIST 1 recommendations
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Member States (6 country reports)
 1 % of GDP
 Invest in skills and infrastructure
 Choose more STI programmes
 Incentives for private sector participation
 Implement key regional recommendations
 Triple Helix forums
 Tax incentives for STI
 Strengthen university education system
 Corporate social responsibility
 Forums for exhibiting innovations
The case of Ghana
11 of the 25 achieved partially (yes/no)
 4 recommendations achieved (yes)
 10 pending (no)
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60:40 ration in favour of Science in
Education. 4000 scholarships were
set for science students (2009/10)
Lack of incentives for
technology acquisition and
assimilation
Ghana National
Science, Technology
and Innovation
Policy (2010)
The case of Uganda
18 of the 25 recommendation achieved
 4 recommendations pending
 3 recommendation achieved indirectly
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Millennium Science Initiative (MSI)
provides competitive research grants
to universities and R&D Centres
Provides preferential government
scholarships to S&E students
in tertiary institutions
Uganda National
Science, Technology
and Innovation
(STI)
Policy (2009)
Ways Forward
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Support ANDI, TDTNet, ASTIEF (Ministerial Statement)
STI Policy advice and implementation
Help setup National STI Funds (e.g. Rwanda)
Develop platforms for industry-government-academia
involvement and interaction (e.g. TDTNet)
Need to collect, analyse and disseminate data
Policy research work need to be strengthen
STI advocacy and promotion to continue
Thank you