Tunisian Minister of Foreign Affairs and Former Head of the UN Commission on Science and Technology for Development Cites Tahseen Consulting’s Research on Innovation Systems in the Arab World
A key challenge to knowledge-based economic development faced by Arab countries is weak innovation systems. We are honored to have had our research on Arab innovation systems cited by Dr. Mongi Hamdi, former Head, Science, Technology, and ICT at UNCTAD and Head of the Secretariat of the United Nations Commission on Science and Technology for Development (now Tunisian Minister of Foreign Affairs) in his address to the Arab Forum for Scientific Research and Sustainable Development.
SCIENCE, TECHNOLOGY AND INNOVATION FOR SUSTAINABLE DEVELOPMENT IN ASIA AND TH...Lausanne Montreux Congress
Investment in science, technology and innovation (STI) needs to be the backbone of productivity-led economic
recovery and sustainable development. Despite significant increases in productivity over the past few decades,
economic growth in developing economies of Asia and the Pacific has been primarily driven by factor
accumulation. However, the average rate of productivity growth slowed between the periods 2000-2007 and
2008-2014 by 65 per cent, which has contributed to the current economic slowdown, potentially undermining
efforts to effectively pursue the 2030 Agenda for Sustainable Development.
The State of Higher Education in the Middle EastWesley Schwalje
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A Conceptual Model of Skills Formation for Knowledge-based Economy in AfricaWesley Schwalje
The African Regional Action Plan on the Knowledge Economy (ARAPKE) was developed in association with the Second African Regional Preparatory Conference for the World Summit on the Information Society held in Accra, Ghana in February 2005. The political will for knowledge–based economic development has been reinforced consistently since 2005 by subsequent communiqués and regional meetings that have convened key stakeholders (Union 2006; Union 2010). The ARAPKE presents a continent wide, coordinated strategy to transition towards knowledge-based economic development. ARAPKE highlights the need for economic integration into the global economy which is increasingly dominated by knowledge-based industries. The African vision of knowledge-based economic development calls for collective effort to achieve the following objectives:
• To use information to accelerate development, induce good governance, and foster stability;
• To provide wellbeing and increase employment, reduce poverty, and empower underprivileged groups;
• To enhance the natural capital and human capacity of the region and minimize internal inequalities;
• To further benefit from information by fully becoming part of the global information society (Union 2005).
Similar to other regions of the world, the African vision for knowledge-based economic development is at the nexus of economic, political, and social objectives related to national competitiveness and economic policies that support innovation, technology development, entrepreneurship, workforce skills development, adoption of high performance organizational structures, and ICT infrastructure development (Planning 2010). Rischard (2009) observes several common development objectives, job creation, economic integration, economic diversification, environmental sustainability, and social development, which have underpinned successful transitions to knowledge-based economies elsewhere that are also reflected in the ARAPKE. As is articulated in the African vision, a vital precursor to knowledge-based development is human capital development that is conducive towards developing a society characterized by skilled, flexible, and innovative individuals nurtured through quality education, employment, and broadly accessible life-long learning opportunities (Planning 2010). In the 1960s, Becker (1994) underscored the critical link between human capital and economic growth when he observed “Since human capital is embodied knowledge and skills, and economic development depends on advances in technological and scientific knowledge, development presumably depends on the accumulation of human capital.” More recently, Kuruvilla and Ranganathan (2008) show that, given sufficient skills levels, a development strategy based on the export of low-cost and high-end knowledge-based services is a viable alternative to the more traditional low-cost export-oriented manufacturing strategies for developing countries. Thus, the movement of many developing countries towards knowledge-based economic development inevitably requires the transition to more effective skills formation systems.
Lack of effectiveness of skills formation systems to produce high-level skills serves as a constraint to knowledge-based economic development. Adaptability and congruence of skills formation systems and constituent actors in response to factors such as economic development, skill demands of employers, technological progress and industrial strengthening, and macroeconomic trends is critical to knowledge-based development (Schwalje 2011). However, many countries in Africa are caught in a ‘low-skills equilibrium’ which is characterized by “a self-reinforcing network of societal and state institutions which interact to stifle the demand for improvements in skill levels (Finegold and Soskice 1988).” The African countries that have escaped the low skills equilibrium and formed higher skills based economies now face a poor match be
This report report from Brookings, with Rockefeller Foundation support, shows that building up a region’s advanced industries is one such possibility with enormous potential. These industries not only create good jobs within the industry, but also up and down their massive supply chains. These jobs provide higher wages and greater opportunity to low and middle-income workers adversely affected by the economic recession.
SCIENCE, TECHNOLOGY AND INNOVATION FOR SUSTAINABLE DEVELOPMENT IN ASIA AND TH...Lausanne Montreux Congress
Investment in science, technology and innovation (STI) needs to be the backbone of productivity-led economic
recovery and sustainable development. Despite significant increases in productivity over the past few decades,
economic growth in developing economies of Asia and the Pacific has been primarily driven by factor
accumulation. However, the average rate of productivity growth slowed between the periods 2000-2007 and
2008-2014 by 65 per cent, which has contributed to the current economic slowdown, potentially undermining
efforts to effectively pursue the 2030 Agenda for Sustainable Development.
The State of Higher Education in the Middle EastWesley Schwalje
This article references a Tahseen Consulting study in which we explored the barriers facing women in entering science, technology, engineering, and mathematics fields in the GCC in an article in Forbes Middle East. The original article is available at http://tahseen.ae/blog/?p=980.
A Conceptual Model of Skills Formation for Knowledge-based Economy in AfricaWesley Schwalje
The African Regional Action Plan on the Knowledge Economy (ARAPKE) was developed in association with the Second African Regional Preparatory Conference for the World Summit on the Information Society held in Accra, Ghana in February 2005. The political will for knowledge–based economic development has been reinforced consistently since 2005 by subsequent communiqués and regional meetings that have convened key stakeholders (Union 2006; Union 2010). The ARAPKE presents a continent wide, coordinated strategy to transition towards knowledge-based economic development. ARAPKE highlights the need for economic integration into the global economy which is increasingly dominated by knowledge-based industries. The African vision of knowledge-based economic development calls for collective effort to achieve the following objectives:
• To use information to accelerate development, induce good governance, and foster stability;
• To provide wellbeing and increase employment, reduce poverty, and empower underprivileged groups;
• To enhance the natural capital and human capacity of the region and minimize internal inequalities;
• To further benefit from information by fully becoming part of the global information society (Union 2005).
Similar to other regions of the world, the African vision for knowledge-based economic development is at the nexus of economic, political, and social objectives related to national competitiveness and economic policies that support innovation, technology development, entrepreneurship, workforce skills development, adoption of high performance organizational structures, and ICT infrastructure development (Planning 2010). Rischard (2009) observes several common development objectives, job creation, economic integration, economic diversification, environmental sustainability, and social development, which have underpinned successful transitions to knowledge-based economies elsewhere that are also reflected in the ARAPKE. As is articulated in the African vision, a vital precursor to knowledge-based development is human capital development that is conducive towards developing a society characterized by skilled, flexible, and innovative individuals nurtured through quality education, employment, and broadly accessible life-long learning opportunities (Planning 2010). In the 1960s, Becker (1994) underscored the critical link between human capital and economic growth when he observed “Since human capital is embodied knowledge and skills, and economic development depends on advances in technological and scientific knowledge, development presumably depends on the accumulation of human capital.” More recently, Kuruvilla and Ranganathan (2008) show that, given sufficient skills levels, a development strategy based on the export of low-cost and high-end knowledge-based services is a viable alternative to the more traditional low-cost export-oriented manufacturing strategies for developing countries. Thus, the movement of many developing countries towards knowledge-based economic development inevitably requires the transition to more effective skills formation systems.
Lack of effectiveness of skills formation systems to produce high-level skills serves as a constraint to knowledge-based economic development. Adaptability and congruence of skills formation systems and constituent actors in response to factors such as economic development, skill demands of employers, technological progress and industrial strengthening, and macroeconomic trends is critical to knowledge-based development (Schwalje 2011). However, many countries in Africa are caught in a ‘low-skills equilibrium’ which is characterized by “a self-reinforcing network of societal and state institutions which interact to stifle the demand for improvements in skill levels (Finegold and Soskice 1988).” The African countries that have escaped the low skills equilibrium and formed higher skills based economies now face a poor match be
This report report from Brookings, with Rockefeller Foundation support, shows that building up a region’s advanced industries is one such possibility with enormous potential. These industries not only create good jobs within the industry, but also up and down their massive supply chains. These jobs provide higher wages and greater opportunity to low and middle-income workers adversely affected by the economic recession.
Employability in the Cultural and Creative Sectors in Arab Mediterranean Coun...Jamaity
One of the main purposes of our study is to provide the conceptual and policy framework for understanding the creative economy, in order to identify major obstacles to
employment and employability in the cultural and creative sectors in four Arab Mediterranean Countries [AMC]: Palestine, Egypt, Tunisia and Morocco. We aim to identify the main obstacles facing job creation in these sectors, and assess gaps between the supply of skills (by universities and training centers) and their demand (by the labor market). To what extent are employment policies and Active Labor Market Programs [ALMP] in these countries capable of reducing the mismatch in these areas and supporting youth employability?
A preliminary study (literature review to collect data on the subject, including comparative studies for the four countries, etc.) allowed us to identify the main challenges of the cultural and creative sectors in AMC and to analyze the major characteristics of the labor market (section I). We conducted interviews with key-informants and stakeholders, by
developing a single questionnaire (see appendix 1), in order to discuss the specific challenges of each of the four countries (sections II, III, IV and V). Thus, we tried to combine two complementary approaches in our methodology: analysis of key documents and investigation methods used in development projects. While trying to identify our key
informants, we took into account the requirement to meet stakeholders from various backgrounds (including policy makers, cultural managers, artists…). Finally, five sets of
recommendations are suggested according to the main issues and challenges facing employability:
1- Improving the attractiveness and the quality of VET
2- Better preparedness of higher education institutions in order to reduce the skill
mismatch
3- The budget of ministries of culture should be increased and restructured
4- Need for better synergy between the local and the international scene
5- Better inclusive policies are needed for better jobs in the creative sector
This paper review how technology can be use to generate a more inclusive position both as instrument of dominion and emancipartion. This positive view of technology will be discuss with particular emphasis on the interrelationship between technology and quality of life that will bring about steady improvements in living conditions. This paper also talks about the usefulness of science, technology and lnnovations (STI) in adding value to our social system. The ability of local firms and enterprises to access technological know-how is fundamental in providing products and services. The use of computer in enhancing production, transportation, energy, commerce, education and health. STI will foster food production and accessibility to good health. This paper concluded that we cannot suppress change as a nation, we need to stop finding reasons why things cant be done and find the reasons why they must be done as well as the right way to do them before we wipe out ourselves.
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Making Tunisia the 'SiliconValley' of the Maghreb.
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A Conceptual Model of National Skills Formation for Knowledge-based Economic ...Wesley Schwalje
Nearly all of the countries in the Arab World have adopted development of a knowledge-based economy as a policy objective to meet economic, political, and social objectives. Policies aimed at catalyzing knowledge-based economies are highly related to job creation, economic integration, economic diversification, environmental sustainability, and social development. While the advantages of knowledge-based economic development have become clearer, so too have the challenges of implementing related policies. A Conceptual Model of National Skills Formation for Knowledge-based Economic Development in the Arab World, a new report by Tahseen Consulting, developed in collaboration with the Sheikh Saud bin Saqr Al Qasimi Foundation for Policy Research, provides a framework and best practices from the Gulf Cooperation Council for helping governments align skills formation policies with knowledge-based economic development.
National Skills Formation for Knowledge-based Economic Development
Beginning in the 1990s, there was a shift in the Arab World away from viewing education and training systems as solely suppliers of skills toward an emphasis on the relationship between governments, educational systems, labor markets, and firms to generate demand for skills. By adopting demand-driven, ecosystem approaches to skills formation, Arab governments can align education and training systems with high-growth sectors of industry for knowledge-based economic development and achievement of accompanying economic, political, and social objectives.
While many international models of skills formation promote an exclusively market based approach, several Arab countries view investment in human capital as a political and economic goal in which significant government intervention is warranted. Yet, many previous attempts at skills formation policy have failed to address persistent skills development problems and do not present a comprehensive strategy to develop the skills of the national workforce as a whole. Despite the need for countries to adopt demand-driven approaches to skills formation, many of the countries in the region have pursued policies with no clear link between key stakeholders and specific economic outcomes.
“The changing demands of knowledge-based economic development create a need for interdependence and collaborative networks for effective skills formation, said Wes Schwalje, Chief Operating Officer of Tahseen Consulting and author of the report. “The widespread regional pursuit of knowledge-based economic development is driven by policies that envision the emergence of high skill, high wage economies that will create jobs. However, the global availability and growth of low cost, high skill workers potentially threatens the viability and economic fundamentals of sophisticated, innovation-driven knowledge-based industries taking root in the region if skills formation challenges are not addressed.”
RBF Africa 2018 - Transforming Africa’s Development Through Innovation, Youth...Global Initiatives
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developing a single questionnaire (see appendix 1), in order to discuss the specific challenges of each of the four countries (sections II, III, IV and V). Thus, we tried to combine two complementary approaches in our methodology: analysis of key documents and investigation methods used in development projects. While trying to identify our key
informants, we took into account the requirement to meet stakeholders from various backgrounds (including policy makers, cultural managers, artists…). Finally, five sets of
recommendations are suggested according to the main issues and challenges facing employability:
1- Improving the attractiveness and the quality of VET
2- Better preparedness of higher education institutions in order to reduce the skill
mismatch
3- The budget of ministries of culture should be increased and restructured
4- Need for better synergy between the local and the international scene
5- Better inclusive policies are needed for better jobs in the creative sector
This paper review how technology can be use to generate a more inclusive position both as instrument of dominion and emancipartion. This positive view of technology will be discuss with particular emphasis on the interrelationship between technology and quality of life that will bring about steady improvements in living conditions. This paper also talks about the usefulness of science, technology and lnnovations (STI) in adding value to our social system. The ability of local firms and enterprises to access technological know-how is fundamental in providing products and services. The use of computer in enhancing production, transportation, energy, commerce, education and health. STI will foster food production and accessibility to good health. This paper concluded that we cannot suppress change as a nation, we need to stop finding reasons why things cant be done and find the reasons why they must be done as well as the right way to do them before we wipe out ourselves.
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Human Capital Development Towards Industralisation by Adesola Eghagha Quramo Conferences
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This April, the conference theme was People Power and focused on human capital development and the investment in people which can lead to industralisation in Africa.
Making Tunisia the 'SiliconValley' of the Maghreb.
Youth unemployment remains a major challenge of the Tunisian economy. Lack of access to decent jobs represents a major difficulty particularly for Tunisian graduates. In order to foster socio-economic development as well as creating sustainable job creation it is necessary to strengthen the private sector and facilitate the creation of new enterprises. However, starting a business requires as much financial and managerial knowledge as it doestechnologicalandmarket expertise.While many Tunisians have technical skills, they lack entrepreneurial skills. In order to address these challenges this policy briefs suggests investing in the creation of innovation laboratories and co-working spaces as well as designing a new legal framework that can facilitate entrepreneurial procedures.
The presentation is a position paper on the interconnections between the
education policy, curriculum choices on science, technology, engineering and
mathematics and the place of demography. The study is aggregate of thoughts
complemented with archival review of existing literature and empirical analysis on
admission trends and population growth. It was also firstly presented in one of the
several departmental seminars. The study emphasised that demographic trends and
growth are the main engine for technological progress. The study portrays
demographic trends as crucial engine for technological progress and also works as
the drivers of human capital towards achievement of economic prosperity. The result
revealed wider gender gap that range from 41.4% to 51.5% in both pre-and post-
STEM policy, though it finally stablised at 41.5% in 2009. The study positioned
demographers as the conduit for delivery of optimum population or population
explosion via assisted fertility technology e.g. in-vitro fertilization (IVF),
preimplantation genetic diagnosis, human reproductive cloning, fetal DNA in
maternal plasma, and genetic diagnosis). Therefore, while the pursuit of science,
technology, engineering and mathematics is crucial for growth, the neglect of the
sources of supply of human drivers or the demographic-based pull-and-push factors
could engender wobbling and crawling structure of technological advancement. The
authors however recommends adequate knowledge of these interplays for plausible
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core of the project are a series of workshops and round-tables held in different
regions of Tunisia and through which experts have developed key policy recommendations.
A Conceptual Model of National Skills Formation for Knowledge-based Economic ...Wesley Schwalje
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National Skills Formation for Knowledge-based Economic Development
Beginning in the 1990s, there was a shift in the Arab World away from viewing education and training systems as solely suppliers of skills toward an emphasis on the relationship between governments, educational systems, labor markets, and firms to generate demand for skills. By adopting demand-driven, ecosystem approaches to skills formation, Arab governments can align education and training systems with high-growth sectors of industry for knowledge-based economic development and achievement of accompanying economic, political, and social objectives.
While many international models of skills formation promote an exclusively market based approach, several Arab countries view investment in human capital as a political and economic goal in which significant government intervention is warranted. Yet, many previous attempts at skills formation policy have failed to address persistent skills development problems and do not present a comprehensive strategy to develop the skills of the national workforce as a whole. Despite the need for countries to adopt demand-driven approaches to skills formation, many of the countries in the region have pursued policies with no clear link between key stakeholders and specific economic outcomes.
“The changing demands of knowledge-based economic development create a need for interdependence and collaborative networks for effective skills formation, said Wes Schwalje, Chief Operating Officer of Tahseen Consulting and author of the report. “The widespread regional pursuit of knowledge-based economic development is driven by policies that envision the emergence of high skill, high wage economies that will create jobs. However, the global availability and growth of low cost, high skill workers potentially threatens the viability and economic fundamentals of sophisticated, innovation-driven knowledge-based industries taking root in the region if skills formation challenges are not addressed.”
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One of the most widely reported challenges that GCC countries and companies now face is the retention of highly qualified female employees. Retention can be particularly problematic as women try to strike a balance between familial responsibilities and succeeding in the workplace. Schwalje asked the panel to reflect on five key challenges: overcoming social perceptions about occupations traditionally dominated by males, implementing female-friendly workplace policies, enabling work-life balance, developing family-friendly facilities, and articulating clear career trajectories for women.
Panel members included Khawla Al Mehairi, Vice President of Marketing and Corporate Communication, Dubai Electricity and Water Authority, Khaled Al Khudair, Founder, Glowork, and Deborah Gills, Chief Executive Officer, Catalyst. A copy of Tahseen Consulting’s analysis supporting the criticality of addressing the five panel focus themes is below along a with video that captures Schwalje’s thoughts on the way forward.
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The importation of the knowledge economy concept to the Arab region was accompanied by an emphasis on the welfare of individuals being tied directly to their success in gaining and maintaining higher qualifications and skills which could be sold in the labor market to match high wage employment opportunities expected to be generated by emerging high skill, knowledge-based industries. However, the high wage, high skills jobs associated with knowledge-based industries have not materialized in the region and are increasingly subject to competition from the emergence of low wage, high skill workers in other developing countries.
Tahseen Consulting’s Wes Schwalje Speaks With Forbes Woman Middle East About ...Wesley Schwalje
With its second issue released in July, Forbes Woman Middle East is quickly emerging as a leading publication for female professionals in the Arab World. Rather than focus on beauty and fashion like many competing publications aimed at women in the region, Forbes Woman Middle East is aimed at professional women who are trying to make a mark on companies across the region.
Tahseen Consulting is honored to have its work on female technical vocational education and training and employment in the GCC featured in the July issue. In the article, Tahseen Consulting’s Chief Operating Officer Wes Schwalje speaks with Hannah Stewart Executive Editor from Forbes Woman Middle East regarding the barriers facing women in entering science, technology, engineering, and mathematics (STEM) fields in the GCC. In a wide ranging discussion, Schwalje explains the economic impact of the lack of women employed in STEM fields and what GCC countries can do to encourage more women to enter emerging technical fields.
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Tunisian Minister of Foreign Affairs and Former Head of the UN Commission on Science and Technology for Development Cites Tahseen Consulting’s Research on Innovation Systems in the Arab World
1. Science, Technology and
Innovation for development
Presentation at the Arab Forum for
Scientific Research and Sustainable
Development
Tunis
20-22 December 2013
Mongi Hamdi
Head, Science, Technology and ICT at UNCTAD and
Head of the Secretariat of the United Nations Commission
on Science and Technology for Development
2. Why should Arab countries care about
science, technology and innovation (STI)?
• STI cut across all sectors of the economy and offer
opportunities for economic and social gains;
• Much of the global differences in economic and social
well-being can be traced to differences in levels and
spread of STI;
• In fact, technology has become the dividing line
between development and underdevelopment.
2
4. 1950s 1960s 1970s 1980s 1990s 2000s
Credit card
Superglue
Power
steering
Barcode
Hydrogen
bomb
Flight
recorder
Transistor
radio
Birth
control pill
Nonstick
pan
Polio
Vaccine
Modem
Laser
Internal
pacemaker
Halogen
lamp
Valium
Non dairy
creamer
Audio
cassette
Smoke
detector
Silicone
breast
implant
Soft
contact
lenses
Compact
disk
Computer
mouse
ATM
Electronic
fuel
injection
for cars
Floppy
disk
Food
processor
Microproc
essor
VCR
Air bags
Word
processor
Gene
splicing
Disposabl
e lighter
Liposuctio
n
Laser
printer
MRI
Artificial
heart
Cellular
phone
Email
Walkman
Hepatitis B
vaccine
MS DOS
First IBM
PC
Human
growth
hormone
genetically
engineere
d
CD ROM
Apple
Macintosh
Windows
program
Disposabl
e camera
3D video
game
Digital
cellular
phones
Morning
after pill
Prozac
High
Definition
TV
World
Wide
Web/Intern
et protocol
(HTTP)
Digital
answering
machine
Small pill
Pentium
processor
HIV
protease
inhibitor
Java
computer
language
DVD
Web TV
Gas
powered
fuel cell
Viagra
Cloning of
mammals
MP3 player
Personal
video
recorder
Wireless
LAN
Birth
control
patch
Braille
globe
iTunes
Music
Store
Camera
phone
Hybrid car
Nasal mist
flu shot
LED light
Human
genome
gene chip
Micro fuel
cell
Artificial
liver
Fuel cell
bike
Infrared
fever
screening
system
Digital
satellite
radio
Blackberry
Technological innovations have had significant
impact on people’s lives
Source: www.vifamily.ca
5. GDP per capita and Technological Capability
Source: Fagerberg and Srholec (2008)
5
6. Innovation is key to Europe 2020 – The EU strategy
for smart, sustainable and inclusive growth
• Smart growth: developing an economy driven by
knowledge and innovation;
• Sustainable growth: based on a resource-efficient,
greener and more competitive economy; and
• Inclusive growth: fostering a high-employment
economy with social and territorial cohesion
6
7. The importance of R&D and Innovation
“Where R&D focuses on transforming
money into knowledge,
innovation is about transforming
knowledge into money.”
Esko Aho, Former Prime Minister of Finland
8. STI: Transforming Money into Knowledge and Vice Versa
Knowledge &
InventionsMoney
R&D
Innovation
(Entrepreneurship)
10. Gross domestic expenditure on research and development (GERD) / GDP ratio
for Arab Countries compared to other countries (2009 or latest year available %)
Sources: UNESCO Science Report 2010, World Bank/World Development Indicators
11. Rep. of Korea R&D (% of GDP) 1963-2010
Source: Korea Science and Technology Policy Institute
0
0.5
1
1.5
2
2.5
3
3.5
4
1963 1970 1980 1990 2003 2010
Korea, R&D (% GDP)
12. Unbalanced distribution of knowledge
Territories sized in proportion to
earnings from royalties and licence fees
13. The technology gap: Absorptive and innovative capabilities
Developed vs. Developing countries, 1980 and 2008
Source: UNCTAD
14. Global Innovation Index Score
vs.
GDP per capita in PPP $ (in scale)
Source: INSEAD and WIPO (2012) The Global Innovation Index 2012
15. Building STI Capacity
What types and levels of STI capacity are
needed for technology absorption and STI-led
development in Arab countries?
Should Arab countries focus on building capacity
to generate new knowledge or focus on existing
knowledge and adapt it to their needs?
16. Building appropriate STI capacity
STI capacity building involves building two kinds of
capacity:
1. The capacity to acquire and use existing knowledge
2. The capacity to produce and use new knowledge
It also needs building capacity at four levels:
1. The level of education and training
2. The level of labor force skills
3. The level of acquisition and innovation
4. The level of government policy making
18. STIP Reviews: Objectives
• The purpose of the STIP Review is to help the Government
ensure that its STI programmes become an instrument for
supporting relevant components of the national
development agenda, helping local industry compete,
generating better paying jobs, increasing standards of living,
reducing poverty, and promoting the Government’s growth
and export diversification strategy
• Other objectives of STIP reviews:
– Improve linkages between SMEs, large firms, science and
technology institutions, and business associations
– Identify measures to encourage transfer of technology
19. STIP Reviews: Process
• STIP Process:
– At the request of interested Governments
– Full involvement of national counterpart (Usually the Ministry of S&T)
– Team of UNCTAD staff and international experts conducts field
mission and prepares an evaluation report
– Internal review process and feedback from country counterparts
– Report and recommendations discussed at multistakeholder national
workshop
– Final report of the STIP Review including the outcome of the national
workshop presented to the UN Commission on Science and
Technology for Development and in other appropriate forums
– Implementation of recommendations
20. STIP Reviews common findings for most
developing countries:
– Lack of key capacities (to identify, acquire, use, adapt, diffuse) at all
levels (State, industry firm, individuals)
– Lack of critical mass: human capital, infrastructure, policy-making
– general lack of technical training facilities
– Lack of resources at the disposal of S&T institutions
– Weak NSI, with lack of linkages within the economy and with
technology markets
– Weak linkages between SMEs, larger firms and S&T institutions
– Lack of focus of STI agendas on national development needs
– Lack of STI awareness and political leadership
– Brain drain
21. Common findings for a large number of developing countries
• The absence of a S&T governance mechanism at the
government level;
• Low expenditure on R&D as a percentage of GDP;
• Lack of coordiantion between and among S&T institutions;
• Lack of co-operation between scientific organizations and
productive sectors;
• Low technology component, leading to few manufactured
exports and a limited number of high-tech exports;
• Poor capacity to innovate;
• Lack of databases providing information on S&T;
22. General Reforms
• Reform of education and vocational education systems
• Improved collaboration between industry, Govt., R&D, education system
and consumer (e.g, through an appropriate national innovation system)
• Encourage widespread and comprehensive innovation at all levels, from
grassroots to SMEs and to large firms as an enabler of economic growth
and competitiveness
23. Reforms relating to financing
• Science and Technology Fund, especially for SMEs
• Evolve funding mechanisms such as various forms of loans and equity,
for such technology-intensive acquisition
• Strategic positioning of the Arab world as a technology creator and
knowledge-based economy will depend not just on development of
indigenous technological expertise, but also on the ability to identify,
acquire, adapt and master imported technologies
24. Reforms related to legislation
• Provide incentives for R&D by enacting legislation for inventions arising out of
government-funded research in order to encourage industry-government-
academia interaction and enable commercialization of research findings;
• Give universities and research institutions ownership and patent rights over
inventions arising out of government-funded research;
• Create a conducive environment for universities and research institutions to
commercialize their inventions through licensing arrangements where inventors
would also be allowed to receive a share of the royalty
25. Reforms related education
• Create insentives for young students to go to vocational training
• Encourage science education at primary and secondary level. Science
education for young kids can be exciting and motivating, and is an
effective way to build essential skills-- in communication, social
interaction, and continued learning
• Create better linkages in higher education with industry to deliver
necessary skill sets and meet industry needs and requirements (e.g.,
both in quantity and type of skills)
• To fully realize the demographic dividend, make education more flexible,
contemporary, relevant, inclusive and creative
• Emphasize more on quality and excellence and less on quantity of
graduates
• Increase public spending and diversify sources of funding
26. Closing thoughts
• The challenges of the new paradigm of economic development are not
going to be addressed properly until we better integrate STI into basic
economic development strategies.
• There is need for vision; strategy; and commitment at the highest level.
• Political support at the highest level (e.g. Supreme Council or national
commissions on STI)
. To build appropriate STI: (1) to acquire and use existing knowledge; and (2) to
produce and use new knowledge
. STI funds to support infrastructure development (ICTs, transport) and R&D
. STI hubs and technoparks to build STI capacity to identify, acquire, absorb,
adapt and use technology (i.e., technology transfer).
. Incentives for linkages among research institutes, universities, the private
sector and government (i.e., NIS).