In 2017, the Innovations Development Platform published the introduction of the Strategy of Innovations Development in Ukraine offering a clear plan to activate innovation development processes [7]. In fact, the strategy meeting was held and the Innovation Development Board has been formed in Ukraine. Besides, the Board has held the advisory meeting, and the Plan of Innovations Development in Ukraine has been elaborated. Presently, the Ukrainian economy requires progressing to further stages, i.e. auditing of the current regulatory environment, development and approving of the new legislative framework and further adoption of the new laws.
This presentation provides a report on actions taken by the Italian National Contact Point (NCP) following the OECD Peer Review of the Italian NCP in 2017.
Public Sector Intangibles: The SPINTAN ProjectSPINTAN
Paper by Matilde Mas on the SPINTAN Project presented in the 10th World Conference on Intellectual Capital for Communities, University Paris-Sud, June 5th and 6th 2014
The OECD SBO Network of Parliamentary Budget Officials & Independent Fiscal Institutions (PBO) is a diverse network of staff from parliamentary budget offices, fiscal councils, and research units. The PBO network focuses on improving budget scrutiny, sharing experiences on working methods, and identifying good practices. In 2014, the OECD Council approved the Principles for Independent Fiscal Institutions to provide guidance on designing independent fiscal watchdog organizations. The PBO network continues working to develop frameworks for evaluating these types of institutions.
Presentation by SIGMA expert Jolanda Trebicka from Albania, on the Analysis of the Albanian monitoring and reporting requirements and practices, made at a seminar organised by SIGMA for representatives of the Albanian Office of the Prime Minister and selected line ministries, Tirana 9 February 2017.
The document summarizes the main conclusions and recommendations of the Innovation Performance Review of Kazakhstan conducted by the United Nations Economic Commission for Europe (UNECE) at the request of the Kazakh government. The review assessed Kazakhstan's national innovation system and policy framework, identifying strengths like high-level innovation prioritization, but also areas for improvement such as enhancing connectivity within the system and improving coherence of innovation policies. Key recommendations included strengthening industry-science linkages, knowledge generation and transfer, and making innovation support institutions more effective with improved linkages and regionalization. The UNECE expressed willingness to work with Kazakhstan on implementing the review's recommendations.
Strategy of Innovations Development in Ukraine Part I. Introduction. Dmytro S...Dmytro Shestakov
80% of developments in the USSR defense industry were carried out in Ukraine. Thanks to sucha big school of scientists and developers, Ukraine remains among the world leaders in the field of development and production of military and dual-use products.
Today the state practically does not finance the new developments in this area, since the bulk of financing is spent on maintaining the combat capability of existing weapons and equipment of the Ukrainian Armed Forces. Therefore this traditional state monopoly was handed over to private investors, opening doors for local and foreign businesses to step into this typically closed, highly marginal market.
Moreover, there has never existed a mechanism in Ukraine that in a short time would allow developing an innovative idea into the prototype, and then — launching a serial production and its passing to the army.
The most appropriate alternative under such conditions is to attract funds from Ukrainian and foreign investors for development and production of promising defense products.
But it needs to be implemented within a transparent mechanism that has proved its effectiveness in the global best practices.
Today such a mechanism is open platforms — project offices which ensure the development and production of innovative products for specific market objectives and standards: DARPA in theUSA, MAFAT and the Office of the chief scientist in Israel, DRDC in Canada, DSTO in Australia.
Considering the experience of developing innovations by Ukrainian specialists commissioned by foreign customers, Ukrainian technologies compare favorably in creativity and cost-effectiveness among foreign analogues and are competitive in international markets.
Dmytro Shestakov, Oleksiy Poliarush, 2017
This document discusses challenges facing innovation development in Ukraine, including:
1) Low and declining R&D expenditure as a percentage of GDP compared to other countries. Most company spending goes to equipment purchases rather than R&D.
2) Inefficient use of government funds and lack of effective budget planning and performance assessment.
3) Lack of investment in R&D due to an underdeveloped financial system and incentives that primarily focus on direct funding rather than tax benefits.
4) Weak organizational infrastructure for innovation including research institutions that lack stable funding to maintain technology infrastructure for innovation activities.
This presentation provides a report on actions taken by the Italian National Contact Point (NCP) following the OECD Peer Review of the Italian NCP in 2017.
Public Sector Intangibles: The SPINTAN ProjectSPINTAN
Paper by Matilde Mas on the SPINTAN Project presented in the 10th World Conference on Intellectual Capital for Communities, University Paris-Sud, June 5th and 6th 2014
The OECD SBO Network of Parliamentary Budget Officials & Independent Fiscal Institutions (PBO) is a diverse network of staff from parliamentary budget offices, fiscal councils, and research units. The PBO network focuses on improving budget scrutiny, sharing experiences on working methods, and identifying good practices. In 2014, the OECD Council approved the Principles for Independent Fiscal Institutions to provide guidance on designing independent fiscal watchdog organizations. The PBO network continues working to develop frameworks for evaluating these types of institutions.
Presentation by SIGMA expert Jolanda Trebicka from Albania, on the Analysis of the Albanian monitoring and reporting requirements and practices, made at a seminar organised by SIGMA for representatives of the Albanian Office of the Prime Minister and selected line ministries, Tirana 9 February 2017.
The document summarizes the main conclusions and recommendations of the Innovation Performance Review of Kazakhstan conducted by the United Nations Economic Commission for Europe (UNECE) at the request of the Kazakh government. The review assessed Kazakhstan's national innovation system and policy framework, identifying strengths like high-level innovation prioritization, but also areas for improvement such as enhancing connectivity within the system and improving coherence of innovation policies. Key recommendations included strengthening industry-science linkages, knowledge generation and transfer, and making innovation support institutions more effective with improved linkages and regionalization. The UNECE expressed willingness to work with Kazakhstan on implementing the review's recommendations.
Strategy of Innovations Development in Ukraine Part I. Introduction. Dmytro S...Dmytro Shestakov
80% of developments in the USSR defense industry were carried out in Ukraine. Thanks to sucha big school of scientists and developers, Ukraine remains among the world leaders in the field of development and production of military and dual-use products.
Today the state practically does not finance the new developments in this area, since the bulk of financing is spent on maintaining the combat capability of existing weapons and equipment of the Ukrainian Armed Forces. Therefore this traditional state monopoly was handed over to private investors, opening doors for local and foreign businesses to step into this typically closed, highly marginal market.
Moreover, there has never existed a mechanism in Ukraine that in a short time would allow developing an innovative idea into the prototype, and then — launching a serial production and its passing to the army.
The most appropriate alternative under such conditions is to attract funds from Ukrainian and foreign investors for development and production of promising defense products.
But it needs to be implemented within a transparent mechanism that has proved its effectiveness in the global best practices.
Today such a mechanism is open platforms — project offices which ensure the development and production of innovative products for specific market objectives and standards: DARPA in theUSA, MAFAT and the Office of the chief scientist in Israel, DRDC in Canada, DSTO in Australia.
Considering the experience of developing innovations by Ukrainian specialists commissioned by foreign customers, Ukrainian technologies compare favorably in creativity and cost-effectiveness among foreign analogues and are competitive in international markets.
Dmytro Shestakov, Oleksiy Poliarush, 2017
This document discusses challenges facing innovation development in Ukraine, including:
1) Low and declining R&D expenditure as a percentage of GDP compared to other countries. Most company spending goes to equipment purchases rather than R&D.
2) Inefficient use of government funds and lack of effective budget planning and performance assessment.
3) Lack of investment in R&D due to an underdeveloped financial system and incentives that primarily focus on direct funding rather than tax benefits.
4) Weak organizational infrastructure for innovation including research institutions that lack stable funding to maintain technology infrastructure for innovation activities.
Prospects of Development of Activity of Modern Enterprises in the Conditions ...ijtsrd
The article is devoted to prospects of development of national economy on the basis of stimulation of innovative activity of modern enterprises. The basic directions of creation of small business, measures on support and formation of an innovative infrastructure are considered, mechanisms and the economic content of integration interaction of small and large business are defined. In article perspective directions of development of activity of the modern enterprises are proved. Siddikov Mumin | Berdiqulov Azzam "Prospects of Development of Activity of Modern Enterprises in the Conditions of Innovative Economy" Published in International Journal of Trend in Scientific Research and Development (ijtsrd), ISSN: 2456-6470, Volume-4 | Issue-4 , June 2020, URL: https://www.ijtsrd.com/papers/ijtsrd31262.pdf Paper Url :https://www.ijtsrd.com/management/innovation-and-product-dev/31262/prospects-of-development-of-activity-of-modern-enterprises-in-the-conditions-of-innovative-economy/siddikov-mumin
Russia is pursuing several approaches to innovation policy including developing a national innovation infrastructure and state science and technology policies. The national innovation infrastructure aims to foster interaction between research institutions and businesses through various programs and initiatives like Skolkovo Innovation Center, universities receiving government support, and special economic zones that provide tax incentives. The state is also working to correct directions in science and technology policy by accelerating applied research, prioritizing breakthrough technologies, and creating a unified research infrastructure. Technology platforms are being established to bring together government, business, and academia to identify innovative challenges and develop strategic research programs. Over 30 technology platforms have been launched covering priority sectors like medicine, IT, energy, and materials.
Modern Approaches and Strategies for the Implementation of Innovative Process...ijtsrd
The article describes the modern approaches, strategies and the role of innovation in the development of innovation processes in industrial enterprises of the Republic of Uzbekistan. Dexkhanova Nargiza Sharifovna "Modern Approaches and Strategies for the Implementation of Innovative Processes in Industrial Enterprises on the Example of Uzbekistan" Published in International Journal of Trend in Scientific Research and Development (ijtsrd), ISSN: 2456-6470, Special Issue | Modern Trends in Scientific Research and Development, Case of Asia , October 2020, URL: https://www.ijtsrd.com/papers/ijtsrd35882.pdf Paper Url :https://www.ijtsrd.com/economics/other/35882/modern-approaches-and-strategies-for-the-implementation-of-innovative-processes-in-industrial-enterprises-on-the-example-of-uzbekistan/dexkhanova-nargiza-sharifovna
Joint report on regulatory sandboxes and innovation hubs🌍 Norbert Gehrke
The document discusses regulatory sandboxes and innovation hubs that have been established in the EU and EEA to facilitate financial innovation. It provides a comparative analysis of the features of innovation hubs across jurisdictions. Innovation hubs allow firms to engage with regulators to seek non-binding guidance on innovative products and business models. Most member states have established innovation hubs, while a smaller number have regulatory sandboxes. The analysis finds that while objectives are largely similar, practices vary in areas like the mode of interaction with firms, nature of advice, and transparency of outcomes. Best practices are identified to promote consistency and transparency in the design and operation of innovation facilitators.
This document provides an overview of the OECD project on Innovation for Inclusive Growth and its 2015 report. The project aims to examine how innovation can promote inclusive development. It involved experts from various countries and organizations. The 2015 report focuses on inclusive innovations that improve welfare for disadvantaged groups. It discusses policy approaches to support such innovations and ensure they reach scale. The document outlines challenges like informality, access to expertise and finance, and regulatory issues. It proposes policy responses like cross-government coordination, public-private partnerships, and financial support to foster cooperation across actors and address challenges.
Unn tcc presentation april may, 2014-innovation corridor_usa_engKendrick White
The document describes the Technology Commercialization Center (TCC) at UNN, a university in Maryland, U.S. The TCC aims to commercialize innovations from UNN through various programs and departments, including assessing intellectual property, patenting and licensing, legal support, proof-of-concept testing, and business development training. It provides statistics on its activities and outlines its goals to develop strategic partnerships and support innovative small companies in fields like biotechnology. The TCC also works with the EURECA program's Innovation Corridor to help Russian technologies enter the US market.
Unn tcc presentation april may, 2014-innovation corridor_usa_engKendrick White
The document describes the Technology Commercialization Center (TCC) at UNN, a university in Maryland, U.S. The TCC aims to commercialize innovations from UNN's research through various programs and departments, including intellectual property assessment, patenting and licensing, legal support, and proof-of-concept testing. It provides statistics on its activities and outlines its goals of establishing partnerships and entrepreneurship programs to support the commercialization of technologies globally through initiatives like the US-Russia Innovation Corridor.
Intellectual Property Policies for Innovation in Kazakhstaninnovationoecd
This document discusses boosting Kazakhstan's national intellectual property system for innovation. It provides an overview of Kazakhstan's socio-economic conditions and innovation potential, the organization of its intellectual property system, different intellectual property user groups in the country, and efforts to create conditions for intellectual property markets. The document recommends focusing policy on improving coordination of intellectual property policies, facilitating use of intellectual property by SMEs and traditional sectors, adapting policies targeted at universities to enhance private sector development, and taking a sectoral focus in intellectual property policies.
The document summarizes a strategic program for innovation in the Province of Milan from 1999-2001. It conducted analyses of the needs of SMEs and the local innovation support system. Key findings included SMEs focusing on autonomous innovation but lacking cooperation, support, financing, and skilled personnel. The system lacked coordination and focus on SME needs. The program defined objectives, strategies and fields of action to address these weaknesses by strengthening technology transfer, cooperation, and the coordination of actors through a Regional Innovation System. An action plan was created with pilot programs already underway and new proposals to better support innovation among Milan's SMEs.
This document discusses the establishment of State Innovation Councils in India to help implement the national strategy and prepare a roadmap for innovations during 2010-2020. The key points are:
- State Innovation Councils will be formed to support state governments in promoting innovations, identifying opportunities, and creating an innovation ecosystem.
- The councils will consist of representatives from government, academia, and industry and will create a 6-month roadmap for driving innovations in their state.
- The roadmaps will analyze the state's innovation potential and challenges, identify sectors for growth, and recommend policy actions and initiatives to improve the innovation environment.
- Progress will be evaluated based on metrics like patents, new products/businesses
Problems and Prospects of Infrastructure and Innovative Development of Kazakh...Dr. Amarjeet Singh
This document summarizes an article about the problems and prospects of infrastructure and innovative development in Kazakhstan. It identifies several key problems inhibiting innovation in Kazakhstan, including a lack of investment in research and development, technological backwardness, and underdeveloped scientific sector. It also proposes some solutions, such as attracting more foreign investment, developing high-tech industries, establishing technology parks, and increasing state funding for innovation projects. Overall, the document argues that Kazakhstan needs to overcome technological degradation and transition to an industrial-innovative economy focused on high-tech industries in order to accelerate economic growth.
The recent wave of financial innovation, particularly innovation related to the application of information and communication technologies, poses a serious challenge to the financial industry’s business model in both its banking and non-banking components. It has already revolutionised financial services and, most likely, will continue to do so in the future. If not responded to adequately and timely by regulators, it may create new risks to financial stability, as occurred before the global financial crisis of 2007-2009. However, financial innovation will not seriously affect the process of monetary policymaking and is unlikely to undermine the ability of central banks to perform their price stability mission. The recent wave of financial innovation, particularly innovation related to the application of information and communication technologies, poses a serious challenge to the financial industry’s business model in both its banking and non-banking components. It has already revolutionised financial services and, most likely, will continue to do so in the future. If not responded to adequately and timely by regulators, it may create new risks to financial stability, as occurred before the global financial crisis of 2007-2009. However, financial innovation will not seriously affect the process of monetary policymaking and is unlikely to undermine the ability of central banks to perform their price stability mission.
What are the user interests behind requests for data and indicators on PPI? C...STIEAS
Expert Workshop on the Measurement of Public Procurement of Innovation. “What are the user interests behind requests for data and indicators on PPI? Can these requirements be clearly identified and delivered? ”, presentation from Ms. Hernández-Garvayo
BRICS Action Plan for Innovation Cooperation ChinaDr Lendy Spires
The document outlines a BRICS Action Plan for Innovation Cooperation from 2017-2020. It discusses how BRICS countries contribute significantly to global GDP, R&D investment, and scientific publications despite having 42% of the world's population. The plan aims to promote innovation and cooperation to support sustainable development. Key actions include strengthening cooperation in scientific activities, technology transfer, supporting youth entrepreneurship, boosting investment in innovation, and promoting mobility of scientists and entrepreneurs among BRICS countries. The BRICS STIEP Working Group will implement the plan by creating networks of science parks and cross-cultural talent pools to convert ideas into solutions in key domains.
Innoteque 2016 was an event organized in Bucharest and Cluj between October 5-7, 2016 by Impact Hub and Recognos. Participants made a series of recommendations for building an ecosystem of innovation and entrepreneurship in Romania.
This document provides an overview of the scientific and research sector in Ukraine. It discusses the main challenges facing the sector, including an unstable political and economic situation, high inflation, low salaries, and many talented professionals leaving the country. It outlines the structure of the sector, including laws and regulations, funding levels, key institutions, and issues around independence and transparency. Demographic trends are also examined, showing many Ukrainians migrating or working abroad temporarily due to economic hardships. Some famous scientists and technologists with Ukrainian heritage are highlighted. The report aims to evaluate and analyze technology commercialization in Ukraine.
This report, compiled by China Intelligence Online, provides an operational overview of the Chinese environmental sector, focusing mainly on market development and strategies.
Investigating the whole sector, the report aims to determine the business opportunities for foreign companies and help investors target markets.
Prospects of Development of Activity of Modern Enterprises in the Conditions ...ijtsrd
The article is devoted to prospects of development of national economy on the basis of stimulation of innovative activity of modern enterprises. The basic directions of creation of small business, measures on support and formation of an innovative infrastructure are considered, mechanisms and the economic content of integration interaction of small and large business are defined. In article perspective directions of development of activity of the modern enterprises are proved. Siddikov Mumin | Berdiqulov Azzam "Prospects of Development of Activity of Modern Enterprises in the Conditions of Innovative Economy" Published in International Journal of Trend in Scientific Research and Development (ijtsrd), ISSN: 2456-6470, Volume-4 | Issue-4 , June 2020, URL: https://www.ijtsrd.com/papers/ijtsrd31262.pdf Paper Url :https://www.ijtsrd.com/management/innovation-and-product-dev/31262/prospects-of-development-of-activity-of-modern-enterprises-in-the-conditions-of-innovative-economy/siddikov-mumin
Russia is pursuing several approaches to innovation policy including developing a national innovation infrastructure and state science and technology policies. The national innovation infrastructure aims to foster interaction between research institutions and businesses through various programs and initiatives like Skolkovo Innovation Center, universities receiving government support, and special economic zones that provide tax incentives. The state is also working to correct directions in science and technology policy by accelerating applied research, prioritizing breakthrough technologies, and creating a unified research infrastructure. Technology platforms are being established to bring together government, business, and academia to identify innovative challenges and develop strategic research programs. Over 30 technology platforms have been launched covering priority sectors like medicine, IT, energy, and materials.
Modern Approaches and Strategies for the Implementation of Innovative Process...ijtsrd
The article describes the modern approaches, strategies and the role of innovation in the development of innovation processes in industrial enterprises of the Republic of Uzbekistan. Dexkhanova Nargiza Sharifovna "Modern Approaches and Strategies for the Implementation of Innovative Processes in Industrial Enterprises on the Example of Uzbekistan" Published in International Journal of Trend in Scientific Research and Development (ijtsrd), ISSN: 2456-6470, Special Issue | Modern Trends in Scientific Research and Development, Case of Asia , October 2020, URL: https://www.ijtsrd.com/papers/ijtsrd35882.pdf Paper Url :https://www.ijtsrd.com/economics/other/35882/modern-approaches-and-strategies-for-the-implementation-of-innovative-processes-in-industrial-enterprises-on-the-example-of-uzbekistan/dexkhanova-nargiza-sharifovna
Joint report on regulatory sandboxes and innovation hubs🌍 Norbert Gehrke
The document discusses regulatory sandboxes and innovation hubs that have been established in the EU and EEA to facilitate financial innovation. It provides a comparative analysis of the features of innovation hubs across jurisdictions. Innovation hubs allow firms to engage with regulators to seek non-binding guidance on innovative products and business models. Most member states have established innovation hubs, while a smaller number have regulatory sandboxes. The analysis finds that while objectives are largely similar, practices vary in areas like the mode of interaction with firms, nature of advice, and transparency of outcomes. Best practices are identified to promote consistency and transparency in the design and operation of innovation facilitators.
This document provides an overview of the OECD project on Innovation for Inclusive Growth and its 2015 report. The project aims to examine how innovation can promote inclusive development. It involved experts from various countries and organizations. The 2015 report focuses on inclusive innovations that improve welfare for disadvantaged groups. It discusses policy approaches to support such innovations and ensure they reach scale. The document outlines challenges like informality, access to expertise and finance, and regulatory issues. It proposes policy responses like cross-government coordination, public-private partnerships, and financial support to foster cooperation across actors and address challenges.
Unn tcc presentation april may, 2014-innovation corridor_usa_engKendrick White
The document describes the Technology Commercialization Center (TCC) at UNN, a university in Maryland, U.S. The TCC aims to commercialize innovations from UNN through various programs and departments, including assessing intellectual property, patenting and licensing, legal support, proof-of-concept testing, and business development training. It provides statistics on its activities and outlines its goals to develop strategic partnerships and support innovative small companies in fields like biotechnology. The TCC also works with the EURECA program's Innovation Corridor to help Russian technologies enter the US market.
Unn tcc presentation april may, 2014-innovation corridor_usa_engKendrick White
The document describes the Technology Commercialization Center (TCC) at UNN, a university in Maryland, U.S. The TCC aims to commercialize innovations from UNN's research through various programs and departments, including intellectual property assessment, patenting and licensing, legal support, and proof-of-concept testing. It provides statistics on its activities and outlines its goals of establishing partnerships and entrepreneurship programs to support the commercialization of technologies globally through initiatives like the US-Russia Innovation Corridor.
Intellectual Property Policies for Innovation in Kazakhstaninnovationoecd
This document discusses boosting Kazakhstan's national intellectual property system for innovation. It provides an overview of Kazakhstan's socio-economic conditions and innovation potential, the organization of its intellectual property system, different intellectual property user groups in the country, and efforts to create conditions for intellectual property markets. The document recommends focusing policy on improving coordination of intellectual property policies, facilitating use of intellectual property by SMEs and traditional sectors, adapting policies targeted at universities to enhance private sector development, and taking a sectoral focus in intellectual property policies.
The document summarizes a strategic program for innovation in the Province of Milan from 1999-2001. It conducted analyses of the needs of SMEs and the local innovation support system. Key findings included SMEs focusing on autonomous innovation but lacking cooperation, support, financing, and skilled personnel. The system lacked coordination and focus on SME needs. The program defined objectives, strategies and fields of action to address these weaknesses by strengthening technology transfer, cooperation, and the coordination of actors through a Regional Innovation System. An action plan was created with pilot programs already underway and new proposals to better support innovation among Milan's SMEs.
This document discusses the establishment of State Innovation Councils in India to help implement the national strategy and prepare a roadmap for innovations during 2010-2020. The key points are:
- State Innovation Councils will be formed to support state governments in promoting innovations, identifying opportunities, and creating an innovation ecosystem.
- The councils will consist of representatives from government, academia, and industry and will create a 6-month roadmap for driving innovations in their state.
- The roadmaps will analyze the state's innovation potential and challenges, identify sectors for growth, and recommend policy actions and initiatives to improve the innovation environment.
- Progress will be evaluated based on metrics like patents, new products/businesses
Problems and Prospects of Infrastructure and Innovative Development of Kazakh...Dr. Amarjeet Singh
This document summarizes an article about the problems and prospects of infrastructure and innovative development in Kazakhstan. It identifies several key problems inhibiting innovation in Kazakhstan, including a lack of investment in research and development, technological backwardness, and underdeveloped scientific sector. It also proposes some solutions, such as attracting more foreign investment, developing high-tech industries, establishing technology parks, and increasing state funding for innovation projects. Overall, the document argues that Kazakhstan needs to overcome technological degradation and transition to an industrial-innovative economy focused on high-tech industries in order to accelerate economic growth.
The recent wave of financial innovation, particularly innovation related to the application of information and communication technologies, poses a serious challenge to the financial industry’s business model in both its banking and non-banking components. It has already revolutionised financial services and, most likely, will continue to do so in the future. If not responded to adequately and timely by regulators, it may create new risks to financial stability, as occurred before the global financial crisis of 2007-2009. However, financial innovation will not seriously affect the process of monetary policymaking and is unlikely to undermine the ability of central banks to perform their price stability mission. The recent wave of financial innovation, particularly innovation related to the application of information and communication technologies, poses a serious challenge to the financial industry’s business model in both its banking and non-banking components. It has already revolutionised financial services and, most likely, will continue to do so in the future. If not responded to adequately and timely by regulators, it may create new risks to financial stability, as occurred before the global financial crisis of 2007-2009. However, financial innovation will not seriously affect the process of monetary policymaking and is unlikely to undermine the ability of central banks to perform their price stability mission.
What are the user interests behind requests for data and indicators on PPI? C...STIEAS
Expert Workshop on the Measurement of Public Procurement of Innovation. “What are the user interests behind requests for data and indicators on PPI? Can these requirements be clearly identified and delivered? ”, presentation from Ms. Hernández-Garvayo
BRICS Action Plan for Innovation Cooperation ChinaDr Lendy Spires
The document outlines a BRICS Action Plan for Innovation Cooperation from 2017-2020. It discusses how BRICS countries contribute significantly to global GDP, R&D investment, and scientific publications despite having 42% of the world's population. The plan aims to promote innovation and cooperation to support sustainable development. Key actions include strengthening cooperation in scientific activities, technology transfer, supporting youth entrepreneurship, boosting investment in innovation, and promoting mobility of scientists and entrepreneurs among BRICS countries. The BRICS STIEP Working Group will implement the plan by creating networks of science parks and cross-cultural talent pools to convert ideas into solutions in key domains.
Innoteque 2016 was an event organized in Bucharest and Cluj between October 5-7, 2016 by Impact Hub and Recognos. Participants made a series of recommendations for building an ecosystem of innovation and entrepreneurship in Romania.
This document provides an overview of the scientific and research sector in Ukraine. It discusses the main challenges facing the sector, including an unstable political and economic situation, high inflation, low salaries, and many talented professionals leaving the country. It outlines the structure of the sector, including laws and regulations, funding levels, key institutions, and issues around independence and transparency. Demographic trends are also examined, showing many Ukrainians migrating or working abroad temporarily due to economic hardships. Some famous scientists and technologists with Ukrainian heritage are highlighted. The report aims to evaluate and analyze technology commercialization in Ukraine.
This report, compiled by China Intelligence Online, provides an operational overview of the Chinese environmental sector, focusing mainly on market development and strategies.
Investigating the whole sector, the report aims to determine the business opportunities for foreign companies and help investors target markets.
Similar to Strategy of Innovations Development in Ukraine Part II (20)
Evidence of Jet Activity from the Secondary Black Hole in the OJ 287 Binary S...Sérgio Sacani
Wereport the study of a huge optical intraday flare on 2021 November 12 at 2 a.m. UT in the blazar OJ287. In the binary black hole model, it is associated with an impact of the secondary black hole on the accretion disk of the primary. Our multifrequency observing campaign was set up to search for such a signature of the impact based on a prediction made 8 yr earlier. The first I-band results of the flare have already been reported by Kishore et al. (2024). Here we combine these data with our monitoring in the R-band. There is a big change in the R–I spectral index by 1.0 ±0.1 between the normal background and the flare, suggesting a new component of radiation. The polarization variation during the rise of the flare suggests the same. The limits on the source size place it most reasonably in the jet of the secondary BH. We then ask why we have not seen this phenomenon before. We show that OJ287 was never before observed with sufficient sensitivity on the night when the flare should have happened according to the binary model. We also study the probability that this flare is just an oversized example of intraday variability using the Krakow data set of intense monitoring between 2015 and 2023. We find that the occurrence of a flare of this size and rapidity is unlikely. In machine-readable Tables 1 and 2, we give the full orbit-linked historical light curve of OJ287 as well as the dense monitoring sample of Krakow.
Mechanisms and Applications of Antiviral Neutralizing Antibodies - Creative B...Creative-Biolabs
Neutralizing antibodies, pivotal in immune defense, specifically bind and inhibit viral pathogens, thereby playing a crucial role in protecting against and mitigating infectious diseases. In this slide, we will introduce what antibodies and neutralizing antibodies are, the production and regulation of neutralizing antibodies, their mechanisms of action, classification and applications, as well as the challenges they face.
Microbial interaction
Microorganisms interacts with each other and can be physically associated with another organisms in a variety of ways.
One organism can be located on the surface of another organism as an ectobiont or located within another organism as endobiont.
Microbial interaction may be positive such as mutualism, proto-cooperation, commensalism or may be negative such as parasitism, predation or competition
Types of microbial interaction
Positive interaction: mutualism, proto-cooperation, commensalism
Negative interaction: Ammensalism (antagonism), parasitism, predation, competition
I. Mutualism:
It is defined as the relationship in which each organism in interaction gets benefits from association. It is an obligatory relationship in which mutualist and host are metabolically dependent on each other.
Mutualistic relationship is very specific where one member of association cannot be replaced by another species.
Mutualism require close physical contact between interacting organisms.
Relationship of mutualism allows organisms to exist in habitat that could not occupied by either species alone.
Mutualistic relationship between organisms allows them to act as a single organism.
Examples of mutualism:
i. Lichens:
Lichens are excellent example of mutualism.
They are the association of specific fungi and certain genus of algae. In lichen, fungal partner is called mycobiont and algal partner is called
II. Syntrophism:
It is an association in which the growth of one organism either depends on or improved by the substrate provided by another organism.
In syntrophism both organism in association gets benefits.
Compound A
Utilized by population 1
Compound B
Utilized by population 2
Compound C
utilized by both Population 1+2
Products
In this theoretical example of syntrophism, population 1 is able to utilize and metabolize compound A, forming compound B but cannot metabolize beyond compound B without co-operation of population 2. Population 2is unable to utilize compound A but it can metabolize compound B forming compound C. Then both population 1 and 2 are able to carry out metabolic reaction which leads to formation of end product that neither population could produce alone.
Examples of syntrophism:
i. Methanogenic ecosystem in sludge digester
Methane produced by methanogenic bacteria depends upon interspecies hydrogen transfer by other fermentative bacteria.
Anaerobic fermentative bacteria generate CO2 and H2 utilizing carbohydrates which is then utilized by methanogenic bacteria (Methanobacter) to produce methane.
ii. Lactobacillus arobinosus and Enterococcus faecalis:
In the minimal media, Lactobacillus arobinosus and Enterococcus faecalis are able to grow together but not alone.
The synergistic relationship between E. faecalis and L. arobinosus occurs in which E. faecalis require folic acid
Sexuality - Issues, Attitude and Behaviour - Applied Social Psychology - Psyc...PsychoTech Services
A proprietary approach developed by bringing together the best of learning theories from Psychology, design principles from the world of visualization, and pedagogical methods from over a decade of training experience, that enables you to: Learn better, faster!
Signatures of wave erosion in Titan’s coastsSérgio Sacani
The shorelines of Titan’s hydrocarbon seas trace flooded erosional landforms such as river valleys; however, it isunclear whether coastal erosion has subsequently altered these shorelines. Spacecraft observations and theo-retical models suggest that wind may cause waves to form on Titan’s seas, potentially driving coastal erosion,but the observational evidence of waves is indirect, and the processes affecting shoreline evolution on Titanremain unknown. No widely accepted framework exists for using shoreline morphology to quantitatively dis-cern coastal erosion mechanisms, even on Earth, where the dominant mechanisms are known. We combinelandscape evolution models with measurements of shoreline shape on Earth to characterize how differentcoastal erosion mechanisms affect shoreline morphology. Applying this framework to Titan, we find that theshorelines of Titan’s seas are most consistent with flooded landscapes that subsequently have been eroded bywaves, rather than a uniform erosional process or no coastal erosion, particularly if wave growth saturates atfetch lengths of tens of kilometers.
Anti-Universe And Emergent Gravity and the Dark UniverseSérgio Sacani
Recent theoretical progress indicates that spacetime and gravity emerge together from the entanglement structure of an underlying microscopic theory. These ideas are best understood in Anti-de Sitter space, where they rely on the area law for entanglement entropy. The extension to de Sitter space requires taking into account the entropy and temperature associated with the cosmological horizon. Using insights from string theory, black hole physics and quantum information theory we argue that the positive dark energy leads to a thermal volume law contribution to the entropy that overtakes the area law precisely at the cosmological horizon. Due to the competition between area and volume law entanglement the microscopic de Sitter states do not thermalise at sub-Hubble scales: they exhibit memory effects in the form of an entropy displacement caused by matter. The emergent laws of gravity contain an additional ‘dark’ gravitational force describing the ‘elastic’ response due to the entropy displacement. We derive an estimate of the strength of this extra force in terms of the baryonic mass, Newton’s constant and the Hubble acceleration scale a0 = cH0, and provide evidence for the fact that this additional ‘dark gravity force’ explains the observed phenomena in galaxies and clusters currently attributed to dark matter.
Anti-Universe And Emergent Gravity and the Dark Universe
Strategy of Innovations Development in Ukraine Part II
1.
2. 1 | INNOVATIONS DEVELOPMENT PLATFORM
CONTENTS
Foreword.......................................................................................................................... 2
World Bank’s Report on innovation and
entrepreneurship ecosystem diagnostic.......................................................................... 3
World Bank’s Report on Ukraine’s fiscal incentives for science,
technology and innovation activities: good practice review............................................ 5
World Bank’s Report on Ukraine’s intellectual property
and technology transfer regulatory review...................................................................... 7
World Bank’s Report on Ukraine’s science, technology,
and innovation public expenditure analysis..................................................................... 8
Peer review of the Ukrainian research and innovation system........................................ 10
Summary of Innovation Development In Ukraine strategy meeting................................ 12
List of Acronyms.............................................................................................................. 13
Sources............................................................................................................................ 13
Annex А: Proactive players of the Ukrainian innovation
and investment environment – participants of
Innovation Development in Ukraine strategy meeting..................................................... 14
3. 2 | INNOVATIONS DEVELOPMENT PLATFORM
Strategy of innovations development in Ukraine. Part II. Action plan | 2018
FOREWORD
The European Commission’s recommendations on modernisation of research centres (2016) [1] and
four reports of the World Bank describing further steps of the Government which intend the relevant
new research & development (R&D) laws (2017) [2-5] were published in the recent years in order to
launch the innovation-based economy in Ukraine, further develop such economy and switch from raw
material production to exportation of knowledge-intensive and hi-tech products with a high added value.
The aforesaid documents, in general, analyse the innovation component of the Ukrainian economy and
purport global changes in laws (i.e. corruption fighting, Government reforms, reforms of universities and
the National Academy of Sciences of Ukraine (NASU)). Furthermore, the initiatives of the Reforms Office
formed in 2016 as the advisory agency of the Ukrainian Cabinet of Ministers [6] have been developed,
and the Innovation Development Board headed by the Ukrainian Prime Minister has been launched.
In 2017, the Innovations Development Platform published the introduction of the Strategy of Innovations
Development in Ukraine offering a clear plan to activate innovation development processes [7]. In fact, the
strategy meeting was held and the Innovation Development Board has been formed in Ukraine. Besides,
the Board has held the advisory meeting, and the Plan of Innovations Development in Ukraine has been
elaborated. Presently, the Ukrainian economy requires progressing to further stages, i.e. auditing of the
current regulatory environment, development and approving of the new legislative framework and further
adoption of the new laws.
The aforementioned document combines and summarises the recommendations of the European
Commission and the World Bank in respect of switching to the innovation model of economic
development and the results of Innovation Development in Ukraine Strategy Meeting held in 2017 on
the initiative of the Innovations Development Platform and participation by the Ukrainian Institute of the
Future, the Reforms Office of the Ukrainian Cabinet of Ministers, the Investment Engagement Office
(UkraineInvest), representatives of McKinsey & Company and representatives of other 32 proactive
players of the Ukrainian innovation and investment environment (please refer to Annex А).
In order to ensure efficient implementation of the assignments set out in the Strategy of Innovations
Development in Ukraine, it is suggested to form the Project Office responsible for accomplishment of
specific and clearly defined tasks, such as:
•• auditing of the legislative framework, innovation and investment infrastructure;
•• coordination of new legislative framework development and approving; and
•• coordination of development and approving of the comprehensive model of cooperation
between innovation environment stakeholders and investors.
The relevant taskforces are suggested to be formed to develop the innovation environment model.
Based on the analysis of the current recommendations, in particular, the review of the World Bank
concerning obstacles to commercialisation of justified researches (‘Intellectual Property and Technology
Transfer Regulatory Review’) [4], and the results of the Strategy Meeting, we offer the following vision of
Ukrainian laws improvement:
1. Development of the laws enabling formation of joint ventures that involve governmental institutions
and the use of intellectual property rights to develop such joint ventures with both, domestic and
foreign partners.
2. Development of the laws regulating transfer of technologies and intellectual property rights; ensuring
of the possibility to implement the spin-off model (i.e. incorporating of separate independent entities)
and commercialise innovative developments based on the governmental financial support.
4. 3 | INNOVATIONS DEVELOPMENT PLATFORM
Strategy of innovations development in Ukraine. Part II. Action plan | 2018
WORLD BANK’S REPORT ON INNOVATION AND
ENTREPRENEURSHIP ECOSYSTEM DIAGNOSTIC
This report is focused on understanding of the Ukrainian innovation environment that affects the companies’
ability to implement innovations and includes the business / market structure, government policies and
programs, human capital, R&D, the financial environment, and various kinds of infrastructure.
Key Findings:
1. R&D and innovations in Ukrainian industries tend to shrink.
2. Research institutions and universities do not effectively support innovation development in Ukrainian
companies.
3. The current innovation-related policies are rarely coordinated among ministries and are poorly
implemented and funded. Recommendations from previous innovation studies have, in general,
not been effectively implemented.
4. The research infrastructure has not displayed sustainable development over the last 20 years.
Science and technology parks, incubators, and business accelerators are in place, but many of
them are inactive and only a few are successful. There is no broad system to provide innovation
support (knowledge transfer and technology transfer) to small and medium enterprises.
5. A Government reform is needed. Corruption, numerous and flawed regulations, weak rule of law,
lack of programs implementation, and frequent changes of the Government and governmental
policy direction – all of these factors prevent efficient cooperation between the Government and
the industry, and result in barriers to innovations, foreign investments and trade. Deficiencies in
Government’s operation also hinder implementation of the efficient innovation policy.
6. Ukrainian public research institutes consume a large portion of the national funds allocated for R&D,
have aging facilities, and are not well matched to Ukraine’s current industrial needs.
Essential Recommendations:
1. Implementation of a Government reform aimed at reducing corruption, restoring trust in
the Government, reforming the judiciary system, improving governmental regulations, and other
institutional areas.
2. Implementation of fundamental reforms of public research institutes and universities (which
are crucial for innovations), including reforming of the National Academy of Sciences of Ukraine
(NASU) and piloting targeted programs that could bring research activities closer to the needs of
local industries.
Next Steps:
1. Form an innovation agency that develops advocates and publicises the national vision of an
innovation-based economy; serves as a platform to identify and remove barriers to innovation
on the sectoral and horizontal levels; advocates for innovation-related reforms, including steps to
reduce corruption, implement reform regulations, and expand public and private R&D expenditures.
This agency should work closely with industry groups to understand what the industry needs to
succeed in innovation, and should work closely across ministries and the Government to remove
barriers to innovations and to implement innovation support programs.
5. Strategy of innovations development in Ukraine. Part II. Action plan | 2018
2. Identify and scale up working approaches:
•• Expanding entrepreneurship support programs, such as building on the Science Park and
entrepreneurship programs at Ihor Sikorskyi Kyiv Polytechnic Institute (KPI) National Technical
University.
•• Building on and expanding regional cluster programs; coordination of acts taken by local
authorities, industry players and universities to develop strong regional innovation ecosystems.
3. Develop, manage and implement pilot innovation support programs for businesses and new
companies (start-ups) to create innovative high added-value products.
6. 5 | INNOVATIONS DEVELOPMENT PLATFORM
Strategy of innovations development in Ukraine. Part II. Action plan | 2018
WORLD BANK’S REPORT ON UKRAINE’S FISCAL INCENTIVES
FOR SCIENCE, TECHNOLOGY AND INNOVATION ACTIVITIES:
GOOD PRACTICE REVIEW
This report highlights the advanced global practices of implementation of fiscal incentives to support
science, technology and innovation programs, and sets forth recommendations concerning the acts and
steps to be taken to implement such incentives in Ukraine.
Key Findings:
1. Ukraine requires a comprehensive approach to implement its policy of innovations encouragement
in the private sector.
2. A preliminary step before considering fiscal incentives for R&D is to improve the investment climate
by strengthening of Government’s policy predictability, mitigating corruption and state capture,
overcoming the political risks, and reducing the cost of doing business.
3. Science parks contribute to knowledge spill overs across collocated firms, research institutes and
universities. Geographic proximity may enable common facilities such as technology transfer offices
to provide timely support for commercialisation of spin-off companies.
4. Each of the fiscal policy tools covered in this report (i.e. R&D tax incentives; capital allowances for
facilities which do not intend R&D development; tax benefits for investors; customs duty exemption
for imported inputs to accelerate researches and developments; special economic zones (SEZs);
patent box regimes), requires state capacity and political commitment of the Government, in
particular, the Ministry of Finance, to design, implement, monitor, and evaluate.
Essential Recommendations:
1. Investing in capacity building to implement fiscal incentives in the future, which involves developing
a suitable skill set within the Ministry of Finance to work on cost-benefit analysis of possible future
implementation; reliable data collection in private R&D and innovation efforts.
2. Identify the clear policy target, which can clarify the appropriate governmental policy tools to
achieve the target (i.e. the innovation-based economy). Given Ukraine’s earlier experience in
establishing many SEZs and operationalising only a few, establishing of further SEZs is not an
effective and efficient policy option at this stage.
Next Steps:
1. Analyse the current environment and conduct stocktaking exercises:
a) Conduct systematic analyses of impediments to private R&D, technology upgrading of
the national economy, and attraction of knowledge-intensive investments. The analyses
should be carried out in consultation with the private sector and other actors of the national
innovation system.
b) Collect reliable and systematic data on R&D activities at the firm level for ex ante cost-benefit
analyses and later for monitoring and evaluation.
c) Create a system for monitoring and evaluation of efficiency of tax incentives and for monitoring
of tax benefits for large investment projects.
7. 6 | INNOVATIONS DEVELOPMENT PLATFORM
Strategy of innovations development in Ukraine. Part II. Action plan | 2018
2. Establish macroeconomic stability and improve the business climate:
a) Introduce tax incentive schemes and / or SEZs so that the state could build its institutional
capacity. Another approach could be to consider implementing some small, carefully evaluated,
and perhaps temporary, pilots to help build capacity (for example, existing SEZs could be used
to pilot instruments and build some experience).
b) Build an all-encompassing policy framework in the future, after establishing macro stability and
more predictability about the political environment. Once the macroeconomic and investment
climate conditions have improved, the Government should consider a policy framework with a
mix of direct subsidies and R&D tax incentives.
c) Ensure development (by the Government) of clearly defined, transparent, and objective eligibility
criteria and (if necessary) special incentive packages for anchor investors (who can generate
significant multiplier effects). Tax incentives should be established in the Tax Code or in special
laws. All measures should be coordinated at the regional and municipal levels.
3. Increase the implementation capacity:
a) Develop competencies of tax offices, authorities, and companies to facilitate transparency,
dialogue, proper use of incentives, and prevent illicit behaviour.
b) Build capacity to assist companies that are applying for any kind of tax incentives.
c) Ensure simplicity and policy predictability, as it is crucial for young and innovative firms to
compete on a level playing field as more mature incumbents.
8. 7 | INNOVATIONS DEVELOPMENT PLATFORM
Strategy of innovations development in Ukraine. Part II. Action plan | 2018
WORLD BANK’S REPORT ON UKRAINE’S
INTELLECTUAL PROPERTY AND TECHNOLOGY
TRANSFER REGULATORY REVIEW
This report identifies regulatory and framework impediments for the commercialisation of publicly funded
research and recommends reforms and policies that could improve the framework conditions for intellectual
property (IP) and technology transfer (TT).
Key Findings:
1. Lack of clear division of roles and responsibilities across different institutions, poor coordination
across various ministries and other actors in IP and TT matters, and weak institutional capacity in
implementing of the IP and TT normative framework.
2. Limited engagement of higher education institutions in R&D and commercialisation activities.
3. Absence of a leading technology supplier nor a source of demand for IP in the local private sector.
4. Inefficient Ukrainian TT intermediaries in their commercialisation efforts despite their official existence
in most R&D active institutions.
5. Conflicting provisions of IP ownership rules for publicly funded technologies are scattered throughout
different legal acts. This creates ambiguity and uncertainty for IP owners.
Essential Recommendations:
1. Public policy makers should provide incentives to attract foreign direct investments from collaborative
research alliances that bring new technologies into the local technology market and generate
knowledge spill over into the local economy.
2. The Government and institutions should design and implement TT and IP systems that meet their
own needs, resources, and objectives in a realistic manner.
3. The reform should be broad and go beyond regular IP and TT legal acts. It should also encompass
labour and fiscal legal acts whose implementation influences successful IP and TT policies. The
reform should focus on patents and on other intellectual property rights
4. It is advisable that the legal acts stipulate clear competencies between different institutions that do
not overlap but complement each other. Thus, there will be lower transaction costs and less waste
of human and financial resources.
5. Research organisations should be given more financial autonomy. A greater degree of autonomy of
universities will allow them to use venture capital for technology commercialisation. Another source
of funding might be specialized investment funds, whose activities are concentrated in potentially
profitable innovation projects.
6. Improve monitoring of IP activity with respect to publicly funded technologies should be promoted.
7. Regulatory acts of the Government should ensure that research organisations have a common basis
for allocation ownership of IP to contracting parties. This will reduce transaction costs, increase
transparency, and facilitate exploitation of IP by third parties.
9. 8 | INNOVATIONS DEVELOPMENT PLATFORM
Strategy of innovations development in Ukraine. Part II. Action plan | 2018
WORLD BANK’S REPORT ON UKRAINE’S SCIENCE,
TECHNOLOGY, AND INNOVATION PUBLIC
EXPENDITURE ANALYSIS
This report evaluates the quality mix of public support programs for science, technology, and innovation
(STI) and provide recommendations for the improvement of the support programs’ effectiveness.
Key Findings:
1. The Government of Ukraine has recently renewed its commitment to STI policies and launched two
strategies that target innovation in the Ministry of Economic Development and Trade (MEDT) and the
Ministry of Education and Science of Ukraine (MESU). These are important and necessary efforts
to improve the governance of the National Innovation System (NIS). However, the NIS remains
fragmented and with little alignment across strategies.
2. Ukraine’s innovation underperformance is reducing economic competitiveness and compromising
growth in firm productivity.
3. The existing innovation policy mix and relevant public funding do not respond to the critical needs
of the Ukrainian NIS.
4. Industry-university collaboration is weak and prevents firms from acquiring the latest industrial
advances.
5. The current governance arrangements with large transfers of block funding to the national academies
do not provide strong incentives to business innovation. Only half of the 350 universities perform
any kind of R&D. The problems identified pertain to the poor articulation of priorities aligned with
the private sector and the low impact efficiency of state support for R&D and innovation. Absence
of mechanisms to promote competitive allocation of public resources for innovation support is
reducing the efficiency of public funds use.
6. Lack of effective integration platform that can articulate a national STI strategy.
Essential Recommendations:
1. Governance, planning, and learning mechanisms should be strengthened for better innovation
policy efficiency. Before reallocating existing resources, addressing design and implementation
capacity of Ukrainian innovation agencies will increase the likelihood of deployment of efficient
instruments.
2. Improving of the governance system in STI, reforming of the structure of national academies,
strengthening of academic and university research cooperation, and providing of better
incentives to qualified researchers and entrepreneurs to cooperate and establish innovative
ventures should be ensured.
3. The academies should be reformed with the focus on introducing of transparent and competitive
funding so that competent knowledge producers (research institutes and universities) could produce
impactful and relevant research results.
4. R&D funding should be allocated based on competitive selection in order to improve the quality of
research.
5. Decentralisation and granting of portions of the innovation support to the regional level should be
ensured (so that innovations happen at the regional rather than national level).
10. 9 | INNOVATIONS DEVELOPMENT PLATFORM
Strategy of innovations development in Ukraine. Part II. Action plan | 2018
6. Regular reviews should be conducted to evaluate the extent to which funding allocation is achieving
the intended goals and generating knowledge that is effectively contributing to productivity growth,
competitiveness, and technological progress in Ukraine.
7. Systematic diagnostics and deliberate measures should be introduced to identify issues to support
the design of innovation policy interventions. Justifications for funding public research should be
based on its potential ability to generate knowledge that is applicable and can be commercialised
to foster innovation and technological change.
8. Accession to the Horizon 2020 framework program, the EU-supported smart specialization strategy,
and other donor-funded programs opens new opportunities for international cooperation and
additional financial support that offset the difficult fiscal situation of STI in the last few years. However,
before increasing spending, the Government of Ukraine needs to have in place mechanisms to
ensure sound use of public resources. It is, therefore, urgent to undertake an internal evaluation of
existing programs and analyse existing complementing external evaluations.
11. 10 | INNOVATIONS DEVELOPMENT PLATFORM
Strategy of innovations development in Ukraine. Part II. Action plan | 2018
PEER REVIEW OF THE UKRAINIAN RESEARCH AND
INNOVATION SYSTEM
This report is the Horizon 2020 Policy Support Facility [8] and was prepared by the panel of independent
experts and peer reviewers from the pertinent ministries of EU Member States. The report contains
the following findings and recommendations:
Key Findings:
1. Poor state of the scientific infrastructure; lack of incentives for public research organisations
to get involved in innovation-related activities; lack of entrepreneurship and innovation culture
in the public research sector; exploitation of research results in foreign countries, where it is
taking place in more attractive conditions.
2. Insufficient interest in R&D activities from the side of the economic actors; lack of awareness and
capacities of SMEs to undertake innovation; lack of visibility and understanding of the potential
in Ukrainian public research organisations from the side of companies; public authorities not
ready to use STI results in their field (e.g. acting as “first buyer of innovation”).
3. Little experience in public-private partnerships for innovations; absence of formal and effective
channels to convey messages from industry with respect to expectations from the science and
education sector.
Essential Recommendations:
1. The National Board on the Development of S&T should work strategically in reforming and re-
orienting the system of S&T in Ukraine on the basis of jointly defined priorities with all involved
stakeholders.
2. Raising quality and relevance of S&T through competitive research funding (a stepwise strong
increase in the competitive funding of research projects).
3. R&D enhancing at universities and through increasing of their autonomy. All research
organisations of the Academies of Science and universities should be entitled to their own
discretionary use of acquired third party funding.
4. Raising the efficiency of research organisations through institutional reforms – modernising
of sectoral Academies of Sciences, restructuring or dissolving of certain agencies under the
Ministry of Education and Science of Ukraine (MESU) and other ministries.
5. Establishment of science parks.
6. Research careers should be stimulated through a mix of policy instruments, such as increase in
salaries, exchange programmes or awards. Opportunities for international STI exposure should
be assured for researchers based on their contribution to research advancement.
7. Cooperation with the scientific Diaspora should be increased in order to exploit its potential for
Ukrainian STI.
8. International collaboration efforts in STI should be aligned with national priorities and strategies.
9. A cross-governmental Innovation Strategy and Action Plan focusing on priority domains for
science- and technology-based innovations should be elaborated.
12. Strategy of innovations development in Ukraine. Part II. Action plan | 2018
10. A permanent taskforce for innovations together with consultative processes under the National
Board on the Development of S&T should be established.
11. Supporting innovation with certain instruments, programmes and schemes should be ensured.
Realistic and effective innovation policy instruments should be identified.
12. Cooperative projects between the public research sector and industry should be supported.
13. 12 | INNOVATIONS DEVELOPMENT PLATFORM
Strategy of innovations development in Ukraine. Part II. Action plan | 2018
SUMMARY OF INNOVATION DEVELOPMENT
IN UKRAINE STRATEGY MEETING
Innovation Development in Ukraine Strategy Meeting was held on July 21, 2017 on the initiative of
the Innovation Development Platform and was participated by the Ukrainian Institute of the Future,
the Reforms Office of the Ukrainian Cabinet of Ministers, the Investment Engagement Office
(UkraineInvest), representatives of McKinsey & Company and representatives of other 32 proactive
players of the Ukrainian innovation and investment environment. The key findings and recommendations
appertaining to the innovation environment in Ukraine are set forth hereafter1
:
Key Findings:
1. The innovation development process in Ukraine faces such barriers, as no single coordination
centre and lacking protection of intellectual property rights.
2. Establishing of a special innovation development zone is the key driver of the innovation-based
economy in Ukraine.
3. Innovation policy on the demand side (i.e. law making, public procurement, etc.) [9] may increase
the number of successfully commercialised innovative solutions and bring about the R&D impetus.
4. Strengthen weak cooperation and improve poor links between all parties involved are critical factors
of further development of the innovation environment in Ukraine
5. The efficient innovation environment will enable fruitful cooperation among individual entrepreneurs,
businesses, universities, research institutes, investors and governmental authorities to maximise
the potential of their researches and innovations.
Essential Recommendations:
1. A consistent approach to innovation development would largely contribute to switching from
the resources-based economic system to manufacturing of high added-value products.
2. Further development of the innovation environment in Ukraine should take account of the existing
domestic and international studies and recommendations in respect of the Ukrainian innovation
ecosystem, global best practices and their adaptation engaging numerous experts from the
business sector, research institutions, non-governmental organisations, governmental authorities
and international organisations involved in innovation development.
3. An integral prerequisite of Ukrainian innovation ecosystem development is the creation of
an independent project office for innovations development
1
According to the data of the Innovations Development Platform
15. 14 | INNOVATIONS DEVELOPMENT PLATFORM
Strategy of innovations development in Ukraine. Part II. Action plan | 2018
ANNEX А
Proactive players of the Ukrainian innovation and investment environment – participants of Innovation
Development in Ukraine strategy meeting
1 Agency of European Innovations NGO
2 Association of Ukrainian Industry Automation Businesses
3 State Finance Institution for Innovations (SFII)
4 State Intellectual Property Service of Ukraine
5 Unit.City Innovation Park
6 Economy and Forecasts Institute under the National Academy of Sciences of Ukraine
7 Institute of Mathematics under the National Academy of Sciences of Ukraine
8 Institute of Physics under the National Academy of Sciences of Ukraine
9 Ministry of Economic Development and Trade of Ukraine
10 Ministry of Education and Science of Ukraine
11 KYIV POLYTECHNIC Science Park
12 Ukrainian National Science and Technologies Association
13 Investment Engagement Office (UkraineInvest)
14 Reforms Office of the Ukrainian Cabinet of Ministers
15 Innovations Development Platform
16 Reforms Support Office under the Ministry of Finance
17 Entrepreneurs Board under the Ukrainian Cabinet of Ministers
18 SPETSTECHNOEXPORT State-Run Foreign Trade Enterprise
19 TEVA Ukraine FC
20 Ukrainian Venture Capital and Private Equity Association (UVCA)
21 Ukrainian Institute of Future
22 UKRINMASH Foreign Trade and Investment State-Run Company
23 UKROBORONPROM State-Run Concern
24 NaUKMA Innovation Development Centre
25 Uniway Consulting Group
26 Upromex Limited Liability Company
27 JUSCUTUM Law Firm
28 Aidditive Solutions
29 GrowthUP Business Accelerator
30 Empire State Capital Partners Ukraine
31 Reddy & Company
32 SocialBoost Technology Non-Governmental Organisation
16. AGENCY ON INCUBATION AND IMPLEMENTATION OF INNOVATIVE
PROJECTS IN THE AREA OF DEFENCE TECHNOLOGIES
Contacts: 1, Dorogozytska Str., UNIT City, office 204, Kyiv,
Ukraine, 04119
tel. +380 44 333 60 63
www.ukrinnovate.com
info@ukrinnovate.com
Expert council:
Pavlo Barbul
Denys Gurak
Anton Kaminsky
Dmytro Ruzhytskiy
Oleksii Poliarush
Dmytro Shestakov
(с) Full or partial reproduction of research materials is permissible only with the consent
of the authors of the project