A Global UNIDO Network

of

University Chairs on Innovation15 October 2009

Evert Kok

UNIDO - Key Facts…

• UN Specialized Agency since 1986• Lead role within UN system on industrial development• Constitutional mandate to promote sustainable industrial development in developing countries and countries in transition• Focus on technical cooperation: policy advice, institutional capacity-building and business development services

UNIDO - Key Facts…

UNIDO - Key Figures (2007)

• Member states : 172

• Countries with UNIDO presence : 78

• Staff on board (non-project) : 654

• Annual Budget : € 356 million

• Project expert appointments : 2,800 (per year, about half from developing countries)

UNIDO

Headquarters, Vienna

34 National CleanerProduction Centres/

networks

30 Field Offices plus13 units in UNDP

offices

9 Industrial Technology

Centres

19 Investment and Technology

Promotion Offices

Liaison offices inNew York, Geneva

Brussels

Some 50 Subcontracting

Exchanges

Headquarters in Vienna

T h e m a t i cP r i o r i t i e s

E n e r g y a n d e n v i r o n m e n t

T r a d e c a p a c i t y - b u i l d i n g

P o v e r t y r e d u c t i o n t h r o u g h p r o d u c t i v e a c t i v i t i e s

L o n g - t e r mG o a l

T o c o n t r i b u t e t o t h e a c h i e v e m e n t o f t h e M i l l e n n i u m D e v e l o p m e n t G o a l s ( M D G s ) , i n p a r t i c u l a r t o p o v e r t y e r a d i c a t i o n t h r o u g h s u s t a i n a b l e i n d u s t r i a l d e v e l o p m e n t .

P r o g r a m m eC o m p o n e n t s

I n d u s t r i a l P o l i c y , B u s i n e s s E n v i r o n m e n t a n d

I n s t i t u t i o n a l S u p p o r t

E n t e r p r i s e U p g r a d i n g f o r T r a d e E n h a n c e m e n t R e n e w a b l e E n e r g y

R u r a l a n d W o m e n ’ s E n t r e p r e n e u r s h i p D e v e l o p m e n t

P r o m o t i o n o f D o m e s t i c I n v e s t m e n t , F D I a n d A l l i a n c e s

S M E C l u s t e r D e v e l o p m e n t

A g r o - p r o c e s s i n g a n d V a l u e C h a i n D e v e l o p m e n t

R u r a l E n e r g y f o r P r o d u c t i v e U s e

S u s t a i n a b l e P r o d u c t i o n i nP o o r C o m m u n i t i e s

T e c h n o l o g y D i f f u s i o n

I n n o v a t i o n S y s t e m s , T e c h n o l o g y M a n a g e m e n t a n d F o r e s i g h t

M o d e r n i z a t i o n o f E x p o r t -o r i e n t e d A g r o - i n d u s t r i e s

S M E E x p o r t C o n s o r t i a

S t a n d a r d s , M e t r o l o g y , T e s t i n g a n d C o n f o r m i t y

C l i m a t e C h a n g e a n d I n d u s t r i a l E n e r g y E f f i c i e n c y

C l e a n e r a n d S u s t a i n a b l e P r o d u c t i o n

W a t e r M a n a g e m e n t

M o n t r e a l P r o t o c o l

S t o c k h o l m C o n v e n t i o n

C o m p e t i t i v e n e s s A n a l y s i s a n d T r a d e - r e l a t e d P o l i c i e s

C o r p o r a t e S o c i a l R e s p o n s i b i l i t yf o r M a r k e t I n t e g r a t i o n

Poverty Reduction through Productive Activities

Poverty Reduction through Productive Activities

Innovation; a few remarks

Innovationis not

Technology is not

Science

$$$ => Science & Technology => Ideas

Ideas => Innovation => $$$

One of the determinants of success of innovations

Intervention + Context = Impact

E. Arnold, fm Pawson & Tilley

Market = Need + the Capacity to Pay

Vision

By 2013, a UNIDO Global University Innovation Network connects 300 Universities.

Each Member State has obtained significant capacity to raise Industrial Innovators.

Effective Industry – University cooperation in Innovation that brings commercial benefits.

Essential Elements

University Chairs on Innovation– Professors from Industry (funding external to UNIDO)

– Actual Innovation projects with Industry UNIDO Consultative Committee on Innovation (Systems) Strategies

– Annual publication on strategies that actually work National Programmes for Human Resource Development for Innovation

– PHD, Masters, Vocational– Curriculum re-building– Secondary education programmes on creativity and co-operation

University Alumni and Professional Associations outreach programme– Amongst others, connect with TNCs’ board rooms

South-south cooperation

A Global UNIDO Network of University Chairs on Innovation

Expert Group Meeting April 2007 Technical Meeting August 2007

Pilot phase: Africa - Europe

First Externally Financed Project

UNCHAIN EC-MEDA Countries

What does UNIDO bring to the UNCHAIN project ? (apart from role in WP 9)

Information and Intelligence on upcoming developmentsin the UN (UN cluster on S&T – for Africa-, contact with UNECA)in the non UN intergovernmental bodies (AUC etc.)

Contacts and opportunities on cooperation (WIPO, Brazil etc.)

Contribute to find funding to achieve financial stabilityEtc.

Examples

The Adoption of the Strategy for the Implementation of the Plan of Action for the Accelerated Industrial Development of Africa

7 Programme Clusters (21 immediate projects)4 Immediate projects under cluster 5, one of which is:

“Establishment of university chairs on innovation in African universities”

CAMI – 18th Ordinary Session, 24-28 October 2008, Durban

40+ Agencies (AfDB, IMF, World Bank, etc.)

May 2003 : Establishment of the UN Science and Technology Cluster (at the 5th RC)

UNESCO as Convener, UNECA as Vice Convener

04 September 2009 4th meeting of UN S&T cluster in Geneva

Two of the 4 recommendations earmarked for 2010: Cooperation between UNIDO and UNESCO and others on STIP Reviews

(Science,Technology and Innovation Policy) (UNESCO has received over 20 official governmental requests for Africa)

An Innovation Endowment Fund

UN RCM – Africa Regional Consultation Mechanism

African Science to Business Challenge (ASBC)

African Science Philanthropy Initiative (ASPI)

Science Commons & Africa Innovation Platform, hosted by ECA

“2nd Science with Africa” Conference, Q1, 2010

UNECA – Economic Commission for Africa

Curricula development Audit ToolsManuals such as on patent drafting

Etc.

WIPO- World Intellectual Property Organization

Through the Brazilian Cooperation Agency

Our network contact: Prof. Carlos N. Vieira from the Federal University of Rio de Janeiro

Guidelines for TCDC

Apply to the Brazilian Embassy in your country (to fill out a project brief)

A technical assessment mission from Brazil will come over (in case it is interesting to jointly formulate a final project proposal, Carlos was part of a mission to South Africa

Cooperation with the Brazilian Government.

Your feedback on the implementation of the UNCHAIN network.

Thank you for your attention

Evert Kok

Technology Promotion Unit

Investment and Technology Promotion Branch

e.kok@unido.org

www.unido.org/innochairnet