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Amir Jahangir, Competitiveness Support Fund11 October, 2007
Innovation Journalism Pakistan
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Journalism in Pakistan
What is missing? Innovation; economic impact of innovation
NewsCurrent AffairsPoliticsSportsEntertainmentTechnologyFinance, Economic and Business News
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Pakistan and Innovation Journalism
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“The goal is to increase public focus on innovation, competitiveness, business and technology,” Omar Ayub Khan, Chairman, Competitiveness Support Fund8th TCI Annual Conference 2005
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Linking Finance to Innovation & Competitiveness,
Competitiveness Support Fund
Partners:
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Innovation Journalism Program for Pakistan
Phase One
Phase Two
Phase Three
International Innovation
Journalism Program at Stanford
Capacity Building of Working Journalists
New Resource Development
Innovation Journalism Program, Pakistan
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Phase 1: International InJo Program at the Stanford University
2006-2009 - 12 leading Pakistani journalists will participate in the Innovation Journalism Fellowship Program.
Each Fellow will refine expertise in reporting on innovation and become a part of the INJO community.
The Program will: Creating a community of Journalists
reporting on Innovation Pakistani journalists establish links with
newsrooms in US and other countries.
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Phase 1: TCI Annual Conferences
Participation of 15 leading journalists at The Competitiveness Institute’s Annual Conferences 2006 -2009
Interaction with journalists and cluster practitioners
Brainstorming on leading issues on innovation and competitiveness
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Media Organizations Involved in the Innovation Journalism Program
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Progress for the Phase 1 (2006-2007)
Participation as INJO Fellows: 2
Participation in TCI Conferences: 7
No. of journalists involved (print): 185
No. of journalists involved (electronic): 70
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Phase 2: Capacity Building of Working Journalists
Interactive workshops and training sessions for working journalists in collaboration with WEF and INJO Program – 9 Pillars of Global Competitiveness Index of the World Economic Forum
InJo Fellows to be mentors for these interactions
Subsequently participants to increase public focus through news, articles and reports
Lectures at Business and Journalism Schools
Journalist of the Year Awards – 9 Pillars
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Amir Jahangir (C) 2007 13
Innovation Communication
Competitiveness Support Fund & World Economic Forum
Global Competitiveness Report
91 / 125 2006-2007
94 / 114 2005-2006
Global Competitiveness Report
91 / 125 2006-2007
94 / 114 2005-2006
Global Information Technology Report
84 / 115 2006-2007
67 / 114 2005-2006
Global Information Technology Report
84 / 115 2006-2007
67 / 114 2005-2006
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Methodology for the Global Competitiveness Index Has 9 Key “Pillars”
Ranks.
Basic Requirements (50%) Weight Pak 1. Institutions 12.5% 79
2. Infrastructure 12.5% 67 3. Macroeconomy 12.5% 86 4. Health and Primary Education 12.5% 108
Efficiency Enhancers (40%)5. Higher Education and Training 13.3% 104 6. Market Efficiency 13.3% 54
7. Technological Readiness 13.3% 89
Innovation and Sophistication (10%)8. Business Sophistication 5.0% 66 9. Innovation 5.0% 60
Weighting of Global Competitiveness Index 9 “Pillars” - INJO
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Methodology for the Global Information Technology Index has 3 sub-indexes
The NRI is composed of three component indexes which assess:
- environment for ICT offered by a country or community
- readiness of the community's key stakeholders (individuals, business and governments)
- usage of ICT among these stakeholders.
Measuring the Network Readiness Index (NRI)
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Role of Innovation Communication in Economic Growth
Boost Economic Growth
Better Employment/Job Creation
Knowledge-basedEnterprise Dev.
Upgrade Enterprise Competitiveness
Improve Competitiveness of Pak. Economy
COMPETITIVENESS SUPORT FUND
COMPETITIVENESSInnovation
SME AccessTo Finance
EstablishIndustry-Academia
Linkages
BusinessIncubation
ClusterDevelopment
Innovation Communicatio
n
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Phase Three: New Resource Development Identification of four geographical regions Triple Helix – making media as a part of the Helix Three universities from each region on the basis of their core
focus:Business/EconomicsTechnologyJournalism
Institutions / Universities collect information on competitiveness and innovation on various clusters
Journalism schools to develop content and research with media on innovation and competitiveness.
InJo Fellows will act as mentors along with the journalists involved in the capacity building initiative
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Qaid-e-AzamNUSTFatimah Jinnah Women University
IBANED UniversityMass Comm, KU
LUMSUETPunjab Univ.
University of PeshawarM.I. Sciences
Baluchistan University orBUITMS
Academia and the InJo Program
DairySurgicalHorticultureMotorcycleFurniture
Innovation PolicyMediaICT
Marble and GraniteGemsPharmaceuticalsGender
FisheriesFood SafetyMotorcycle
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Outcome of the Program
The 3 year program will develop capacity of:
• Phase 1: 27
» working journalists with international networking
• Phase 2: 450
» Editors, reporters, working journalists & management
• Phase 3: 300
» Future innovation communication leaders
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-Capacity Building- Transportation & Logistics- Livelihoods- Tourism- Agriculture- Micro and SME - Health- Education- Infrastructure - Media
National Trade Corridor
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Thank You
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Amir Jahangir
Consultant,Competitiveness Support Fund# 53, Street No. 1, F-6/3, Islamabad – 44000, PakistanCell: +92-300-8555161Phone: +92-51-2272042 / 43Fax: +92-51-2270358www.competitiveness.org.pkE-mail: amir@csf.org.pk / ajjano@gmail.com
Amir Jahangir (C) 2007
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Pillar 1 Institutions (12.5% of GCI Score)
Global Competitiveness Report 2006
Improvements 2005 2006
• Diversion of Public Funds (to investments) 74 67
• Public trust in Government 83 55
• Judicial independence 87 80
• Favouritism in decisions of government officials 68 52
• Wastefulness of government spending 48 42
• Business costs of terrorism 94 55
Weakening
• Property Rights 87 95• Burden of government regulation 101 122• Ethical behaviour of firms 44 82• Efficacy of corporate boards 116 123• Protection of minority shareholders interests 27 57
(Private sector)
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Pillar 2 Infrastructure (12.5% of GCI Score)
Global Competitiveness Report 2006
Improvements 2005 2006
• Overall infrastructure quality 77 67
• Railroad infrastructure 59 39
• Quality of port infrastructure 68 52
Weakening
• Quality of air transport infrastructure 53 59• Quality of Electricity supply 86 87
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Pillar 3 Macroeconomy (12.5% of GCI Score)
Global Competitiveness Report 2006
Improvements 2005 2006• Interest Rate Spreads 67 37
Weakening• Inflation (hard data) 84 99• National Saving rate (hard data) 88 92• Government Surplus/Deficit (hard data) 64 89• Government Debt/GDP ratio (hard data) 68 69• Real Effective Exchange rate 38 45
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Pillar 4 Health and Primary Education (12.5% of GCI Score)
Global Competitiveness Report 2006
Improvements 2005 2006• Net Primary Enrollment (hard data) 115 112
Weakening• Infant Mortality 105 109• Business Impact of Malaria 62 101• Tuberculosis Prevalence (hard data) 93 101• Business Impact of Tuberculosis 51 99• Life Expectancy at Birth 93 97• Business Impact of HIV/AIDS 84 89• Malaria Prevalence (hard data) 84 87
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Pillar 5 - Higher Education and Training (13.33% of GCI Score)
Global Competitiveness Report 2006
Improvements 2005 2006• Gross Tertiary Enrollment Ratio (hard data) 109 106• Extent of Staff Training 107 91• Quality of Math and Science Education 86 85• Quality of Educational System 89 74
Weakening• Gross Secondary Enrollment Ratio 110 112• Local Availability of Specialized
Research and Training Services 75 83• Quality of Management Schools 58 71
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Pillar 6 – Market Efficiency (13.33% of GCI Score)
Global Competitiveness Report 2006
Improvements 2005 2006• Hiring and Firing Practices 49 26• Time Required to Start a Business 33 30• Extent and Effect of Taxation 95 33• Ease of Access to Loan 73 42• Efficiency of Legal Framework 97 91• Cooperation in Labor-Employer Relations 95 77• Intensity of Local Competition 79 73
Weakening
• Soundness of Banks 34 84• Brain Drain 58 73• Foreign Ownership Restrictions 56 72
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Pillar 7 - Technological Readiness (13.33% of GCI Score)
Global Competitiveness Report 2006
Improvements 2005 2006• Laws Relating to ICT 78 65
Weakening• Cellular telephones
(subscribers per 100 people-hard data) 111 115• Personal Computers
(per 100 people-hard data) 106 113• Internet Users
(users per 10,000 people-hard data) 102 107• Firm-level Technology Absorption 47 85• Technological Readiness 74 77• FDI and Technology Transfer 40 75
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Pillar 8 – Business Sophistication (5.0% of GCI Score) Part of the BCI
Global Competitiveness Report 2006
Improvements 2005 2006
• Quality of National Business Environment 75 67
Weakening
• Value Chain Presence 35 47
• Sophistication of Company 67 72Operations & Strategy
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Pillar 9 – Innovation (5.0% of GCI Score)
Global Competitiveness Report 2006
Improvements 2005 2006
• Capacity for innovation 74 38• Intellectual property protection 79 38• Government Procurement for 52 47
Technology Product• University /industry research collaboration 72 61• Company spending on research & development 59 51 • Quality of scientific research institutions 63 62
Weakening
• Utility Patents (Hard Data) 78 78• Availability of scientists and engineers 67 78
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