dr. towela nyirenda jere interim manager - astii nepad planning and coordinating agency r&d and...
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Dr. Towela Nyirenda JereInterim Manager - ASTII
NEPAD Planning and Coordinating Agency
R&D and Innovation Indicators: the ASTII
Experience
Second Meeting of the Committee on Development, Information, Science and
Technology (CODIST-II)
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Outline
• The CPA and ASTII
• Genesis & Political mandate
• ASTII - Phase 1
• Lessons Learned
• Next Steps
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The Consolidated Plan of Action (CPA)
• Three inter-related pillars:– Capacity building– Knowledge Production– Technological innovation
• Programmes in two clusters:– Research and Development– STI Policy (<= ASTII, AOSTI)
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ASTII Genesis and Political Mandate
• Nov 2003 - African countries endorsed the compilation of indicators for scientific research, technological development and innovation activities
• Sept 2005 - African Intergovernmental Committee on ASTII
• Nov. 2007 - ASTII Roadmap presented to AMCOST• 2009 – ASTII established as one of the working
frameworks between NEPAD and AUC
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The ASTII Programme
• Purpose: To strengthen Africa’s capacity to develop and use Science, Technology and Innovation (STI) Indicators
• Overall Goal : To contribute towards the improvement of the quality of science, technology and innovation policies at national, regional and continental levels
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ASTII Objectives
• To develop and cause the adoption of internationally comparable STI indicators
• To build human and institutional capacities for STI indicators and related surveys
• To enable African countries to participate in international programmes for STI indicators
• To inform African countries on the state of STI in Africa
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AMCOST
African Intergovernmental Committee on ASTII Initiative
National Implementationby
ASTII National Focal Points
Continental Coordination
NEPAD Agency
ASTII Faculty
ASTII Governance structure
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The National Focal Points• Designated by National government • Cross-sectoral, inter-ministerial and multidisciplinary• Convene meetings of all relevant stakeholders• Authority to collect or cause to collect statistics • Critical mass of expertise for the development of STI
indicators • organize training for and assemble national teams to
conduct surveys• prepare and submit authorized national STI surveys
and/or indicators to NEPAD
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The ASTII Faculty
• Dedicated STI Experts that support ASTII
• Resource persons for training
• On-going support to Focal Points
• On-going expert guidance to NPCA
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1. Algeria, 2. Angola 3. Burkina Faso4. Cameroon5. Egypt 6. Ethiopia7. Gabon8. Ghana 9. Kenya 10. Lesotho 11. Malawi12. Mali 13. Mozambique14. Nigeria15. Senegal16. South Africa17. Tanzania 18. Uganda 19. Zambia
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ASTII Phase 1 Countries
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ASTII Activities
• Training on: R&D and Innovation concepts, definitions, methods of data collection
• Conducting R&D and Innovation surveys
• Production of R&D and Innovation indicators
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Agreed Core R&D indicators for ASTII-1
1. Gross domestic expenditure on R&D (GERD) by source and Sector of performance: Higher education, Government; Business; Non-Profit organizations; Abroad
2. R&D Personnel by level of formal qualification and occupation, gender (headcount (HC) & full-time equivalent (FTE):
3. Researchers by gender and field of study/research 4. Outputs: publications, patents (not core but to be
collected)5. Country specific indicators
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ASTII Phase 1 – Achievements
1. Designation of National Focal Points for implementation at national levels
2. Adoption of Frascati & Oslo family of manuals as survey guidelines
3. Agreement on core R&D and Innovation Indicators4. Training of members of Focal Points 5. Harmonisation of Survey Instruments National surveys
(R&D and innovation)6. Production of the African Innovation outlook
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Significance of ASTII • How much of a country’s (financial)
resources are devoted to R&D ? • How are the resources allocated among
different sectors?• Are the available human resources
sufficiently qualified?Major findings will be published in the African
innovation outlook
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GERD as % of GDP
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Share of Foreign Funding in R&D Activities (percentage)
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Challenges and Lessons Learned
• Cross-country analysis of data• Survey methodology: sample size, reference
period, response rate• Data collection and availability of data Context and definition of research and
researchers
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• Established by the Decision Assembly/AU/Dec.232 (XII) of February 2009.
• The AOSTI is hosted by the Republic of Equatorial Guinea
• Purpose :To support the development and implementation of STI policy for development by providing AU member states with relevant and accurate STI information;
The African Observatory for Science, Technology and Innovation (AOSTI)
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ASTII Next Steps
• Incorporation of lessons learned from Phase 1• Expansion to more countries• Addition of more indicators• Up-scaling in phase 1 countries• ASTII AOSTI
– Africa Innovation Outlook
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THANK YOU
Contact Information
Towela Nyirenda-Jere, PhD
Email: [email protected]
Tel. : +27 12 841 4347