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)
Outline
• The CPA and ASTII
• Genesis & Political mandate
• ASTII - Phase 1
• Lessons Learned
• Next Steps
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)
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
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
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
AMCOST
African Intergovernmental Committee on ASTII Initiative
National Implementationby
ASTII National Focal Points
Continental Coordination
NEPAD Agency
ASTII Faculty
ASTII Governance structure
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
GERD as % of GDP
Share of Foreign Funding in R&D Activities (percentage)
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)
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
THANK YOU
Contact Information
Towela Nyirenda-Jere, PhD
Email: [email protected]
Tel. : +27 12 841 4347