Design and Evaluation of Innovation Policy in an Emerging Economy Context (DEIP)
Gebze, Turkey
6-10 December 2010
The United Nations University-Maastricht Economic and Social Research and Training Center on Innovation and Technology (UNU-MERIT), The Scientific and Technological Research Council of Turkey (TÜBİTAK), The Middle East Technical University, Science and Technology Policies Research Center (METU-TEKPOL) and are jointly organizing a training course on the Design and Evaluation of Innovation Policy (DEIP). UNU-MERIT is one of the leading international research centers on innovation and technology. As part of its mission, it also provides tailor-made training courses on the design and evaluation of technology and innovation policies. The course will be held in the Turkish Institute for Industrial Management (TUSSIDE), TÜBİTAK Gebze Campus, from 6 to 10 December 2010.
The Context
Turkey has long been and continues to be an advocate of raising science and technology to new heights, and has recently been engaged in a comprehensive science, technology and innovation (STI) initiative. In the decade between 1998 and 2008, Turkey has shown a swift STI impetus by all means based on top-level rates of growth as consistently exhibited across the STI indicators. In parallel with that, Turkey is currently ranked as the 17th largest economy in the world with a growth rate of 4.4% in the last decade. This course will specifically focus on the role of science and technology policies in economic development and analyze their potential contributions to sustainable economic development in Turkey.
Expected Benefits
After attending the course, participants will be able to:
- Better appreciate the various components of an innovation policy and especially to distinguish between financial and non-financial instruments and their impact;
- Understand the importance of policies to increase the supply of technically trained human resource(s) for R&D and other innovation activities;
- Hone their knowledge on collection and presentation of innovation indicators and their use to evaluate the effectiveness of innovation policies;
- Familiarize themselves with methods of policy evaluation;
- Improve their understanding of innovation system approach and its importance in globalizing world.
The Teaching Staff
The training will be conducted by distinguished lecturers from UNU-MERIT and METU-TEKPOL. Several experts will be invited from the emerging economies and developing countries to reflect the experiences of Turkey.
Target Clientele
The potential participants are senior and middle level officials of Ministries dealing with Science, Technology and Innovation Policies, officials of state and regional science and technology councils, managers of science parks and technology incubators, officials of other technology supporting institutions and agencies and representatives of the private sector involved in technology strategy, technology policy, R&D and innovation. Participants from other countries in the region can also apply.
Participants will be given an opportunity to present and discuss the work of their own institution in light of the contents of the program. They will be asked to prepare a short presentation before arrival, possibly in groups.
Number of Participants: 40-65
Selection Criteria of the Candidates
The candidate’s qualifications, experiences, and the relevance of their present work to innovation and policymaking will be the main selection criter...
