Dr. Towela Nyirenda Jere Interim 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 African countries endorsed the compilation of indicators for scientific research, technological development and innovation activities Sept African Intergovernmental Committee on ASTII Nov 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 Implementation by 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 Faso 4.Cameroon 5.Egypt 6.Ethiopia 7.Gabon 8.Ghana 9.Kenya 10.Lesotho 11.Malawi 12.Mali 13.Mozambique 14. Nigeria 15.Senegal 16.South Africa 17.Tanzania 18.Uganda 19.Zambia 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 Indicators 4.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

18 Established by the Decision Assembly/AU/Dec.232 (XII) of February 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

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