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Design and Evaluation of Innovation Policy in Developing Countries (DEIP)

May 24 through May 29, 2004

Application Deadline: March 1, 2004

Target clientele: Middle level officials of Ministries of Science and Technology, Ministry of Industry and other technology supporting institutions and agencies based in developing countries.

Objectives of the course are to: (i) better appreciate the various components of an innovation policy and especially to distinguish between financial and non-financial instruments and their impact; (ii) understand the importance of policies to increase the supply of technically trained human resource for R&D and other innovation activities; (iii) improve the collection and presentation of conventional indicators so as to use them to monitor and evaluate the effectiveness of specific instruments of innovation policies; and (iv) take explicit cognizance of the existence of new innovation indicators such as community innovation surveys and also understand the limitations of replicating such efforts in developing countries.

The Curriculum: The course adopts an innovation systems perspective to the analysis of innovation policy. The course is spread over six working days and is structured into two modules. Module one deals with the design issues and it consists of eleven lectures. Module two deals with issues and techniques related to monitoring and evaluation of innovation policies and it is attempted through a set of five lectures.

Module 1	Module 2
Design of Innovation Policy	Monitoring and evaluation of innovation policy
General perspectives on innovation policy The Policy mix Rationale for innovation policies in a borderless economy Financial instruments to promote innovation : (i) Tax incentives; (ii) Research Grants Non financial instruments: (i) Human resources development; (ii) Industrial standards; (iii) Patents; Promotion of small and medium technology-based enterprises-the role of venture capital Clustering and partnering Transactions aspect of technology transfer from abroad	Evaluation methods and monitoring Using conventional indicators of policy outcomes Improving conventional indicators Using non-conventional indicators- role of Community Innovation Surveys Issues related to replicating non-conventional indicators to developing countries- some country experiences

Faculty : The course will be co-ordinated by Dr Sunil Mani of UNU-INTECH. Lectures will be handled by experienced faculty from both within and outside the Institute.

Reading Material : Participants will be provided with lecture handouts and a compilation of important readings and data.

Course Fee : The course is free of charge to participants from developing countries. Participants are encouraged to find their own source of funds for travel while UNU-INTECH will bear the cost of boarding and lodging of the selected participants at Maastricht for seven days.

Visa : The selected participants will be provided with Visa support by UNU-INTECH.

Application : Application forms can be obtained from the course co-ordinator, DEIP Programme, United Nations University-Institute for New Technologies, Keizer Karelplein 19, 6211 TC Maastricht, The Netherlands, E-mail: deip@intech.unu.edu ; Fax: + 31-43-3506399; Tel: +31-43-3506300.

Or it can be downloaded here as PDF (17 Kb) or filled in online as a Word document .

The completed application form with the necessary enclosures must reach the course co-ordinator at the latest by Monday, the 1st of March 2004. However interested candidates are encouraged to apply as early as possible.