“The creation of knowledge economy must serve as a basis for this country's development.” - Bohdan Danylyshyn, Minister of Economy, Ukraine, January 15, 2008
Ukraine’s economy has substantial natural comparative advantages. Yet today's Ukraine is not maximizing its competitive edge in the global economy. In order to enhance its competitiveness vis-à-vis its emerging market competitors, Ukraine strives to broaden its export structure and increase its labor productivity to support long-term economic growth. However, sustainable increases in productivity needed for economic growth require “technological progress”, defined broadly as the adoption and creation of knowledge relevant for production, which is typically embodied in enhanced machinery and more efficient processes. Most modern successful knowledge-based economies are typically those that have higher productivity due to high adoption rates of existing technology and the generation of new technologies by domestic firms and research institutions, facilitated among others by a skilled labor force and a strong science base.
The World Bank Group is conducting a variety of activities to strengthen leading public sector institutions and the private sector that form the national innovation system to support Ukraine’s transition to becoming increasingly competitive and knowledge-intensive. One of the activities being organized by the World Bank is the 2008 Competitiveness and Knowledge Economy Training Initiative and is being co-hosted in partnership with the Ministry of Economy and Ministry of Education and Science.
Agenda
Tuesday, June 10
Session 5: The Role of MSTQ in Innovation and Technology Adoption
09:30–11:45
MSTQ institutions: enablers or blockers for innovation and technology adoption – international experience and Ukraine’s case
Mauricio Frota, Chairman, Post-Graduation Metrology for Quality and Innovation, Catholic University – On MSTQ and Innovation in International Practice
Oleksander Borodynia, Deputy Director, Regulatory Police Department, Ministry of Economy of Ukraine – On Lessons from Poland’s Experience in MSTQ Reform and their Relevance for Ukraine
Mauricio Frota, Chairman, Post-Graduation Metrology for Quality and Innovation, Catholic University – WTO Entry and Commitments – Threat or Opportunity?
Comments and Q&A
Key Issues:
Link MSTQ – technology and competitiveness
Comparison international practice – Ukrainian situation
WTO entry: what are Ukraine’s commitments, and what do they mean for the knowledge economy agenda?
Moderator: Florentin Blanc, Operations Officer, IFC, World Bank
11:45 – 12:00
Coffee Break
12:00 - 12:45
Breakout Policy Exercise
Background: WTO entry and commitments, proposed legal changes to the technical regulations framework
WTO entry: what changes in MSTQ needed for Ukrainian businesses to be able to compete?
WTO commitments: how to use them to boost technology absorption and innovation?
Break-Out Group Moderators: Natasha Kapil, Sanjar Ibragimov, World Bank Group
12:45 - 13:15
Wrap up Presentation by Participant Teams on findings of the breakout policy exercise
13:15 - 14:00
Lunch
Session 6: Reforming Intellectual Property Rights and R&D Institutes for Technology Transfer and Innovation
14:00 - 15:45
Reforming Intellectual Property Rights
Gennadiy Androschuk, Chief Advisor, Committee on Science and Education, Verhovna Rada - On the status and unlocking of regulation and legislative code on intellectual property rights to stimulate innovation in the public R&D sector in Ukraine
Yuriy Mykhailovych Kapitsa, Director, Center of Intellectual Property and Technology Transfer, National Academy of Sciences of Ukraine - On Current Challenges and Levels of Technology Transfer and Commercial Innovation
Gilbert Nicolaon, Former Head, Anvar, France - On Best Practice IPR regimes for Technology Transfer & Innovation
Q&A Session
Moderator: Natasha Kapil, Innovation Specialist, World Bank
15:45 - 16:15
Coffee Break
16:15 - 17:30
Restructuring Applied R&D Institutes
Vyacheslav Solovyov, Deputy Director, Center for Research of Scientific Potential and History of Science named after G.M. Dobrova - On organizational structural factors change of Intellectual Property into Intellectual Capital
Gilbert Nicolaon, Former Head, Anvar - On lessons learned – Successes and Failures of Restructuring
Moderator: Natasha Kapil, Innovation Specialist, World Bank
17:30 – 18:00
Closing Session
Key Issues:
Next Steps on Streamlining IPR Legislation
Instruments to stimulate demand from SMEs and firms for publicly funded RDI research
Model for Ukrainian RDI restructuring
Speakers Bios
Gilbert Nicolaon
Gilbert Nicolaon is an independent consultant and Former Head of the French Eureka Office, European Network for Market-Oriented Industrial R&D, European market oriented R&D project, from 1995 until 2005. He was previously associated with Anvar, the French Innovation Agency, and has held positions as the Scientific Attache and Scientific Counselor at the French Embassies in the U.S. and the U.K. He has also held positions in industry and academia, focusing on innovation engineering and technology transfer, and has published extensively. Mr. Nicolaon has consulted in various countries, including southeast Europe, as well as for the World Bank.
Mauricio Nogueira Frota
Professor Frota is Associate Professor and Researcher at Pontifical Catholic University of Rio de Janeiro (private University), Brazil, since 1971. Head of the Post-Graduation Program in Metrology and Standards for Quality and Innovation, Catholic University, Rio de Janeiro, BRAZIL (since 1999). Catholic University of Rio de Janeiro is among the Brazilian's foremost universities, and educates around 13,000 undergraduate and 2,200 graduate students, recognized for the excellence of their teaching and research.
Prof. Frota holds a MSc and PhD degrees in Mechanical Engineering from Stanford University and a participated in an Extension Programme in Political & Economical Development at Harvard University. Currently is an international Consultant for the World Bank and USAID in metrology and metrology related matters. Member of the International Programme Committee of Metrology and Measurement Systems of the Journal of the Polish Academy of Sciences (Polska Akademia Nauk), term 2008-2012. Former President of the Inter-American Metrology System (SIM, 1998-99), former Director of Scientific and Industrial Metrology of Brazil (1994-1999) and past Vice-President of the International Measurement Confederation (IMEKO, 2003-2006). Is a member of the Russian Academy of Metrology, member and founder of the Brazilian Society of Metrology.
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