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LOCATION:South Africa\, Seychelles\, Zambia\, 
SUMMARY:Training session on science\, technology and innovation policy and 
 practice
CLASS:PUBLIC
DESCRIPTION:This course is part of the UNCTAD STI Policy Learning Programme
  which provides training for mid- to senior-level policy makers\, analyst 
 and experts\, and key STI national stakeholders in academia\, industry and
  civil society.ObjectivesIncrease knowledge on science\, technology\, and 
 innovation (STI) policy and its concepts.Enhance STI experts’ capacity t
 o understand\, formulate and revise STI policy\, and apply STI policy conc
 epts.Target ParticipantsManagement\, executives and policy experts and ana
 lysts working in government and public agencies directly engaged in STI po
 licy work.STI stakeholders in other government and public organizations\, 
 including civil society representatives\, concerned with exercising the po
 tential of STI for sustainable development.Private sector and their organi
 zations\, including firms and sector organizations\, which are beneficiari
 es of STI policy.Academia and researchers concerned with issues in the STI
  policy domain.Structure and methodologyThe course is delivered in 20 less
 ons. Each lesson consists of five to fifteen elements. An element can be a
  video or a quiz\, or an assignment. A lesson should take less than an hou
 r to complete unless there is a specific assignment involved.Quizzes serve
  to reinforce knowledge and insight\, but not to evaluate participants. So
 me assignments will be a course completion requirement.Duration4-week e-le
 arning course\, 20 active hours will be needed for course completion4 foll
 ow-up webinars to be scheduled at the start of the course. The webinars wi
 ll serve as Q&amp\;A sessions for responding to technical issues and for s
 ubstantive clarifications\, including the review of course assignments and
  case studies.LessonsWhat is innovation?The innovator and entrepreneurWhat
  is STI Policy and why do we need it?Innovation: risk or uncertainty?Innov
 ation challenges in developing countriesChallenges for STI policy implemen
 tationSTI policy and sustainable developmentInnovation\, entrepreneurship 
 and supportive policiesFinancing innovationStimulating demand for innovati
 onCreative destruction\, disruptive innovation and the role of changeLinea
 r innovation and innovation systemsEvolution of national systems of innova
 tionNSI: challenges and opportunitiesIntroduction to technology transferTe
 chnology gaps and technology divergenceTechnology transfer case study exer
 ciseChannels of technology transferAbsorptive capacities for technology tr
 ansferIPRs and technology transferMorehttps://elearning.unctad.org/course/
 index.php?categoryid=37\n\nView meeting on unctad.org\nhttps://unctad.org/
 meeting/training-session-science-technology-and-innovation-policy-and-prac
 tice
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