BEGIN:VCALENDAR VERSION:2.0 PRODID:unctad.org BEGIN:VEVENT UID:6a51871e8cb92 DTSTART:20251117T124500Z SEQUENCE:0 TRANSP:OPAQUE DTEND:20251117T134500Z LOCATION:Palais des Nations\, Geneva (Hybrid)\, Switzerland SUMMARY:CSTD ISP side event: Strengthening STI parks in national innovation system\, entrepreneurship nurturing and cluster building CLASS:PUBLIC DESCRIPTION:The UNCTAD project "\;Science\, Technology and Innovation Parks for sustainable development: building expertise in policy and practi ce in selected Asian and African countries"\;\, funded by the UN 2030 Agenda for Sustainable Development Sub-Fund under the UN Peace and Develo pment Fund\, aims to strengthen the policy and operational capacities for implementing STI parks in selected Asian and African countries. This proje ct enables policymakers and practitioners to learn from the successful exp eriences of other countries\, where STI parks have played a key role in te chnological and industrial advancements and development at regional and na tional levels.STI parks which include incubators and accelerators have bec ome important instruments for improving national innovation performance. H owever\, attempts to use STI parks to generate positive socio-economic out comes often fail to deliver optimal results due to insufficient local capa bilities for STI park design\, implementation and management. This project addresses these challenges by supporting beneficiary countries in buildin g capacity and sharing best practices\, with a focus on developing effecti ve policy frameworks and promoting inclusive approaches.Important outputs of this project include a Policy Toolkit for STI Park Development\, comple mented by three technical notes and a capacity-building e-learning module for STI policymaking and practices. The Policy Toolkit\, which is under pr eparation\, is designed to capture good practices and policy options ident ified through the project’s implementation and exchanges among policymak ers\, STI park practionners and experts. The technical notes provide in-de pth analysis of international experiences\, challenges in developing count ries and policy options for strengthening STI parks\, including their role s in national innovation systems\, industrial development through clusteri ng and entrepreneurship nurturing. The three published technical notes are :Strengthening science\, technology and innovation parks in national innov ation systems of developing countries (UNCTAD/TCS/DTL/INF/2025/3).Strength ening science\, technology and innovation parks for industrial development through clustering (UNCTAD/TCS/DTL/INF/2025/5).Strengthening science\, te chnology and innovation parks as catalysts for fostering entrepreneurship in developing countries (UNCTAD/TCS/DTL/INF/2025/7).The side event will di scuss the three topics covered respectively in the three recently publishe d technical notes\, and provide policymakers and practitioners with practi cal tools and evidence-based policy options to harness STI parks for devel opment. The event will also provide a platform to discuss lessons learned and highlight policy considerations\, particularly addressing the entrepre neurial challenges and perspectives of women and youth.Target participants In-person participants: The event targets CSTD member States and particip ants to the the Intersessional Panel (ISP) of the 29th CSTD. It is open to all approved ISP participants.Virtual participants: Open to professional s engaged in STI park development or involved in related fields as part of their work.https://unctad.org/system/files/official-document/tcsdtlinf202 5d7_en.pdf\n\nView meeting on unctad.org\nhttps://unctad.org/meeting/cstd- isp-side-event-strengthening-sti-parks-national-innovation-system-entrepre neurship DTSTAMP:20260710T235822Z END:VEVENT END:VCALENDAR