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Workshop on Innovation Indicators for Policy Making and Impact Assessment

on 13-Jun-2007

Do we have the right set of indicators to measure the outcomes and impacts of innovation? To what questions about the impacts of R&D and innovation would policy makers like the data to give an answer? What extra insights on innovation do we gain by linking different surveys and datasets? This workshop to be held in Paris will address these and other questions and discuss the implications for future OECD work in this area.

Advancing Knowledge and the Knowledge Economy

from 10-Jan-2005 to 11-Jan-2005

This conference is designed to deepen the common understanding of how difficult-to-measure knowledge resources drive an increasingly virtualized economy, and to assess prospects for advancing and regenerating knowledge infrastructure, institutions, and policies.

Blue Sky II Forum 2006

from 25-Sep-2006 to 27-Sep-2006

The Blue Sky II Forum taking place in Ottawa on 25-27 September 2006 will set a broad agenda for future work on science, technology and innovation (STI) indicators. The forum will bring together public policy researchers, economists, social scientists and statisticians, as well as policy makers, government officials and other interested parties. Statistics Canada, the OECD, the US National Science Foundation and Industry Canada have partnered to host this landmark conference.
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Science, Technology and Innovation Indicators in a Changing World: Responding to Policy Needs

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In order to foster innovation in their countries, governments first need to be able to measure it. But what means do they have at their disposal? The Oslo Manual provides them with the essential methodological guidelines.

Oslo Manual: Guidelines for Collecting and Interpreting Innovation Data, 3rd Edition

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The internationally recognized methodology for collecting and using R&D statistics and an indispensable tool for statistical offices around the world.

Frascati Manual: Proposed Standard Practice for Surveys on Research and Experimental Development