International Distributed Research Infrastructures: Issues and Options

This report presents findings and analyses regarding formal status, governance, establishment, funding, access and other issues. It is the result of a survey of existing infrastructures, followed by discussions among infrastructure practitioners: researchers, facility administrators, officials of ministries and funding agencies.

Workshop on Integrating Omics and Policy for Healthy Ageing: Synthesis Report

An ageing population brings new challenges both to healthcare systems and to medicine in terms of the increased manifestation of specific diseases primarily seen in the elderly. Biomedical innovation, and in particular research into "omics technologies", offers the promise of new means of detection, prevention and treatment of age-related disabilities and diseases.

Principaux indicateurs de la science et de la technologie

Un jeu d'indicateurs mis à jour régulièrement qui reflète le niveau et la structure des efforts menés par les pays de l'OCDE et par une sélection d'économies non-membres dans les domaines de la science et de la technologie.

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National Intellectual Property Systems, Innovation and Economic Development with perspectives on Colombia and Indonesia

This publication addresses the role of national systems of IP in the socio-economic development of emerging countries, notably through their impact on innovation. It presents a framework that identifies the key mechanisms that enable IP systems to support emerging countries’ innovation and development objectives.

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Insights blog: Better knowledge for better innovation policies - The Innovation Policy Platform

The Innovation Policy Platform (IPP) is a one-of-a-kind web-based interactive space that provides easy access to open data, learning resources and opportunities for collective learning on the design, implementation, monitoring and evaluation of locally appropriate innovation policies.

Science, technologie et industrie : Tableau de bord de l'OCDE

Cet ouvrage aide les pouvoirs publics à mieux définir leurs politiques et à suivre les progrès accomplis dans la science, la technologie, l’innovation et la performance industrielle. Plus de 250 indicateurs mettent en lumière les résultats affichés par l’OCDE et les économies partenaires dans un large éventail de domaines.

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• OECD Science, Technology and Industry Scoreboard

Innovation-driven Growth in Regions: The Role of Smart Specialisation

In very simple terms, smart specialisation suggests that countries or regions should identify and select a limited number of priority areas for knowledge-based investments, focusing on strengths and comparative advantages. This report uses case studies to illustrate how smart specialisation can be used to design better public policies for boosting innovation-driven growth in OECD regions. It also examines governance and evaluation.

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Commercialising Public Research: New Trends and Strategies

This report describes recent trends in government and institutional level policies to enhance the transfer and exploitation of public research. It also benchmarks a set of countries, universities and public research institutions based on both traditional and new indicators.

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Addressing Dementia: The OECD Response

As the number of people affected from dementia continues to climb across the world as populations age, the cost for health systems rises too. OECD countries account for nearly half the global cases of dementia today and have a particular responsibility in addressing this challenge.

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Responsible Development of Nanotechnology

This paper presents the findings of a survey of 25 countries. It provides a snapshot of current national or regional policy and research programmes designed to stimulate the growth of nanotechnology applications in diverse sectors of the economy while addressing the potential risks and the ethical and social challenges the technology might raise.