The OECD Innovation Strategy

Delivering a new approach to innovation

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The OECD Innovation Strategy provides a broad-based approach to promoting innovation

The key findings of the OECD Innovation Strategy as well as two new publications were presented by OECD Secretary-General Angel Gurría (click here to read his remarks) on 27 May at the OECD Forum 2010.

These Innovation Strategy deliverables provide policy makers with a comprehensive and cross-cutting policy guidance package setting out the priorities for structural reforms that can accelerate innovation-led growth:

In-depth OECD analysis of policies for innovation
A compendium of indicators to help position economies in the context of a broad notion of innovation, track developments in innovation processes, and monitor the implementation of the strategy.

Five interrelated priorities for government action

The Innovation Strategy is built around five priorities for government action, which together can underpin a strategic approach to promoting innovation:

Empowering people to innovate
Unleashing innovation in firms
Creating and applying knowledge
Applying innovation to address global and social challenges
Improving the governance of policies for innovation

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