1. fostering science, technology and innovations for sustainable development
Yelena Shevchenko
Director of Strategic Planning and
Analytics Department
JSC “Science Fund”,
Republic of Kazakhstan
Baku, 2018

2. Policy of the Republic of Kazakhstan in the field of sustainable development
2006 year - adopted «Concept of Transition of Kazakhstan to Sustainable Development »
2010 year – proposed the program «Green Bridge»
2011 year – «Global energy-ecological strategy of sustainable development in the XXI century» initiated by the President of Kazakhstan
2012 year – adopted «Kazakhstan – 2050 strategy: new political course of established state»
2013 year - approved «Concept for transition to «green economy»

3. STI policy for Sustainable Development
The 100 concrete steps (2015)
The Path to the Future (2014)
Kazakhstan 2050 (2012)
Kazakhstan 2030 (1997)
Kazakhstan 2020 (2010)
Entrepreneurial Code of the Republic of Kazakhstan (2015)
Law “On Science” (2011)
Law “On State Support for Industrial and Innovative Activities” (2012, repealed in 2016)
Law “On Commercialisation of the Results of Scientific and/or Technical Activities” (2015)
Law “On State Support for Innovative Activities” (2006, repealed in 2012)
Law “About the Status of the Nazarbayev Fund” (2011)
Law “About the Status of Nazarbayev University” (2011)
Law “about the Innovative Cluster ‘Park of Innovative Technologies’” (2014)
State Program for the Development of Education and Science (2016)
State Program on Industrial and Innovation Development of Kazakhstan (2014)
Public policies planned in the framework of long-term overarching development strategies with an increasingly prominent role of research and innovation
Strategies and programmes are well designed with precise targets at sectoral/thematic levels as well as on cross-cutting issues
There are regular reviews based on preliminary assessment of challenges and regular intermediary reviews
However :
Multiplicity of overlapping strategies and programmes, related to different policy actors in the system
Tendency to have oversophisticated strategies and programmes, remaining aspects of central planning
State Program on Education Development
Concept of Innovation Development of the Republic of Kazakhstan to 2020 (2012)
Program on Scientific and Technical Support for Innovative enterprises
National Strategy for Industrial Innovation Development (NSIID) for
Concept on formation of promising national clusters of Kazakhstan till 2020 (2013)
Inter-Sectoral Plan for S&T Development of Kazakhstan until 2020 (2010)
Diversification of Kazakhstan’s Economy through Cluster Development in Non-Extraction Sectors (2003)
State Program “Information Kazakhstan 2020” (2013)

4. Challenges for STI development in Kazakhstan
Strengthening research and scientific institutions
Affordable technology: knowledge acquisition and local production capacity
Increase responsiveness of business to technology
Human resource development
Development of global cooperation

5. STI policy for Sustainable Development: Innovation Development
University - Industry interaction
Establishment of new communication platforms to link researchers and business (targeted R&D programs)
Incubation programs
Technology transfer networks development
Significant nation-wide expansion of the grant system for start-ups
Promoting entrepreneurship and innovation-driven research (increasing government funding of innovative SMEs and technology based start-ups)

6. STI policy for Sustainable Development: Research Development
Government grants on R&D
Joint international research programs
Identification of technological tasks of enterprises (to link with research and academic institutions)
Matching funds to support collaborative R&D
Multidisciplinary research programs

7. STI policy for Sustainable Development: Human Resource Development
Involvement of former Kazakhstani and foreign scientists for graduate-level academic work and program management at research institutes
State support for education abroad (S&T specialization)
New specializations (needed for STI development in the future) in curriculums of universities
Development of technopreneurship skills

8. “Fostering productive innovation” Project
PHASE I
PHASE II
Nation Plan – 100 concrete steps
Duration
Partner
«Technology commercialization» Project
Demonstration of efficiency and commercial rationale of scientific research projects for further commercialization.
«Fostering productive innovation» Project
Keeping achievements of "Technology Commercialization" Project and assistance to the National Innovation System of Kazakhstan in improving its effectiveness.
Step 64. Development of the Law “On the commercialization of scientific and (or) scientific and technical activities” including a mechanism of financing works on introduction of innovations into production. Reorientation of the structure of research grants and programs to the needs of the state program of industrial-innovative development.
2016 – 2020
World Bank
Bank has extensive international experience in the planning and implementation of similar projects in different countries and will provide international best practice.

9. “Fostering productive innovation”
Project components
Component 1.
Development of the Knowledge Base for Innovation
1.1. Grants for Senior and Junior Research Groups
1.2. Grants for PhD research and trainings
Component 2.
Innovation Consortia
2.1. Productive Sector Consortia
2.2. Inclusive Innovation Consortia
Component 4.
Strengthening Coordination of the National Innovation System:
Enhancing the Capacity of the Existing Institutional Structures
Innovation Observatory
Component 3.
Consolidation of the Technology Commercialization Cycle
3.1. Early stage venture capital fund
3.2. Brokerage services
3.3. Technology acceleration offices outside of Kazakhstan
3.4. Technology transfer offices
Component 5. Support Project Implementation

10. Priority Actions Establish enabling systems
Develop a framework for Policy Coherence for Sustainable Development and align STI instruments and external policies to the SDGs framework
Support “Open Innovation”
Extensive networking and co-creative collaboration between all actors in society
Support “Open Science”
Greater transparency in the scientific process, global collaboration in research projects and programs
Develop a framework for guiding STI investments
Projects, programmes and initiatives with transformative sustainable potential, support of emerging and potential future technologies for the SDGs
Enhancing international research and innovation cooperation
Establishment of new cross-thematic international STI cooperation initiatives that will drive change across the SDGs

11. Thank you for your attention!
Yelena Shevchenko
Ph.D., Director of Strategic Planning and Analytics Department
JSC “Science Fund”
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