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STI Imperatives for the SDGs
Jonathan Wong Regional Adviser on Science, Technology & Innovation United Nations Economic and Social Commission for Asia and the Pacific Twitter: @UN_JonathanWong
Priorities for harnessing STI for sustainable development
• Visionary leadership • Policies for economy, society and environment • Institutions and infrastructure • Nurturing talent • Investment • International collaboration • Inclusive innovation • Open innovation
• Committed leadership at the highest level • Whole of government approach • Integrated policies
• Institutions that support ideas from lab to use
• Internet connectivity • Corporate law and IP
• Scientific education for all • Digital skills • Nurture scientists and entrepreneurs • Challenge-driven universities
• Encourage movement of students, scientists, engineers and other professionals
• Promote sharing of technical knowledge • Pooled investment funds
Innovation platforms for
collaboration
Inclusive Innovation
Inclusion of marginalized people in the innovation process, and the development of products and services
for marginalized people
Open innovation
Open innovation describes the process of harnessing
the distributed and collective intelligence of the crowd. It is based on a number of principles, including
collaboration, sharing, self organization, decentralization, transparency of process and plurality
of participants.
Concluding Points • Sri Lanka has shown visionary leadership through this Forum and
demonstrated an openness to international knowledge sharing and collaboration.
• There is an opportunity for countries around the world to learn from the Sri Lanka experience.
• Our role at the United Nations is to surface innovative practice in the pursuit of the SDGs.
• Member States in the Asia-Pacific region have established a STI Committee as a platform for governments to facilitate knowledge-sharing and collaboration in the region.
• Sri Lanka will play a prominent role at this inaugural Committee.
• We look forward to supporting Sri Lanka on this journey, and sharing Sri
Lanka best practices to support governments around the world to harness STI for the SDGs.
