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Head of Information Technology Division \DG of Curriculum

Majdi MoamarHead of Training Division \DG of Supervision & Ed.

Qualifying Ebrahim Qadah

Head of Information Technology Division \DG of Curriculum

The Palestinian R&D: Status and potential for Development

Prepared ByJad Isaac

Mazin QumsiyehMohammed Shabat

Fadi DweikJuliet BannouraWalaa' Shudrum

Applied Research Institute-Jerusalem

وزارة التربية والتعليم العالي

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Background

In MOEHE there is a General Directorate of Scientific

Research that was created to support and advance R&D.

A Science Research Council (SRC) was established to

assist this Directorate in its mission. Membership of the

SRC includes representatives from Palestinian universities

and research centers.

MOEHE presented a sectoral strategy for the coming

three years on 23 December 2009. The strategy calls for

more entrepreneurial learning, advancement of R&D as a

component of higher education, and ensuring that higher

education meets the needs of the Palestinian society


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METHODOLOGY 1.A UNESCO questionnaire was designed to collect data on R&D in

countries with established programs.

2.The questionnaire was tested on 3 institutions. (18 pages)

3.A new questionnaire was designed that is shorter, The new questionnaire went through a number of edits including input from the Ministry of higher Education until a new questionnaire was agreed upon.

4.The questionnaire was sent to over 100 institutions including all universities, 5 ministries, and 65 NGOs or private sector, Field visits were conducted to 37 institutions in the West Bank and 16 in Gaza. Some institutions were noted not to have R&D efforts and others failed to respond, but we did receive 47 filled questionnaires.

5.The data were fed in SPSS and analyzed. These data were discussed in a workshop.


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SURVEY RESULTS

Central Governorates; 43%

Northern Governorates; 17%

Southern Governorates; 17%

Gaza Strip; 22%

Classification of 63 Institution by Location


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SURVEY RESULTS

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Private Sector

8%

Governmental Institution

5%

Educational & Higher Education Institution

25%

Civil Institution

62%

Classification of 63 Institution by sectors


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SURVEY RESULTS• HUMAN RESOURCES

• CIVIL SOCIETY AND THE PRIVATE SECTOR

• EDUCATION AND R&D

• RESEARCH COOPERATION

• FINANCING R&D IN THE OPT

• R&D Infrastructure

• RESERCH OUTPUT AND QUALITY ISSUES

The total number of personnel captured who are involved in R&D is 1744

Male Researcher; 82.3%

Female Researcher; 17.7%


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Private Institution


Educational & Higher

Education Institution

Civil Institution

Female Researcher 1 4 157 147

Male Researcher 23 23 1141 248

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600

900

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Private Institution


Educational & Higher

Education Institution

Civil Institution

PhD. Degree 8 3 862 73

Master Degree 7 20 358 179

Bachelor Degree 9 4 77 122

Diploma Degree 0 0 1 21

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600

900

1200


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Number of Researchers involved in Scientific Research

SectorPart Time

Full Time

0% Involvement

Blank Answer

Total

Private Institution

24 0 0 0 24


20 6 0 1 27


1148 39 68 43 1298

Civil Institution 352 33 0 10 395

Total 1544 78 68 54 1744

Percent 88.5% 4.5% 3.9% 3.1%


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All researchers involved in the Different fields of Science

Sector

Natural

Sciences

Engineerin

g &Technolo

gy

Medical

Sciences

Agricultura

l Scien

ces

Social Scienc

es

Humaniti

es

Total

Private Institution

1 1 1 2 13 6 24


0 0 4 0 15 8 27


237 163 99 29 281 4891298

Civil Institution

41 38 11 48 171 86 395

Total279 202 115 79 480 589

1744

Percent16 11.6 6.6 4.5

27.5

33.8

100


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Only five institutions participated in the surveys.The Ministry of Economy is now conducting a study of possible R&D at all private institutions and in an initial survey of 22 institutionsMore than 60% of these private sector institutions employ ten or less employees and are most interested in productionThe study listed the following obstacles that limit the private sector from benefiting from the results of R & D:

- Outcome of existing research does not match the needs and requirements of the private sector and needs.

- Research institutions are not able to publish or/and distribute the results of their research and studies.

- The private sector is not invited to participate in university workshops and there are few opportunities to explain needs opinions and relaying trends.


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Students Distributions according to program at Tertiary Education Institutions 2007/2008

Main Program Female Male Total %

1 Education 16,401 8,142 24,543 25.9%

2 Humanities and Arts 11,817 5,507 17,324 18.3%

3Social Sciences, Business and Law

9,750 13,741 23,491 24.4%

4 Science & technology 5,932 5,394 11,326 12.0%

5Eng. Manufacturing, construction

3,211 6,557 9,768 10.3%

6 Agriculture 188 474 662 0.7%

7 Health, Welfare 4,417 3,052 7,469 8.0%

Total 51,716 42,867 94,583 100%


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SURVEY RESULTS• HUMAN

RESOURCES







-The table highlights joint projects in different sectors with different organizations. The most collaboration is between Palestinian academic institutions and their pears locally and internationally. Palestinian NGO’s are also quite active in collaborative projects.

Sector1Academic Palestinian Institutions

Academic Institutions worldwide

Palestinian NGOs

Int.NGOs

Palestinian Civil

Institutions

Other International Organization

s

Private Sector

2 1 2 2 0 1

Governmental

Institution2 1 1 0 0 0

Educational &

Higher Education Institution

29 85 9 23 7 6

Civil Institution

32 10 45 2 21 15

Total 65 97 57 27 28 22

21.9% 32.8% 19.2% 9.1% 9.4 7.4%


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RESOURCES







Total Annual Expenditure on Research

and Development (7,651,749 USD)

Private Institution

; 12.4%Governme

ntal Institution

; 1.3%

Educational &

Higher Education Institution

; 42.7%

Civil Institution

; 43.6%


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RESOURCES







The 63 R&D institutions surveyed reported existence of

significant amounts of equipment and resources.

21.3% of household are using PCs, and half of those who use

PCs connected to the Internet

The enterprises sample taken for the study revealed that the

percentage of ICT or ICT-related specialists totals about 3.5% of

the total number of employees of all enterprises. It also reveals

that among all enterprises, 82.4% do not employ any IT

specialist while 17.6% do employ at least one ICT specialist.

Statistics also show that 4.8% of total employees are IT

specialists, and 23.0% of them are female, which shows that

this kind of profession is male-dominated

There area number of private groups that do great IT work in

Palestine but in meeting with them and with universities, we

were told there is little interactions/collaboration


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RESOURCES







Output for research was rather small. Considering

even the small total number of researchers (1744), it

appears that there is less than one International

publication per 3 researchers per year. If we add the

local journals, the percentage goes up to 1.1

publications per person per year. This is low when

comparing to developed countries but on par with

Arab countries.

Most or all R&D output in the Natural Sciences,

Medical Sciences, and Engineering fields originates at

institutes of higher education (95%, 100%, and 100%

respectively). Civil society organizations and Institutes

of Higher Education have contributed almost equally

to R&D output in the Humanities, agriculture, and

social science areas.


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RESOURCES







Sector

Local A

ward

s

Inte

rnatio

nal A

ward

s

Pate

nts

Local P

ub

licatio

ns

Inte

rnatio

nal

Pu

blic

atio

ns

Con

sulta

ncie

s

Total

Private Institution 0 0 0 2 0 32 34

Governmental Institution 0 0 0 11 3 14 28

Educational & Higher Education

Institution 21 47 6 776 419106

0 2329

Civil Institution 27 4 3 556 151 362 1103

Total 48 51 9134

5 573146

8 3494


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STAKEHOLDERS’ PERCEPTIONS

No.

FactorVery

Important

Important

Not Importa

nt

No Answer

1 Coordination between Institutions 40 12 0 1

2 Providing Incentives 43 9 0 1

3 Funding 49 3 0 1

4 Capacity Building 45 7 0 1

5 Providing Tools and Devices 37 13 1 2

6 Providing Supporting Facilities 23 27 2 1

7 Political Stability 30 18 4 1

8 Good Governance 25 25 1 2

9 Improvement of Research Management 32 20 0 1

10Develop a National Strategy for Scientific

Research 35 13 4 1

11Provision of Infrastructure (Books,

References, libraries) 37 15 0 1


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Mapping Research & Development with an eye to the future

The Ministry of Education and Higher Education developed a plan for educational development for 2008-2012 (MOEHE, 2008). In the policies section "Science and technology” it states: “The study of science and technology will be improved, with special attention to the expansion of the utilization of information and communication technology in education at all levels and computer-related studies. The percentage of students studying science and technology will be increased at all levels. Science labs and their utilization in schools will be increased as well. A science and technology policy in higher education will be developed and related research will be encouraged”. Then it moved on to set the priorities for the years 2008-2012 including the following policy reforms: 1) Re-shifting the emphasis of textbooks in the curriculum, and the production and dissemination of alternative curriculum materials, teaching aids, school libraries, science laboratories and ICTs; 2) Strengthening monitoring and evaluation capabilities at all levels; 3) Reform of pre-service and in-service teacher training and development of a national strategy for teacher development; 4) Revision by the Agency of Accreditation and Quality Assurance of pre-service teacher training programs, and the technical profiles used for their selection;5) Linking in-service teacher training to decentralized school improvement policies; and 6) Developing a system of school indicators of quality improvement.


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Challenges • Monitoring of quality and impact of services was weak in Palestinian institutions largely due to the absence of harmonized quality standards

• Lack of mobility and access: Israeli restrictions and other impediments to R&D.

• Lack of coordination and cooperation. • Risk of dependency and domination.

• The excessive focus on teaching without understanding the relevance of new knowledge acquisition impedes the ability to do R&D

• Human Resources: There is a lack of proper training in R&D and lack of emphasis on R&D

• Limited infrastructure including informational database access, laboratories, centers of excellence

• There is a lack of confidence and recognition of existing skills and knowledge-base

• The percentage of high school students choosing to go into science and technology fields is low

• Stakeholders identified a proliferation of graduate programs without clear direction


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A ROADMAP FOR PROMOTING R&D IN PALESTINE Based on the review of literature, the survey, and discussion

with stakeholders, these are the recommendations to

develop a coherent and effective Palestinian R&D that can

serve the future needs of the Palestinian society:

1) Vision

2) Strategy and Policy

3) Cooperation

4) Centers of Excellence

5) Human Resources

6) Ending the occupation

7) Governance

8) Private Public partnership

9) Financing

10) Infrastructure

11) Education


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