Dr. Arturo BorjaDirector de Cooperacin InternacionalCONACYT Mxico

Background

Starting point: Set of 32 indicators

Agreement: Set of 12 core indicators to measure innovation performance on OAS member countries Based on methodologies recommended by the OECD and used in several innovation surveysEuropean Innovation ScoreboardESIDET (Mexico)

Most countries would be able to estimate these indicators

Indicators (STI)Published scientific articles per million inhabitants Patent applications per million inhabitants Proportion of companies with internal innovation (products or processes)Proportion of companies that collaborate with others in innovation activitiesProportion of companies with technological innovationProportion of companies developing marketing / organizational innovations

Indicators (STI)Proportion of sales of technologically new products Proportion of sales of technologically improved productsProportion of Technology Balance of Payments to GDPGross Domestic Expenditure on Research and Development (GERD) as a proportion of GDPICT expenditure as a share of GDPResearchers per thousand of labour force

Innovation not designed for profit or economic growth of countries, yet improves the quality of life for its citizens

Innovation that, even though is not strategic or sustainable, contributes to social welfare and equality by reducing the gap in knowledge, skills, opportunities and access to goods and services

Innovation that reduces poverty, is inclusive of the poor and the marginalized, and reduces social problemsInclusive Innovation

Inclusive Innovation Development Index (IIDI)Components to consider for an indexProportion of Budget allocated to intermediary institutions that bridge gaps to improve the lives of those at the base of the pyramid (Government, Academe, Enterprises, Non-Profit Organizations or Development Agencies)Proportion of projects received and approved from active researchers that work with marginalized communities to build their capabilitiesProportion of Low Cost Technology patentsProportion of Patents that reduce costs, which are not introduced to the marketIIDI

Once the following is determinedCut-off point of the pyramid (poverty line)Type of commodity of the innovation (food, housing, transportation, clothing,)Its affordability to be acquired by the poorIts qualification as inclusive innovationThat it is acquirable in the marketRATIO: Inclusive innovation commodities with respect to total innovation commodities

ExampleTopicProjectSocial communication of sciencePoverty AbatementKnowledge EconomyStudy for the promotion of science in marginalized elementary schoolsDeterminants of poverty, marginalization and social gap in states and municipalities.Articulation of Innovation Systems in Rural AreasDigital gap in higher education

Collect comments from the participants in the Working Group regarding the set of indicators on innovation

Distribute the final version of indicators

Approval of the set of indicators by members of the Working Group

Send to all countries the set of indicators

Workshop to define the methodology for estimating these indicators on innovationNext Steps