From S&T Policy to ST&I Policy –
Pakistan’s perspective
by:
Dr. Imtinan Elahi Qureshi
Executive Director COMSATS
National Innovation System and Intellectual Property – I. E. Qureshi 8/10/13
Presentation Plan
1. General reflections on Science, Technology
and Innovation (ST&I)
2. Pakistan’s ST&I Policy – 2012
3. Way forward
National Innovation System and Intellectual Property – I. E. Qureshi 8/10/13
General
reflections
Science
Curiositybased
Innovation
Moneybased ?
Technology
Demandbased
National Innovation System and Intellectual Property – I. E. Qureshi 8/10/13
STIP - 2012
Responsibility : PCST
….. to advise the Govt. on S&T policies and
plans…
Support : Sub-committee comprising nominees of:
MoST – COMSTECH – Planning
Commission – PAEC – PCSIR – HEC – SDPI –
FPCCI
lead by COMSATS
Feedback : MoST Organizations
Ownership: Ministry of Science and Technology
….S&T research coordination is the
responsibility of Federal Govt.,
according to the 1973 Constitution.
National Innovation System and Intellectual Property – I. E. Qureshi 8/10/13
S&T Policy History
1. “National Science and Technology Policy”
March 1984
2. “National Technology Policy and Technology
Development Action Plan”
Nov. 1993
3. Recommendations of the 2nd meeting of “National
Commission for Science and Technology” May 2000
4.
"Technology based industrial Vision and Strategy for
Pakistan's Socio-economic Development” Dec. 2003
National Innovation System and Intellectual Property – I. E. Qureshi 8/10/13
Major Considerations
1.
Analysis of previous S&T policies and their implementation status
2.
Overview of the current S&T capacity and management of S&T
sector
3.
Proposing an effective mechanism of policy formulation and
implementation.
4.
Ensuring that national sectoral policies and plans by other
Ministries and Planning Commission are well aligned with the
proposed ST&I Policy.
5.
Assimilating the international state-of-the-art S&T developments
and useful elements of S&T policies of other countries.
6.
Remaining cognizant of the interests of all stake-holders.
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Shortcomings of Past S&T Policies
Deficit of Resources/ Political will
 Supply vs Demand Aspects
 Lack of Protectionism
 Weaknesses in Institution Building
 Absence of Policy Research Institutions
 Implementation gaps
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Statistics of R&D Capacity

Federal S&T/ R&D Organizations (63)

Provincial S&T/ R&D Organization (42)
 Punjab (24)
 Sindh (9)
 Balochistan (6)
 Khyber Pakhtunkhwa (3)

Universities/Degree Awarding Institutions (132)
 Federal Area (16)
 Punjab (40)
 Sindh (39)
 Khyber Pakhtunkhwa (24)
 Balochistan (8)
 Azad Jammu & Kashmir (4)
 Gilgit Baltistan (1)
Selected Sectoral Policies of Pakistan
 National Quality Policy and Plan (PNAC, MoST) (2004)
 IT Policy and Action Plan (IT & Telecom. Division, MoST) (2000)/ Revised-2010
 Labour Policy (Ministry of Labour and Manpower) (2010)
 Draft National Population Policy (Ministry of Population Welfare ) (2010)
 Policy for Development of Renewable Energy for Power Generation (Ministry of Water
and Power ) (2006)
 The National Skills Strategy (National Vocational and Technical Education Commission)
(2009-2013)
 National Health Policy – Final Draft (Ministry of Health) (2009)
 National Environmental Policy (Ministry of Environment) (2005)
 Medium Term Policy for Development of Alternative and Renewable Energy (Draft)
 National Education Policy (Ministry of Education) (2009)
 SME Policy (Ministry of Industries, Production and Special Initiatives) (2007)
 Trade Policy (Ministry of Commerce) (2009-10)
 National Policy and Strategy for Fisheries and Aquaculture Development in Pakistan
(Ministry of Food, Agriculture and Livestock) (2007)
 National Drinking Water Policy (2007)
 National Biotechnology and Genetic Engineering Policy – Final Draft (National
Commission on Bio-technology)
Holistic View
ST&I Management Structure
The scope of
STIP-2012
Technology Development
and Transfer Plans
Human Resource Development
…..Holistic View
Introduction
Document Plan
Prescriptive Part
Chapters
Action Lists
A: Vision and Objectives
D: Technology Development
B: ST&I Planning and
Management Structure
E: International Cooperation
C: Human Resource
Development
F: Thrust Areas
…..Holistic View
Technology Development
Transfer
Indigenous
Technical Aspects
High Technology
- Universities
- R&D Organizations
- Defense Establishments
Financial Aspects
Codification of Indigenous
knowledge
Technology for Socio-economic Development
- Public/Private Partnership
- Industrial R&D Centres
- Innovative Fund
- Venture Capital
- Equity Fund
Thrust Areas
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Metrology, Standards, Testing and Quality (MSTQ)
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Environment
•
Health and Pharmaceuticals
•
Energy
•
Biotechnology and Genetic Engineering
•
Agriculture and Livestock
•
Water
•
Minerals
•
Ocean Resources
•
Electronics
•
Information & Communication Technology (ICTs)
•
Space Technology
•
•
•
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Materials Science
Nanoscience and Nanotechnology
Lasers and Photonics
Engineering Sector
Proposals to create new Bodies
A5. Constitution of a Cabinet Committee on Science, Technology and Innovation.
A6. Notification of the Advisory Council for the Ministry of Science and Technology.
A34. Constitution of a task force with a number of sub-committees to propose specific actions
with the identification of agencies responsible for executing these actions in order to
achieve the deployment of indigenous technology.
A41. Establishment of a body under MoST for the codification of indigenous knowledge and its
effective use in production sector.
A42. Creating the position of a Liaison Officer in the Ministry of Science and Technology to
coordinate the IPR related activities across all R&D organizations in close association
with IPO, Pakistan.
A50. Designation of a ‘monitoring team’ for periodically reviewing progress on bilateral MoUs
and dissemination of relevant information to research institution and ministries
A68. Harmonizing the efforts made in the energy sector by different Ministries, departments
and research centres by creating an ‘Energy Council’ with heads of relevant
organizations. The council will be entrusted to advice on priority areas for R&D and
management of resources and to fill gaps.
A70. Constituting R&D task force for developing processes to convert Coal and Coal gas for
environment-friendly energy productions and their conversion to economically useful
products.
A113.Help and support for the implementation of the proposals documented in the joint reports
of HEC and PIDE, entitled" Technology based industrial Vision and Strategy for
Pakistan's Socio-economic Development-2003
Way Forward
Policy Actions:
A1.
Declaration of the political will that S&T capacity
building would be a central pillar of national development
strategy and the R&D expenditure would be enhanced to
1.0% of GDP by 2015 and 2.0% by 2020.
A2.
Commitment to create a long-term non-partisan ST&I
policy with the consensus of all stake-holders and putting
in place a follow-up mechanism for ensuring continuity of
the policy and allocation of required funds.
A3.
Issuing the guidelines for shifting the focus of R&D
towards demand side with full participation of private
sector and employing mechanisms to foster innovation.
Thanks
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