OECD is preparing a follow up to STIG

The OECD is discussing a possible follow up project to STIG and other relevant activites on global challenges in the organisation.


The Committe for Scientific and Technological Policy and the GSF  will arrange a workshop in Paris on March 22 on international cooperation in science, technology and inniovation to advance knowlege and address grand challenges.


The workshop will look at

• Effective models for funding international partnerships in STI
• Operationalising international co-operation in research and innovation (Public research institutions, specialised centres of excellence, global research networks and platforms)
• Sharing information and data on research agendas

Bonn Workshop On STI for Global Challenges

Group on Earth Observations, the Univesity of Bonn and BLB will arrange a workshop  in Bonn on May 21 2014 on how to respond to the grand challenges.

The idea is to plan a comparative study on global funding of science, technology and innovation, focusing on the GEO and Future Earth initiatives and the topic of water.

More information here!

The Royal Society and Imperial College Workshops on Governance of International STI Collaboration

From the Royal Society PolicyLab on STIG
October 19 2012 (photo: P Koch)

Possible follows up of the OECD STIG project on governance of international science, technology and innovation collaboration for meeting global challenges were discussed at two workshops held in London in late October.

The first one was held at the Royal Society on October 29, where the STIG project as well as the Royal Society's own work in the area were presented and discussed.

There were presentations by Sir Chris Llewellyn Smith FRS, Chair of the Royal Society Knowledge  networks and nations study, Per Koch, Innovation Norway; Chair of  OECD STIG, Keith Smith, Imperial College London and Ken Guy, Head of Science and Technology Policy, OECD.

From the Imperial College Workshop on
October 30 (Photo: P Koch)

On October 30 experts and policy makers associated with the OECD STIG project met at the Imperial College to discuss further  issues, including  how  to categorize global STI problems,  the best conceptual tools for addressing multilateral collaboration issues, and the institutional forms through which collaboration can be implemented.

An important discussion point was the shape of possible  follow-up projects on policy collaboration for global challenges.

Click here for the Imperial College workshop agenda!

Click here for the Imperial Workshop Summary!

The Oslo Workshop on International Co-operation in Science, Technology and Innovation to Address Global Challenges

The Oslo Workshop on International Co-operation in Science, Technology and Innovation to Address Global Challenges took place in Oslo on May 18 to 20, 2011. This is the program of that even, with links to Powerpoint-presentations.

The workshop was hosted by The Norwegian Ministry of Education and Research and the German Federal Ministry of Education and Research in collaboration with OECD and the Research Council of Norway as part of the Norwegian Year of Science.

The need for efficient governance of International STI collaboration

The economic challenges of ensuring fiscal consolidation, economic restructuring and re-starting growth coincides with increasing political pressure to meet various social challenges, such as climate change, energy supply, clean water, infectious and neglected diseases, ageing and demographic change and food security.

These challenges are typically global in nature and cannot be dealt with alone by any country. They need to be addressed at a global level, and science, technology and innovation (STI) are essential to do so effectively.

Current policy frameworks and governance mechanisms for international co-operation exist for specific purposes and for different settings, but they often fall short of adequately supporting broad-based collaborative action at the scale, intensity and multi-disciplinarity required. New approaches and models for international collaboration need to be developed.

The Oslo workshop was to provide input to the OECD project on Governance of International Co-operation on STI for Global Challenges (STIG).