Effectively Governing Multilateral Science, Technology & Innovation Cooperation in the Context of Global Challenges

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1 Effectively Governing Multilateral Science, Technology & Innovation Cooperation in the Context of Global Challenges 5 th Inco Conference Addressing Future Challenges Aurelia Figueroa Athens, 2 June 2014 This presentation represents the views from the presenter who participated in the OECD STIG project. It does not represent any official position of the organisations involved.

2 Why review governance mechanisms for international cooperation? 2

3 Multilateral cooperation critical for solutions to global challenges Research on multilateral STI cooperation is extremely limited OECD Directorate for Science, Technology, and Industry coordinated research among Member and non-member countries Resulted in 2012 publication Cooperation continues informally in Beyond Stig: beyondstig.blogspot.com 3

4 International cooperation governance across three global challenge areas Agriculture and food security Health Energy and climate change + 2 mini case studies

5 Five governance dimensions Priority setting Funding and spending arrangements Knowledge sharing and intellectual property Putting STI into practice Capacity building for research and innovation

6 Governance Lessons Some recommendations

7 Agenda & Priority Setting Balance the benefits of stakeholder inclusion with the burden of transaction costs Combine bottom-up and topdown governance mechanisms Facilitate short-term responsiveness without sacrificing longer term goals

8 Funding and Spending Smooth funding mechanisms to reduce transaction costs and foster stability Contingency fund to cover potential late submissions Develop flexible spending mechanisms to ensure strategic responsiveness

9 Knowledge Sharing and Intellectual Property Adapt governance to each phase of the collaboration life cycle Governance mechanisms should achieve results and diffuse the products of research Use governance approaches to encourage sharing

10 Bridging Research into Practice Go beyond technology fix paradigm Address political, economic and cultural conditions Implement strategies for communication with stakeholders and the general public

11 Capacity Building Needs to be included among all cooperation partners Should seek to minimize duplication Should foster south-south and south-north cooperation

12 Policy Challenges Achieve high-level political support and/or have a demanddriven approach Operate with a mandate Align national research priorities with international cooperation Convince existing funders to orient calls to the goals of international cooperation

13 .and opportunities Scale and scope of global challenges requires international cooperation to: Manage the uncertainty of global challenge research Mitigate and share risk among partners Pool resources Realise inclusive processes and responses to shape resilient outcomes 13

14 Effective governance is essential! Issac Cordal (2011), Electoral Campaign, popularly known as Politicians discussing Global Warming

15 Meeting Global Challenges through Better Governance: International Cooperation in Science, Technology and Innovation may be found online at For more information:

16 Case Studies 1. CGIAR: Consultative Group on International Agricultural Research 2. Gates: The Bill and Melinda Gates Foundation 3. GEO: Group on Earth Observations 4. IAI: Inter-American Institute for Global Change Research 5. IAEA: The International Atomic Energy Agency 6. IEA: The International Energy Agency Implementing Agreements 7. JPI: EU Joint Programming Initiatives Agriculture, Food Security and Climate Change (FAACCE) + 2 mini case studies