International Seminar “Monitoring of Scientific, Technical and Innovative Development of Ukraine”

On May 30, 2024, an international seminar “Monitoring of Scientific, Technical and Innovative Development of Ukraine” was held. The event is organized by the Institute for Economics and Forecasting of the National Academy of Sciences of Ukraine, the Ukrainian National Office of Intellectual Property and Innovation, and the United Nations Economic Commission for Europe.

About the topic of the seminar

Innovation plays an important role in virtually all sectors of the economy and in the daily lives of people around the world. They are the basis for the future of the European Union, as clearly stated in the document “A New European Innovation Agenda”, approved in July 2022.

To formulate and implement an effective national science and innovation policy, relevant information on various aspects of science and innovation development and the link to economic growth are needed.

Thus, monitoring and evaluation of scientific, technical and innovation development is becoming increasingly important, and this activity requires the introduction of new approaches to respond to new phenomena and trends in a timely manner.

Issues for discussion:

1. Problems of statistical measurement of scientific, technical and innovation activities in Ukraine and the world;
2. monitoring of scientific and technical activities of the business sector: how to obtain reliable data;
   challenges of monitoring scientific and innovative development during the war and the post-war period and ways to solve them;
3. formation of an effective system for monitoring scientific, technical and innovative development of Ukraine.

Among the speakers of the seminar:

• President of the National Academy of Sciences of Ukraine, academician Anatoliy Zagorodnyi;
• Director of the Institute for Economics and Forecasting of the National Academy of Sciences of Ukraine, academician Valeriy Heets;
• Deputy Minister of Education and Science of Ukraine Denys Kurbatov;
• Deputy Minister of Economy of Ukraine Vitaliy Kindrativ;
• Head of the Scientific Committee of the National Council of Ukraine for the Development of Science and Technology, Doctor of Physical and Mathematical Sciences Oleksandra Antoniuk;
• Director of the Ukrainian National Office of Intellectual Property and Innovations Olena Orliuk;
• Ralf Heinrich, Head of the Section on Innovative Development and Competitiveness of the United Nations Economic Commission for Europe;
• Head of the Department of Innovation Policy, Economics and Organization of High Technologies of the Institute for Economics and Forecasting of the National Academy of Sciences of Ukraine, Corresponding Member of the National Academy of Sciences of Ukraine Igor Yegorov and others.

Oleksandra Antoniuk spoke on behalf of the Scientific Committee, stating that a scientific approach to the formation of any policy, especially innovation policy, is extremely important for governance issues. Therefore, the tasks set by this seminar are extremely important, and the Scientific Committee is looking forward to the recommendations that will be developed by the expert community in order to take them into account in its future activities.