On May 30, 2024, the international seminar “Monitoring Scientific-Technological, and Innovative Development of Ukraine” was held at the Institute for Economics and Forecasting of the National Academy of Sciences of Ukraine, co-organized by UNECE and the Ukrainian IP Office.
Approximately 100 participants attended the seminar, including representatives from the Ministry of Education and Science of Ukraine, the Ministry of Economy of Ukraine, and the Ukrainian IP Office. Representatives from UNECE traveled to Kyiv for in-person participation.
The relevance of scientific, technical, and innovative development is increasing due to global processes and the unprecedented challenges posed by the full-scale invasion. Developing effective national policies in science and innovation and their implementation requires prompt, relevant information on various aspects of science and innovation development, especially the personnel component and the connection between science and economic growth.
The seminar was opened with welcome speeches from Anatoly Zagorodny, President of the National Academy of Sciences of Ukraine, and Valeriy Heyets, Director of the Institute for Economics and Forecasting of the NAS of Ukraine.
Victor Grinchenko, former Director of the Institute of Hydromechanics of the National Academy of Sciences of Ukraine, presented his perspective on the use and impact of quantitative assessment indicators on research activity effectiveness.
Vitalii Gryga and Yulia Ryzhkova from the Institute for Economics and Forecasting (IEF) of the National Academy of Sciences of Ukraine discussed issues with official statistics for monitoring scientific, technological, and innovation activities, ways to use data in policy formation, and the alignment of different indicators of strategic science and innovation development.
Igor Yegorov, Head of the Department of Innovation Policy, Economics, and Organization of High Technologies at the Institute of Economics and Forecasting of the National Academy of Sciences of Ukraine, focused his presentation on the methodological aspects and experience of calculating the European Innovation Scoreboard for Ukraine, as well as the prospects for its further use.
In the second part of the seminar, a panel discussion was held, moderated by Oleksandra Antoniouk (Scientific Committee of the National Council of Ukraine on Science and Technology Development, Head, Doctor of Physics and Mathematics).
During the discussion, the need to strengthen the influence of the expert community on the development of the statistical system for monitoring scientific, technical, and innovation activities was noted, as well as the importance of implementing modern technologies in the economy and critically analyzing relevant data. Additionally, the issue of evaluating scientific activities in the context of the new methodology for the attestation of scientific institutions and higher education establishments regarding their scientific (scientific-technical) activities sparked a lively debate.
The event underscored the importance of involving scientists in addressing the current challenges of national economic recovery and development under wartime conditions, as well as the effectiveness of establishing a productive dialogue between science, the public, and state governance bodies in policy development and implementation processes.
According to the Institute for Economics and Forecasting of NAS of Ukraine