The Role of Science, Technology and Innovation on SocioEconomic Development Tanzania perspectives Ho

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The Role of Science, Technology and Innovation on
Socio-Economic DevelopmentTanzania
perspectivesHon. Dr. Shukuru Kawambwa
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OUTLINE

• INTRODUCTION
• ST FOR SOCIOECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT
• ST AS A SOLUTION TO CRITICAL CHALLENGES
• SCIENCE, TECHNOLOGY AND INNOVATION EFFORTS IN
  TANZANIA

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CONTENTS CONTD.

• R ACTIVITIES IN TANZANIA
• INDICATORS FOR STI DEVELOPMENT

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INTRODUCTION

• Science, Technology and Innovation
• Factor for national economic growth
• Major source to competitive advantage
• For example
• Increased life expectancy and discovery of new
  drugs for various diseases
  
• Increased agricultural outputs
• Increased use of Information and Communication
  Technologies
  

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SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY FOR SOCIOECONOMIC
DEVELOPMENT

• Tanzania formulated her first National Science
  and Technology Policy in 1985, being one of the
  of the first African countries to do so
  
• Development of knowledge (science) and its
  application (technology) has been uneven and
  inequitable in our global village
  
• Disparity has led to socio-economic differences
  between the developed and the less developed
  nations

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SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY DEVELOPMENT AS A SOLUTION
TO CRITICAL CHALLENGES

• Food insecurity and hunger (through improved
  agriculture, aquaculture and biotechnology
  innovations),
  
• Deforestation and environmental degradation
• developing alternative energy sources, such as
  solar, nuclear energy, wind, biogas etc),
  

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• Human suffering from endemic diseases, such as
  malaria, tuberculosis, cholera, and HIV/AIDS
  (through provision of more resources for cutting
  edge research on matters related to human health
  improvement, provision of clean and safe water to
  the people).

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SCIENCE, TECHNOLOGY AND INNOVATION EFFORTS
IN TANZANIA

• Transformation of Tanzania National Scientific
  Research Council into Act No 7 of 1986, which
  established the Tanzania Commission for Science
  and Technology with a wider mandate.
• Establishment of a Ministry responsible for
  Science, Technology and Higher Education, and
  very recently transformed to Ministry of
  Communication, Science and Technology.

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• Review of the National Science and Technology
  Policy in 1996.
  
• Adoption of the Science and Technology Sub-Master
  Plan in 2003
  
• Formulation of the National Research Policy in
  2007 (draft)
  
• 2008 Formulation of the National Science,
  Technology and Innovation Policy by reviewing
  the National Science and Technology Policy of
  1996 (draft).

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RD ACTIVITIES IN TANZANIA

• Public and private institutions which are
  involved in RD
  
• All National Research and Development institutes
  and institutions of higher learning are
  affiliated to the Tanzania Commission for Science
  and Technology (COSTECH)
• COSTECH is responsible for coordination of all
  research activities in the country

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RD ACTIVITIES Contd

• COSTECH is composed of RD Advisory Committees
  which advise the Government on sectoral
  priorities for research, allocation of resources,
  review of research proposals and recommends for
  review of the National Science and Technology
  Policy

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RD ACTIVITIES Contd

• The Government is in the process of formulating
  the National Research Policy (draft) and will
  address
  
• The National Research Agenda
• Legal and Regulatory framework
• Research Funding
• Human Resource Development and physical
  resources Strategic Collaborations and
  Partnership Research Ethics Cross Cutting
  Issues including Gender and Environment.

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SCIENCE, TECHNOLOGY AND INNOVATION INDICATORS

• STI development is measured by indicators e.g.
• human capital development,
• research outputs e.g. patents,
• science, technology and innovation infrastructure
  and
  
• total investment in science, technology and
  innovation
  

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SCIENCE, TECHNOLOGY AND INNOVATION INDICATORS

• Unfortunately, Tanzania spends less than 1 of
  its Annual budget on RD and STI development
  hence ranking low in STI indicators
  

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• Thank you!