Major Science and Technology Strategies for Closing Gaps

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Major Science and Technology Strategies for
Closing Gaps

• Improved RD for Increased Production,
• Productivity and Marketing
• Use of Global ST and Analyses of Impacts
• Improve ST Skills and ST Literacy in Civil
  Society
• Constructive Learning and Dissemination of
  Findings (ICTs)
• Studies on the Reasons for Domestic Response to
  ST and Knowledge
• Use of Foresighting and Modeling
• Upgrading of Infrastructure Centers of
  Excellence
• Stimulation of ST for Entrepreneurship
• International Partnerships
• New Energy Forms

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Jamaicas ST Infrastructure
Prime Minister
Advisor
National ST Commission
Public Sector Organizations Research
Development (Water, Minerals, Marine,
Food) Standards, Education, Agriculture,
Energy, Intellectual Property Environment
Protection Forensic Sciences
Universities
National ST Foundation
RD Faculties Applied Institutions (Science
Parks)
Technology Investment Fund
Youth Forum Academies
Entrepreneurs
Private Sector Manufacturing, Processing,
Industries, Services, Trade, Testing
Foreign Investments Technology
Transfer, Licensing Agreements
Diplomacy
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The Role of the NCST

• Provides Advisories to the Government on Issues
  Relating to ST
• Undertakes Policy Analyses and Monitors
  Implementation
• Identifies, Catalyses and Galvanizes Action in
  Areas of Importance to National Development
• Promotes the Development of Local ST Capability,
  Innovativeness and Competitiveness

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The Role of the NCST Contd

• Informs and Educates the Public to Ensure a
  Better Understanding of ST Issues and More
  Importantly, How to Use ST
• Identifies and Develops Mechanisms for Funding
  ST Activities
• Follows and Reports on Global ST Developments of
  National Importance
• Fosters Local and International RD Partnerships

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Actions to Close the Domestic and International
ST Divide

• Creation of a Coordinating Body
• New Policy and Legal ST Arrangements
• Development of Indicators of Progress
• Hosts a Young Scientists Forum
• Accent on ST for Social Advancement
• Reduction of Poverty (MDGs)
• Collaboration with the Jamaican Diaspora
• ST Education and Technical Training
• Financing of RD and ST Activities
• Small and Medium Enterprise Focus
• Creation of a National Think Tank
• Monitoring and Evaluation