Overview of Ghana’s Science, Technology and

Transcript:Overview of Ghana’s Science, Technology and:
Overview of Ghana’s Science, Technology and Innovation System Presented by: Adelaide A. Asante Ministry of Environment, Science, Technology and Innovation Component of Ghana’s R & D system National STI Policies and Regulations National STI Policy and 5 National STI Development Plan Technology Transfer Regulation, 1992 Council for Scientific and Industrial Research Act, 1996 Cocoa Research Institute Act Ghana Atomic Energy Commission Act, 2000 Intellectual property Act, 2003 Industrial Design Act, 2003, Copy Right Act, 2005 Others –Universities act (eg. KNUST Acts, UG Act) National STI Institutions/ Infrastructure Policy Body: Ministry of Environment, Science, Technology and Innovation- Responsible for National STI policies Ministry of Education- Responsible for National STI education policies Implementing Body: 2 Major Public Research bodies- CSIR -13 Institutes and GAEC -6 Atomic and Nuclear Institutes 1 Ghana Space Science and Technology Institute under GAEC 1 Cocoa Research Institute of Ghana (CRIG) 2 Medical Research Institutes- Noguchi Medical Research Institute and Center for Scientific Research in Plants Medicine (CSRPM), Mampong GRATIS Foundation Ghana Standards Authority Food and Drugs Board 10 Public Universities 8 Technical Universities 2 Polytechnics Others- 38 Colleges of Education and 8 Technical Institutes Approximately 6 out of the 60+ accredited private Universities are into some Science, Technology, Engineering and Mathematics (STEM) related areas National STI (R & D) Human Resources STI Teaching Staff National STI programmes 2009-Date Total R&D personnel by sector of employment and occupation – 2015. Financing of STI in Ghana Government funding to STI constitutes 70% mainly from the consolidated funds STI funding is about 0.3% of GDP thus not meeting the AU Target of 1% STI Institutions receive grants and donations to support their activities which represents about 20% of their annual budgets Some STI Institutions also generates IGFs which represents about 10%-30% of their annual budget Financing of STI in Ghana Sources of Funds for R&D – 2013- 2015 Challenges of Ghana’s STI System Lack of Coordination of STI programmes and activities Inadequate implementation of STI policies and programmes Inadequate STI Infrastructure Inadequate STI human capacity ( R & D personnel, STI teachings staff esp at the basic schools) Duplication of STI activities amongst STI institutions Weak linkages between Research and Industry Fragmented STI activities Limited Budgetary allocation for STI No statutory fund for STI Strategies for Developing Ghana’s STI System National STI Baseline Survey Report Review of the National STI Policy Establishment of the National STI Advisory Apex Body Establishment