主 题： National Innovation Councils – Effective governance mechanism or‘nice to have’?
主讲人：Sylvia Schwaag Serger博士
瑞典创新署（Vinnova）国际战略主管
主持人：梁正 副教授
清华大学中国科技政策研究中心副主任
点评人：顾淑林 中国科学院科技政策与管理科学研究所研究员
孔德涌 中国科技促进发展研究中心原主任
讲座地点：294俄罗斯专享会302会议室
讲座时间：2015年3月17日（星期二）16:00-17:30
演讲语言：英文
主题内容：
In the past decade, a growing number of countries have established national councils for innovation or for science, technology and innovation. The interest in innovation councils is not dependent on level of economic development. Both highly developed countries with strong innovative capacity, such as Finland or Germany, and less developed countries, such as Brazil and China, have set up high-level councils reporting directly to the Head of Government or Ministers of economy or research (or their equivalents). Councils have been set up in response to a growing need for strengthening the coordination, governance, inclusiveness and, ultimately, the effectiveness of innovation policy, numerous countries have established innovation councils. However, the composition, mandate, resources and organizational positioning differ significantly between countries.
What are the rationales, driving forces and expectations that explain the growing interest in national innovation councils as a policy instrument and/or governance mechanism? How do they operate and what determines their effectiveness and impact? In this presentation, I analyze a number of national councils, comparing their function, composition and role in different national innovation systems. In particular, I look at Germany, Finland, Denmark, Sweden, Canada and the US. I conclude with some policy recommendations based on the analysis
主讲人简介：
Ms. Schwaag Serger received an MA in International Relations from the Paul H. Nitze School of Advanced International Studies (SAIS) at the Johns Hopkins University in 1992 and a PhD in economic history from the London School of Economics and Political Science (LSE) in 1997.
Ms Schwaag Serger joined VINNOVA in 2008. Prior to that she was Science Counselor in Beijing. Since 2010, Ms. Schwaag Serger is Member of the Board of the Expert Group for Public Economics (ESO) under the Swedish Ministry of Finance. From 2008-2011 she chaired a Task Force on internationalization of innovation for the European Association of Innovation Agencies (TAFTIE). She recently also chaired an expert group on international science, technology and innovation cooperation for the European Commission.
