UNDP Uzbekistan

In recent years the Government of Uzbekistan has acknowledged the need for invigorating the innovative activity as the main driver of sustainable growth. Attempts have been made to set up new institutions and a system of links and incentives to form an innovation infrastructure similar to the one observed in developed market economies. The government has been trying to institutionalize both financial instruments (ie, grant schemes, tax-relieves, venture funding) and non-financial instruments (ie, technology transfer centers, annual Innovation Fair) to stimulate innovations. The project will provide support to the Government of Uzbekistan in capacity development of technology transfer institutions, in improving the organization and the results of the Annual Innovation Fair, and policy development and implementation in the area of innovation support (eg, through support in developing the concept of innovation development, setting up venture funding, etc. )The purpose of this project is to strengthen the capacities of the central government and relevant authorities to develop, implement and monitor innovation policies- Elaboration and submission to the Government of the Programme of Innovation Development - Design and calculation of indexes to monitor and evaluate both the implementation of the Programme of Innovation Development and the general degree innovation development in the Republic - Capacity building at the Agency for Technology Transfer and the regional innovation and technology transfer centers - Increasing the commercialization rate of innovations through support in conducting the annual innovation fairs, developing various schemes to finance innovation activity and projects, and developing standards and guidelines for valuation of intellectual property