The Innovation Promotion and Support Division
Dr FOUDA Martin
Head of Division
(1) Placed under the authority of a Division Head, the Innovation Promotion and Support Division is responsible for:
- The development and monitoring of the implementation of the national innovation policy;
- The development of the National Innovation Plan;
- The design and implementation of a legislative and regulatory framework favorable to innovation, in conjunction with the Legal Unit;
- The creation of a file of national scientific and technological expertise; The development of national strategies for the development and transfer of innovation;
- Planning, monitoring and controlling the execution of innovation programs;
- Drafting the annual national report on innovation;
- The definition of procedures aimed at promoting the creation and development of innovative businesses, in conjunction with the administrations concerned;
- The development of standards, in liaison with the administrations concerned;
- Codification of innovation programs and projects;
- Carrying out analytical and prospective studies allowing the orientation and control of innovations Collecting and processing statistics on innovations;
- The development of the national policy for the promotion of innovative technologies;
- The development, monitoring and implementation of incentive measures aimed at encouraging innovation and promoting its dissemination;
- Coordination and coherence of networks and innovation structures;
- The development and monitoring of the implementation of the development policy for science and technology centers and parks;
- The annual organization of invention and innovation fairs;
- The promotion and supervision of associations of technologists and innovation networks;
- The implementation of the Research-Business partnership, in liaison with the Division of Scientific and Technical Cooperation.
(2) It includes:
