An International Innovation Foundation, Multiple Countries

Governments around the world are seeking more effective approaches to building innovation. Ensuring innovation policymakers have the right skills, insights, tools, evidence and networks to help design, implement, evaluate and improve innovation policies is essential if these policies are to have the desired impacts on economic growth and social challenges. Governments around the world are seeking more effective approaches to building innovation. Ensuring innovation policymakers have the right skills, insights, tools, evidence and networks to help design, implement, evaluate and improve innovation policies is essential if these policies are to have the desired impacts on economic growth and social challenges.

Oxford Oracle partnered with an international innovation foundation, the UKs leading innovation policy consultancy, funding body InnovateUK and a unique team of academic, public and private sector innovation organisations to collaborate on the design and delivery of a tailor-made development programme for innovation policymakers in a range of emerging economies around the world. Each country participated by sending a team of senior innovation policy makers to the UK for two intensive weeks of training and received tailored support to design pilot interventions to achieve a step-change in their innovation policies. Oxford Oracle provided training on innovation ecosystem development, expert mentors to coach and support each participating team, as well as mentoring support for the implementation to the project teams. Oxford Oracle partnered with an international innovation foundation, the UKs leading innovation policy consultancy, funding body a national innovation agency and a unique team of academic, public and private sector organisations to lead the design and delivery of a tailor-made development programme for innovation policymakers in a range of emerging economies around the world. The four countries of the Pacific Alliance (South America and North America) were selected for an initial pilot programme. Each country participated by sending a team of senior innovation policy makers to the UK for two intensive weeks of training and received tailored support to design pilot interventions to achieve a step-change in their innovation policies. Oxford Oracle provided training on innovation ecosystem development, expert mentors to coach and support each participating team, as well as handholding support for the implementation to the project teams.

The Global Innovation Policy Accelerator is currently delivering support to the final cohort of four countries, and capturing the impacts of the programme in the 11 participating countries, these include new university-industry engagement programmes, a change in an Asian state's innovation policy legislation, and further programmes of in-country support funded through Newton Fund delivery partners, such as the international cultural and educational organisation. Original Case Study Global Innovation Policy Accelerator - Pacific Alliance (member nations across Latin America) A collaborative development programme for innovation policy leaders and managers. Funded jointly by the UK's innovation agency, InnovateUK, and partner governments across Latin America. The Pacific Alliance programme proved that as a concept, the Global Innovation Policy Accelerator could help innovation policy makers from participating emerging economies, design, develop and implement new policy programmes to achieve changes in their innovation ecosystem. The programme has since been rolled out to a further eleven countries across Asia, Europe, and Africa. Objectives: Training and mentorship support for innovation policy makers from Pacific Alliance countries, Main activities: Strategic Plan, Development Mentorship, Implementation Support