OECD Reviews of Innovation Policy: Norway 2017
Following a remarkable transformation in the past century in research and innovation,
in particular through the development of new technologies and processes in sectors
such as oil and gas, shipbuilding and also fisheries and aquaculture, Norway is today
increasingly facing a “triple transition imperative” in which it needs, first, to
shift toward a more diversified and robust economy; second, to move to a more competitive,
effective and efficient innovation system; and third, to support research and innovation
activities that can confront an array of societal challenges (climate change, food
security, aging, health and so on). The Long-Term Plan for Research and Higher Education
2015-2024 (LTP) launched by the Norwegian government has set the base to enhance the
capacity of the research and higher education system to cope with these transition
challenges. This report proposes recommendations to take advantage of the revision
of this comprehensive strategic plan in 2018 to improve the horizontal coordination
and add more concrete structural policy initiatives, without changing the plan’s general
orientation nor giving up the sectorial and the consensus principles that form the
basis of Norwegian policy making.
Published on June 16, 2017
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