National Innovation System

The National Innovation Systems (NIS) concept first appeared in the mid-1980s in the context of debates over industrial policy in Europe. Since then, an international body of literature documents the growing influence of the NIS approach. Several supra-national organizations – most notably the Organisation for Economic Cooperation and Development(OECD)– have absorbed or are beginning to use the NIS concept as an integral part of their analytical perspective (Lundvall,2002:214).

Based on the PERISKOP Study (2002), Indonesian landscape for Science and Technological Development is relatively weak. Therefore, it is important for decision makers at national and local level to comprehend how a National Innovation System works. We are currently preparing a series of National Trainings to be held in 2010.