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联合国教科文组织发布了一个专门的数字工具——科学、技术与创新政策工具全球观测站（GO-SPIN），用于了解各国的科学、技术与创新（STI）状况，分析相关政策及其实施进展。该网络平台在瑞典政府的资金支持下孕育而生，它既是50多个非洲、拉丁美洲和亚洲发展中国家在STI政策与政策工具方面的信息源，同时又能用作相关监测、衡量、能力建设和分析的工具，为科学决策提供依据、提高政策包容性，推动可持续发展。

教科文组织自然科学助理总干事Flavia Schlegel女士向成员国介绍数字工具时解释道：“科学、技术与创新政策工具全球观测站现已成为STI监测与评估的国际工具，同时也可用于监督可持续发展目标实现进展。”

该平台针对科技创新政策的不同方面提供了各种法律与政策工具、定量数据和定性信息，特别关发展中国家及其具体特点与需求，同时结合了科技创新与可持续发展目标（SDGs）。平台覆盖了政策、发展计划与法律框架相关信息，并详细介绍了数千种运营政策工具。平台还提供了用于分析60多年来300多个STI指标和数据之间相关性的图形工具，以及教科文组织数据库和数字图书馆中STI政策的相关链接。

参与了GO-SPIN项目的专家与政策制定者在座谈会中分享了他们的工具使用经验，围绕其相关性提出了不同观点。Tomas Kjellqvist解释道：“作为研究人员，GO-SPIN是我可以使用的一个工具。”它可以促进比较研究，还可以“帮助我们提出正确的问题、判定缺失的部分”。如今，世界各国都在竭力推进与可持续发展目标相关的STI政策。

对于非洲集团代表Immo Onuegbu来说，该平台是教科文组织技术援助的延伸，是他们 “在制定和改进政策时参考的基准，也是分享最佳实践的平台。” 阿曼研究理事会的Sharifa Al Harthy补充道，该平台将推动各国相互借鉴、比较建立国家创新体系的不同方法。

联合国贸易和发展会议（UNCTAD）的武东对此表示赞同：“GO-SPIN是我们亟需的中央储存库，是了解主要参与者、过去的政策文件及创新体系中参与者间相互作用的最佳平台。”

巴拉圭国家科学技术委员会（CONACYT）的Juan Manuel Brunetti Marcos表示，GO-SPIN平台将改善政府办公室与科技创新利益相关者之间的协同作用并进一步加强协调。活动中还推出了巴拉圭的GO-SPIN概况，这是该项目启动以来发布的第8份国家概况。

美国科学促进会（AAAS）的Shirley Malcom强调了GO-SPIN在性别层面的重要作用，她表示：“在STI中纳入性别问题是符合规范的。GO-SPIN的性别组成部分将性别问题置于核心位置，将这一要素纳入平台对于人力资源开发而言至关重要。”

教科文组织激励会员国共同努力，进一步发展GO-SPIN、增加信息并更新平台，以此作为改善科技创新治理和能力建设的一种方式。

GO SPIN: https://en.unesco.org/go-spin 

Launch of the UNESCO Global Observatory of Science, Technology and Innovation Policy Instruments platform

A digital tool to map national science, technology and innovation (STI) landscapes and analyse STI policies and their implementation was launched by UNESCO. The Global Observatory of Science, Technology and Innovation Policy Instruments (GO-SPIN) on-line platform, developed with the financial support of the Swedish government, is a source of information on STI policies and policy instruments for more than 50 developing countries across Africa, Latin America and Asia, but also a tool for monitoring, benchmarking, capacity-building and analysis.  It will support evidence-based decision-making and inclusive policies towards sustainable development.

“GO-SPIN is now recognized as an international tool for STI monitoring and evaluation, also as a tool for monitoring the achievement of Sustainable Development Goals,” explained Ms Flavia Schlegel, UNESCO Assistant Director-General for Natural Sciences, as the tool was presented to Member States at UNESCO Headquarters.

The Platform provides access to a diverse set of legal and policy instruments, quantitative data and qualitative information on different dimensions of STI policies. It focuses on developing countries and their specific characteristics and needs, while linking STI with the Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs). It includes information on policies, development plans, legal frameworks and describes thousands of operational policy instruments. The platform also offers graphic tools to analyse correlations between more than 300 STI indicators and data over 60 years, as well as links to UNESCO databases and a digital library in STI policy.

A panel of experts and policy-makers that have been involved in GO-SPIN projects shared their experiences using the tool, providing diverse viewpoints on its relevance. “GO-SPIN is an instrument I can use as a researcher,” explained Tomas Kjellqvist, to learn from comparative studies, and “to help us formulate the right questions, and see what is missing”, as all countries are struggling to develop STI policy that are relevant to the SDGs.

For African Group Representative Immo Onuegbu, the platform is an extension of UNESCO’s technical assistance, providing “a benchmark we can use as we develop and improve our policies, and where we can share our best practices.” Sharifa Al Harthy of the Research Council, Oman, added that the platform will help countries to learn from each other and compare different approaches to building a national innovation system.

“GO-SPIN is a much needed central depository,” agreed Dong Wu, of the UN Conference on Trade and Development (UNCTAD), “and a go-to place to find out who are the main players, information on past policy documents and the interactions between different actors in the innovation system.”

According to Juan Manuel Brunetti Marcos of the National Council for Science and Technology of Paraguay (CONACYT), the GO-SPIN platform will improve synergy and increased coordination between government offices and STI stakeholders. A GO-SPIN country profile on Paraguay was also launched on this occasion, the 8th in country profile developed since the inception of the project.

Shirley Malcom, of the American Association for the Advancement of Science (AAAS) emphasized the importance of the gender dimension of GO-SPIN, saying “including gender in STI is normative. The gender component in GOSPIN brings gender to the centre and having this element in the platform is vital and key to human resource development.”

Member States are all invited to join their efforts with UNESCO to further develop GO-SPIN, to add information and to update the platform as a way to improve governance and capacity-building in STI.

GO-SPIN: https://en.unesco.org/go-spin 

 

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