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Woman in Engineering and the Built environment Adrie El Mohamadi NFTN Project Leader HARVARD Professor and Economist Michal E. Porter in his book “Competitive Advantage of Nations” • National prosperity is created, not inherited….. • Sustained productivity and economic growth requires that an economy continually upgrades itself…… Technology Transfer & Innovation is like swimming against the Current Innovation Capability at Firm Level Creativity of Employees at all Levels Innovation-friendly organizational structure Networked Research and Development Technology-related Institutions Applied Research & Development Research & Development Financing Technology Transfer & Extension Testing, Measuring, Quality Control & Standards Certification Intellectual Property Rights Protection` Technological Capabilities emerges from interaction Education & Training System Primary Education Technology-related Secondary Education Skills Development for the Workplace Higher Education, especially in Engineering Political, Legal, Regulatory and MacroEconomic Framework that stimulates learning and innovativeness Determinants of a National Innovation System Macro Level Policy Micro Meso Level Institutional Innovation Support Programmatic Innovation Support National Innovation Policy Technology Transfer Centres Technology Transfer Support Schemes Regional Innovation Policies Science & Technology Parks Fundamental STI Funding Educational Policy Clusters Applied STI Funding Cluster policy Business Promotion Agencies / Associations Collaborative STI Funding Innovation Service Providers Accompanying Measures to Support STI Funding Agencies Entrepreneurial Support Schemes Actors Universities Public R&D Institutions Private R&D Institutions SME Innovation Friendly Regulations Cluster Development Schemes Large Firms Entrepreneurs Private Investors Inventors Education and Training Provider Technology Transfer Innovation Technology Innovation system Innovation management Networking German Foundry Institute Atlantis WCIF SAIF SCAW Mittal World Foundry Institute SMEs Others WCIF Training Centre AFSA CSIR Johannesburg University WC Provincial Government Freiburg University Germany GTZ UJ MCTS MERseta NFTN Tshumisano AIDC NMMU ACTS DTI Unido DST SAQA “Opportunities and challenges for technology transfer intermediaries to move beyond firm level to innovation system level interventions” BY SHAWN CUNNINGHAM AND ADRIE EL MOHAMADI Thank You http://nftn.co.za