Title: "Boosting Kazakhstan's National Intellectual Property System for Innovation"
Overview: This comprehensive report analyzes Kazakhstan's intellectual property system with a view to enhancing its contribution to the country's innovation performance. It offers insights into the current state of the system, identifies opportunities and challenges, and proposes targeted policy recommendations for improvement.
Key Findings:
National Intellectual Property Systems' Role: National IP systems are essential tools for fostering innovation and knowledge diffusion. This review is part of a series analyzing how these systems can better serve innovation and development goals.
Support for Innovation Performance: The review provides an in-depth analysis of Kazakhstan's IP system specifically in relation to its support for the country's innovation performance, leading to specific policy recommendations for improvement.
OECD Kazakhstan Innovation Policy for Competitiveness Project: The report is part of an initiative supporting Kazakhstan's competitiveness reforms, focusing on technological and innovation capabilities.
Collaboration and Contributions: It draws upon insights from ongoing OECD projects on Kazakhstan, including those on innovation policy, investment policy, and higher education, contributing to discussions on inclusive growth.
Policy Recommendations:
Strengthening Mechanisms: Improvements are recommended to strengthen the key mechanisms enabling IP systems to support national innovation and development objectives.
Specific Recommendations: The report outlines targeted recommendations aimed at addressing specific issues and enhancing the effectiveness of the IP system.
Acknowledgments:
The report was prepared under the guidance of Caroline Paunov and involved multiple contributors across various chapters.
Key contributors include Jose Guimon, Chen Zhao, Jianwei Dang, Evgeny Moiseichev, and Sandra Planes Satorra.
The project benefited from valuable feedback and input from numerous experts and stakeholders.
Financial support for the project development came from the UK Prosperity Fund, in collaboration with the JSC Information-Analytic Center.
Conclusion: This detailed analysis and policy recommendations aim to significantly enhance Kazakhstan's national intellectual property system, thereby boosting the country's innovation performance and contributing to its economic development.