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ASEAN - CHINA- UNDP SYMPOSIUM Innovation in Achieving the SDGs and Eradicating Poverty

中国—东盟—联合国开发计划署“可持续发展创新与减贫”研讨会 September 4-5, 2019 | Ha Noi, Viet Nam | #inclusiveinnovation

AGENDA AND PROGRAMME OF ACTIVITIES

DAY 1 4 September 2019 WEDNESDAY

08.00 Registration (30 min)

08:30 Departure and Travel to Field Immersions (30 min)

09:00 Field Immersions to Innovation Hubs and Local Community Initiatives (2hr) Experience Overview In this morning session participants will be divided into smaller groups and have the opportunity to explore various modalities of inclusive and social innovation, grounded in the local community context. This experience will allow participants to engage directly with stakeholders to gain valuable insight in terms of the roles that the SDGs play to eradicate poverty and advance a more inclusive society. Organizations to be visited have been carefully curated to balance for diversity in terms of focus, themes and interventions. The specific details and locations of the sites are available in this Welcome Package. Three sites include: 1) LIGHT INSTITUTE 2) IMAGTOR 3) WILL TO LIVE

11:00 Return to Hotel (60 min)

12:00 ‘Meet the Inclusive Innovation Ecosystem’ Marketplace (30 min) Venue: Foyer of Song Hong Ballroom Experience Overview Special guests from the inclusive innovation ecosystem - representing organizations that are leading important interventions will be showcasing their work from around the region. The objective is to provide additional perspective and context in terms of how civil society organizations uplift communities at both local and systems levels. The participants will have a chance to connect with top field leaders and learn from the latest practices being delivered on the ground.

12:30 Lunch (60 min) Venue: Oven d’ Or Restaurant

13:30 Opening Ceremony (40 min) Venue: Song Hong Ballroom (continued on next page)

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● Welcome remarks by H.E. Mr. Dao Ngoc Dung, Minister, Ministry of Labour, Invalids and Social Affairs (MOLISA), Viet Nam

● Remarks by H.E. Mr. Nguyen Quoc Dung*, Deputy Minister, Ministry of Foreign Affairs , Viet Nam

● Remarks by Ms. Valerie Cliff, United Nations Development Program, Deputy Regional Director for Asia and the Pacific

● Remarks by H.E. Mr. Huang Xilian, Ambassador of Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary of the People’s Republic of China to ASEAN

● Keynote Address by H.E. Mr. Kung Phoak, Deputy Secretary-General of ASEAN, ASEAN Socio-Cultural Community

14:10 Group Photo Session, Coffee Break, Press Conference, and Innovation Marketplace Open (35 min)

14:45 Opening Talk and Panel Discussion 1: ASEAN Way of Promoting Inclusive Innovation for the SDGs: Exploring New Models of Inclusive Innovation (1.5 hr) Venue: Song Hong Ballroom Opening Discussion Overview ‘Inclusive innovation’ is increasingly desired as an engine for societal progress and economic growth. But what is it, exactly? Giulio Quaggiotto frames the focus on inclusive innovation by interrogating the key ideas and assumptions involved. First, is it about propelling more of society into ‘innovation for growth’ or a tool for driving social redistribution in the face of the fall-out from ICT advances? Second, is the primary goal to bring more of society – underrepresented groups, traditional industries, and rural regions – into producing innovation, or is it more about developing innovations to be consumed or applied by those at the bottom of the pyramid? By answering these questions about the "who, why and how", we can better design “innovation for all, by all” in Southeast Asia. Opening Framing:

● Mr. Giulio Quaggiotto, Head, Regional Innovation Centre, UNDP Asia Pacific Moderators:

● Mr. Jack Sim, Founder of BOP Hub and World Toilet Organization, Adjunct Associate Professor of NUS and Lee Kuan Yew School of Public Policy, Singapore

● Mr. Giulio Quaggiotto, Head, Regional Innovation Centre, UNDP Asia Pacific Distinguished Panelists:

● Dr. Tu Quang Hieu, Head of Innovation Policy Division, National Agency for Technology Entrepreneurship and Commercialization Development (NATEC), Founder of the National Startup Support Center (NSSC), Viet Nam

● Mr. Vichet Seat, Director of the Public Service Department, Ministry of Civil Service, Cambodia

● Dr. Sorapop Kiatpongsan, Director, Institute of Public Policy and Development (IPPD), Thailand

● Ms. Hla Hla Win cofounder, 360ed, Myanmar ● Dr. Shariha Khalid Erichsen, Managing Partner, Mission & Co and Co-Founder & Board

Member, Impact Hub Kuala Lumpur. (continued on next page)

AGENDA AND PROGRAMME OF ACTIVITIES (CONTINUED)


● Dr. He Guangxi, Director for the Institute of Science, Technology and Society, China Academy of Science and Technology for Development

16:30 Break and Freetime

18.00 Departure Travel by Bus to Sen West Lake Restaurant

18:30 Welcoming Gala Dinner and Reception at Sen West Lake Restaurant (2 hr) ● Welcome remarks by Vice-Minister, Ministry of Labour, Invalids and Social Affairs

(MOLISA), Viet Nam* and Ms. Caitlin Wiesen, Resident Representative UNDP Viet Nam ● ‘SDG Challenge Vietnam 2019’: 3 Innovations in Accessibility Pitches ● Cultural Performance

DAY 2 5 September 2019 THURSDAY

08:30 Opening Keynote Address (30 min) Venue: Song Hong Ballroom Overview The opening of Day 2 is focused on diving deeper into what we mean by inclusive innovation, especially in terms of ‘leaving no one behind’ - a foundational underpinning to the SDGs. In this session we will draw on cases of innovation, including approaches to poverty alleviation beyond economic terms- drawing on noteworthy interventions and the multidimensional poverty index that expands the scope. Distinguished Morning Keynote Speakers:

● Mr. Noel Felongco, Secretary, National Anti-Poverty Commission, Philippines ● Ms. Liu Dongmei, Vice President of China Academy of Science and Technology for

Development

09:00

Panel Discussion 2: Exploring the Lancang-Mekong Cooperation for Poverty Eradication (1 hr) Venue; Song Hong Ballroom Panel Discussion Overview The Lancang-Mekong Cooperation (LMC) is a sub-regional cooperation mechanism, formed in March 2016, connecting six countries along the Mekong river, which is known as the Lancang in China. As of April 2019 trade among the member countries- China, Cambodia, Lao, Myanmar, Thailand and Vietnam - has reached an estimated USD$260 billion since establishment. The economic significance and impact are noteworthy. This panel will focus especially on the opportunity and work being done to ensure that positive social development effects towards poverty eradication are being achieved in parallel. Moderator: Dr. Sita Sumrit, Assistant Director and Head of Poverty Eradication and Gender Division, ASEAN Secretariat (continued on next page)



Distinguished Panelists:

● Ms. To Minh Thu, Deputy Director General, Institute for Foreign Policy and Strategic studies, Viet Nam Diplomatic Academy, expert on Mekong – Lancang Cooperation and the coordinator of Viet Nam Center for Mekong Studies under The Global center for Mekong Studies (GCMS)

● Mr. Lim Chze Cheen, Director/Head, ASEAN Connectivity Division, ASEAN Secretariat ● Mr. Cheng Hongbo，Deputy Director, Department of Asian Affairs, Ministry of Foreign

Affairs, China ● Representative from ASEAN Senior Officials Meeting on Health (SOMHD), Cambodia*

10.00 Panel Discussion 3: Building Meaningful and Impactful Innovation Ecosystems (70 mins) Venue: Song Hong Ballroom Panel Discussion Overview In times of exponential change, true economic and social development occurs through strategic partnerships and smart collaboration. This session will explore not only the contours of the latest trends and trajectories in terms of what is driving healthy innovation ecosystems, but what patterns we see in terms of the enablers that foster high impact and supportive environments, as well as resource opportunities and gaps. Panelists, hailing from policymaking think tanks, to tech-driven innovation labs to grassroots spaces, will share their perspectives and provocations from the leading edge. Moderator: Mr. Amarit Charoenphan, Founder, Hubba and TechSauce, Thailand Distinguished Panelists:

● Mr. David Li, founder, Shenzhen Open Innovation Lab, China ● Dr. Anthony Sales, Regional Director, DOST XI, Philippines ● Ms. Nguyen Phi Van, Chairperson, Saigon Innovation Hub, Vietnam ● Ms. Sharmila Mohamed Salleh, A.M.N, Acting CEO, Yayasan Inovasi Malaysia ● Mr. Rajesh Varghese, co-director of the Malaysia Singapore Ashoka office

11:10 Coffee Break, Innovation Marketplace Open (10 min) Venue: Foyer of Song Hong Ballroom

11:15 Microdocumentary Screening of the Road Towards Inclusive Innovation (10 min) Venue: Song Hong Ballroom

11:30 Inclusive Innovation Action Research by UNDP Regional Innovation Centre, commissioned to NESTA Innovation Foundation (60 min) Venue: Song Hong Ballroom Session Overview Inclusive innovations and policies are essential to solving the biggest development challenges we face, such as eliminating poverty and creating sustainable economies. Yet governments often are challenged to effectively find and support local innovators working in this space. This session will (continued on next page)



take an innovative approach to sharing emerging findings and ideas from new research on inclusive innovation models in Southeast Asia, drawing on country case studies from across the ASEAN region. In particular, the session will run as an interactive exercise and discussion to enable participants to reflect on how inclusive their own innovation systems currently are, and identify opportunities for collaborating within and across governments to drive more inclusive outcomes.

12:30 Lunch (1 hr） Venue: Oven d’Or restaurant

13:30- Special Private Sector Case Keynote with GOJEK (30 min) Venue: Song Hong Ballroom Keynote Overview What role does the private sector play when it comes to inclusive innovation that is impactfully pro-poor and leverages innovation to achieve the SDGs that moves us closer to eradicating poverty? How might other key players in the ecosystem, from policymakers to civil society organizations benefit, learn and collectively enable more impact at scale? This keynote is crafted to tell this side of the story to catalyse more inclusive growth. Distinguished Afternoon Keynote Speaker:

● Mr. Panji Winanteya Ruky, Senior Vice President of Public Policy & Government Relations, Gojek Group

14:00 Afternoon Session Overview: Keynote and Parallel Roundtable Discussions (5 min)

14:05 ‘Big Ideas’ Lightening Talk and Parallel Roundtable Discussions (20 min) Venue: Song Hong Ballroom Keynote and Afternoon Session Overview What role do government and public policy have in terms of building a more inclusive and thriving civil society? In this afternoon session we will learn from a few examples that are being developed and the impact possibilities in terms of the future of the region. The afternoon includes lightning case study presentations on alternative and emergent models of inclusive innovation and guided conversations. Distinguished Speakers:

● Mr. Petrarca Karetji, Head of Office, Pulse Lab Jakarta, Indonesia ● Dr. Yang Hongyan, Dean, International School, Yunnan Minzu University, China

14:25-16:00

Roundtable 1: Social Innovation and Pro-poor Inclusive Innovation Venue: Song Hong 1 Facilitators: Ms. Courtney Savie Lawrence, Head of Exploration, UNDP Regional Innovation Team, and Ms. Adeline Lee, Director and Head of Executive Support Division, ASEAN Secretariat (continued on next page)



‘Lightning Round’ of Mini-Case Studies from the Region: ● Mr. Peetachai Dejkraisak, Cofounder of Jasberry, Director of Social Enterprise Thailand

Association, Thailand ● Dr. He Dongni, Director of Center for International Economy and International

Cooperation, China Institute for Reform and Development

● Mr. Sazzad Hossain, CEO, SDI Academy, Singapore Roundtable 2: Partnership and Policy Innovation Venue: Song Hong 2 Facilitators: Dr. Yang Hongyan, Dean, International School, Yunnan Minzu University, China and NESTA Research Team

‘Lightning Round’ of Mini-Case Studies from the Region: ● Ms. Nutcharee Wongson, Senior Advisor, NESDC Case: Effective Policy Designs to Drive

the 2030 SDG Agenda, Thailand ● Dr Shan HUANG, Deputy Director of Research & Fundraising, YouChange China Social

Entrepreneur Foundation ● Ms.Wei Xiaoping, Deputy Director of Institution of Integrated Agricultural Development,

Guizhou Academy of Agricultural Sciences Roundtable 3: Science and Technology Innovation Venue: Song Hong 3 Facilitators Ms. Liu Yan, Partnerships Coordinator, UNDP Regional Innovation Center and Mr. Bradley Busetto, Director, UNDP Global Centre for Technology, Innovation and Sustainable Development

‘Lightning Round’ of Mini-Case Studies from the Region: ● Ms. Li Xia, Founder and CEO of Power Solution, China ● Ms. Hla Hla Win, cofounder, 360ed, Myanmar ● Mr. Thanh TUNG Nguyen, director assistant, Disability Research and Capacity Development

(DRD), Vietnam

16:00 Coffee Break, Innovation Marketplace Open (15 min) Venue: Foyer of Song Hong Ballroom

16:15 Exchange and Implications of Round Table Discussions (30 min) Venue: Song Hong Ballroom

16:45 Highlights and Exchange of Field Immersions (20 min) Mr. Miguel Musngi, Senior Officer, Poverty Eradication and Gender Division, ASEAN Secretariat Venue: Song Hong Ballroom

17:05 Closing Remarks (5 min) Venue: Song Hong Ballroom Closing remarks by H.E. Mr. Kung Phoak, Deputy Secretary-General of ASEAN,ASEAN Socio-Cultural Community




ABOUT THE FIELD VISITS DAY 1

Field Immersions to Innovation Hubs and Local Community Initiatives (2hr, 9-11Aam)

Experience Overview In this morning session participants will be divided into smaller groups and have the opportunity to explore various modalities of inclusive and social innovation, grounded in the local community context. This experience will allow participants to engage directly with stakeholders to gain valuable insight in terms of the roles that the SDGs play to eradicate poverty and advance a more inclusive society. Organizations to be visited have been carefully curated to balance for diversity in terms of focus, themes and interventions.

1- Imagtor

Founded in 2016, Imagtor is a video and photo editing service with an important social mission:

create equitable employment opportunities for persons with disabilities, while ensuring a high

quality of service to customers, financial sustainability and providing support to social activities. Over

60% of the 70 strong staff are Persons with Disabilities and company contributes 40% of profits into

education and training for persons with disabilities. The secret to Imagtor’s success is combining

their social mission, digital innovations with a high quality service that serves only the international

market. The company started to generate profit after four months of operation with and a monthly

sale growth of over 30%. The business doubled in size after a year in operation and built strong

client partnerships in Australia, Japan, USA and Europe. The company aims to continue expanding

into new markets in 2019, to grow the business and further enhance their social impact by

empowering persons with disabilities.

2- Will to Live Centre Founded in 2008, the Will to Live Center provides free training to disabled people in IT, English

language and other vocational skills. Led by Ms Nguyen Thao Van, the Centre currently has over 70

students enrolled in IT training and has become one of the leading training centres specializing in 2 -

3D photo, video, and IT solutions for the real estate market. Will to Live has successfully secured

employment for hundreds of its students in the private sector and has gained recognition of their

achievement both nationally and internationally. The Centers combines practical IT education with


training and workshops on social issues, health and other capacity building that helps them become

empowered and ready for living more independently.

3- LIGHT Centre The Institute for Development and Community Health –LIGHT (LIGHT Institute), is a non-profit

organization established in 2003 which focuses on community development, environment and

human health, and providing capacity building for organizations and individuals working in

community health development and care. The LIGHT Centre provides essential health services for

vulnerable groups including Persons Living HIV, MSM, LGBTI persons, migrant workers, sex workers

and persons with disabilities. LIGHT have adopted an innovative approach to ensuring the

sustainability of such services by building the capacity of vulnerable clients to work in the retail,

hospitality and beauty industry. This allows LIGHT to continue offering important medical services

for many vulnerable groups which are not provided for by the public system without having to rely

on grants or donor funding.

ABOUT THE FIELD VISITS DAY 1(CONTINUED)

BEYOND SILICON:

AN INCLUSIVE INNOVATION MODEL FOR SOUTHEAST ASIA

Should countries in Southeast Asia aim to be “another Silicon Valley”? Which aspects of Silicon Valley should feature in local innovation policy, and which should be avoided? Is there a Southeast Asian model of innova-tion that builds on the specific assets of the region? How can innovation be supported in ASEAN in order to achieve broader aims, such as the Sustainable De-velopment Goals (SDGs) and a more inclusive notion of innovation than that of “silicon”?

DRAFT FOR DISCUSSION PURPOSES ONLY

Rethinking the “let’s build another Silicon Valley”

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The reference point for an innovative cluster of startup ac-tivity has, since the 1980s, been Silicon Valley. Motivated to spur economic growth through greater innovation and job creation, governments across a remarkable range of geog-raphy, culture, regime type, and size pursue Silicon Valley-in-spired innovation policies. Silicon Valley, though, is the con-fluence of a unique set of historically-specific factors. It got its name in 1971 due to growing prowess in designing and manufacturing semiconductors – of which silicon is an inte-gral insulator – which power computers, smart phones, and other electronic devices.

The emergence of the Valley has been attributed to the military-industrial-university complex around Stanford Uni-versity and the Defense Advanced Research Projects Agen-cy (DARPA), which was supported nationally by an enabling regulatory system tax rate and the availability of funding for growing firms (i.e. the SBIC program and a ruling in 1979 that allowed pension funds to invest in venture capital). Its status as a global beacon of innovation has been reinforced by the emergence of tech giants such as Facebook and Google.

01 / 101 — DECONSTRUCTING SILICON VALLEY-STYLED ‘INNOVATION’

BEYOND SILICON: AN INCLUSIVE INNOVATION MODEL FOR SOUTHEAST ASIA


1 — DECONSTRUCTING SILICON VALLEY-STYLED ‘INNOVATION’ 02 / 10

As economic activity is increasingly conducted in mobile and digital ways, the desire to have a local Silicon Valley grows even greater, across developed and emerging economies alike. To unpack each element of Silicon Valley’s success in order to produce it at home, government representatives from around the world send officials on Silicon Valley study trips. Many return enthused to develop specific elements of the model, including technical universities and science parks. They focus on replicating what Silicon Valley represents now, rather than the twists and turns in its 70-year evolution, and pay too little attention to how the formula could be improved or adapted. Evidence of the fervor comes in the shape of the proliferation of “Silicon” or “valley” monikers, invoked by more than 40 locales around the globe (includ-ing Silicon Roundabout in London, the Silicon Savannah in Kenya, and Chi-lecon Valley in Santiago). In China, both Shenzhen and Zhongguancun have been dubbed China’s Silicon Valley, though analysts acknowledge the very different path needed to achieve their technological proficiency. In ASEAN, headlines regularly declare that either Vietnam, Indonesia, or Singapore are now “Asia’s Silicon Valley”.

In this thoughtpiece we are encouraging policymakers in ASEAN to:

• Strive to evolve their approach to development in purposely distinct ways from Silicon Valley; the Silicon Valley model has its faults, not least its inequality and exclusionary tendencies. “Move fast and break things” is not necessarily a good recipe for sustainable development.

• Aim to direct their innovation efforts towards inclusivity and the achieve-ment of the SDGs, so that innovation comes from, and is applied by, wider society.

• Design innovation policy for, and by, the local context, putting effort in acknowledging and boosting the exciting and distinctive solutions that are emerging in ASEAN that promote inclusiveness.

• Aim to innovate how innovation policy is developed, by including differ-ent components of society - including the most marginalised - in the devel-oping, testing and roll out of new policy initiatives.



Silicon Valley can’t be copied – nor should it be. Policymaking that attempts to suppress the local context by adopting an inter-national “best practice” does not outperform. Rather, policies are effective when they reflect the local context (or what could be called the “contextual rationality”). This means developing poli-cies that fit the local economy, social values, and approach of the government, and not copying tools used elsewhere. For example, when Singaporean policymakers studied the Israeli model for boosting venture capital (the Yozma fund), they adapted it to be a tool for attracting world-leading venture capitalists to Singa-pore. This fit with the long-established approach of bringing top international companies as a means of transferring knowledge locally.

The key insight is that policymakers need to have the confidence to do things differently than others, even – or especially – re-vered models such as Silicon Valley. Rather than deploy funds and accelerators that copy the Silicon Valley approach, the pro-motion of high-capacity entrepreneurs should be done in a man-ner that fits the local policymaking context. For instance, the Malaysian government created “MAVCAP” (Malaysian Venture Capital Management Berhad) in 2001 as a crucial new venture capital investor in the country’s information and communications technology ecosystem, as it had been deemed that insufficient investment for this sector was undermining the potential of as-piring entrepreneurs.

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Contextually rational policies perform best

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Silicon Valley’s social ills shouldn’t be copied. The production of disrup-tive innovation by a select set of the population means that ever-greater wealth will be bestowed upon an elite few; for instance, reports estimate that the IPOs of just six technology firms in 2019 (Uber, Lyft, Palantir, Pin-terest, Airbnb, and Slack) will generate a $230 billion windfall, creating 6,000 new millionaires. According to Bloomberg’s analysis of U.S. Cen-sus data in 2017, San Francisco has the highest gap between the average incomes for rich (top 20%) and poor (bottom 20%) households.

The focus on “moving fast and breaking things” and the view of technol-ogy as by definition a force for good (rather than an opportunity to be shaped) often neglects the broader societal implications of innovation. Take for example the controversy around the environmental impact of many ride sharing platforms, or their repercussions on labour conditions and inequality.

Is this the model we want to promote? If we could design a brand new system, wouldn’t we strive to design one that would better distribute wealth, both demographically and spatially? Silicon Valley is increasingly criticized for its lack of diversity, for being a motor for societal inequal-ity that enshrines social biases in technology. For instance, if facial rec-ognition algorithms are fed with more images of light-skinned people, they would be less apt to recognize darker complexions. The wholesale embrace of entrepreneurial values espoused by Silicon Valley leaders normalizes, and even praises, precarious labor conditions. There have been other successful modes of development and innovation promotion that place social stability and equality at the core, such as Japan’s post-war developmental state. Analysts point to Japan’s low CEO-to-aver-age-worker salary ratio as evidence of society’s commitment to equity; in 2014, for example, this ratio was 67 in Japan, in comparison to 354 in the United States.

3 — SILICON VALLEY-STYLED INNOVATION DRIVES INEQUALITY AND EXCLUSION


Silicon Valley-styled innovation drives inequality and exclusion

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Recognizing that there is not a necessary trade-off of between excel-lence and equity, the aim of being Southeast Asia’s Silicon Valley could mean a hub of groundbreaking innovations, produced by a diverse workforce, that solves local problems and boosts social inclusion in a sustainable way.

Studies offer social and cognitive support for advancing diversity and inclusion in the production of innovation. Socially, widening partici-pation – by gender, ethnicity, age, sexual orientation, socio-economic status, those with disabilities, and geographically – in the production of innovation, helps to better distribute the spoils.. There are also cognitive benefits from diverse workplaces. McKinsey’s 2018 Deliver-ing through Diversity report found that, amongst the 1000 companies studied, those in the top-quartile for gender diversity on executive teams were 21%. When it comes to diverse groups designing fu-ture-shaping innovations, such as artificial intelligence algorithms that will transform the way societies function, diverse groups are more cre-ative in their solutions, and also less likely to bake demographic biases into the systems they develop. The applications for this are immense, as such innovations increasingly shape job recruiting, to policing, to insurance underwriting, and medical testing.

Inclusive innovation policy centers on the state’s role in promoting greater societal distribution in the production and consumption of innovation. Governments promote social capital in innovation for otherwise marginalized citizens – according to gender, ethnicity, so-cio-economic, and geographic attributes – to help boost their inclusion in producing innovation. This includes competitions, role model cam-paigns, and targeted funding. Exciting solutions, distinct from the Sili-con Valley approach, are emerging in ASEAN to impede the tendency for innovation promotion to cause further inequality.

3 — SILICON VALLEY-STYLED INNOVATION DRIVES INEQUALITY AND EXCLUSION


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4 — THREE THINGS THAT GOVERNMENT SHOULD CONSIDER TO PROMOTE INCLUSIVE INNOVATION 06 / 10


Three things that government should consider to promote inclusive innovation

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Policymakers that are interested in promoting inclusive innovation could be well served by:

A. Embracing a developmental state approach,

B. Promoting innovation that is contextual, and not only technological, in orientation, and

C. Including citizens in innovation policymaking.


THREE THINGS THAT GOVERNMENT SHOULD CONSIDER TO PROMOTE INCLUSIVE INNOVATION 07 / 10


Imagine the state setting directional thrust and marshaling resourc-es to advance social purpose and capacity building. This means giv-ing the state license to operate with the same intentionality in inter-vention as in the classic “developmental state” model, as epitomized by Japan and, later, Korea, in funding, incentivizing, and coordinat-ing capacity-building and firm competitiveness. Rather than the state partnering primarily with conglomerates, in the contemporary context, the developmental state partners with, and boosts, start-ups, social enterprises, open innovation systems, grassroots innova-tors as well as, importantly, innovators in the public sector itself.

This is in contrast to the (supposed) non-directional approach of the US/Silicon Valley. In going “beyond silicon” in intention and sector, the alternative approach is to identify key priorities and then inno-vate in designing policies to deliver on those aims. Strategies could include investing in “social R&D”, which invokes research and devel-opment processes to solve social challenges, and increasing science and technology spending to boost specific capabilities, with demo-graphic and spatial distribution in mind. More directed investment can catalyze broader efforts: as Kai-Fu Lee argued in his book, AI Superpowers (2018), the largest impact of the Made in China 2025 initiative was its multiplication of AI efforts across the country.

A. Embrace the role of the state as “developmental” in nature




There are exciting models of contextual innovation emerging in Southeast Asia and China.

For instance, the “Liter of life” project in the Philippines. The brainwave is to fill recycled plastic bottles with water and chlorine and install them in the roof of homes; when sunlight hits the bottle it provides off-grid light. This innovation, which means people no longer need to rely on electricity to produce indoor lighting during the day, was not the result of R&D, gov-ernment labs, or the like. Instead, an entrepreneur identified a real inhibitor to local activity and developed a new product using existing materials in a novel way. In Indonesia, “waste banks” flip waste management on its head. Households make “deposits” of garbage sorted by category (i.e. organ-ic and non-organic) and receive monetary value in their bank account. The banking approach incentivizes households’ thoughtful collection and disposal of waste. The waste is then sold on to collectors, and the local neighborhood has cleaner streets and money to invest in new community features, like playgrounds. In China, since 2017 Alibaba has piloted “Taobao Villages” as a means of reducing rural poverty; the initiative gives training in e-commerce (i.e. logistics and service) to clusters of farmers, who are encouraged to sell their local produce and specialties through the plat-form.

Policymakers would be well served in investing resources in understanding the specific conditions that made those innovation possible and the spe-cific needs that they arose from.

Whilst inspiration can be drawn from elsewhere, strictly adhering to in-ternational best practices and trying to replicate them is unlikely to be a successful strategy. A premium should be put on accelerating learning and adaptation to local circumstances, by institutionalising approaches like testbeds and rapid prototyping, that allow to quickly understand how local conditions might influence a model imported from abroad.

Being able to better understand the “innovation DNA” of ASEAN countries could be the basis for concerted innovation diplomacy efforts.

B. Innovation is contextual




Typically, governments produce draft policies that they then share for public consultation. By this time, the policy agenda has long been set and the room for maneuver is limited. Truly inclusive innovation policymaking would look very different. It would mean speaking to a range of citizens in order to set the agenda, then developing potential solutions for the challenges and opportunities identified. In addition, a more inclusive policy process would allow those who are impacted (marginalized groups, for instance) to assess the policy’s performance.

This could be coupled with innovations in policymaking, such as adopting agile manage-ment techniques and running pilots before scaling an initiative. Harnessing behavioral economic insights innovation, policymakers could experiment with ways in which differ-ent groups respond: do particular ways of communicating elicit different responses from women, minorities, or the rural population? More responsive approaches like this could bolster the extent to which the needs of diverse communities shape the innovation policy agenda and, in turn, the extent to which innovation policy serves society in an inclusive manner. The result? It may be that the various demographics and regions similarly push for policy that strives to get to the moon, but the how and who of the mission would look qualitatively different than the eponymous moonshot.

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Key recommendations Action items

Embrace the role of the state in setting a direc-tion for innovation

• Define the social purpose of the state’s promotion of inno-vation and put innovation at the heart of achieving the SDG agenda

• Create a full “menu” of policies – according to long-term and short-term objectives

• Not everyone wants to become a startup or an entrepreneur - support different models of innovation (e.g. by investing in social R&D)

Remember that innovation is contextual

• Design policies that promote innovation beyond “silicon” and high technology activities

• Map citizen driven innovation that arose when specific, con-textual needs where not met

• Embrace agile testing approaches (e.g. testbeds) that allow to adapt innovations from elsewhere to local circumstance

• Put efforts in articulate and document context specific inno-vation approaches and methodologies

Include citizens through-out the policy process

• Encourage a variety of citizens in setting the innovation policy agenda

• Involve citizens in the process of assessing policy perfor-mance

• Encourage citizen participation to broaden the public understanding of innovation dynamics

Include citizens in the policy design


5 — CONCLUSION: STRIVE FOR LOCAL AND INCLUSIVE INNOVATION PROMOTION 10 / 10


First, government policy needs to go beyond the ambition of rep-licating Silicon Valleys. Governments that truly prioritize inclusive innovation will design policies that fit the local context – the local, contextual rationality – in terms of how the government works, the industrial structure, the human resources, and society’s needs. The objective would be to build on competitive strengths, and promote innovation that advances local productivity and society. Also, policy-makers can be poised to think of innovation more broadly than the silicon chips for which Silicon Valley gets its name. Innovation occurs – and is essential to boosting productivity – in all sectors, not only information technology.

The second imperative is design policies with diversity and inclusion as core goals. Think of innovation beyond the “rising tide raises all boats” and instead think about the potential for innovation to drive the greater participation – and contribution – of those currently un-derrepresented in high value-added activities. This could include “so-cial R&D funds” in Myanmar, and Singaporean “smart nation” policy-makers working to design efforts that promote artificial intelligence as a tool for addressing social challenges.

There are emerging models of inclusive innovation. They aren’t per-fect: there’s still room for greater diversity and inclusion, for better fit with local context, and in articulating unique aims, but they represent an important alternative to the pursuit of simply aiming to replicate the good and bad of Silicon Valley.

Conclusion: strive for local and inclusive innovation promotion

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To harness the promise of innovation that is both productive and inclusive in Southeast Asia, two imperatives are crucial to keep in mind.

[A thoughtpiece shared by the UNDP Regional Innovation Centre]


EMERGING MODELS OFINCLUSIVE INNOVATION: AN ASEAN PERSPECTIVE

PREPARED BY NESTA

COMMISSIONED BY UNDP REGIONAL INNOVATION CENTRE

INTERIM RESEARCH SUMMARY


01 — INTRODUCTION: CONTEXT AND RESEARCH AIMS

EMERGING MODELS OF INCLUSIVE INNOVATION: AN ASEAN PERSPECTIVE

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Introduction: context and research aims

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The role of innovation in achieving the Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) is becoming an area of increasing focus for the Association of Southeast Asian Nations (ASEAN). For example, a 2017 ASEAN Declaration on Innovation noted the importance of harnessing science, technology and innovation (STI) policies in order to realise the SDGs and “address global challenges and societal concerns such as food security, health, energy, water, transport, environment, and disaster- related problems, so as to improve the well-being of the ASEAN people in the urban and rural communities”.

These priorities are also evident in statements such as the 2018 Leaders Vision for a Resilient and Innovative ASEAN , and the ASEAN Community Vision 2025 , which specifically highlighted the importance of building an “inclusive, people-oriented and people-centred community that engenders equitable development and inclusive growth”.

This narrative is a notable shift from traditional objectives of innovation policy across Southeast Asia, which have tended to focus on developing technological capabilities and creating innovation ecosystems based on the so-called ‘Silicon Valley’ model. Yet there are questions about whether a technology-driven model of development is capable of meeting the needs of wider society, and particularly those who are economically or socially marginalised, or disadvantaged in other ways. There are emerging calls for more inclusive forms of innovation that strive to reduce inequality, encourage and enable innovators from diverse backgrounds, and accelerate progress towards the SDGs.

This agenda is still nascent, and there are a number of questions that require further research and debate, such as:

• What does inclusive innovation look like in the ASEAN region?

• What are the enabling factors that spur and sustain such practices?

• How are local organic models of innovation emerging in response to

the region’s specific socio-economic, political, and demographic context?

• What roles do different stakeholders - the government, civil society,

and the private sector – fulfil in shaping the landscape for inclusive

innovations to occur?


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To explore these questions in more detail, the UNDP has commissioned Nesta to conduct research to identify and analyse emerging models of inclusive innovation specific to the ASEAN regional context. The purpose of this work is to generate ideas for how national governments and intergovernmental bodies across the ASEAN region can support the development of these models in a sustainable way .

The study focuses on four case study countries in order to illustrate emerging practices that are relevant to potentially apply or further develop across ASEAN. These models will be compared to alternative approaches to government support for innovation, such as the Silicon Valley model, to help clarify some of the opportunities and tradeoffs involved in the implementation of more inclusive innovation policies.

This paper is an interim summary of emerging research findings. The following sections describe our research framework and methodological approach, provide a brief overview of how inclusive innovation is currently conceptualised in the ASEAN region, and outline initial insights from stakeholder interviews. A final section describes next steps and how to get involved in the research.


Research framework

To research and assess emerging models of inclusive innovation in the ASEAN region, we are building on the research conducted for a 2018 Nesta report: How inclusive is innovation policy? Insights from an international comparison. This report proposed a Framework for Inclusive Innovation Policies, which enables an analysis of the inclusivity of the design and implementation of innovation policy.

Dimension Indicator of an inclusive approach

1. Overall objectives

Do the overall aims of innovation policy involve more than economic growth?

1.1 Objectives are note exclusively related to economic growth, but take account of a wider range of socially desirable outcomes, such as sustainability, equality, health and wellbeing.

2. Direction of innovation

Whose needs are being met?

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2.2

Support for innovation addressing 'societal' challenges and needs.

Support for innovation addressing the particular needs of excluded groups.

3. Participation in innovation

Who participates in innovation?

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3.2

3.3

3.4

Measure to increase the participation of underrepresented and excluded social groups in innocaton and innovative sectors of the economy.

Measures to increase the paricipation of disadvantaged or lagging regions and districts.

Measures to promote innovation in low-productivity or low-innocation sectors.

Measures to involve civil society and social economy organisations in inno-vation.

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It contends that innovation policies may be inclusive if they are concerned with:

Focusing the direction of innovation towards inclusive goals:Policies that acknowledge the differing impact innovation may have on social groups and that attempt to meet the needs of wider society, including groupsthat are particularly marginalised or excluded.

Broadening participation in innovation:Policies that seek to encourage broad participation in terms of who is employed as an innovator or in innovative sectors. Such policies may focus on social groups, regions, or economic sectors.

Inclusive governance of innovation:Policies that actively involve a wide section of society in setting priorities for innovation, and seek to regulate and govern innovation in a way that fairly shares its benefits and mitigates its tendency towards reproducing inequality.

In this research, we are employing the framework to compare ASEANapproaches to that of the other countries or regions we have already analysed - helping us to identify what is characteristic of - and perhaps unique to - the ASEAN region.

Dimension Indicator of an inclusive approach

4. Govermance of innovation Who set priotities, and how are the outcomes of innovation managed?

4.1

4.2

4.3

4.4

Measures to increase the participation in innovation priority-setting.

Measures to broaden participation in the regulation of innovation.

Measures to mitigate the risk of innovation.

Measures to promote fair distribution of the benefits of innocation.

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Methodology03

We are taking a qualitative research approach, comprising a review of literature and policies, semi-structured interviews and field visits to identify and analyse emerging models of inclusive innovation in four ASEAN countries: Indonesia, Myanmar, the Philippines and Vietnam. The main research activities include:

Literature review: A rapid review of relevant political, policy, academic and other research on inclusive innovation and development in the ASEAN context, with a particular focus on policy statements that apply to the region. The purpose of the literature review has been to conceptualise inclusive innovation policy, to understand the broad context for innovation support in the ASEAN region, and how this has been influenced by other models. This helps us to effectively focus our qualitative research..

Stakeholder interviews: Interviews with policymakers, social entrepreneurs and experts in each case study country as well as from other states across the ASEAN region. We are taking a ‘snowball sampling’ approach to finding interview subjects - starting with individuals already in the networks of the research team and UNDP, and then asking for recommendations of other individuals to speak to. These interviews have informed our understanding of evolving innovation support models, and are helping to identify priorities for fieldwork. We have looked particularly for examples of innovation programmes outside of government policy, in order to highlight examples of existing practice that could be better supported by governments and other partners across ASEAN.

Case studies: We are reviewing the high-level policy statements of each of the selected countries with respect to innovation promotion, socialinclusion and poverty reduction to identify dominant models of innovationsupport, and assess to what existing policy frameworks and grassroots efforts reflect dimensions of inclusive innovation. The case studies will also include local stories of practice to inform and inspire policymakers with examples of what is already happening in terms of grassroots innovation.

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This includes frugal innovation - in which innovative products are stripped of non-essential features in order to be made available to poor consumers. The notion of barefoot or grassroots innovation , popularised in China and India, is also related, given its emphasis on who is innovating. These concepts regard the poor as potential producers as well as consumers of innovation. Finally, inclusiveinnovation in Southeast Asia is conceived as particularly germane to rural populations, so there is overlap with the terminology of rural innovation, which isspecific to innovations serving farmers and people in rural areas.

Over the past ten years, these concepts have received increased attention by practitioners, academia, and policymakers across the Southeast Asian region. For instance, a 2008 IDRC study identified “consider-ations of equity and poverty reduction, and the need for innovation and for the [bottom-of-the-pyramid] (BOP)” as a key issue for the region. It also noted the importance of “connecting innovation support systems, usually quite oriented to the modern sector, to traditional sectors and poorer communities... particularly with respect to agriculture and resource sectors, and rural infrastructure and services”.

In 2010, the notion of inclusivity entered centre-stage deliberations and agendas at the ASEAN institutional level. The 2010 Krabi Initiative: Science Technology and Innovation (STI) for a Competitive, Sustainable and Inclusive ASEAN articulated a policy framework for collaboration across ASEAN and the EU that aimed to balance considerations of economic competitiveness and human development. It strived to promote innovation that included particular segments of society (i.e. youth and the BOP) in producing innova-tion and in applying innovation to specific contexts (i.e. the environment).

Initiatives with a BOP-focus have been implemented at national levels and by international organisations. For example, in 2013 a World Bank project on inclusive innovation in Vietnam aimed to encourage innovation for the BOP. The objective came, according to the World Bank, as the Vietnamese “government had identified “Inclusive Innovation” as a measure to reduce growing disparities and improve overall competitiveness by lowering the costs of products, as well as expanding markets and opportunities for businesses”.

Inclusive innovation is emerging as a key term to describe innovation that has social aims - and local context - at its heart. Ngoc (2017) succinctly defines it as “Innovation for All and [created/implemented] by All”. Inclusive innovation – as a specific term - is not widely used in ASEAN. Initial research has found that it is understood in ways similar to concepts that emphasise new approaches to solving societal challenges experienced by poor and marginalised groups.

Conceptualising ‘inclusive innovation’ in the ASEAN region

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Promoting inclusivity in business was articulated as a broader aim in the ASEAN Inclusive Business (IB) Framework in 2017. It applied a G20 definition of businesses that “provide goods, services, and liveli-hoods on a commercially viable basis, either at scale or scalable, to people at the Base of the economic Pyramid (BOP), making them part of the value chain of companies’ core business as suppliers, distributors, retailers or customers”.

There is an increased focus on the ‘high-technology’ aspects of innovation, rather than its understanding as a new product or process. Entrepreneurs at start-ups such as Enable Code in Vietnam, for instance, are working to bring people with disabilities into the artificial intelligence (AI) workforce. The heightened emphasis on technological innovation was under-scored by a 2018 Oxford Economics and Cisco report, which forecast that 7.5 million jobs (largely in agricul-ture, manufacturing, wholesale and retail) would be displaced by AI in Vietnam alone in the next 10 years. This led to a conclusion that policies should focus not only on new approaches for marginalised commu-nities, but on getting underrepresented groups into technological industries, such as AI.

In summary: our initial review suggests that in Southeast Asia, ideas of inclusive innovation go beyond a focus on increasing the number of women, ethnic minorities and young people into work in high-technology sectors, and focus additionally on bringing more of society into the process of innovating, and indeveloping innovative solutions for the whole of society. However, there is also a shift towards understanding inclusive innovation in terms of high-technology advances, as the gains from high-technology tend to benefit the urban wealthy. In this sense, the understanding of inclusive innovation ASEAN is evolving towards technology, specifically, and its potential to drive both social inclusion and social inequalities.

04 — CONCEPTUALISING ‘INCLUSIVE INNOVATION’ IN THE ASEAN REGION


Awareness of inclusive innovation

is common, but the term is

understoodin a range of ways

Most (although not all) of our interviewees have been familiar with the terminology of inclusive innovation and are aware of its use in relation to the develop-ment of STI policies. However, there are various understandings of what it means, ranging from the very broad to the very specific. Some of these definitions correspond with the three dimensions of the Nesta framework: direction, participation, and governance.

For example, interviewees described the concept in relation to the direction of innovation policy, with one defining it as “a process that is initiated by many actors to serve wider people - for non-economic purposes and social aims.” This individual went on to say that “technology could be a part of the solution, but it does not have to be tech. It is more about the purpose than the means.”

Contrasting understandings of inclusive innovation have also been observed in our research. For example, one interviewee described inclusive innovation as being “consumer-oriented innovation”, where the goal is to build products around the needs of specific customers. For others, the idea of inclusive innovation relates to shifting ‘consumers’ of innovation into being active participants in the production of innovation.

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From our initial research and stakeholder interviews, we have drawn high-level insights about the nature of inclusive innovation in the ASEAN region. These will be developed in response to further consultations and interviews, evidence gathered from field research, and feedback from key stakeholders at the ASEAN-China-UNDP Symposium on Innovation in Achieving the SDGs and Eradicating Poverty in Hanoi in September 2019.

Emerging insights and examples of inclusive innovation

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Initial research reveals emerging efforts to frame innovation policies aroundsolving societal challenges such as reducing poverty and creating opportunitiesfor all. For example, in 2019 Filipino government passed the Philippine Innovation Act, which estab-lished an inter-agency National Innovation Council to developthe state’s innovation goals and priorities. Inclusive innovation is a key stated objective: “harness innovation efforts to help the poor and marginalised”.

Our research has also revealed bottom-up examples of innovations that are being developed to meet the needs of underserved or excluded groups. Box 1 below shares the story of Dmap in Vietnam, a non-governmental initiative to develop technolo-gies that can support those with disabilities.

Dmap - shorthand for Disability Map - has been developed by Dr. Vo Thi Hoang Yen at DRD, as an app that helps people with disabilities navigate transportation in Vietnam. Dmap enables mobility - to work, to see family, to socialise and more. Launched in April 2019, the app already has hundreds of users and information on the accessibility of thousands of buildings, including restaurants, shopping malls, entertainment centers, and religious buildings. In addition to the app, Dr. Vo works to provide “education and training for social workers to remove social stigmas” to further empower people with disabilities.

B.

Box 1 : Disability Map


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There is a disconnect between the promotion of STI, and efforts to address

social challenges

Image credit : Australia in Vietnam Facebook

However, there appears to be a disconnect between the promotion of STI and policy efforts to address wider development goals. Responsibility for promoting innovation most often sits with Ministries of Science and Technology (or similar organisations), where policy is focused on supporting the development of cutting-edge technologies and high growth potential entrepreneurs. Meanwhile, responsibility for social policies and inclusion tends to sit with Ministries of Labour or Social Affairs, which take a lead on improving the livelihoods of marginalised communities.

Some interviewees have noted the need for more collaboration across government on this agenda - this remains a significant challenge, but also a huge area of opportunity for more joined up and inclusive innovation policies.

05 — EMERGING INSIGHTS AND EXAMPLES OF INCLUSIVE INNOVATION


Across Europe and the United States, ideas about diversity and inclusion in innovation often relate to ncreasing the participation of ‘underrepresentedgroups’ in innovation, with a particular emphasis on gender. There are an increasing number of initiatives that seek to create opportunities and develop the skills of female innovators.

Our research indicates that there is a broader understanding of inclusion across ASEAN, encompass-ing the participation of people with disabilities, rural communities, ethnic minority groups and individuals working in traditional sectors. Various initiatives have been created to boost the participation of marginalised groups in production of innovation, as well as applying technological innovations to improve the livelihoods of particular social groups.

Box 2 below shares the example of the Myanmar Young Entrepreneurs Association, which empowers young entrepreneurs to take part in the country’sentrepreneurship ecosystem.

C.

There is a broad

understanding of inclusion, and who should be involved

as participants in the innovation economy

To develop the entrepreneurship capabilities of young people in Myanmar, the Union of Myanmar Federation of Chambers of Commerce and Industry facilitated the formation of the Myanmar Young Entrepreneurs Group in November 2009. It became a more formal Association in 2012, and has organised and participated in many events both nationally and internationally. It represents and supports young innovators and entrepreneurs across many sectors in Myanmar, including through seminars and work-shops, training activities, mentoring and incubation services and the facilitation of networking events with investors.

Box 2 : Myanmar Young Entrepreneurs Association

Image credit : Myanmar Young Entrepreneurs Association


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Our research so far suggests that ideas of inclusion in innovation tend to be understood primarily with respect to meeting the needs of the poorest and mostmarginalised groups in society, and creating opportuni-ties for bringing these groups into the innovative economy. There is comparatively little being done toinvolve civil society groups and citizens in setting priorities for innovation policies, or to govern the outcomes of innovation. Policy formulation remains mostly top-down, with governments working with international donors and the business community to develop objectives and strategies.

However, our interviews have suggested that there is a growing recognition of the value of engaginga broader cross section of society in debates about thedevelopment of national and local STI policies. Box 3 below shares the example of a regional public consulta-tion run by the Filipino Department of Trade andIndustry as part of developing the country’s new Philippine Innovation Act.

D.

There is limited evidence

ofefforts to govern innovation policies

in a moreinclusive manner

In the Philippines, there have been government efforts to involve a wider range of society in discussions about thepriorities for national and local innovation policies. For example, the Department of Trade and Industry, through its Bureau of Trade and Industrial Policy Research(DTI-BTIPR), conducted a public consultation in Davao City in 2018 to present strategies for implementing theInclusive Filipinnovation and Entrepreneurship Roadmap. During the event, recommendations on the newly-adopted industrial policy were gathered from participants - includingrepresentatives of government agencies, academia, business groups, micro, small and medium-sized enterprises (MSMEs) and startups.

Box 3 : DTI regional public consultation

Image credit : Department of Trade and Industry

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06 Next steps and how to get involved

An interactive session will be organised at the ASEAN-China-UNDP summit in Hanoi, Vietnam in September 2019 to gather feedback from delegates across the ASEAN region on the emerging research approach and findings. This feedback will help shape the final report. In addition, the research team is conducting field visits to the case study countries in August and September 2019. These site visits and interviews will help inform our understanding of emerging models of grassroots approaches as well as policymaking. After drawing upon the Summit feedback, case study field visits and feedback from the UNDP regional innovation centre team, the final report will be completed before the end of 2019.

To contact us about any aspects of this research, please get in touch with:

How can you get involved?We’re keen to draw on the widest possible range of expertise and experience to inform this research. Here’s how you can get involved:

1. Complete our short online questionnaire: http://bit.ly/inclusiveinnovation20192. Contribute to our mapping of inclusive innovation initiatives across the ASEAN region.3. Suggest individuals and organisations we should be in touch with.4. Talk to us yourselves! Our contact details are below. We would particularly like to hear from you about emerging models that you believe we should know about, in terms of Direction, Participation, and Governance .

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Alex GlenniePrincipal Researcher — [email protected]

Courtney LawrenceHead of Exploration Regional Innovation Center, [email protected]

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CONCEPT NOTE AND CONTEXT

1. Background and Rationale

ASEAN has made significant achievements in sustainable development and in lifting the standard of living of its people. One of ASEAN’s notable successes includes poverty reduction, with the number of people living with less than US 1.25 per day declining from 1 in 2 persons in 1990 to 1 in 8 persons in 2015. The research report 1 on Financing the Sustainable Development Goals in ASEAN: Strengthening Integrated National Financing Frameworks to Deliver 2030 Agenda also found that ASEAN has made significant progress in achieving a number of key Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) namely SDG 4, which focuses on quality education, with primary school completion rates being above 95 percent for all ASEAN Member States (AMS) and SDG 3 in the areas of health such as maternal mortality and tuberculosis prevalence, which are steadily declining in almost all AMS.

Despite marked progress, many development areas need further improvement as the challenges ahead may undermine the gains attained thus far. For instance, while primary school enrolment rates are on the rise, decumbent enrolment rates for secondary education remain an issue of concern. In six AMS, secondary enrolment rates are at 75 percent or below. Equitable access to health care also is an intractable quandary in many parts of ASEAN with only four countries having achieved universal health coverage. Moreover, while 90 percent of the ASEAN people have access to improved water sources, only 72 percent have access to improved sanitation sources.

The above-mentioned data and analysis imply the need for further efforts in making sustainable development a reality for the people of ASEAN. The AMS are currently accelerating their implementation of sustainable development particularly under the umbrella of the SDGs. Yet, one of the major barriers to effective implementation of the SDGs is often found in weak institutions and systems of governance. During the ASEAN-China-UNDP Symposium on Localising the SDGs and Realising Poverty Eradication held in 2018 in Siem Reap, Cambodia, it was raised that challenges in SDGs implementation in AMS entail insufficient capacity, especially of the local governments, lack of reliable data and monitoring system, and incoherent policies between the national and sub-national level as well as limited financial resources. These obstacles are compounded by the fact that some SDGs are cross-cutting and interconnected which necessitates strategic direction and nexus thinking from all relevant stakeholders. Last but not least, ASEAN’s vulnerabilities to disaster add additional and intricate dimension to the implementation of SDGs.

Against this backdrop, the need for more innovative ways to implement and to localise the SDGs is ever more compelling. Exponential scale and ambition of the SDGs require innovation in

development and innovation for development including bringing innovation into the development thinking, planning and programming. In this regard, strengthening and optimising the utilisation of innovations could help AMS to forge ahead with the SDGs. Certainly, innovation is not only a focus of SDG 9 but also a key enabler of most, if not all, of the goals. The high-reaching spirits of the 2030 Agenda will require fundamental changes in the ways in which health, energy, food, water, housing, welfare, mobility and other goods and services are delivered, distributed and consumed, where innovations can play pivotal roles.

The importance of innovation in achieving the SDGs has been recognised at all levels. In this context, innovation is construed as new forms of social practice, institutional change and organization as well as new or improved technological products and processes and is not confined to the area of technological and scientific innovation (UNCTAD 2017). Indicatively, the 2030 Agenda for Sustainable Development announced the launch of a "Technology Facilitation Mechanism" (TFM) in order to support the implementation of the SDGs. The TFM facilitates multi-stakeholder collaboration and partnership through the sharing of information, experiences, best practices and policy advice among AMS, civil society, the private sector, the scientific community, United Nations entities and other stakeholders. The importance of innovation is further emphasised by the ASEAN Leaders when adopting the ASEAN Declaration on Innovation at the 31st ASEAN Summit. Among others, the Declaration promotes the use of science, technology, and innovation (STI) in realising the SDGs by promoting further use of STI to address global challenges and development matters such as food security, gender equality, health, energy, water, transport, environment, empowerment of vulnerable groups and disaster-related problems, so as to improve the well-being of the ASEAN people in the urban and rural communities. There have increasingly been ASEAN’s initiatives that support the use of innovations to harness the actualisation of the SDGs such as the use of big data analytics in e-health sharing network and the getting to Zero social innovation of the health sector, the Future of Work initiative by the labour sector, women’s empowerment through digital and financial innovation by ASEAN Committee on Women, bridging science and decision making in risk monitoring review project by disaster management sector as well as the ASEAN Smart Cities Network (ASCN) and the Smart Blueprint of ASEAN Socio-Cultural Community initiative, among others.

Nevertheless, we must ensure that innovation in and innovation for sustainable development is responsible and inclusive. And it is critical to mitigate the unintended divisive consequences of utilisation of innovation while embracing its potential to amplify development outcomes. Henceforth the 4th Symposium will serve as a platform for governments, policy makers, development practitioners and experts, private sector, academe, civil society organizations, community leaders and relevant stakeholders to think together and share with each other visions, practices, lessons-learned and future plans on innovation in achieving SDGs and eradicating poverty in ASEAN.

2. Objectives

The objectives of the Symposium are:

a. To provide a learning platform for policy makers for AMS and other stakeholders

to share vision, knowledge and good practices on utilization of innovation in achieving the SDGs and in eradicating poverty; b. To discuss and share policy options, success stories, and possible action points

for policy makers in AMS, ASEAN sectoral bodies and relevant stakeholders; c. To promote exchange of views and ideas among the participants on how to further strengthen the role of innovation and ensure an inclusive approach in achieving the SDGs and in eradicating poverty; and d. To provide strategic direction and inputs to the research on Emerging Models

for Inclusive Innovation: an ASEAN perspective. 3. Areas of Focus

There are several angles to conceptualize and define “innovation” and its utilization to achieve the SDGs involves inevitably expansive areas. In many cases, innovation is understood in the realm of science and technology. They are indeed crucial and have contributed to actualizing the SDGs. As such, devising concerted strategies for AMS to adopt and strengthen the roles of science and technology is one of the anchors of this Symposium. Nevertheless, innovation can also be construed from broader perspective. In its broader usage, innovation is regarded as a system model that focuses on identifying more effective solutions to development challenges. Innovation can be about dynamic experimentation for problem-solving; incremental improvements to existing systems; supporting the redesign of public service delivery; engaging stakeholders of different demographics; and encouraging digitization and data innovation.

At the same time, development problems and solutions might differ from one country to another, from one region to another as well as from one locality to another. Therefore, innovation model should not be considered as one-size-fit-all.

With the background above, this Symposium will focus on the following areas:

1. Pro-poor and inclusive innovation

In many cases, the benefits from innovations can only be enjoyed by certain groups of society. The poor and marginalized, or those living in remote areas often do not have access to the benefits offered by (especially technological) innovations. Therefore, while AMS endeavor to generate more innovations to accelerate the implementation of SDGs, it is also important to extend the beneficiaries and ensure that innovations are pro-poor and inclusive.

2. Social innovation

In addition to technological innovation in achieving the SDGs, AMS can also benefit from social innovation, which is generally held to refer to innovations in social relationships, practices and structures that are primarily aimed at addressing social needs and at improving human well-being. There have been examples of social innovations that help fulfil the needs of the people. For example, Thailand has several successful social enterprises, such as

Grass-roots Innovation Company, which promotes integrated organic farming by smallholders in rural Thailand, and ChangeVentures, which raises funds from social investors and social investment funds to support other social enterprises. 2

3. Policy innovation

Policy innovation denotes government’s approaches and strategies (innovation) in improving policy making process to result in better outcomes. They may include innovative methods of engaging the public in policy, program and service development (e.g. participatory budgeting, crowdsourcing), innovative methods of evaluating the efficacy of policies, programs and services (e.g., behavioral insights, service design methods) and innovative methods of funding (e.g., social finance).

4. Partnership innovation

Innovations can grow faster through collaboration among stakeholders. Each stakeholder possesses certain advantages in promoting innovations, requiring collaboration and partnership among stakeholders. The stakeholders can be state and non-state actors and the collaboration may include transfer of technology and knowledge sharing among AMS.

5. Science and technology innovation (STI)

STI is centered on how science and technology can further contribute to achieving the SDGs. At the same time, it also seeks to address potential negative impacts of technologies. This is due to the fact that some technologies can also bring potential impacts, for instance, to environment.

4. Targeted participants

This Symposium will gather policy makers from AMS, representatives from ASEAN Sectoral Bodies, representatives from China and representatives from ASEAN Secretariat. In addition, development practitioners and experts, international organizations, private sector, and innovation communities, community leaders, representatives from academic institutions among others, will also take part in the Symposium.

Expected Outcome

The Symposium, together with the research report, is expected to be a successful knowledge-sharing platform for policy makers from AMS and relevant stakeholders on the potential strategies to strengthen the role of innovation in achieving the SGDS. The knowledge and learning derived from the Symposium are also expected to be useful for ASEAN sectoral bodies in preparing their next work plan and its ensuing strategies. In addition, follow-up activities can potentially be initiated after the Symposium.

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