Amir Jahangir, Competitiveness Support Fund

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Innovation Journalism Pakistan
Amir Jahangir, Competitiveness Support Fund 11
October, 2007
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Journalism in Pakistan

• News
• Current Affairs
• Politics
• Sports
• Entertainment
• Technology
• Finance, Economic and Business News

• What is missing?
• Innovation economic impact of innovation

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Pakistan and Innovation Journalism
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The goal is to increase public focus on
innovation, competitiveness, business and
technology, Omar Ayub Khan, Chairman,
Competitiveness Support Fund8th TCI Annual
Conference 2005
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Linking Finance to Innovation
Competitiveness,Competitiveness Support Fund
Partners
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Innovation Journalism Program for Pakistan
Phase Two
Innovation Journalism Program, Pakistan
Phase One
Phase Three
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Phase 1 International InJo Program at the
Stanford University

• 2006-2009 - 12 leading Pakistani journalists will
  participate in the Innovation Journalism
  Fellowship Program.
• Each Fellow will refine expertise in reporting on
  innovation and become a part of the INJO
  community.
• The Program will
• Creating a community of Journalists reporting on
  Innovation
• Pakistani journalists establish links with
  newsrooms in US and other countries.

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Phase 1 TCI Annual Conferences

• Participation of 15 leading journalists at The
  Competitiveness Institutes Annual Conferences
  2006 -2009
• Interaction with journalists and cluster
  practitioners
• Brainstorming on leading issues on innovation and
  competitiveness

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Media Organizations Involved in the Innovation
Journalism Program
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Progress for the Phase 1 (2006-2007)

• Participation as INJO Fellows 2
• Participation in TCI Conferences 7
• No. of journalists involved (print) 185
• No. of journalists involved (electronic) 70

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Phase 2 Capacity Building of
Working Journalists

• Interactive workshops and training sessions for
  working journalists in collaboration with WEF and
  INJO Program 9 Pillars of Global
  Competitiveness Index of the World Economic Forum
• InJo Fellows to be mentors for these interactions
• Subsequently participants to increase public
  focus through news, articles and reports
• Lectures at Business and Journalism Schools
• Journalist of the Year Awards 9 Pillars

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Innovation Communication Competitiveness Support
Fund World Economic Forum
Global Competitiveness Report 91 /
125 2006-2007 94 / 114 2005-2006
Global Information Technology Report 84 /
115 2006-2007 67 / 114 2005-2006
Amir Jahangir (C) 2007
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Methodology for the Global Competitiveness Index
Has 9 Key Pillars
Weighting of Global Competitiveness Index 9
Pillars - INJO

• Ranks.
• Basic Requirements (50) Weight
  Pak
• 1. Institutions 12.5 79
• 2. Infrastructure 12.5 67
• 3. Macroeconomy 12.5 86
• 4. Health and Primary Education 12.5
  108
• Efficiency Enhancers (40)
• 5. Higher Education and Training 13.3
  104
• 6. Market Efficiency 13.3 54
• 7. Technological Readiness 13.3 89
  
• Innovation and Sophistication (10)
• Business Sophistication 5.0 66
  
• Innovation 5.0 60

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Methodology for the Global Information Technology
Index has 3 sub-indexes
Measuring the Network Readiness Index (NRI)
The NRI is composed of three component indexes
which assess - environment for ICT offered by a
country or community - readiness of the
community's key stakeholders (individuals,
business and governments) - usage of ICT among
these stakeholders.
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Role of Innovation Communication in Economic
Growth
Boost Economic Growth
Innovation Communication
Improve Competitiveness of Pak. Economy
Better Employment/ Job Creation
Knowledge-based Enterprise Dev.
Upgrade Enterprise Competitiveness
COMPETITIVENESS SUPORT FUND
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Phase Three New Resource Development

• Identification of four geographical regions
• Triple Helix making media as a part of the
  Helix
• Three universities from each region on the basis
  of their core focus
• Business/Economics
• Technology
• Journalism
• Institutions / Universities collect information
  on competitiveness and innovation on various
  clusters
• Journalism schools to develop content and
  research with media on innovation and
  competitiveness.
• InJo Fellows will act as mentors along with the
  journalists involved in the capacity building
  initiative

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Academia and the InJo Program
Qaid-e-AzamNUSTFatimah Jinnah Women University
Innovation PolicyMediaICT
 
 
 
 
 
 
University of Peshawar M.I. Sciences
Marble and GraniteGemsPharmaceuticalsGender
 
 
 
Baluchistan University or BUITMS
DairySurgicalHorticultureMotorcycleFurniture
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
IBA NED University Mass Comm, KU
LUMS UET Punjab Univ.
 
 
 
FisheriesFood SafetyMotorcycle
 
 
 
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Outcome of the Program

• The 3 year program will develop capacity of
• Phase 1 27
• working journalists with international networking
  
• Phase 2 450
• Editors, reporters, working journalists
  management
• Phase 3 300
• Future innovation communication leaders

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Challenges and Opportunities for Innovation
Communication
China
ROZ
SEZ
PVT. AIRPORT
SEZ
SEZ
National Trade Corridor
SEZ
SEZ

• Capacity Building- Transportation Logistics-
  Livelihoods- Tourism- Agriculture- Micro and
  SME - Health- Education- Infrastructure -
  Media

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SEZ
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Thank You
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• Amir Jahangir
• Consultant,
• Competitiveness Support Fund
• 53, Street No. 1, F-6/3, Islamabad 44000,
  Pakistan
• Cell 92-300-8555161
• Phone [phone] / 43
• Fax [phone]
• www.competitiveness.org.pk
• E-mail amir_at_csf.org.pk / ajjano_at_gmail.com

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Amir Jahangir (C) 2007
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Global Competitiveness Report 2006
Pillar 1 Institutions (12.5 of GCI Score)

• Improvements 2005 ? 2006
• Diversion of Public Funds (to investments) 74 ?
  67
• Public trust in Government 83 ? 55
• Judicial independence 87 ? 80
• Favouritism in decisions of government officials
  68 ? 52
• Wastefulness of government spending 48 ? 42
• Business costs of terrorism 94 ? 55
• Weakening
• Property Rights 87 ? 95
• Burden of government regulation 101
  ? 122
• Ethical behaviour of firms 44 ?
  82
• Efficacy of corporate boards 116 ?
  123
• Protection of minority shareholders interests
  27 ? 57
• (Private sector)

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Global Competitiveness Report 2006
Pillar 2 Infrastructure (12.5 of GCI Score)

• Improvements 2005 ? 2006
• Overall infrastructure quality 77 ? 67
• Railroad infrastructure 59 ? 39
• Quality of port infrastructure 68 ? 52
• Weakening
• Quality of air transport infrastructure 53 ? 59
• Quality of Electricity supply 86 ? 87

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Global Competitiveness Report 2006
Pillar 3 Macroeconomy (12.5 of GCI Score)

• Improvements 2005 ? 2006
• Interest Rate Spreads 67 ? 37
• Weakening
• Inflation (hard data) 84 ? 99
• National Saving rate (hard data) 88 ? 92
• Government Surplus/Deficit (hard data) 64 ? 89
• Government Debt/GDP ratio (hard data) 68 ? 69
• Real Effective Exchange rate 38 ? 45

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Global Competitiveness Report 2006
Pillar 4 Health and Primary Education (12.5 of
GCI Score)

• Improvements 2005 ? 2006
• Net Primary Enrollment (hard data) 115 ? 112
• Weakening
• Infant Mortality 105 ? 109
• Business Impact of Malaria 62 ? 101
• Tuberculosis Prevalence (hard data) 93 ? 101
• Business Impact of Tuberculosis 51 ? 99
• Life Expectancy at Birth 93 ? 97
• Business Impact of HIV/AIDS 84 ? 89
• Malaria Prevalence (hard data) 84 ? 87

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Global Competitiveness Report 2006
Pillar 5 - Higher Education and Training (13.33
of GCI Score)

• Improvements 2005 ? 2006
• Gross Tertiary Enrollment Ratio (hard data) 109 ?
  106
• Extent of Staff Training 107 ? 91
• Quality of Math and Science Education 86 ? 85
• Quality of Educational System 89 ? 74
• Weakening
• Gross Secondary Enrollment Ratio 110 ? 112
• Local Availability of Specialized
  
• Research and Training Services 75 ? 83
• Quality of Management Schools 58 ? 71

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Global Competitiveness Report 2006
Pillar 6 Market Efficiency (13.33 of GCI
Score)

• Improvements 2005 ? 2006
• Hiring and Firing Practices 49 ? 26
• Time Required to Start a Business 33 ? 30
• Extent and Effect of Taxation 95 ? 33
• Ease of Access to Loan 73 ? 42
• Efficiency of Legal Framework 97 ? 91
• Cooperation in Labor-Employer Relations 95 ?
  77
• Intensity of Local Competition 79 ? 73
• Weakening
• Soundness of Banks
  34 ? 84
• Brain Drain 58 ? 73
• Foreign Ownership Restrictions 56 ? 72

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Global Competitiveness Report 2006
Pillar 7 - Technological Readiness (13.33 of GCI
Score)

• Improvements 2005 ? 2006
• Laws Relating to ICT 78 ? 65
• Weakening
• Cellular telephones
• (subscribers per 100 people-hard data) 111 ?
  115
• Personal Computers
  
• (per 100 people-hard data) 106 ? 113
• Internet Users
  
• (users per 10,000 people-hard data) 102 ? 107
• Firm-level Technology Absorption 47 ? 85
• Technological Readiness 74 ? 77
• FDI and Technology Transfer 40 ? 75

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Global Competitiveness Report 2006
Pillar 8 Business Sophistication (5.0 of GCI
Score) Part of the BCI

• Improvements 2005 ? 2006
• Quality of National Business Environment 75 ?
  67
• Weakening
• Value Chain Presence 35 ? 47
• Sophistication of Company 67 ? 72Operations
  Strategy

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Global Competitiveness Report 2006
Pillar 9 Innovation (5.0 of GCI Score)

• Improvements 2005 ? 2006
• Capacity for innovation 74 ? 38
• Intellectual property protection 79 ? 38
• Government Procurement for 52 ? 47
• Technology Product
• University /industry research collaboration 72
  ? 61
• Company spending on research development 59 ?
  51
• Quality of scientific research institutions 63
  ? 62
• Weakening
• Utility Patents (Hard Data) 78 ? 78
• Availability of scientists and engineers 67 ?
  78

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