Assessing The PublicPrivate GAP in Sciences

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Assessing The Public/Private GAP in Sciences
Technologies
Linking a Biotech Industrial Venture with the
Tunisian National foresight exercice for
STProject Tunisia 2030

• Pr M. Dahmani Fathallah
• Consultant for the Tunisian Institute of
  Strategic Studies

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UNPD 2001 Report on Human Development Emphasizes
The role That Biotech will play in changing so
cial economic horizons
Knowledge based Economy relies very much on biot
ech
Biotech is at the cutting edge of innovative tec
hnologies
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The lessons learned through a Private industrial
Venture
in the Field of Health Biotech
Aim
Relating
The observations retrieved from a foresight exer
cice being carried out in Tunisia in the field
of sciences Technologies
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The Venture Entrepreneuship in Biotech
An Innovative technology to produce a
biotech drug was developped at the Institute
Pasteur de Tunis
 Academic Institution 
SPIN OFF
START UP COMPAGNY INDUSTRIAL VENTURE IN HEALTH BI
OTECH Bussiness Plan, seed financing, Incorporati
on etc..
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Most Significant Hurdles

• Legal
• Financial
• Managerial (HR)
• Administrative

• Lack of transitional structure
• Lack of legal institutional structure
• Lack of venture capitalist
• Lack of skilled managers
• Administrative barriers

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The Tunisian Environment

• A strong Political will
• Incentives for innovative bussiness
• Incentives for entrepreneurs
• Human ressources

• Tax cut other financial advantages
• One year Payed leave to go from public to private
  Biotech sector
  
• Well trained Biotechnologists

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TUNISIAS FORESIGHT EXERCICE ON SCIENCES TECHNO
LOGIES
Groups of Variables in the ST field

• Gouvernance
• Management
• Infrastructure
• Human ressources
• Interface
• Societal
• Exogenous

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THE VARIABLES MATRIX
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Variables Classification
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Linking Hurdles Foreseen Variables

• Legal
• Financial
• Managerial
• Administrative

• Management
• Infrastructure
• Human ressources
• Interface

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Linking Entrepreneurship Environment

Foreseen Variables
Variables
Environment

• A strong Political will
• Incentives for innovative bussiness
• Incentives for entrepreneurs
• Human ressources

• Gouvernance
• Infrastructure
• Human ressources
• Exogenous

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CONCLUSIONS

• There is an obvious benefit of foresight exercice
  to entrpreneurship in biotechnology.
  
• Filling the GAP between Public Private is a key
  step toward the implementation of a knowledge
  based economy .
  
• The outcome of National foresight exercice
  should be spread not only to decision makers at
  the governance level but also to entrepreneur .