World Association of Industrial and Technological Research Organizations WAITRO 1
TABLE OF CONTENTS An Introduction to WAITRO 1. Fields of Collaboration & Focus Areas 2. Institutional Structure 3. Workplan 2019-2020 4. SAIRA-The Open Innovation Hub for 5. Sustainable Development Membership 6. 2
WAITRO MEMBERS IN 76 COUNTRIES 160 Research & Technology Organizations (RTOs) 3
“For RTOs that seek global collaboration and innovation, WAITRO is a unique strategic network that fosters international partnerships for sustainable development. With UN consultative status, WAITRO provides access to a global and diverse source of knowledge through an Open Innovation Platform.” POSITIONING STATEMENT 4
WAITRO MISSION OBJECTIVES VISION To facilitate action-oriented To facilitate partnerships WAITRO is the leading global science, technology and between members network of research and innovation (STI) partnerships technology organizations To enable the development & among members that (RTOs) that enables transfer of (sustainable) contribute to sustainable transformation for a technologies & know-how development. sustainable future. To strengthen capacities of members in RTO management & technical capabilities in STI To contribute to the SDGs 5
Fields of Collaboration & Focus Areas 6
Fields of Collaboration WAITRO FOSTERS LINKS BETWEEN MEMBER ORGANIZATIONS IN VARIOUS FIELDS OF COLLABORATION WAITRO ORGANIZES PROGRAMS SUCH AS TRAININGS, WORKSHOPS, CONFERENCES OR • Capacity development in RTO management STUDIES AND ENABLES PROJECTS THAT FOCUS • Capacity development in R&D ON VARIOUS FIELDS OF COLLABORATIONS. • Technology transfer • Technology development 7
Fields of Collaboration Turning Biowaste into Sustainable Products (BIOWASTE4SP) TOPIC PARTNERS The project focused on five African CSIR-Institute of Industrial Research countries: Ghana, Morocco, South (Ghana), CSIR (South Africa), The Africa, Kenya and Egypt. Agricultural Research Centre (Egypt), Institute of Agriculture and Veterinary It successfully identified relevant Sciences-Hassan II University bio-waste streams in those countries (Morocco), African Institute for Capacity and developed a biomass conversion Development (Kenya), Ethekwini technology, producing bioethanol, Municipality (South Africa), Sweden and biogas and fertilizer from waste. Moroccan Association for Soild Waste (Morocco), DTI-Danish Technological This technology is a huge step Institute (Denmark) IVL-Swedish towards a sustainable future, as it Environmental Research Institute simultaneously maximises the value (Sweden), SIRIM Berhad (Malaysia), of the biomass and minimises waste . Tubitak Marmara Research Centre (Turkey) 8
Fields of Collaboration WAITRO Benchmarking Project TOPIC PARTNERS • From November 2017 to November Danish Technological Institute 2018, a total of 14 webinars (Denmark), Raw Materials Research and facilitated valuable knowledge Development Council (Nigeria), Federal sharing among established RTOs of Institute of Industrial Research (Nigeria) WAITRO’s global innovation family. National Food Technology Research Centre (Botswana), Industrial Research • The Danish Technological Institute and Consultancy Centre (Sudan), SIRIM (DTI) launched an extensive Berhard (Malaysia), TUBITAK – The benchmarking study to help Scientific and Technological Research WAITRO members evaluate best Council of Turkey (Turkey), NFI – practices, particularly in terms of National Food Institute (Thailand), working with SMEs. TISTR – Thailand Institute of Scientific & Technological Research (Thailand), IVL – Swedish Environmental Research Institute (Sweden), RSS – Royal Scientific Sociery (Jordan) 9
Institutional Structure 10
Institutional Structure GENERAL ASSEMBLY EXECUTIVE BOARD SECRETARIAT The General Assembly of The Executive Board is At the head of the WAITRO composed of the President, Secretariat is the Secretary- WAITRO consists of all members of the Association. two Vice Presidents and five General who coordinates its Regional Representatives, one staff for the discharge of the for each region. The Executive duties as approved by the Board is elected once every General Assembly. two years at the ordinary biennial meeting of the General Assembly. 11
WAITRO Executive Board (2019-2020) President First Vice President Second Vice President HRH Princess Sumaya bint El Hassan Rubén Dario Cruz Rodríguez David Tveit RSS (Jordan) CIDET (Colombia) DTI (Denmark) Regional Representative Regional Representative Regional Representative Regional Representative Latin America & the Middle East & North Africa Sub-Saharan Africa Asia & the Pacific Europe Caribbean Ndumiso Cingo Ahmad Fadzil Mohamad Hani Bahadir Tunaboylu TÜBITAK (Turkey) CSIR (South Africa) SIRIM (Malaysia) Dirk Saseta Krieg vacant LEITAT (Spain) 12
One Secretariat Two Offices WAITRO Office China WAITRO Office Germany JIANGSU INDUSTRIAL TECHNOLOGY FRAUNHOFER-GESELLSCHAFT (FHG) RESEARCH INSTITUTE (JITRI) JITRI headquarters in Nanjing, Fraunhofer headquarters in Sankt Augustin China (Bonn), Germany Total Staff: 6 Total Staff: 6 13
WAITRO SECRETARIAT (2019-2022) WAITRO Secretary General Dr. Eckart Bierdümpel Fraunhofer-Gesellschaft (Germany) Head of WAITRO Office Head of WAITRO Office Germany China Dr. Paul Burrows Dominik Reinertz Fraunhofer-Gesellschaft Jiangsu Industrial (Germany) Technology Research Institute (China) 14
Workplan 2019-2022 15
Work Plan 2019-2022 CAPACITY DEVELOPMENT • Workshop on specific R&D topics • Training courses on a specific industry & research related topics • Training courses related to RTO management, commercialization of technologies, STI policies, etc. Co-Working and Exhibition Space at the • WAITRO Office in China 16
Work Plan 2019-2022 FELLOWSHIP PROGRAM • Fellowships for WAITRO researchers to conduct research abroad for up to twelve months • Calculation of monthly payments made by WAITRO depend on GNI of sending and receiving organization 17
Work Plan 2019-2022 WAITRO GLOBAL INNOVATION SUMMIT • One main global sustainable development challenge as core theme per summit (e.g. water pollution) Plenary Sessions • • Side-events provide opportunities to dive deeper into sub-topics of the challenge Site visits • 18
Work Plan 2019-2022 INNOVATION AWARD • A competition open to all active member RTOs of WAITRO • Awarding of outstanding ideas or achievements in the field of innovation to solve local or global challenges • Money for project related activities • Voting & Award Ceremony at WAITRO Global Summit 2020 1 st st 2 nd nd 3 rd rd 15.000 USD 7.000 USD 3.000 USD 19
SAIRA www.saira.eco 20
SAIRA www.saira.eco THE OPEN INNOVATION HUB FOR SUSTAINABLE DEVELOPMENT • An Open Innovation Platform to connect WAITRO members with: Each other • • The industry • Start-ups The first open innovation platform to put • main focus on sustainable development 21
Step 1: Define Define specific needs SAIRA and create a challenge or project idea on SAIRA www.saira.eco Step 2: Search & Find Submit the challenge or project idea and search for partners to solve a challenge or implement a HOW IT WORKS project idea Step 3: Receive & Pick Receive proposed solutions from Three easily accessible tools: • researchers and pick the Research Collaborations • right partner to start a Step 4: Agree & Contract collaboration Industrial Challenges • Agree with a partner and set the terms and Start-Up Challenges • conditions for collaboration Step 5: Collaborate & Share Start collaboration, use SAIRA and share the success story on SAIRA. 22
Membership 23
MEMBERSHIP BENEFITS OF MEMBERSHIP Access to a Huge Global network of • RTOs Use of SAIRA • International establishment • Participation in WAITRO events and • programs 24
THANK YOU www.waitro.org 25
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