This White Paper sets out an ambitious aim for the UK’s innovation policy, of building an Innovation Nation in which innovation thrives at all levels. Implementing this will be challenging and require DIUS to build new partnerships with stakeholders in the public sector, business, HE, FE and the third sector.
To monitor progress:
• DIUS will lead the production of a cross-Government Annual Innovation Report in Autumn 2008, to review progress across all aspects of government activity relevant to innovation.
• NESTA will develop a new Innovation Index to measure the UK’s performance as an Innovation Nation, drawing on input and expertise from partners such as the ONS, DIUS, BERR, TSB, AIM, the Design Council, CBI and others. A pilot index will be published in 2009 with a fuller system in place by 2010.
• A new Innovation Research Centre will be established by DIUS, NESTA, ESRC and the Technology Strategy Board to ensure a steady supply of high quality innovation research into the UK innovation policy community.
