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This discussion highlights key takeaways on fostering innovation in the Caribbean from notable figures. It emphasizes structuring economic incentives to support innovators and encourage sustainable practices. The importance of creative thinking and problem-solving is underscored, particularly in educational institutions and firms. It advocates for the establishment of collaborative platforms through public-private partnerships and inter-sector collaboration. Additionally, it explores the role of governments in open data initiatives and crowdsourcing, harnessing public input to enhance public services and entrepreneurship.
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ICT-Led Innovationin the Caribbean “Connect to Innovate and Grow”
Silburn’s Take Home Messages • Let’s structure economic payoffs to favour innovators and innovating firms in order to drive sustainability, flexibility and competitiveness. • Let’s expand and infuse creative thinking, creative problem finding and solving within schools, universities and firms. • Let’s foster a process, structure and culture of innovation using the Triple Helix Approach
Ilari’sInnovation Policy Take Home Message • Innovation eco-systems thrive when platforms for promoting collaborative partnerships are established, e.g. • Public – private partnerships • Integration of users and customers with innovation processes • Innovation forums • Innovation and technology platforms at national, regional and local levels • Collaboration ventures of any kind • Intersectoraland inter-ministerial collaboration • Where and with whom would you establish your first open innovation platform?
Jeff’s Open Data and Open Government Take Home Message • If governments are active partners in an ecosystem - willing to invest, experiment and even fail (on a small scale) – they will see real innovations spring from their Open Government and Open Data efforts. • If you could have 1 dataset from government, what would it be? • If you could give feedback to improve 1 government service, which one would it be?
Rob’s CrowdsourcingTake Home Messages Whether for emergency response or civic affairs: crowdsourcing is happening, and we have best practices to allow us to do it smarter. Let’s harness crowdsourcing to improve public services and entrepreneurship. What existing services could benefit from a direct connection with the public as information provider? What major challenges in your country could benefit from crowdsourcing applications?
Take Home Messages • Innovation in the Caribbean: • Let’s structure economic payoffs to favour innovators and innovating firms in order to drive sustainability, flexibility and competitiveness. • Let’s expand and infuse creative thinking, creative problem finding and solving within schools, universities and firms. • Let’s foster a process, structure and culture of innovation using the Triple Helix Approach • b. OpenInnovation and Co-creation Platforms: • Innovation eco-systems thrive when platforms for promoting collaborative partnerships are established. • Open Government and Open Data: • If governments are active partners in an ecosystem - willing to invest, experiment and even fail (on a small scale) – they will see real innovations spring from their Open Government and Open Data efforts. • Social Governance, Ushahidi: • Whether for emergency response or civic affairs: crowdsourcing is happening, and we have best practices to allow us to do it smarter. Let’s harness crowdsourcing to improve public services and entrepreneurship.
Questions for the Discussion • Innovation in the Caribbean: • How can we expand and infuse creative thinking, creative problem finding and solving within schools, universities and firms? • Open Innovation and Co-creation Platforms: • Where and with whom would you establish your first open innovation platform? • Open Government and Open Data: • What existing services could benefit from a direct connection with the public as information provider? What major challenges in your country could benefit from crowdsourcing applications? • d. Crowdsourcing: • What existing services could benefit from a direct connection with the public as information provider? What major challenges in your country could benefit from crowdsourcing applications?
