Overview
Prepare a concise report drawing insights from 16 completed Technology Needs Assessments (TNAs) to make accumulated learning accessible to LDC governments and development partners.
Key Responsibilities
- Develop an approach for extracting and organizing evidence from TNAs.
- Identify typical and context-specific technology priorities, capability gaps, enabling conditions, barriers, implementation needs and policy messages.
- Identify recurring trends, patterns, themes and sectoral priorities emerging across different groups of LDCs and country typologies.
- Explain both recurring themes and material differences across country contexts, regions, sectors and technology areas.
- Relate the principal themes emerging from the TNAs to the DPoA priority areas and objectives.
- Highlight practical implications for technology acquisition, absorption, adaptation, financing, maintenance and scaling in LDCs.
- Identify opportunities for regional and South-South cooperation, partnerships and more effective international support.
- Undertake focused exchanges with selected STI officials.
- Formulate practical messages and recommendations for LDC governments, the UN Technology Bank, development partners and other relevant stakeholders.
- Draw practical lessons on how TNAs can be used as strategic tools.
Required Experience
- At least ten (10) years of progressively responsible experience in research and policy analysis related to STI, technology policy, innovation systems, productive transformation, technology transfer or international development is required.
- Demonstrated experience leading or co-leading comparative, cross-country or thematic policy publications and producing high-quality outputs for policy audiences is required.
- Proven ability to synthesize heterogeneous evidence and analyse mixed qualitative and quantitative material is required.
- Demonstrated ability to formulate actionable policy recommendations and communicate complex findings through clear writing, tables, figures and presentations is required.
- Experience working with the United Nations, international organisations, or development cooperation institutions is desirable.
Qualifications
An advanced university degree (Master's degree or equivalent) in economics, development studies, science, technology and innovation policy, innovation studies, international development or a related field is required. A first-level university degree combined with two additional years of relevant professional experience may be accepted in lieu of the advanced degree.
