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My Recommended Priorities for Education, Science, and Innovation in Georgia

Vic Korsun, vickorsun@msn.com Tbilisi, Georgia April, 2014

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Four Critical Areas for Georgian Education and Science

• A. Change
• B. Brain Drain
• C. English
• D. Job Creation

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Three Priority Actions Needed

• 1. Strategic Plan to integrate

Education, Science and Business

• 2. Re-orient how science projects are

selected

• 3. Entrepreneurs and SME’s

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Learn From the Old and From Others

• Don’t get rid of old institutions and

methods until new ones are in place.

• Start creating new ones.
• Learn from others who are successful

– EU countries, US, Japan, South Korea, Singapore, others – Don’t re-invent the wheel.

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Four Objective Criteria for Selection

• f Projects and Financing

1. Project helps Georgian people – children, youth, adults, and elderly 2. Project helps to create new high-technology jobs for Georgian people 3. Project decreases the Brain Drain by creating Start-up companies at Universities and Institutes 4. Project addresses critical areas of science

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Select Projects That Help People

• Renewable Energy
• Medicines and Diagnostics
• Agriculture and Veterinary
• Safety and Security

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Three Critical Areas for Fundamental scientific inquiry

• A. Bio-Informatics and Bio-technology
• B. Health sciences
• C. Electronics, materials and metals

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Science 4 Business

• Technology Transfer and Commercialization

Training and Education

• Entrepreneurship Training for Students
• Master’s Degree for Innovation Management

Specialists

• Promotion of Science and Technology in Georgia
• Link Businesses to Universities and Institutes
• All projects at Institutes should be co-financed

by businesses -- no business support, no project

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Specific Priorities and Incentives for Young Scientists

• 1. Emphasis on Young Scientists at

Universities and Institutes

• 2. New salary structures for Young

Scientists

• 3. Entrepreneurship and Business Plan

training

• 4. Incubators for Young Scientists at

Universities and Institutes

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Technology Transfer Offices (TTO)

• TTO’s required at all technical Universities

and Institutes

• IPR training
• Allocate funds for international patenting

(PCT)

• PCT gives you 2 ½ years protection until

scientist finds a Business Partner to finance patenting

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English Language

• Request computers or tablets from parents for every

child

• Emphasis on internet books and learning.
• IT managers at all primary and secondary schools.
• Train teachers on internet use and teaching – ask EU for

help.

• English language training for K-12 and Universities
• Use of Audio-Lingual method for English language

training, emphasis on conversation

• Movies and TV programs in Georgia should

be in English with Georgian subtitles

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Don’t neglect

• Arts, literature, music and dance

But emphasize multi-disciplinary courses:

• Bio-chem
• Bio-physics
• Bio-engineering
• Micro-biology
• Bio-informatics

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Publications

• Publish in English with abstracts in Georgian
• Universities to change their university journals to

be bi-lingual and publish on the internet.

• Scientific conferences in Georgia to be in

English

• Get journal rights for universities – seek EU

help, especially UK

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Change

• Priority number 1.
• Change ain’t easy!
• Change People Mind.

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Priorities to Make Georgia a Leader in Education, Science, and Innovation Through High-Technology Job Creation.

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Good Education Leads to New High-Tech Jobs

Education Science, Technology And Innovation High-Tech Jobs