Innovation ecosystem 101: Fundamentals on building competitive and innovative ICT-centric ecosystems

Course

Self-paced e-learning

UN Partner

International Telecommunication Union

Length: 5 hours
Effort: 5 hours
Level: Introductory
Language: Arabic; English; Spanish; French; Russian; Chinese

Certificate: Yes
Price: Free

The course introduces key terminologies, concepts, tools and steps to assess your country's innovation capacity through practical information.

Sustainable Development Goals: Industry, Innovation, and Infrastructure; Partnerships for the goals - Technology

Subject: Innovation and technology

Keywords: ecosystems; innovation; ICT; creative industries; Industry 4.0

About this course

The course covers:

key terminologies, concepts, tools and steps to assess their countries’ innovation capacity through practical information;
innovation, digital ecosystems and digital transformation, and their relationship to national development priorities;
how digital entrepreneurship can contribute to making your country an innovation-driven economy, who the key stakeholders are in an ecosystem and their roles in digital transformation;
your country’s digital innovation gap and how to measure it;
how to diagnose the specifics of the digital innovation gap; and
how to develop a high-level roadmap to close this gap

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Target audience

This course is intended for policy-makers, decision-makers, innovators and ecosystem builders who wish to build thriving entrepreneurial communities that can navigate technological revolutions and create competitive ICT industries.

Learning objectives

Upon completion, course participants should understand:

the key terminologies, concepts and tools to assess their countries’ innovation capacity;
nnovation, digital ecosystems and transformation;
how to identify their country’s ecosystem stakeholders;
how to measure their country’s digital innovation gap; and
how to develop a roadmap to close the gap.