OREANDA-NEWS. December 23, 2013. The Government has approved the national part of a set of measures for 2013-2014 to implement the Interstate program of the CIS Member States innovation development until 2020 adopted on October 18, 2011 at the meeting of the CIS Heads of Government (St. Petersburg).

As Chairman of the State Agency on Science, Innovations and Informatization Volodymyr Semynozhenko informed, the Resolution is designed by SASII on the order of the Prime Minister.

"This decision will ensure the participation of Ukraine in the implementation of the Interstate program of the CIS Member States innovation development until 2020. Moreover, the adoption of the Resolution promotes international cooperation in innovation due to the creation of a mutually beneficial environment for the growth of competitiveness of innovative products of domestic producers, effective use of scientific and technical research results, promotion of innovative activities. The adopted document envisages the implementation of over 40 measures," V. Semynozhenko noted.

He said that a set of measures involves the performing a series of tasks aimed at regulatory, organizational and technological, information and staffing provision of the program.

By the document, in particular, is provided the development and submission of proposals to the Interstate program of the CIS Member States innovation development until 2020 to update provisions of the Program and an organizational guidance of documents needed for the implementation of the Program. Also, the list of higher education institutions, which provide training specialists and managers in innovation and high schools that provide training in the design and implementation of transnational chains of products with high added value on a cooperative basis, will be submitted to the Supervisory Board of the Program.

In addition, by the government’s Resolution is requested to prepare proposals for the documents that govern the establishment and operation of structures and mechanisms for the implementation of the program.

It has also been tasked to work out proposals to a package of model legislation on innovation activity in the CIS.