Doha Programme of Action - Overview

Goal 2: Harnessing Science and Technology

Leveraging the power of science, technology, and innovation to fight against multidimensional vulnerabilities and to achieve the Sustainable Development Goals

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Harnessing Science and Technology

  • Target 2.01.01: Substantially increase investment from all sources in research and development, as well as human and institutional capacity-building, for least developed countries within an international enabling environment.

  • Target 2.01.02: Increase investment for adequate digital infrastructure to support sustainable and inclusive digital development, including for e-learning, e-governance and e-commerce.

    • Indicator 2.01.02.01: Percentage of schools with access to e-learning platforms in each LDC

    • Indicator 2.01.02.02: Number of public-private partnerships for digital infrastructure established in each LDC and US$ value of PPPs

  • Target 2.01.03: Promote the transfer of technology on mutually agreed terms, including digital and environmentally sound technologies, to least developed countries.

  • Target 2.01.04: Promote the development of effective, balanced, inclusive and enabling ecosystems for innovation and creativity in least developed countries.

  • Target 2.01.05: Each least developed country will establish and strengthen a national science institute to promote local innovations, research, design and development, including in emerging technologies.

    • Indicator 2.01.05.01: Number of new scientific institutes established in each LDC

  • Target 2.01.06: Move away from low value-added natural resources and low-technology products to higher value-added manufactures and higher-technology products.

  • Target 2.01.07: Build human capital through skills development, including digital skills and literacy, and expand professional competencies.

    • Indicator 2.01.07.01: Percentage of LDCs that have developed or reviewed and updated their national STI skills development strategy

  • Target 2.01.08: Mitigate negative impacts of emerging, new and disruptive technologies.

  • Target 2.02.01: Support the efforts of least developed countries to significantly improve their science, technology and innovation infrastructure and innovation capacities by 2031.

  • Target 2.02.02: Ensure universal and affordable access to and meaningful use of the Internet by all in the least developed countries by 2030.

  • Target 2.02.03: Facilitate the expansion of broadband connectivity in least developed countries to bridge the digital divide.

  • Target 2.02.04: Encourage investment in micro-, small and medium-sized enterprises that facilitate access to the Internet and digital services.

  • Target 2.02.05: Promote productive capacity and competitiveness in the least developed countries through technology-driven entrepreneurship.

  • Target 2.02.06: Develop competitive digital innovation ecosystems in least developed countries that are resilient to future pandemics and fit for purpose.

  • Target 2.03.01: By 2030, all people in least developed countries should have safe, affordable and meaningful digital connectivity.

  • Target 2.03.02: By 2025, broadband Internet user penetration should reach 35 per cent in least developed countries for both men and women.

  • Target 2.03.03: By 2031, double broadband Internet user penetration in least developed countries to reach 70 per cent mark for both men and women.

    • Indicator 2.03.03.01: Percentage of LDCs that reach the 70 per cent mark for broadband Internet user penetration for both men and women

  • Target 2.03.04: Increase financing from all sources to least developed countries to support the development of domestic digital, data, and artificial intelligence infrastructure

Goals

  • Goal 4: Ensure inclusive and equitable quality education and promote lifelong learning opportunities for all.
    Weak  
  • Goal 8: Promote sustained, inclusive and sustainable economic growth, full and productive employment and decent work for all.
    Weak  
  • Goal 9: Build resilient infrastructure, promote inclusive and sustainable industrialization and foster innovation.
    Strong  
  • Goal 17: Strengthen the means of implementation and revitalize the Global Partnership for Sustainable Development .
    Weak  

Targets

  • Target 2.a: Increase investment, including through enhanced international cooperation, in rural infrastructure, agricultural research and extension services, technology development and plant and livestock gene banks in order to enhance agricultural productive capacity in developing countries, in particular least developed countries.
    Weak   Weak   Economic  
  • Target 4.4: By 2030, substantially increase the number of youth and adults who have relevant skills, including technical and vocational skills, for employment, decent jobs and entrepreneurship.
    Strong   Economic  
  • Target 4.6: By 2030, ensure that all youth and a substantial proportion of adults, both men and women, achieve literacy and numeracy.
    Strong   Environmental  
  • Target 8.2: Achieve higher levels of economic productivity through diversification, technological upgrading and innovation, including through a focus on high-value added and labour-intensive sectors.
    Strong   Economic  
  • Target 9.5: Enhance scientific research, upgrade the technological capabilities of industrial sectors in all countries, in particular developing countries, including, by 2030, encouraging innovation and substantially increasing the number of research and development workers per 1 million people and public and private research and development spending.
    Strong  
  • Target 9.a: Facilitate sustainable and resilient infrastructure development in developing countries through enhanced financial, technological and technical support to African countries, least developed countries, landlocked developing countries and small island developing States.
    Weak   International  
  • Target 9.b: Support domestic technology development, research and innovation in developing countries, including by ensuring a conducive policy environment for, inter alia, industrial diversification and value addition to commodities.
    Weak   Weak   Strong   Strong  
  • Target 9.c: Significantly increase access to information and communications technology and strive to provide universal and affordable access to the Internet in least developed countries by 2020.
    Strong  
  • Target 17.7: Promote the development, transfer, dissemination and diffusion of environmentally sound technologies to developing countries on favourable terms, including on concessional and preferential terms, as mutually agreed.
    Strong   International  
  • Target 17.8: Fully operationalize the technology bank and science, technology and innovation capacity-building mechanism for least developed countries by 2017 and enhance the use of enabling technology, in particular information and communications technology.
    Strong   International  
  • Target 17.9: Enhance international support for implementing effective and targeted capacity-building in developing countries to support national plans to implement all the Sustainable Development Goals, including through North-South, South-South and triangular cooperation.
    Weak   International  

Indicators

  • No alignments!

Goals

  • Goal 10: World Class Infrastructure crisscrosses Africa.
    Weak   Aspiration 2.  
  • Goal 19: Africa as a major partner in global affairs and peaceful co-existence .
    Weak   Aspiration 7.  

Targets

  • Target 1.20: Access and use of electricity and internet is increased by at least 50% of 2013 levels..
    Weak  
  • Target 4.11: Improvement in diversification index of 2013 is at least 20%..
    Weak  
  • Target 4.16: At least 1% of GDP is allocated to science, technology and innovation research and STI driven entrepreneurship development..
    Strong  
  • Target 10.5: Double ICT penetration and contribution to GDP.
    Weak   Weak  
  • Target 10.6: Realize at least 70% increase in broadband accessibility by 2020.
    Strong   Strong   Strong  
  • Target 10.7: Digital broadcasting is achieved as the norm by 2016.
    Strong  
  • Target 19.1: National infrastructure for African networked space research and exploration in place.
    Weak  
  • Target 19.2: National systems / infrastructure for research and development t is fully functional.
    Strong  

Indicators

  • No alignments!