National Institute of Intellectual Property
On September 26, 2024, the 17th annual announcement ceremony of the results of the authoritative international rating was held in Geneva.
Since 2007, the Global Innovation Index (WIPO) has evaluated the performance of 133 countries in 80 areas and confirms the impact of innovation on economic growth and production. The rating serves as an important indicator for the development of new innovation strategies. The increase in the rating is an international assessment of the ongoing government reforms and contributes to improving the international reputation and attracting direct investment to Kazakhstan.
The ceremony was attended by the Director General of WIPO Mr. Daren Tang, сo-editor of the Global Innovation Index Mr. Sacha Wunch Vincent, Heads of States and Governments, including Mr. Recep Tayyip Erdogan, President of the Republic of Turkey, Ms. Mia Amor Mottley, Prime Minister of Barbados, Mr. Pham Minh Chin, Prime Minister Socialist Republic of Vietnam, leading experts in the field of social entrepreneurship and innovation.
Kazakhstan has shown qualitative growth and entered the top three in the Central and South Asia, after India and Iran, rising from 81st to 78th place in the global ranking. The improvement is observed in the indicators «Efficiency of public administration», «Rule of law», «PISA scale for reading, mathematics and natural sciences», «Market development», «Doing business», «Net inflow of direct investment, % of GDP».
The largest jump in the ranking occurred in terms of «Creative goods and services» from 93rd to 65th place, «National feature films/million people» from 61st to 31st place, and «Top-level domains (TLD)/thousand people» from 115th to 80the place.
The editors of the rating highlighted Kazakhstan's entry into the TOP-30 countries of the world according to the following indicators:
«Online government» - 8th place, «Utility models by origin/billion dollars. GDP by PPP» - 10th place, «Electronic participation» - 15th place, «Student-teacher ratio, secondary education» - 16th place, «Labor productivity growth, %» - 30th place.
The work of the Project Office under the Administration of the President of the Republic of Kazakhstan from among the interested government bodies including Ministry of Justice contributed to the improvement of Kazakhstan's rating in the Global Innovation Index.
In order to improve the 7 (seven) Global Innovation Index indicators assigned to the Ministry of Justice, Kazakhstan's achievements in the rule of law have been published, the patenting procedure has been simplified, and data reflecting economic growth and the effect of ongoing government reforms have been updated.
On October 4, 2024, with the support of the World Intellectual Property Organization, for the first time in the Republic of Kazakhstan, a regional ceremony for the publication of the Global Innovation Index 2024 report for Asian countries will be held.
The event, which is hosted by Ministry of Justice, will be attended by ministers of innovation and heads of patent offices from Asian countries, as well as representatives of the diplomatic corps, international organizations and interested non-governmental organizations.
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The World Intellectual Property Organization (UN WIPO) is one of the 15 specialized agencies of the United Nations, whose activities are aimed at encouraging creative activity and promoting international intellectual property (IP) protection. WIPO simplifies the international registration of trademarks and patents.
The Global Innovation Index is an extensive economic study of the countries of the world to determine the impact of innovation on the development of countries. The international rating evaluates 133 countries of the world on 80 different indicators since 2007. The significance of the growth of this index is determined by its inclusion in the government strategies of China, Singapore, the United Arab Emirates, Turkey, Uzbekistan and other countries. Improving positions in this index is a national priority.
