Science and Innovation White Paper
The White Paper, Innovation Nation, published on 13 March 2008, sets out the Government's aim to make the UK the best place in the world to run an innovative business or public service. It argues that innovation is essential to the UK's future prosperity and the ability to tackle major challenges like climate change, and that the power of Government spending must be harnessed to create demand for new innovative products and services.
Further detail on the consultation process which resulted in the White Paper can be found here.
Alongside the White Paper we are also publishing our response to the October 2007 Sainsbury Review 'The Race to the Top - a review of government's science and innovation policies' setting out the good progress we have made in implementing its recommendations.
Innovation Nation White Paper download
In this Innovation Nation White Paper, Government looks at how it can invest in innovation through:
- people and knowledge, unlocking talent at all levels;
- research and exploitation of knowledge;
- and regulation, public procurement and public services shaping the market for innovative solutions.
File Downloads
- Innovation Nation - Executive Summary (PDF 62KB)
- Innovation Nation - Full text (PDF 752 KB)
- Innovation Nation - Erratum (PDF 9KB)
- Background analysis: strengths and weaknesses of the UK innovation system (PDF 341KB)
- Implementing 'The Race to the Top': Lord Sainsbury's Review of Government's Science and Innovation Policies (PDF 496KB)
- Absorptive Capacity and Regional Patterns of Innovation (PDF 334KB)
- Open by Design: The role of design in open innovation (PDF 382KB)
- Innovation modes and productivity in the UK (PDF 225KB)
- Business innovation investment in the UK (PDF 201KB)
Innovation Nation: Interactive - your say
DIUS has launched an interactive online version of the Innovation Nation strategy published earlier this year. Ian Pearson, Minister for Science & Innovation, invited contributors to the consultation and all those with an interest in innovation to provide further feedback on the executive summary of the white paper to help inform the implementation of the policy recommendations.
The interactive version of the document, developed using open-source technologies, enables readers to comment on the recommendations individually or by theme, and see the contributions others have made.
