ANALYSIS REPORT 2015-2016 RWANDA NATIONAL SURVEY OF RESEARCH AND EXPERIMENTAL DEVELOPMENT

The Government of Rwanda through the National Council for Science and Technology (NCST) conducted a National Research & Experimental Development Survey (R&D) Survey for the reference period 2015 -2016. The Survey used guidelines that are embodied in the new edition of the Frascati Manual (2015).The statistical indicators, focussed on government, higher education, private non-profit sector, and private business sectors.

The following are the Survey key findings:

• The total funds totaled to RWF 60,629,842,449.
• Gross Domestic Expenditure on R&D (GERD) is 44, 457,113, 816 FRW which equates to 0.66% of the Gross Domestic Product (GDP) in 2016
• Headcount: the Survey established that Rwanda had 722 R&D personnel.
• Total R&D output in the period 2015 – 2016 was 6630 distributed across areas of specialization and categories of publication.
• Collaboration: More national partnerships in research than foreign research partnerships. National partnerships accounted for 58.33% of total collaborations

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SCIENCE, TECHNOLOGY AND INNOVATION POLICY

The SCIENCE, TECHNOLOGY AND INNOVATION(STI) POLICY was pproved by the Cabinet on June 2, 2020

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