NATIONAL PROFILE INDEX FRAMEWORK OF SCIENCE, RESEARCH AND INNOVATION IN THAILAND

To compete in the global stage, Thailand needs an effective monitoring and evaluation system to identify progress and capability of the Science, Research and Innovation system. (SRI system) The system could also act as a guideline for collecting important national and international statistical data, as well as to for the preparation of the country's capacity buildings in STI and in benchmarking with other countries. This research proposed guiding principles for designing a systemic approach to monitoring and evaluating the development of SRI System in Thailand. The comparative study was establishing framework from secondary data, based on National Innovation System (NIS) and SRI Index in developing and developed countries which concern about context and policy of Thailand. The proposed guiding principles including 1) the development of framework which provides assumptions for creating a systemic approach in order to understand the SRI System in various dimensions; 2) the guideline for developing the index (dimensions and indicators) that reflects the status of a country (the national profile) and important goals for national development (strategic goals); and 3) the development of analytical dimensions and indicators that reflect the overall picture of the SRI system.  Based on the guiding principles, a design of the systemic approach composes of 5 dimensions: Resources, Environment, Activities, Network, and Performance, which are fundamental to successful implementations of monitoring and evaluation of SRI system.  Each of the 5 dimensions has a set of strategic indicators. In total, there are 17 groups of the indicators and 112 strategic indicators.  Up-to-date context and expert comments will be required for the adjustment of the indicators to suit practical applications in the future.