KISTEP hosted 『The 6th KISTEP-ISTIC STI Training Program』 jointly with ISTIC, an organization which provides cooperation and support for science and technology to developed areas in Malaysia, for 5 days from December 8th to the 12th in Malacca, Malaysia.

This joint training program started in 2009 when ISTIC requested KISTEP for a 'Tailored R&D Training Program' for reinforcement of the weak overall scientific and technological capabilities of Asian and African developing countries, which are members of ISTIC, such as establishment of a national science and technology policy, planning and assessment, and management techniques.

Later, the first KISTEP-ISTIC joint training course was held in Seoul in November 2009, and the program advanced to a more comprehensive and larger training program of the pan-African scale by holding a second training course in 2010 in Egypt that plays the role of the head of the African Science and Technology Council. The two organizations completed the first stage 5-year training program and newly concluded a Joint Operation Agreement for the second stage 5-year training in November last year.
 
In the Science and Technology Innovation Course this year, the first year of the second stage training program, 25 policy makers at a director level or higher of the departments related to science and technology from total 18 countries from Asia (Malaysia, Vietnam, Iran, etc.), Africa (Egypt, Uganda, Malawi, etc.), and South America (Costa Rica, Dominican Republic, etc.) participated.

The training was comprised of lectures and discussion of experts on technology prediction, a field of interest of developed countries, in addition to the entire R&D promotion system of Korea from planning mid/long-term policies/strategies for science and technology to budget allocation and coordination, and assessment. The national science and technology innovation capability assessment, which was developed by KISTEP itself and in progress every year, and the local R&D policy as the driving power of the creative economy, were also introduced.

Also, in order to reinforce the discussion between trainees and lecturers, the time to analyze the competitiveness of each region and country by utilizing the national science and technology innovation capability assessment of KISTEP, and discuss the derived implications, was arranged in this training program.
 
After the lectures during the 3-day period, sessions of an interactive workshop (discussion), visit to related facilities, and cultural experience were arranged.