APEC’s Policy Partnership for Science, Technology and Innovation (PPSTI) envisions that the APEC region would achieve innovative economic growth by 2025. For more information, read the PPSTI Strategic Plan 2016–2025.
The PPSTI’s mission is to “support the development of science and technology cooperation as well as effective science, technology, and innovation policy recommendations in APEC through collaboration between government, academia, private sector and other APEC fora.”
Formerly known as the Industrial Science and Technology Working Group (ISTWG), the partnership was formed in 2012, when APEC agreed to broaden the group’s mandate to include innovation policy development and to intensify cooperation among governments, businesses and academia. When the ISTWG was renamed to the PPSTI, a new terms of reference outlining the PPSTI’s mandate and goals was endorsed.
PPSTI endorsed Mission Oriented Innovation Policy (MOIP) Pilot Terms of Reference (2025-2028) in February 2025.
Last page update: August 2025
Contacts
PPSTI Chair (2025)
Academy of Sciences Malaysia (ASM)
Program Director
Program Director
Theme
Building on the APEC 2025 theme “Building a Sustainable Tomorrow: Connect, Innovate, Prosper”, the PPSTI theme for the year is “Leading inclusive development with APEC human resources, powered by open innovation and emerging technologies,” with overarching priorities of:
- Strengthening STI capacity through enhanced exchanges of scientists including women and youth
- Fostering research and development collaboration through open innovation to address grand challenges
- Enhancing linkages by maximizing the socio-economic value of emerging technologies
Meetings
The 25th PPSTI meeting was held in Gyeongju, Republic of Korea on 24-26 February 2025. Members will convene again for the 26th PPSTI meeting in August 2025.
Projects
PPSTI has 24 projects approved in-principle by the Budget Management Committee from two project sessions in 2024. Please visit the APEC project database for more details.