Analyze the role of the country's science, technology and innovation assessment bodies and propose a comprehensive monitoring and evaluation system

Many countries are seeking to develop a monitoring and evaluation system to help them improve their understanding of their performance and revise it. The current structure of the science and technology monitoring and evaluation system is fragmented and discrete, and each institution considers itself responsible for different parts of this system. Solving much of the problems of monitoring and evaluating the science and technology system depends on explaining the correct model of national division of labor in this field. In this regard, it is necessary to define the area of responsibility and activity of the upstream, policymaker and executive’s institutions in the field of science and technology, their boundaries and interactions in a coherent system, and the relation of each of the institutions and organizations with the system of science, innovation and technology of the country and specify the level of their authority and functional scope. This study examines the actors and institutions related to science and technology assessment in Iran, their missions and actions, identifies the appropriate approaches to designing a statistical and information system, and suggests a systematic approach to monitoring science and technology, taking into account the conditions of the country.