Liliana Proskuryakova, PhD in Political Science, Research analyst of the Institute for Statistical Studies and Economics of Knowledge of the State University – Higher School of Economics, E-mail: lproskuryakova@hse.ru

OECD innovation activity principles and priorities, as well as recommendations in the sphere of innovation policy will be integrated into the OECD Innovation Strategy in 2010. The OECD Innovation Strategy incorporates important social aspects, such as: sustainable development principles (green growth), issues of human resources (training and employment) in science and technology, orientation of innovation activity towards social welfare and address the global challenges. In its research and regulatory activity OECD takes into consideration the role of non-traditional innovation actors (such as users, research universities, etc.), as well as new approaches to measuring innovation. Russia may speed up it transition towards innovation-based growth through adaptation and application of the OECD research results, increased performance of own legal documents, regulation of science and innovation sector, as well as through a more consistent integration to the international cooperation programmes.