LTStraipsnyje pateikiama Europos Sąjungos ir Lietuvos inovacijų politikos 2005–2011 m. apžvalga, šios politikos konceptualinės prielaidos, joje naudojamas teorinis inovacijų modelis, inovacijų politikos raidos tendencijos. Kvestionuojama ES ir Lietuvos inovacijų politikoje vartojama inovacijų samprata kaip pernelyg siaura ir neaprėpianti inovacijų plėtrai svarbių socialinių ir kultūrinių aspektų. Pateikiamas pasiūlymas išplėsti minėtoje politikoje vartojamą inovacijų sampratą įvedant naują „kūrybinių inovacijų“ terminą, kuris atspindi inovacijų tarpsektoriškumą. [Iš leidinio]Reikšminiai žodžiai: Inovacijos; Kūrybinės industrijos; Kultūros politika; ES politika; Innovation; Creative industries; Cultural policy; EU innovation policy.
ENDevelopment of the EU and Lithuanian national innovation policy from 2005 until 2011 features conceptual consistency, a clearly articulated theoretical model of innovations and a transparent system of indicators used for its monitoring (applied in the European Innovation Scoreboard). However, despite the intense methodological discussions concerning the need to expand the definition of innovation, EU policy makers have always had difficulties in their attempts to accommodate other types of innovations besides technological, organisational, marketing and design innovations. Thus, EU and Lithuanian institutions continued using the same concept of innovation based on the Oslo Manual and largely devoted to linear, technological innovation systems. This concept evidently tends to ignore the social and cultural contexts of innovative activities. It also ignores the fact that a significant number of innovations are created in attempts to solve local economic and social problems, which in the majority of cases are initially "intersectorial". Therefore, these problems require a combination of resources and skills from different sectors and are directly related with their social and cultural context, which is ignored by the Oslo Manual. The article proposes to expand the definition of innovation and to use the term "creative innovation" which could take account of the different contexts and the cross-sectorial nature of innovations. [From the publication]