UN Commission on Science and Technology for Developemnt Promoting the application of science and tec

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UN Commission on Science and Technology for
Developemnt Promoting the application of science
and technology to meet the development goals
contained in the Millenium Declaration Panel
meeting,Tunis, 29-31 october 2003
POLICY MEASURES TO FOSTER THE ADVANCEMENT AND
THE MORE EFFICIENT APPLICATION OF SCIENCE AND
TECHNOLOGY IN ROMANIA
Rolanda PREDESCU Ministry of Education, Research
and Youth General Directorate for RD Strategies
and Programmes 21-25, Mendeleev Str., 70168
Bucharest 1 tel/ fax ( 40-21) 310 2709,
e-mail rpredes_at_mct.ro
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Summary

• The RD and innovation system in Romania
• RD and innovation governance framework
• Policy framework to foster ST advancement
• Policy measures to promote a more efficient ST
  application
• Promotion of international ST collaboration

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The RD and innovation system in Romania (I)

• RD potential )

() Statistical Yearbook of Romania, 2002
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The RD and innovation system in Romania (II)

• Researchers by fields )

() Statistical Yearbook of Romania, 2002
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The RD and innovation system in Romania (III)

• Coordination of RD and innovation activities
• At Parliament level
• The Commissions for Education, Science and Sport
  of the two chambers
• At Government level
• National Council for ST Policy
• Interministerial Council for ST and Innovation
• The Ministry of Education, Research and Youth
  (MERY)
• Romanian Academy
• Academy of Medical Sciences
• Academy of Agricultural and Forrestry Sciences
• Specialised Agencies
• National Agency for Atomic Energy
• Romanian Space Agency

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The RD and innovation system in Romania (IV)

• RD organisations
• Total gt 600
• Technological Research Institutes (RTD
  institutes) gt 200
• sectoral/ industrial branches profiles
• 34 National RTD Institutes
• Romanian Academy
• 65 basic and advanced research institutes and
  centers
• socio-humanistic and technical fields
• Academy of Agricultural and Forrestry Sciences
• 25 institutes and centres of research , 91
  stations of research and production
• Academy of Medical Sciences
• 23 research centres and institutes
• 12 hospitals affiliated to medical universities
• Universities
• 56 public universities
• 18 accreditated private universities
• companies developing RD activities
• 250, in public and private sectors, including
  private non-profit organisations

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RD and innovation governance framework (I)

• The National Plan for RTD and Innovation (1999)
• coordinated by the Ministry of Education,
  Research and Youth
• multianual programmes oriented towards
• the generation of economic effects on short/
  medium term
• foster the international integration of the
  Romanian ST system
• 14 RTD and innovation programmes
• Participation open competition of projects
• Partnership RTD organisation(s) industrial
  partners (consortia)

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RD and innovation governance framework (II)

• Sectoral RTD plans (to be launched)
• RTD objectives related to technological
  development problems specific to sectors
• programmes financed by ministries coordinating
  the respective sectors
• complementarity of national RTD priorities (in
  the National Plan) and sectoral/ departamental
  technological development issues
• Core research programmes (2003)
• programmes of the national RTD institutes or
  other RTD units of national interest,
• approved and financed by the Ministry of
  Education and Research
• - research objectives related to development
  strategies

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RD and innovation governance framework (III)

• Programmes of grants for scientific research
  (1996)
• coordinated by the Ministry of Education,
  Research and Youth
• advanced research projects, freely initiated by
  the scientific community (no prior setting of
  domains/ objectives
• stimulation of scientific excellence and
  formation of scientific career
• 5 categories of projects
• Participation open competition of projects
  individual researchers/ teams

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RD and innovation governance framework (IV)

• Programme for technology transfer (to be
  launched)
• coordinated by the Ministry of Education,
  Research and Youth
• development of specialized infrastructures for
  technology transfer and innovation, including
  technical assistance and information centres,
  technology transfer centres, incubators, S/T
  parks
• categories of projects insitutional construction
  and the development of specific services for TTI
• participation institutes, universities,
  enterprises, local authorities (consortia)

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RD and innovation governance framework (V)

• Recent legal framework for RD and innovation
• Government Ordinance 57/ 2002 on research and
  technological development
• unification and improvement of previous RD
  regulations
• Government Ordinance 65/ 2002 on the statute of
  RD personnel,
• importance of the scientific professional body
• conditions for the development of the scientific
  career
• Government Ordinance 14/ 2002 for the creation
  and functioning of ST parks

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Policy framework to foster ST advancement (I)

• ST advisory mechanisms
• presidential institution and cabinet of prime
  minister
• special advisors for the ST issues
• National Council for ST Policy (prime minister)
• national RD priorities in correlation with the
  other economic and social development policies
• Inter-Ministerial Council for ST and Innovation
  
• correlation of RD and innovation policies and
  programmes at government level
• Consultative bodies by the Ministry of Education,
  Research and Youth
• Advisory Board for RD and innovation
• Council for Higher Education Research
• Strategic Orientation Councils at the level of
  programmes in the National Plan for RD and
  Innovation
• Council for Research Grants of the Romanian
  Academy

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Policy framework to foster ST advancement (II)

• Development of human resources for RD
• attract and keep young graduates in the RD
  activity
• develoment of scientific careers and of
  competitive research teams
• promotion of international collaboration and
  mobility
• Development of RD infrastructures
• develop RD and ICT equipment and facilities in
  RD organisations
• development of virtual centres/ networks of
  laboratories
• development of national ICT infrastructures for
  RD
• National Computer Network for Research and
  Education
• new initiative GRID infrastructure for RD
  activities

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Policy framework to foster ST advancement (III)

• Development of centres of excellence
• seven programmes of the National Plan for RD and
  Innovation special component for CEs
• 49 teams in 17 RD organisations
• about 1200 researchers
• ST foresight activities
• nine projects for RD strategies in specific ST
  fields, in the ERA integration perspective
• one project for the strategy of technological
  restructuring in 10 industrial sectors, in
  correlation with regional development needs
• major component dedicated to foresight
  activities, with participation of all major
  stakeholders

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Policy framework for a more efficientST
application (I)

• Measures to promote RD and innovation in
  enterprises
• development of research- industry partnership
• National Plan for RD and Innovation
• collaborative RD projects (research-industry
  consortia)
• cofinancing regime
• business sector contribution to total budget of
  the Plan
• 27 in 2001, 35 in 2002
• the market for RD results
• data banks and Internet services for online
  processing of RD supply and demand
  (www.cercetare.ro)
• special IPR regime and free transfer of RD
  results obtained in programmes financed from
  public funds
• development of innovative SMEs
• Investment Society for technological transfer and
  development (risk capital)
• joint action plans with the Agency for SMEs and
  Cooperation, the State Office for Pattents and
  Trademarks

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Policy framework for a more efficientST
application (II)

• Development of infrastructures for technology
  transfer and innovation
• TTI package
• GO 57/ 2002 for Scientific Research and
  Technological Development, GO 14/ 2002 for ST
  Parks creation and accreditation procedures for
  entities in the TTI infrastructures
• The new Technology Transfer Programme of MERY
• TTI infrastructures at regional level
• local joint initiatives of RD institutes,
  universities and public administration
• ST parks with software profile in Timisoara, in
  collaboration with University of Linz - Austria,
  in Braila and Galati
• stimulation of spinning-off processes

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Promotion of international ST collaboration (I)

• Process of integration into the European Research
  Area (ERA)
• expansion of the national research space towards
  ERA
• correlation of national RD thematic prioritites
  with those of the EU RDT FPs
• correlation (subsidiarity) of research
  activities, mobility
• legal, institutional and financial support for
  participation in the EU RDT FPs
• more than 10 of the total budget for the
  National Plan for RTD and Innovation allocated
  for CORINT
• more than 75 of the total budget for Corint
  allocated for participation in the international
  RTD programmes running in the european space
  FPVVI, COST, NATO, Eureka

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Promotion of international ST collaboration (II)

• Bilateral ST cooperation
• inter/governmental agreements around 400
  projects a year
• gt 40 in the European space (mainly Austria,
  Belgium, France, Germany, Greece, Hungary,
  Poland, Switzerland, states of former Yugoslavia)
• main partners outside Europe China, Japan, USA
• cooperation within international ST
  organizations
• UN bodies, including UN CSTD
• the International Agency for Atomic Energy, CERN,
  UICN - Unified Institute for Nuclear Research
• ESA, NASA
• ECI - European Central Initiative
• OBSEC - Organization of the Black Sea Economic
  Cooperation
• ICGEB - International Center for Genetic
  Engineering and Biotechnology