Title: BUILDING OF THE RUSSIAN NATIONAL INFORMATION NETWORK FOR THE DEVELOPMENT OF INTERNATIONAL MOBILITY O
1BUILDING OF THE RUSSIAN NATIONAL INFORMATION
NETWORK FOR THE DEVELOPMENT OF INTERNATIONAL
MOBILITY OF RESEARCHERS
2- Introduction
- Research mobility in the context of Russian ST
- Emigration and international mobility of Russian
researchers - Academic mobility for the Common Space of
Education, Research and Culture - Human resources development in the framework of
government ST policy - International mobility of researchers in FP6
FP7 - Marie Curie Actions mobility of researchers
tools and national practices - The European Union
- The Netherlands
- Finland
- Poland
- INTAS
- Networking in Russia
- Memorandum
3World RD indicators by regions (per cent)
Researchers
Expenditure on RD
OECD North America US Europe Asia EC Developing
countries Japan Asian NICs China Latin
America India CIS Oceania Russia Central
Eastern Europe Africa South Africa Arab States
4Gross Domestic Expenditure on RD (GERD)
2003 169.9 bln. rubles (43.8 of 1990)
5Employment in ST
Average age of researchers (years)
6Social status of scientists in Russia (per cent
of respondents)
7Prestige of scientific activities (per cent of
respondents)
8International mobility of Russian researchers
- Emigration
- 1989-2000 20.3 thousand of RD personnel in the
sector Science and Scientific Services (1.5
employment decrease) - Temporary professional mobility (gt 3 months)
Russia 24.8 27.3
- Marie Curie Actions Russia leads in Incoming
International Fellowships - (2003 167, 2004 107 proposals)
9Reasons for mobility ()
- Individual contracts 45 gt 3 years
10Duration of stay abroad ()
11Assessments of trends in research mobility by
institute administrators
Increased Reduced Unchanged 16
47 37
Due to
- Interest of foreign partners
- Growth in joint projects
- Poor economic conditions in Russia
- Increased domestic demand for RD
- Foreign-funded RD projects in Russia
12Impact of research mobilityon organisations
Positive Negative 68 26
Due to
- New experiences
- Resolving financial problems
- Maintaining RD personnel
- Alternative to brain drain
- Significant scale
- Diverting staff from principal activity
- The first step into permanent emigration
13Urgent actions
- Institutional change
- Elimination of administrative and legal barriers
- Increase of budgetary funding efficiency
- Involvement of young talents
- Promotion of RD commercialisation
14Mobility of Researchers
- Career development of researchers as a
fundamental part for competitive economy and
knowledge based society - Two-way flows
- Brain circulation vs. of brain drain
- Public prestige of scientific occupations
- Attractiveness for young people
- One profession - multiple careers
- International ST co-operation networking
15FP6-Mobility NCP for Russia
- Ministry of Education and Science of the Russian
Federation nominated HSE/ISEK as Mobility NCP - Information and awareness raising
- Infodays, international workshops, information
digests, web site, publications - Programmes, objectives, instruments,
participation rules, calls for proposals - Advising, assisting, training
- Application forms, administrative procedures and
contractual issues - Assistance in partner search
- Overcoming difficulties of participation in the
FP6 - Contacts with the European Commission
- Co-operation with the EU NCP network
- Exchange of information on potential
opportunities for participation in the FP6 - Integration into international system for
stimulating participation in FP6 and partner
search
16Thank you !