Evaluation of science, technology, and innovation capabilities in Med countries

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Evaluation of science, technology, and innovation
capabilities in Med countries

• Rigas Arvanitis
• ESTIME Coordinator
• Anne Sophie Boisard, assistant coordinator

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ESTIME

• A project generated on the demand of MoCo
  representatives
• Designed by the IRD team
• In close coordination with DG Research, INCO
  programs

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Some history

• A project submitted in 2004
• Approved September 2004
• Duration 30 months
• Basic consortium IRD OST
• Partners in eight countries

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Objectives

• Description of the state-of-the-art in research
  in all scientific fields
• Design of indicators for policy making
• Participate in the debates on how to enhance
  research (evaluation, e.g. Morocco, Egypt)
• Promote science studies in Med countries

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Strategy for the project

• Identify contact points at high level,
  authorities of the country
• Identify working teams in each country
• Maintain contact with INCO, DG Research

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Workplan 2005 (1/2)

• Identification of local partners and contacts
  with local authorities. Meeting with authorities
  (may 2005)
• Definition and elaboration of main bibliometric
  indicators (jan 2005)
• Micro-bibliometric work. (jul 2005)
• Elaboration of Leaflets per country (mar 2005)

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Workplan 2005 (2/2)

• Institutional Capabilities Meeting Today !
• Local bibliometrics ? until feb 2006
• Fieldwork ? until may 2006
• Research systems
• Exact and natural sciences
• Uses of science and innovation systems
• Social sciences

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Achievements

• 6 months of setting-up partnerships in Med
  countries
• Policy people
• Research community
• Basic bibliometric work
• Fine bibliometric analysis
• Methodological guidelines for fieldwork
• Website ESTIME

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MED Partners-working teams 1/2

• Egypt
• IRD Egypt
• Academy of Science
• Jordan
• HCST
• IFPO
• University of Yarmouk
• Lebanon
• CNRS Lebanon
• Lebanese University
• IFPO Lebanon

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MED Partners-working teams 2/2

• Algeria
• CREAD
• Morocco
• Ministry of Higher Education and research
• RD Maroc
• Fondation Abdul-Azziz
• University of Agadir
• IRD Morocco
• Tunisia
• Not identified
• Palestine
• One consultant

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Bibliometrics

• OST has advanced on basic bibliometric indicators
  Scientific output, leaflets
• IRD has advanced on fine indicators
• Identification of sources for social sciences
  bibliometrics (Maghreb Egypt)

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Website ESTIME

• Provisional site on IRD site
• Information on the project
• Interactive site
• Public information
• Exchange of information
• Final site in an ESTIME Med country

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Structure of ESTIME website
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Next results

• Before summer 2005
• Main Bibliometrics indicators
• Listings of institutions
• Partial analysis of documentary sources in social
  sciences
• Some descriptions of research systems Morocco,
  Algeria, Jordan

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Further work in 2005

• What is expected ?
• Fieldwork interviews in labs and with
  researchers
• Deskwork gathering of input indicators
• Country description of research systems
• Statistical analysis of innovation surveys
  (Morocco and Jordan)

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Difficulties

• In some countries, contact is subordinated to an
  official request, by the EU
• Need for a common understanding of the project
• Additional effort needed on data on funding and
  manpower statistics

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Choukran !