RRJETI I KERKIMIT SHKENCOR DHE TEKNOLOGJIK

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RD Management Framework and Network of
Institutions
COUNCIL OF MINISTERS
Council of Scientific Policy and Technological
Development CSPTD
Ministry of Education and Science (MOES)
Scientific Research Directorate
Academy of Sciences
Ministries
Community
RC
RI
RC
Universities
RI
NGO
RI
RC
RI- Research Institutes
RC- Research Centers
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LEGAL FRAMEWORK
- Law on Science and Technological Development
- Statute of Academy of Sciences
- Law on Higher Education
- Governmental Decisions
- CSPTD Decisions
- Ministerial Regulations
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FINANCING

• Direct State Budget

• National Programs through MOES

• International Programmes and Projects

• Others

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• The main governmental body responsible for the
  RD activities
• Responsible for the National Programmes
  including financing
• Main consultant to the Government for the
  development policy
• Main information point for the community
• Responsible for the bilateral agreements
• Support for different activities and actions

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Relative Financing according programes for the
2003 year
PHealth.-12
Albanology-14
Agricu.-14
Nat.resou.-16
Biotech.-18
IST-20
Programme
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Relative Financing according programes for the
2004 year
PHealth.-13.2
Albanology-14
Agricu.-16.8
Nat.resou.-17.4
Biotech.-18.6
IST-20
Programme
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Main RD activities out of National Programmes

• Energy through two specialized Agencies

• Environment through the Ministry of Environment

• Geosciences in some institutes and the Faculty
  of Geology

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Actions for changing
continues

• Reorganisation

• Less RI, with clear objectives to fit the
  country development needs

• Creation of some National Research Centers

• Adoption of better management framework

• Introduction of standards

• Introduction of Research indicators (OECD)

• Well-defined procedures for application for
  financing

• Accreditation of Universities

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Actions for changing

• Infrastructure

• Local Area Networks for all units

Realized in all universities and several
institutes

• Internet access

Partially realized

• National academic network

Under development

• International co-operation

• Bilateral agreements

• Regional actions

• Joint main European and international programes

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ALBANIA IN FP5 AND FP6

• Participation in some European regional
  co-operation

• Vienna, December 2000
• UNESCO
• Brussels, October 2001
• Bonn, March 2002
• Bucharest, April 2002
• Sofia, September 2002
• Dubrovnik, November 2002
• Thessaloniki, February 2003
• Athens, June 2003
• Thessaloniki, June 2003
• in high level officials

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Accomplishments within FP5 and FP6

• March 2001- Seminar with the scientific community
  on new applications for FP5
• Representatives from EC presented priorities and
  forms of application.
• December 2002 Information day about Call for
  Proposals for FP6.
• Representatives of EC presented the priorities
  and new instruments and applications formed
  introduced by EC.
• June 2003 Participation in the workshop
  organized in Slovenia in the framework of CEI to
  encourage and stimulate new applications.

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Some good examples

• Regional co-operation

• Balkan Physical Union

• Ohrid Lake studies

• Some Balkan Institutes

• Bilateral co-operation

• Greece governmental protocol

• Italy governmental protocol

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ST Cooperation with Greece two-year period
2001-2002

• The same and simultaneous Call for Proposals

• The same Application Forms

• Joint Evaluation and Accepting Committee

The result
43 common proposals
19 approved and 16 finished
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ST Cooperation with Greece two-year period
2003-2004

• The same and simultaneous Call for Proposals

• The same Application Forms

• Joint Evaluation and Accepting Committee

The result
75 common proposals
22 approved and under implementation
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ST Cooperation with Italy two-year period
2002-2005

• The same and simultaneous Call for Proposals

• Not the same Application Forms

• Joint Evaluation and Accepting Committee

The result
136 common proposals
119 approved and under implementation
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Some good action in

• Bilateral co-operation in 2005 year

• Macedonia new governmental protocol

• Slovenia new governmental protocol

• Turkey new governmental protocol

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Current Development of the Albanian Policy

• Development of the international cooperation
• Strong promotion of the participation in the FP6
  and FP7
• Bilateral and multilateral cooperation based on
  competitive funding of joint research projects
• Bilateral and multilateral cooperation focused on
  the establishment of the European Research Area.

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High Priorities

• ICT
• Energy
• Agriculture and Food
• Public Health
• Environment
• Biotechnology

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Thank You for your attention
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