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RD and Innovation Policies in Romania

• Ministry of Education and Research
• National Authority for Scientific Research
  ROMANIA
• 21-25, Mendeleev str., 010362 Bucharest 1

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CONTENT

• RD and innovation in Romania in the near
  perspective of accession to the European Union
• RD and innovation potential
• RD and innovation governance framework
• RD and innovation policies package
• IV.1 Policy framework to foster ST advancement
• IV.2 Policy measures to promote a more efficient
  ST application
• IV.3 Policy measures to promote international ST
  collaboration
• Industrial development framework
• Future vision towards more research-based
  competitiveness

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RD and innovation in Romania in the near
perspective of accession to the European Union (I)

• Political context (external)
• the obligations assumed through negotiation
  dossier for the EU policy chapter 17 - Science
  and research (closed in 2000)
• compliance with recent orientations of the EU RD
  policy/ Lisbon Strategy 3 Action Plan
• improving participation in the EU RTD Framework
  Programme for 2002-2006 FP6 and preparing for
  participation in the future 7th EU Research
  Framework Programme for 2007-2013
• obligations assumed through the bi- and
  multi-lateral agreements and treaties concluded
  in the ST field

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RD and innovation in Romania in the near
perspective of accession to the European Union
(II)

• Political context (internal)
• 2003/2005 RD and innovation part of economic
  and social development strategies, at national,
  as well as sectoral and regional levels
• 2004 extension of the National Plan for RD and
  Innovation till 2006
• 2003/ 2004 Introduction of new financing
  instruments
• sectoral RD plans,
• nucleus RD programmes
• 2005 a new programme coordinated by the Ministry
  of Education and Research
• Research of excellence
• 2005 preparations for the ellaboration of the
  future National Plan for RD and Innovation

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RD and innovation potential (I)

• RTD personnel ()

() Statistical Yearbook of Romania, 2004
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RD and innovation potential (II)

• Researchers by scientific fields

() Statistical Yearbook of Romania, 2004
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RD and innovation potential (III)

• RD organisations profile
• Total gt 600 (2002/ state majority 2/3 private
  majority 1/3)
• Technological Research Institutes (RTD
  institutes) gt 200
• sectoral/ industrial branches profiles
• 38 National RTD Institutes
• Universities
• 56 public universities
• 18 accreditated private universities
• 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
• companies developing RD activities

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RD and innovation potential (IV)

• Higher Education System main figures

() Statistical Yearbook of Romania, 2004
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RD and innovation potential (V)Higher
Education System ST profile
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RD and innovation governance framework (I)

• Coordinating institutions
• At the Parliament level/ two chambers
• The Commissions for Education, Science and Youth
• At the Government level
• National Council for Science and Technology
  Policy
• (Prime Minister)
• The Ministry of Education and Research (MER)/
• National Authority for Scientific Research
• The Romanian Academy
• Academy of Medical Sciences
• Academy of Agricultural and Forrestry Sciences
• Specialised Agencies
• Agency for Nuclear Energy
• Romanian Space Agency

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RD and innovation governance framework (II)

• Main legal framework
• 2002/ 2003 revised legal package specific to the
  RD and innovation field
• Law 324/ 2003 for approval of Government
  Ordinance 57/ 2002 on scientific research and
  technological development
• Law 319/ 2003 on the statute of the RD personnel
  
• Law 50/ 2003 for approval of Government Ordinance
  14/ 2002 on ST parks

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RD and innovation governance framework (III)

• Main RD governance instruments
• publicly funded RD and innovation programmes
• the National Plan for EU Accession/
• EU policy chapter 17 Science and research
• the National Development Plan (NDP)/
• the priority increasing economic
  competitiveness/
• RD component

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RD and innovation governance framework (IV)

• RD and innovation programmes
• Programme Research of excellence, launched in
  2005
• coordinated by the Ministry of Education and
  Research/ National Authority for Scientific
  Research
• complex RD projects in direct correlation with
  ERA specific ST priorities
• ( integrated projects technology platforms)
• human resources for RD (ST careers, mobility)
• international visibility of RD institutions/
  programmes
• development of conformity evaluation
  infrastructure (measurements testing
  laboratories, certification units)

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RD and innovation governance framework (V)

• RD and innovation programmes
• The National Plan for RTD and Innovation (1999)
• coordinated by the Ministry of Education and
  Research / National Authority for Scientific
  Research
• 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

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RD and innovation governance framework (VI)

• RD and innovation programmes
• Sectoral RTD plans (2003)
• 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 in the specific domains

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RD and innovation governance framework (VII)

• RD and innovation programmes
• Programmes of grants for scientific research
  (1996)
• coordinated by the Ministry of Education and
  Research and by the Romanian Academy
• advanced research projects, freely initiated by
  the scientific community (no prior setting of
  domains/ objectives
• support for the formation of scientific careers
• stimulation of scientific excellence
• Participation open competition of projects
  individual researchers/ teams

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RD and innovation governance framework (VIII)

• RD and innovation programmes
• INFRATECH Programme for technology transfer
  (2004)
• coordinated by the Ministry of Education and
  Research
• 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 development of specific
  institutions and of services for TTI
• participation institutes, universities,
  enterprises, local authorities (consortia)

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Gradual increase of funds for RDI

• General level of expenditures 2000/2003

) Statistical Yearbook of Romania, 2004
Public budget for RD
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Structure of RD expenditures (I)
Statistical Yearbook of Romania - 2003
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Structure of RD expenditures (II)

• RD expenditures structure/ categories of
  programmes (2003)

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Policy framework to foster ST advancement (I)

• ST advisory mechanisms
• presidential institution and cabinet of prime
  minister
• special advisors for ST
• 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
  and Research
• Advisory Board for RD and innovation
• National Council for University Research
• Strategic Orientation Councils at the level of
  programmes in the National Plan for RD and
  Innovation
• Council for Research 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 ST collaboration and
  mobility
• Instruments Research of excellence/ HR module,
• Programme of grants for scientific research,
  NPRDI/ Corint
• Development of RD infrastructures
• develop RD and ICT equipment and facilities in
  RD organisations
• development of national ICT infrastructures for
  RD
• National Network for ResearchEducation
  (RoEduNet)
• new initiative GRID infrastructure for RD
  activities
• development of virtual centres/ networks of
  laboratories
• Development of testingmeasurement capacity,
  comformity evaluation units
• Instruments MER NASR budget / capital
  expenditures line
• Research of excellence/ conformity evaluation
  module,
• NPRDI/ support activities

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Policy framework to foster ST advancement (III)

• Promotion of ST excellence
• Development of centres of excellence
• Concentration of excellent research teams around
  ERA-related objectives
• Instruments
• NPRDI/ centres of excellence component
• Research of excellence/ complex projects
• ST foresight activities
• NPRDI/ (2003/2004)
• 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
• MER / NASR sectoral RD plan (2005)
• project on the Ellaboration of the national RD
  and innovation strategy for 2007-2013

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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
• the National Plan for RD and Innovation
• collaborative RD projects (research-industry
  partnership)
• cofinancing regime
• business sector contribution to NPRDI budget
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• 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 Fund for technological transfer and
  development (risk capital)
• joint action plans with Ministry of Economy and
  Commerce, the National 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
• INFRATECH-The new Technology Transfer Programme
  of MER (GD 128/ 2004)
• TTI infrastructures at regional level
• ST parks local joint initiatives of RD
  institutes, universities and public
  administration (14 parks authorised to function)
• Incubators, ST information and assistance
  centres and services (19 technology transfer
  centres under development)
• 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

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Industrial development framework

• Interministerial Council for Industrial Policy
• Ministry of Economy and Commerce
• The Programme for increasing the competitivity
  of industrial products (GO 120/2002)/ support for
  the development of quality and environment
  management systems, development of
  testingmeasurement laboratories
• sectoral RD plan (2005) support for the
  ellaboration of sectoral development strategies
• National Export Strategy includes
  sector-specific policy packages and action plans
  to promote exports
• National Agency for SMEs and Cooperation
• National Guarantee Fund for SMEs (loan guarantee)
• financing instruments for supporting the
  developemnt of innovative SMEs (favourable rates
  loans)
• Special programme of micro-credits
  (non-reimbursable)
• Development of business assistance services
• PNUD programme for BICs development
• UN Empretec Programme for entrepreneurs
• Ministry for Environment Protection and Water
  Management
• Programme for monitoring the introduction of
  BATs, for ensuring the application of IPPC
  directives

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Future vision towards more research-based
competitiveness (I)

• Preparing the future National Plan for RD and
  Innovation for 2007-2013/
• MER project on the Ellaboration of the national
  RD and innovation strategy for 2007-2013
• evaluation of current performances of the RD and
  innovation activities
• ellaboration of the national RD and innovation
  strategy for 2007-2013, including the performance
  monitoring and evaluation system
• ellaboration of the National RD and Innovation
  Plan for 2007-2013 (programmes profile, expected
  results, evaluation indicators), including
  contracting and financing mechanisms
• national scale debate of the projects results
  further approvals by Government
• use of specialized instruments for public
  consultation, foresight and strategic planning

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Future vision towards more research-based
competitiveness (II)

• RD and innovation in the future
• National Development Plan for 2007-2013
• development of RD infrastructures and activities
  in research institutes and centres and in
  universities
• RD programmes/projects with major impact on the
  competitiveness of technological sectors/domains
• modernisation and endowment with performant
  research and IT equipment
• support for the development of new/ extended high
  technology departments in institutes and
  universities
• partnership between RD institutions,
  universities and enteroprises, for
• research-based improvement/ innovation of the
  producttechnologies
• significant increase of the competitiveness of
  enterprises, in robust technological chains, at
  national and international levels