STRUCTURE OF THE PRESENTATION  Mirror of Macedonian science  Institutional infrastructure  Protagonists of science policy  Scientific human resources  Legal frame  Financial aspects  New strategy  Governmental measures  Macedonian participation in international programs

SCIENTIFIC INSTITUTIONAL INFRASTRUCTURE IN R.MACEDONIA FUniversities (5) l Faculties (37) l Public Scientific Institutes (13) l Colleges (2) FMacedonian Academy of Sciences and Arts l Members (42) l Departments (5) l Research Centers (2) FIndependent research groups

UNIVERSITIES FState Universities Sts “Cyril and Methodius” – Skopje Sts “Clement of Ohrid” – Bitola Tetovo University - Tetovo FPrivate Universities University of South and Eastern Europe – Tetovo European University - Skopje

PROTAGONISTS OF SCIENCE POLICY IN R.MACEDONIA F Ministry of Education and Science  Department of Science and Technology Unit for planning of science Unit for projects Unit for legal aspects of science and technology Unit for technological development and technical culture Unit for International Scientific Cooperation (FP6, COST, NATO, UNESCO, IAEA, JICA, bilateral cooperation)  Council for Science and Research

SCIENTIFIC HUMAN RESOURCES IN MACEDONIA YEAR Total FTE FTE per 1000 LF

LEGAL FRAME FOR SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY IN R.MACEDONIA v Law for Scientific and Research Activity l Internal documents for: Supporting of young scientists Financing of scientific projects Supporting of publishing v Law for Macedonian Academy of Sciences and Arts v Law on Encouraging and Supporting the Technological Development

FINANCIAL ASPECT OF SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY IN R.MACEDONIA èBudget contribution in R&D million EUR1.18 billion EUR million EUR910 million EUR million EUR1.05 billion EUR million EUR690 million EUR million EUR830 million EUR1998 %PART FOR SCIENCEBUDGETYEAR million EUR915 million EUR million EUR923 million EUR

èR&D intensity (%) of GDP by sector of performance FINANCIAL ASPECT OF SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY IN R.MACEDONIA TYPE OF EXPENDITURE HERD (Expenditure on R&D in the Higher Education)/GDP GOVERD (Government intramural expenditure on R&D)/GDP BERD (Expenditure on R&D in the Business sector)/GDP GERD (Gross domestic expenditure on R&D)/GDP

èFinancing of Science and Technology in Macedonia Salary for Public Scientific Institutions and High Education Institutions Programs for Public Scientific Institutions Fellowship for postgraduate and doctoral students Participation in scientific meetings Research projects, Technological development projects Bilateral projects Equipment Investments in infrastructure FINANCIAL ASPECT OF SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY IN R.MACEDONIA

àIntegrated approach in the research activities  Necessity  Quality àDefinition of criteria for supporting R&D activities àEnlargement of the amount for fellowship àInternationalization of R&D àRegional cooperation àIntra governmental coordination àDefinition of priorities àEstablishing a peer evaluation procedure NEW STRATEGY FOR IMPROVEMENT OF R&D

àRECENT ACTIVITIES  Enabled national access to SCOPUS  Construction of database with publications and citations of institutions and researchers from R. Macedonia  Construction of a database of patents in R. Macedonia àFUTURE ACTIVITIES are set in the Action Plan of the Program for development of R&D for NEW STRATEGY FOR IMPROVEMENT OF R&D

§Institute of Chemistry, Faculty of Natural Sciences and Mathematics §Research Centre for Genetic Engineering and Biotechnology, Macedonian Academy of Sciences and Arts §Nephrology Clinic, Faculty of Medicine §Institute for Earthquake Engineering and Engineering Seismology POTENTIAL CENTERS OF EXCELLENCE

èPrograms for improvement of R&D  for encouraging and supporting national R&D projects,  for granting fellowships for post-graduate and doctoral studies both in the country and abroad,  for supporting researchers for participation at international meetings,  target research program for coordination of the R&D activities within the governmental bodies,  for development of R&D infrastructure GOVERNMENTAL MEASURES IN THE R&D SECTOR èProgram for development of R&D for

èFor enhanced technological development, measures are taken in order to: stimulate and support the cooperation between the universities and the industry; improve and intensify the use of the scientific research results in the industry; promotion of the technological development of the enterprises aimed at stimulation of their competitiveness GOVERNMENTAL MEASURES IN THE R&D SECTOR

REPUBLIC OF MACEDONIA R&D COOPERATION èBilateral cooperation èCOST èFP6 èNATO èUNESCO èIAEA èJICA

Bilateral cooperation è>100 bilateral projects with: Slovenia France Germany Serbia Bulgaria Croatia Japan èNew with: Albania China USA Russian Federation Israel Austria, soon

COST èR.Macedonia became a member in May 2002 èMacedonian scientists participate in 25 COST Actions in the fields of (civil engineering, forestry and forest products, agriculture and biotechnology, chemistry, physics, life sciences, telecommunication) èMacedonia hosted the 158 th Meeting of the COST Senior Officials in February 2004

6 th FRAMEWORK PROGRAM è 40 projects approved (from >200 proposals) è 2 multilateral projects (Dept. Science) l SEE-ERA-NET l ERA WEST BALKAN è  4.5 million EUR!

STATUS AND PERSPECTIVES In the ANALYTICAL REPORT for the opinion on the application of the Republic of Macedonia for EU membership (General evaluation, page 137*): “If it continues its efforts, the Republic of Macedo- nia should not have major difficulties in applying the acquis in the medium term in the following fields: - … - Science and research; - … *

Macedonia's Megalithic Kokino Observatory is more than 3,800 years old. NASA has ranked it the fourth oldest in the world.