1. The Romanian National Defence College Bucharest, 1-2 November 2007Romania Ministry of Education, Research and Youth National University Research Council Romanian Research, Development and Innovation Strategy and National Plan 2007-2013 Opportunities for Public-Private Partnership

2. Romanian Research, Development and Innovation Strategy 2007-2013 Outline: A. Strategy content 1.RDI system challenges 2.Vision 3.Strategic objectives 4.Exploratory and frontier research 5.Public investment priorities 6.Innovation 7.Implementation B. The consultation process

3. Romanian Research, Development and Innovation Strategy 2007-2013  From fragmented RDI system; to Romanian Research Area part of the ERA.  From chronic, long term under-financing to a significant increase in expenditure in RD: From 0.18% public RD expenditure of GDP in 2004 to 1% in 2010 From 0.18% public RD expenditure of GDP in 2004 to 1% in 2010 From 0.18% private RD expenditure in 2004 of GDP to 1,5% in 2013 From 0.18% private RD expenditure in 2004 of GDP to 1,5% in 2013 1. Challenges (I)

4. Romanian Research, Development and Innovation Strategy 2007-2013 1. Challenges (I)

5. Romanian Research, Development and Innovation Strategy 2007-2013 –From brain-drain and ageing of human resources to real career development opportunities; –From obsolete/insufficient RDI infrastructure to up to date concentrated infrastructure in doctoral schools, graduate schools, national labs and competence centers; –Stronger connections between public research and business sector; –From national to international evaluation of policies, programmes and projects. 1. Challenges (II)

6. Romanian Research, Development and Innovation Strategy 2007-2013 2. The Vision The RDI system will represent the driver of the knowledge society development in Romania, being able to support the innovation in all the fields that contribute to the welfare of the citizens and also to reach the internationally acknowledged scientific excellence. The RDI system should be open to: –The business sector; –The international environment; –The education system; –The society.

7. Romanian Research, Development and Innovation Strategy 2007-2013 3. Strategic objectives –Knowledge creation –Romanian economy competitiveness –Social quality

8. Romanian Research, Development and Innovation Strategy 2007-2013 Specific objectives for 2013 (I)  Improve the position of Romania in ISI publication ranking from 48 th to 35 th ;  Ten times increase the number of EPO patents;  Three times increase the number of national patents;  Double the share of innovative companies;

9. Romanian Research, Development and Innovation Strategy 2007-2013 Specific objectives for 2013 (II)  Three times increase in the number of researchers; researchers’ age average under 40 years;  Improve the research carrier attractiveness;  Three times increase in the number of doctoral students;  Focus on excellence by attracting the best researchers from all over the world.

10. Romanian Research, Development and Innovation Strategy 2007-2013 4.Exploratory and frontier research  Support for relevant projects, encouraging international cooperation;  Support for the international mobility of Romanian researchers;  Support for internationally relevant Romanian scientific journals;  Investment in basic research infrastructure.

11. Romanian Research, Development and Innovation Strategy 2007-2013 5. Public R&D investment priorities (I) 26 priorities clustered in 9 domains:  Information Society Technologies  Energy  Environment  Health  Agriculture, food security and safety  Biotechnologies  Innovative materials, processes and goods  Social and economic research  Space and security

12. Romanian Research, Development and Innovation Strategy 2007-2013 5. Public R&D investment priorities (II)  Finance and co-finance complex, interdisciplinary RD projects with well-defined thematic inside national priorities;  Encourage the concentration of resources and the development of centers of excellence;  Support for collaborative interdisciplinary networks.

13. Romanian Research, Development and Innovation Strategy 2007-2013 6. Innovation  Co-finance of precompetitive research, product oriented, initiated by the business sector;  Develop the innovation infrastructure;  Support for inter-sectoral mobility of RDI staff;  Fiscal incentives for private RDI investment.

14. Romanian Research, Development and Innovation Strategy 2007-2013 7. Implementation Parliament Policy- makers Government National Council for Science Policy and Technology National Council for Science Policy and Technology Ministry of Education and Research National Authority for Scientific Research Ministry of Economy Finance and Industry, other ministries (8) Financing Research Council Technology Development Council Innovation Council Romanian Academy Academy for Agriculture Science Academy for Medical Sciences OperatorsUniversities National Research Institutes Research Institutes Private sector Enterprises Research Institutes Foundations Others

15. Romanian Research, Development and Innovation Strategy 2007-2013 ROMANIAN ACADEMY (8,2 %) NATIONAL PLAN UNIVERSITIES INSTITUTES ROMANAN (ACADEMY (+BRANCH ACADEMIES,…) INSTITUTES ROMANAN (ACADEMY (+BRANCH ACADEMIES,…) NIRD Business MERY - NASR (81%) BUSINESS-ACADEMIA BUSINESS RDI GRANTS “NUCLEUS” PROGRAMME SECTORIAL PLAN S&T LITERATURE CONFERENCESS &T MOBILITY OTHERS Public spending on RD (0,5 % GDP) Business spending on RD (0,4 % GDP ?) OTHER (Sectorial Programmes,.. 10,8%) MERY - NASR (COMPETITION 95%) MERY - NASR (SUBVENTION 2,5%) MERY - NASR (Inv RI for SU, management 2,5%) 4. Partnerships ……………………………. 2. Capacities 1. Human resources ROMANIA RDI (2007) INFRATECH CEEX IV. ACREDITATION III. INTL. COOPERATION II. HUMAN RESOURCES I. COMPLEX PROJECTS IMPACT

16. SOP IEC 2 SOP HRD 1.5 FP7 NP II

17. Romanian Research, Development and Innovation Strategy 2007-2013 Implementation Other funding Instruments The national priority research projects, coordinated by the Romanian Academy Sectoral R&D plans

18. Romanian Research, Development and Innovation Strategy 2007-2013 B. Consultation process First National S&T foresight 1. Systematic Six consultation rounds with specific methodologies for defining RDI prioritiesSix consultation rounds with specific methodologies for defining RDI priorities 2. Collaborative 800 persons in workshops, 5000 online800 persons in workshops, 5000 online 3. Prospective: a long term visiona long term vision

19. Romanian Research, Development and Innovation Strategy 2007-2013 Thank you