General Secretariat for Research

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The Greek RTD policy competitiveness and
sustainable development
General Secretariat for Research Technology
(GSRT) Ministry of Development Dr. Dimitris
DENIOZOS Secretary General for Research and
Technology Thessaloniki, 29.5.2003
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Public Research Systemfinancing percentages
P R I V A T E F I R M S 24
Government 50
A B R O A D 24
MINISTRY OF DEVELOPMENT
MINISTRY OF AGRICULTURE
MINISTRY OF EDUCATION
General Secretariat for Research and Technology
gt20 Universities gt15 Technical colleges
8 research centres with 45 research institutes 6
RTD sectoral companies Patent Office, T-museum
NAGREF Benaki
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Goals of EU and Greece
Indicator Gross Domestic Expenditure on Research
and Development in relation to GDP
Year
EU mean
Greece
1999
1.9
0.7
2010
3.0
1.5
Indicator Business share in financing the Gross
Domestic Expenditure on Research and Development
Year
EU mean
Greece
1999
55
25
2010
65
40
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RTD Policy Priorities

• Increasing the demand for new knowledge and
  research results in Greece
• Reorganising the research system towards a
  knowledge based economy in Greece
• Opening-up" the Greek research system further
  to the international cooperation
• Improving RTD infrastructure
• Focusing on selected thematic priorities and
  promoting technology foresight
• Constraints market failure vs government failure

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Increasing the demand for new knowledge and
research results in Greece

• Creating new business activities through
  exploitation of knowledge and research results
• Attracting business activities from abroad
• Increasing the employment of research personnel
  in businesses
• Improving the collaboration between public
  research organisations and business firms
• Raising public awareness on science

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Reorganisation of the research system towards a
knowledge-based economy in Greece

• Reorienting the priorities of public RTD
  institutions towards societal and business
  sectors needs
• Strengthening academic research to support
  education and training of young researchers
• Increasing the "critical mass" of research units
  
• Promoting excellence
• Improving the management of research
  organisations

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Opening-up" the Greek research system further to
the international cooperation

• Promoting international ST cooperation
  through
• participation of Greek teams in FP6
• international RTD organisations
• bilateral and regional activities
• Opening-up of the national RTD Programmes
• Evaluation criteria for the selection of projects
• Foreign evaluators

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Improving RTD infrastructure

• Improving electronic networks and other
  research infrastructures
• Improving the national patent and IPR system.
• Facilitating access on information included in
  patents

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Policy Measures

• Legal
• L. 2919/01 Qualification of Researchers
• Enabling the creation of spin off
  companies
• Financial
• Direct Operational Programme Competitiveness
• Operational Programme Information Society
• Regional Structural Programmes
  for RTD infrastructures and regional innovation
• EU Framework Programme
• Indirect Tax relief (50 deduction of RTD
  expenditures from profits)
• Donations to Public
  Institutions detaxed

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Operational Programme Competitiveness
2001-2006 Action Lines Commercial Exploitation
of Research Results (Spin-off) Private ST parks
and incubators Development of public
laboratories demonstrating permanent links with
national or foreign industry RTD Development
Collaborations
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Action Line Promotion of Research, Technology
Transfer and Dissemination

• Actions
• Industrial Research Projects
• Technological Demonstration Projects
• Technology Transfer and Innovation (Tech-brokers)
• International Scientific and Technological
  Co-operations on Industrial Research and
  Pre-competitive Activities
• Bilateral agreements
• Industrial RTD cooperation
• Cooperation with extra EU RTD units
• Cooperation with international organisations

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Action Line Raising Public Awareness. Assessment
of ST and Innovation Policies

• Actions
• Establishment of ST Museums for the Diffusion of
  Technological Know-how
• Museums Networking
• Training of Young Students in Novel Technological
  Developments
• Public Awareness of Major Scientific and
  Technological Achievements

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Action Line Human Research and Technological
Potential

• Actions
• Expand Human Research Potential
• Hiring of New Research Personnel by Companies
• Attraction of Research Personnel from Abroad
• Train in research, technology and innovation
  management
• Networking Research Organisations and Companies
  with Common Research Interests

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Focusing on selected thematic priorities

• Natural Environment (atmospheric, marine, water
  resources, forest fires, recycling)
• Built Environment and Earthquake Protection
• Renewable Energy Sources
• Knowledge-Intensive Culture and Tourism
• Health, Bio-medicine, Diagnostic and Therapeutic
  Methods
• New Forms of Organisation for Businesses the
  work place
• Sport
• Food Technologies Aquaculture
• Sea Transport
• e-learning
• e-business
• Technology Foresight

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Operational Programme for Research and Technology
1995-2000 Environment, Sustainable
Development 40,8 M
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Focusing on selected thematic priorities
Concerted Programmes of the 3rd CSF 2003-6
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Concerted Pr. Natural Environment Sustainable
Development

• Marine Environment
• Coastal Ecosystems
• Fisheries
• Atmospheric Environment
• Water resources
• Forest Fires
• Recycling - Desalination

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Concerted Pr. Natural Environment Sustainable
Development
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Government budget appropriations for RTD by
socio-economic objective
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• Greece 2 strong RTD priority areas
• ICT
• Environment
• Competitiveness on a global scale
• Sustainability of development requires global
  solutions
• Search for new orientations of the national RTD
  policy, with global character i.e. space