Iulia Mihail

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Romanian Policies to Encourage Connections
between Universities and Industry

• Iulia Mihail
• Director
• Department of European Integration and
  International Cooperation
• National Authority for Scientific Research
• Ministry of Education and Research
• Tel. [phone] Fax [phone]
  E-mail imihail_at_mct.ro

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National Authority for Scientific Research(ANCS)

• ANCS is a central public administrative body,
  under the subordination of the Ministry of
  Education and Research, in charge with the
  research field.

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National Authority for Scientific Research -
Structure -

• President
• Vice President
• Secretary General
• General Department of Programmes
• Department of European Integration and
  International Cooperation
• Department of RD Policies, Contracts and
  Monitoring
• Department of Transfer Technology and
  Infrastructures
• Economic Department
• Department of Structural Funds PHARE Programmes
• Legal Office
• Public Internal Audit
• Public Relations and Mass Media
• Human Resources
• IT Office

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ST Organizations

• National research institutes 18 under the
  coordination of MEdC 16 under the coordination
  of other ministries
• Romanian Academy 65 basic and advanced research
  institutes and centers
• Academy of Agricultural and Forestry Sciences 25
  institutes and centers / 91 stations of research
  and production
• Academy of Medical Sciences 23 research centers
  and institutes / 12 hospitals
• Universities 55 public universities / 67 private
  accredited universities (school year 2003/2004)
• ST organizations in the private sector 100
• Others including industrial companies with ST
  laboratories (about 5 of ST activity)

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Some figures related to RD system in Romania (1)
33077
Tertiary Education university
Number of persons in full-time equivalent
15661 -women
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Some figures related to RD system in Romania (2)
Researchers by scientific fields (Statistical
Yearbook 2004)
30723
25968
TOTAL
Engineering
Life
Agriculture
Human
Health
Social
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Some figures related to RD system in Romania (3)
Researchers by age of group (Statistical Yearbook
2004)
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Some figures related to RD system in Romania (4)
34.9
31.3
26.9
Statistical Yearbook 2004
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Some figures related to RD system in Romania (5)
Total RD expenditure by financing sources in GDP
- - (Statistical Yearbook 2004)
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Some figures related to education system
(Romanian Statistical Yearbook 2004)
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Tertiary Education by Group of Specializations
(Romanian Statistical Yearbook 2004)
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Tertiary Education from Private Institutions in
2003/2004 Academic Year
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Financing instruments (1)

• National Plan for RD and Innovation
• Strengthening the elements of the new
  knowledge-based economy
• New materials, micro- and nanotechnologies
  MATNANTECH
• Technologies for the space and aeronautics fields
  - AEROSPATIAL
• Biotechnologies BIOTECH
• Information Society Technologies INFOSOC
• Research in support of the general advancement of
  scientific and technical knowledge, public
  policies development and culture promotion a
  programme dedicated to targeted basic, as well as
  socio-economic research - CERES
• International ST cooperation and partnership -
  CORINT

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Financing instruments (2)

• Modernization and relaunch of traditional sectors
  in economy
• Agriculture and food - AGRAL
• Life and Health - VIASAN
• Environment, energy and resources (including
  nuclear energy) - MENER
• Planning, infrastructures and transportation -
  AMTRANS
• Stimulation of the application of inventions (in
  support of individual inventors) - INVENT
• Economic relaunch through research and innovation
  (supporting the modernizing and innovation of
  products/ technologies/ services delivered/ used
  by enterprises) - RELANSIN
• Quality and standards (supporting the up-grading
  of the qualitative and technical level of
  romanian products/ technologies/ services) -
  CALIST
• Consolidation of the infrastructures for quality
  - INFRAS

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Financing instruments (3)

• Sectoral RD plans
• financed through the ministries coordinating a
  specific sector
• complementarity to the National Plan priorities
• aimed to cover RD objectives related to sector
  technological development
• Nucleus research programmes
• support the National RD Institutes
• reflecting the research strategy carried out by
  the National RD Institutes in relation to
  specific sectoral development strategies

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Financing instruments (4)

• Programmes of grants for scientific research
• aimed to build scientific careers and development
  of research teams around scientific personalities
• Programme Research of Excellence
• launched at 26 May 2005
• coordinated by the National Authority for
  Scientific Research
• complex RD projects in correlation with ther
  concept of ERA and the FP6 specific priorities
• integrated projects technology platforms
• human resources for RD (ST careers, mobility)
• international visibility of RD institutions/
  programmes
• development of measurements testing laboratories

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UNIVERSITY VS. INDUSTRY

• Programme Research of Excellence
• Creating the ROMANIAN RESEARCH AREA
• Consortium university RD institute industry
• Programme of grants for scientific research
• Basic research university RD institute
• The National Plan for RD and Innovation
• Basic research university RD institute
• Applied research
• Consortium university industry university
  RD institute RD institute industry
  university RD institute industry

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- Science Shops -a MATRA Project in Romania

• Good research, but too little connection
  Science Society Companies, Authorities,
  Citizens.
• Mission of University
• Education
• Research
• Service to society transfer knowledge
• Research in partnership with industry
  InterMediu Centers responding to environment
  needs.

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Gh. Asachi Technical University Iasi
Al. I. Cuza University Iasi
University of Oradea
University of Bacau
Dunarea de Jos University Galati
Transilvania University Brasov
Politehnica University Bucharest
Petroleum-Gas University Ploiesti
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Science Shops Success stories

• Water quality in Iasi
• Environmental Engineering Technical
  Recommedations to Iasi Water Company
• Project VLADENIBiodiversity Conservation in the
  Wetland Vladeni, Iasi County Technical Advise
  to EPA BP Bronze Medal (private companies)
• Energy and Environment Plan Brasov Research on
  Household Energy Use, Traffic and Environmental
  Awareness Technical Advise to ABMEE-NGO

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To encourage dialogue university - industry

• The National Authority for Scientific Research
  organizes CONRO (CONceived in ROmania), every
  year, in October, for one week, as part of
  Bucharest International Fair Exhibition.
• A platform of dialogue between students,
  researchers and economic sector
• The research products are presented according to
  the 14 fields of the National Plan
• INFRATECH Programme create and develop the
  innovation and technological transfer national
  network 7 scientifc and technological parks, 21
  inovation and technological transfer entities
• The Week of Science and Technology a common
  project between ANCS and the French Embassy in
  Romania (2003, 2004 and 2005)
• It is a demonstrative project aiming to promote
  science in partnership with the industry
  interactiv exhibitions, movies, Café des
  Sciences, seminars.

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THE NEAR FUTURE

• Preparing the National Plan for RD and
  Innovation for 2007-2013
• Sectoral project Ellaboration of the national
  RD and innovation strategy for 2007-2013 a
  foresight and strategic planing exercise
• Development of RD infrastructures and
  strengthening research activities in universities
  and institutes
• Partnership between universities, RD
  institutions and enterprises
• Encouraging international cooperation

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AT THE END

• For the young generation, for us, together,
  lets build our future in an European Union
  challenging environment!
• Thank you for your attention!