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Western Balkans Regional R&D Strategy for Innovation Ministerial Meeting
GROWTH THROUGH RESEARCH AND INNOVATION IN THE WESTERN BALKANS — THE
MOMENT FOR ACTION
Paolo Correa, World Bank,Stanka Petkovska, Ministry of Education and Science,
Macedonia21 November 2013
Smart Specialization Workshop, Skopje
7 Policy Reviews of key institutions, policies and programs:
Country Papers
The Western Balkans R&D Strategy for Innovation Technical Assistance:
Inception Report — Regional R&D Strategy for Innovation in the Western Balkan Countries: Key Issues and Implications for Technical Assistance, World Bank (2011).
4 High Level Workshops with representatives from governments, research institutes, universities and private sector from all beneficiary entities, as well as international experts
3 Technical Studies (The State of Scientific Performance of the WBCs; Survey of the status of research Infrastructure and technology transfer activities; and Assessment of Data
Availability on Research and Innovation) and 5 technical notes : Overview and Main Report of the Status of Research and Innovation in the Western Balkans.
Video: Research for Innovation: The moment for action
Website:http://www.worldbank.org/en/events/2013/10/24/balkans-innovation-event
An 18 Months Fact-Based Consensus Building Exercise
12 Visits to the region Outreach exercise and broader consensus building between 12/2011 and 8/2013
A REGIONAL STRATEGY FOR RESEARCH AND INNOVATION:
Governance Structure
Higher education
Private sector
Research institutes
Advisory Body
Regional Experts
Advisory Body
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Provided support and advice to the Steering Committee and ensured
engagement with regional stakeholders
World Bank,European Commission
& Regional Cooperation Council
Beneficiary Entities
STEERING COMMITTEEProject management and decision-making body
SUMMARY VIEW: THE STATUS OF THE RESEARCH AND INNOVATION SECTOR
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Bosnia and Herzegov-
ina
Croatia The former Yugoslav
Republic of Macedonia
Finland Germany United States of America
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20000
30000
40000
50000
60000
70000
80000
90000
100000
FYR Macedonia
One patent in Croatia re-quires approximately three times more R&D investments then in the US.
GERD/ Total Triadic patents
COSTLY RESULTS OF R&D INVESTMENTSU
S$ 1
,000
UNDERLYING CAUSES
Four intermediate goals are considered:• Improve the research base and conditions for
research excellence.• Promote collaboration and technology transfer
between research institutions and industry.• Enable business Investments in Research and
Innovation.• Strengthen the governance of research and
innovation policies.
R&D EXPENDITURES PER CAPITA (Predicted and Actual), 2007-11,
Data Source: UNESCO Statistics; World Development Indicators.
BiH
THE WAY FORWARD
REFORMS AND INVESTMENTS TO FOSTER EFFECTIVE RESEARCH COMMERCIALIZATION AND INDUSTRY SCIENCE COLLABORATION
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Intermediate Goals PROPOSED ACTIONS Measurement
Build expertise and infrastructure for Intellectual Property Rights (IPR) management
Promote higher levels of industry-science collaboration
POLICY REFORMS
Reform of IPRs legal Framework for publicly-funded research
Employment and Higher Education Lawsencourage commercialization and collaboration with industry
INVESTMENTTECHNOLOGY TRANSFER OFFICES : provide assistance in the management and commercialization of research outcomes; training and expertise development for TTOs; link with TT intermediaries.
FUNDING of Prototype Development and Proof-of-Concept; andGrants for industry-science collaboration
• Increased share of research pool coverage by TTO services
• Increased number of research results disclosed to TTOs
• Increased number of patents and other IPRs
• Increased licensing activity
• Larger number of spinoff companies
• Higher number and value of licensing agreements & spinoff companies
• Increased volume of contract research
THE VALUE OF REGIONAL COLLABORATION
How?
THE VALUE OF REGIONAL COOPERATION
• STABILITY of programs and policies (including predictability of funding);
• SCALE (avoiding duplication and reaching appropriate critical mass in key sectors)
• MERITOCRACY (as the rule of the game for the research community);
• GOVERNANCE and results- Orientation
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REGIONAL PROGRAMS 1. A research excellence fund to increase international collaboration with the
scientific Diaspora and expand opportunities for young researchers.
2. Regional networks of excellence in selected fields – consistent with a strategy for “smart specialization” of the region. The program will promote the concentration of resources in core research groups capable of achieving international standards of excellence. In addition, the program will encourage research mobility within the region, the training of young scientists, and doctorates and master’s degrees in selected sectors.
3. A technology transfer facility to support and provide assistance at national level
4. An early stage innovation facility to complement the support to be provided by the Western Balkan Enterprise Development and Innovation Facility (EDIF).
A non-profit regional organization to supervise the implementation of these programs and promote policy reforms and systematic capacity building — The Western Balkans Innovation Strategy Exercise — (WISE)
SMART SPECIALIZATION ( THE NETWORK OF EXELLENCE PROGRAM)
POTENTIAL PRIORITIES FIELDS:
• renewable energy,
• aquaculture, and marine culture fields;
•fields of technology (nanotechnology and biotechnology)
• specific fields of economic activity (such as agriculture and health);
• and some fields of biological sciences and chemistry in which the region shows a higher scientific performance.
THANK YOU!