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Research in Slovenia

Research in Slovenia. Berlin, 13 October 2004. Dr. Livija Tušar. S LOVENIA Basic data. Constitution: Parliamentary democracy Population density: 98 . 0 per km 2 Capital: Ljubljana (population 330 000) GDP 11.765 €/capita (2002) GERD as % of GDP: 1.53 (2002). Area: 20 273 km 2

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Research in Slovenia

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  1. Research in Slovenia Berlin, 13 October 2004 Dr. Livija Tušar

  2. SLOVENIABasic data Constitution: Parliamentary democracy Population density:98.0 per km2 Capital:Ljubljana (population 330000) GDP 11.765 €/capita (2002) GERD as % of GDP: 1.53 (2002) Area:20273 km2 Population:2 mio.

  3. 3.2.1. Number of scientific publications permillion population, 1999 

  4. GERD by source of funding, 2002 (%) GERD as % of GDP in 2002 1.53 %

  5. THE STRATEGY FOR THE ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT OF SLOVENIA (2001) Implementation • THE NATIONAL DEVELOPMENT PLAN - NDP2001-2006 (DEC 2001) • …reducing the lag of Slovenia behind the average level of economic developmentin the EU… • EU Structural Funds • SINGLE PROGRAMMING DOCUMENT (2003)

  6. Strategy Research andDevelopmentActivities Act (2002) NDP National R&D ProgrammeSPD 2004-2008 (NR&DP)(in preparation)

  7. Research Funding System • Government: • Ministry of Education, Science and Sport – M.E.S.S. • Ministry of Economy • Other ministries • Fundations: • Slovenian Science Fundation • Ad Futura • Other

  8. Research Institutions I • 3 Universities (77.376 HE students in 2003/4): • University of Ljubljana: 23 faculties, 3 art academia, 1 professional college • University of Maribor: 12 faculties, 1 professional college • University of Primorska, Koper (from 2003): 3 faculties, 2 professional colleges • 8 Free-standing HE institutions: 5 faculties, 3 professional colleges • Slovenian Academy of Science and Arts

  9. Research Institutions II • 17 public research institutes: • Jozef Stefan Institute • ZRC SAZU – The Scientific Research Centre of SASA • National Institute of Chemistry • Institute of Metals and Technology • Institute of Mathematics, Physics and Mechanics • Institute for Economic Research • Slovenian Forestry Institute • The Urban Planning Institute of the Republic of Slovenia • Slovenian National Building and Civil Engineering Institute • The Educational Reseach Institute • The Institute of Contemporary History • … • 2 national infrastructure institutes • 294 research units in the business sector

  10. Main MESS Instruments • Research programmes (5 years) -262 programmes from 2004 to 2008 -In year 2004 the budget will be 47 MEUR • Basic and applied research projects (2-3 years) -426 projects financed from 2004 - In year 2004 the budget will be 7.9 MEUR • Targeted research programmes (1-3 years) -In year 2004:99/286 projects were selected and its budget is 4.38 MEUR (total amount) • Young researchers programme (4 years) • Research infrastructure • International co-operation

  11. Some topics of funded projects – pathogenic micro organisms • Food Safety – some examples • With PCR-based detection systems for food-borne bacteria: Salmonella spec. , Listeria monocytoge-nes • Medicine – some examples • Antimicrobial endotoxin neutralizing peptides to combat infectious diseases (FP5) • Control of invasive infections ofS. pnevmoniae, H. influenzae, N. meningitidis, S. aureus, E. coli • Chlamydia pneumoniae and coronary diseases • Molecular diagnosis of atypical pneumonia. • Tuberculosis • Borrelia burgdorferi sensu lato

  12. MESS’s R&D expenditure by scientific disciplines, in year2002 (%) Source: MESS report

  13. MESS budget for science by programmes, 2003 (128 mio €) Source: MESS report

  14. Young Researchers AIM: more people with higher education per capita • young researchers are employed for a specified period • along with the post-graduate studies, they work on basic and applied projects • within the period of training and education at home, they can also study abroad (from 1 to 12 months)

  15. International cooperation • Bilateral cooperation: 22 concluded agreements and 570 projects (in year 2004) • Slovenia also strives to establish a higher level of institutionalised bilateral cooperation with states considered Slovenia’s most important partners, and redirect bilateral co-operation to joint R&D projects in which Slovene organisations and industry should have a larger share, in order to ensure the necessary transfer of knowledge and new technologies to the industrial sector.

  16. International co-operationNumber of bilateral projects Source: MESS reports

  17. International co-operation,Number of multilateral projects (1991-2004) Source: MESS reports

  18. Number of funded projects and number of coordinators in the FP5 (1999 – 2003) with Slovenian participants Source: MESS jun-04

  19. ERA NET projects • CA PathoGenomics Trans-European cooperation and coordination of genome sequencing and functional genomics of human-pathogenic microorganisms • CA FoodSafeERA Food Safety - Forming a European platform for protecting consumers against health risks

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