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S&T Indicators for the EULARINET project. Indicators of input: Financial flows and Human resources Nathanaëlle Soler. Indicators of input 1/1 Financial flows and human resources.
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S&T Indicators for the EULARINET project Indicators of input: Financial flows and Human resources Nathanaëlle Soler
Indicators of input 1/1Financial flows and human resources Countries participation to the Framework Programme or to other international collaborations may partially depend on R&D fluctuations, human resources stock and sector or discipline specialisation. A possible set of indicators may include: Expenditure on R&D Expenditure on R&D as a percentage of GDP Expenditure on R&D by financing sector Expenditure on R&D by field of science Researchers count Researchers per thousand labour force Researchers by sector Researchers by field of science
Financial flows 1/4 In Europe as well as in Latin America, those data are available for most countries. They are gathered periodically by RICYT for Latin America, EUROSTAT for EU, with compatible methodologies. Need to select those indicators on the basis of their availability, their methodological strength, their usefulness for the project.
Financial flows 2/4 The measure of financial flows for R&D activities allows to dimension the economic weight of the interaction, as part of the total expenditure of the countries. Funds allocated by countries to international cooperation activities allow to dimension their capacity to complement their own national activities with international cooperation opportunities (Cf. Santiago Manual).
Financial flows 3/4 Those indicators are not calculated by LA countries on a regular basis, but the rough information is available. Processing is needed to calculate indicators on researchers training, collaborations and international mobility. This implies a complementary work since the primary data was not designed for statistical purposes.
Financial flowsThe example of Brazil 4/4 National R&D investments by sector of origin (Union, States, Industry), expressed in percentage of GDP, from 2002 to 2006. A little over 1% of Brazil GDP is allocated to R&D investments The recent rise in the proportion contributed by private industry (50 % in 2006) explains the vigorous rise in the total curve for the last two years available.
Human resources 1/5 Estimate of personnel numbers employed in research (researcher level or support staff) Distribution of researchers by sector Number of master degrees and PhDs delivered Indicator based on foreign students mobility (hosted and expatriated)
Human resources 2/5The example of Brazil Estimates available at the Brazilian Ministry of S&T (MCT) R&D employs a total of almost 158 000 people in Brazil, of whom around 54 % are researchers.
Human resources 3/5The example of Brazil The distribution of researchers by sector shows that the dominant sector is higher education (universities). There are 10 times more researchers in the universities than in the public research organizations. Private sector: the proportion of researcher amounts to about one-quarter of the total, seemingly low especially seeing that the slice in terms of investment reaches 50 %.
Human resources 4/5The example of Brazil Number of degrees delivered (Masters, Doctorates). The number of doctorates awarded by the Brazilian universities grew from 1 000 to over 9 000 and the figure for masters degrees generally rose by the same proportion.
Human resources 5/5The example of Brazil Indicators based on the number of students in higher education Data available at OECD (Education at a glance) Two matrices of indicators: one on the number of students hosted and one on the number of expatriated students.
