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Moldova's R&D programs competition system, state of the art and future developments

Moldova's R&D programs competition system, state of the art and future developments. Vasile GRAMA, Director of the Center for Fundamental and Applied Research Funding of Moldova (CFCFA) http://cfcfa.asm.md. 17-18 April, 2013, Kyiv, Ukraine. CONTENT. Historic Background

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Moldova's R&D programs competition system, state of the art and future developments

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  1. Moldova's R&D programs competition system, state of the art and future developments Vasile GRAMA, Director of the Center for Fundamental and Applied Research Funding of Moldova (CFCFA)http://cfcfa.asm.md 17-18 April, 2013, Kyiv, Ukraine

  2. CONTENT • Historic Background • Today nationals funding programs, • Competition system – accessibility and transparency, • Problems, • Needs, • Online submission, • Future agenda. 17-18 April, 2013, Kyiv, Ukraine

  3. Republic of Moldova – Research & Development • Total area – 33,7 thousand km² • Capital – Chisinau • Population: 3,4 million • Research Institutes: 31 • Universities (acred for R&D): 13 • Science and Technology Parks: 3 • Innovation Incubators 7 • Investment in R&D: 0,4 of GDP (2012) 17-18 April, 2013, Kyiv, Ukraine

  4. Historic Background • 1991 - Declaration of Independence of the Rep. of Moldova; • Moldova inherited advanced Research Infrastructure, with more than 100 research institutions; • State Policies implemented immediately after 1991 din not encourage development of the R&D sector in Moldova: • 1991 - establishment of the Ministry of Science and Education of Moldova • During 1994 – 1998 the role of science has significantly diminished • In 1998 Ministry of Education and Research was reestablished • In the 2001-2004 timeframe, the Government of Moldova din not have a specialized structure dealing with R&D policy 17-18 April, 2013, Kyiv, Ukraine

  5. Historic Background comparative analysis 17-18 April, 2013, Kyiv, Ukraine

  6. Historic Background • Science Reform in Moldova- Adoption of the Code on Science and Innovation by the Parliament of the Republic of Moldova (July 15, 2004); • Agreement between the Academy of Sciences and the Government of the RM; • New principle - financing of science on competitive basis. • R&D scientific priorities adopted by the Parliament. 17-18 April, 2013, Kyiv, Ukraine

  7. The association of RM to FP7 17-18 April, 2013, Kyiv, Ukraine

  8. R&D support infrastructures (auxiliary institutions) • Advisory Expertise Council (2004); • Agency for Innovation and Technology Transfer (2007); • Center for International Projects (2009); • Center for Fundamental and Applied Research Funding of Moldova (2012). 17-18 April, 2013, Kyiv, Ukraine

  9. The main aim/mission Distinct delimitation between policy making bodies and between the executive bodies (with responsibility for policy implementation) To support and stimulate the national scientific community by applying a competitive system, in strict compliance with the legal frame of the RM 17-18 April, 2013, Kyiv, Ukraine

  10. The Advisory Expertise Council Creating in 2004 • Major goal – promotion of excellence research. • 1. Evaluation of project proposals received within the competitions launched by ASM with funding from the State Budget, such as: • State Programs; • National research infrastructure support program; • Young scientists support program; • Scientific events support program; • Bilateral and multilateral projects; • Technology transfer projects. • 2. Evaluation activity via local peer review – most projects. Limited involvement of international experts. 17-18 April, 2013, Kyiv, Ukraine

  11. AEC Advisory Board AEC staff 7 20 500 The Advisory Expertise Council • Selection of evaluators • On the recommendation of the relevant Advisory Board members (research field related), the AEC staff selects two evaluators for each national project. • AEC expert database represents an input for this step. The decision is taken basing on the narrow specialization data of evaluators. • 2. The expert is contacted by AEC staff and project summary is submitted. The selected expert decides either to evaluate or not the submitted project. On his approval, the integral project is submitted. • 3. AEC concludes a written contract with each evaluator. He is paid for his services. • 4. Evaluators are being evaluated by AEC according to a special procedure. Expert database 17-18 April, 2013, Kyiv, Ukraine

  12. INNOVATION ACADEMIA Added Value Economic Competitiveness BUISSNESS AITT AITT AITT MISSION: Coordinate, stimulate and implement mechanisms in the field of the technology transfer in RM. RESPONSIBILITY: to administrate the Project Management Cycle (PMC) concerning technology transfer 17-18 April, 2013, Kyiv, Ukraine

  13. Center for International Projects (CIP) (created in 2008) Main duties • Promotes and manages bilateral and multilateral programs in science and innovation; • Provides managerial, technical, informational to Moldovan scientific community • Serves as a Host Institution of the Moldovan FP7 National Contact Points Network; • Supports and coordinates the activity of: • Moldovan Office for Science and Technology, Brussels; • Official Representatives and National Experts in the FP7 Program Committees. • Manages the activity of EURAXESS service in Moldova etc. 17-18 April, 2013, Kyiv, Ukraine

  14. Bilateral cooperation framework In responsibility of (CIP) 17-18 April, 2013, Kyiv, Ukraine

  15. Cooperation on the multilateral level In responsibility of (CIP) 15 17-18 April, 2013, Kyiv, Ukraine

  16. Center for Fundamental and Applied Research Funding of Moldova (CFCFA) Established in June 2012 CFCFA is the responsible institution to assure all steps of project life cycle for the national programs funded from the State Budget 17-18 April, 2013, Kyiv, Ukraine

  17. Type of programs (calls) • Fundamental and applied projects for R&D organizations (Institutional support program); • State programs; • Young scientists support program; • National research infrastructure support program; • Scientific events support program; • Scientific publications support program. 17-18 April, 2013, Kyiv, Ukraine

  18. Main duties • Call announcement; • Preparation of information package, information campaigns; • Call milestones; • Online submission system – management and back-office; • Proposal validation; • Grant agreement, Contract drafting and signing; • Performance monitoring; • Project results assessment; • Results dissemination • Reports etc. 17-18 April, 2013, Kyiv, Ukraine

  19. Project management cycle (AITT, CIP, CFCFA) Responsible organization Step Definition of strategic priorities/policies Decision making body SCSTD/ASM Center for B&ARF(CFCFA) Launching project calls Center for Int. Projects Agency for I &TT Proposals evaluation AEC Research units Running the projects Responsable units Projects monitoring SCSTD Macro monitoring 17-18 April, 2013, Kyiv, Ukraine

  20. CSŞDT CSŞDT AITT AEC AEC CIP Decides about Call announcement CFCFA Project life cycle AEC Manager Program manager Project Manager Project Manager AEC Manager Program coordinator Finance Manager Project Manager Activity indicators Results dissemination Results dissemination Projects approval Proposal application Proposals Evaluation Contracting Execution, Management Results evaluation Call announcement Proposals reception Reporting Final report CONTEST /Disproof Project Coordinator Project Coordinator Experts Projects Cordinator Project Coordinator Project Coordinator Experts Project Coordinator Final report Publications Evalualuation fiche Financing contract Intermediate report Results Evaluation fiche Approved projects Application form

  21. Problems • Still high phenomenon - Brain Drain; • Quite difficult and sophisticated procedures for applying project proposals (ex. estimations of expenditure); • Quite low level of IT use (Online submission system – management and back-office - bad working); • Low level of working experiences for staff (particularly for CFCFA); • Low level of connections between research institutes, universities and private companies; • In today Government Program, R&D is not in list of National priorities (politicians are unsatisfied for R&D outcomes); 17-18 April, 2013, Kyiv, Ukraine

  22. Problems (cont.) • Low transparency in PMC (conflict of interest in the distribution of money); • National R&D has conservative character (connection between R&D units and public authorities - low levels); • Still quite low level of participations of the national R&D units in developing of the international projects proposal (co-funding - is not guaranteed) • Enough money (public) for quality support of R&D etc. 17-18 April, 2013, Kyiv, Ukraine

  23. Needs • Develop new funding programs: • Cooperation (mandatory to have consortium at least between one unit from research institute, university and private company – 40 % of R&D budget); • Capacity support programs: • R&D infrastructures; • Ensuring of the co-financing for the approved international projects; • Young scientists support; • Scientific events support; • Mobility support (from brain drain to brain mobility) etc. • program for the fundamental research (applications in English – external evaluations); • Increasing the building capacity of the staff for executive institutions (joint projects …) 17-18 April, 2013, Kyiv, Ukraine

  24. Future tasks • Clarity and simplification of procedures for project submission (information package - similar forms for submission of international projects); • Fostering the international standards for implementing of evaluation system for R&D activities; • Opening and international relations development with similar institutions; • Improvement of national legal aspects of calls and projects management; • Development of a sustainable e-platform for calls and projects management etc. 17-18 April, 2013, Kyiv, Ukraine

  25. Thank you for your attention ! http://cfcfa.asm.md cfcfa@asm.md 17-18 April, 2013, Kyiv, Ukraine

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