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FNR Foresight. Launch event Phase 2 16th of October 2006. Aim of the exercise. Identification of research domains in the public sector with short-term and/or long-term socio-economic interest for Luxembourg society - PowerPoint PPT PresentationTRANSCRIPT
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FNR Foresight
Launch event Phase 216th of October 2006
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Aim of the exercise
■ Identification of research domains in the public sector with short-term and/or long-term socio-economic interest for Luxembourg society
■ Identify areas on which to concentrate public investment for R&D with a view to develop real centres of S/T excellence in Luxembourg
■ New FNR programmes including: Programme priority axes Programme objectives
■ Clarification and dissemination of strategic aim of FNR programmes among stakeholders
■ Consolidation of communication networks amongst stakeholders
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FNR Foresight outline Phase 1
FNR Programme Evaluation
Mapping R&D in
Luxembourg
Trends at international
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Diagnosis
Building Strategic Scenarios
Background data report
Strategy Building
Exploratory Workshop
FNR Board and Sci. Council
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Priorities Building
Interviews 60 major
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Questionnaires> 30% response rate
Young researchers workshop
Data analysis
Data collection(General lack of data)
Priorities/Recommendations to the Ministries
FNR programmes
Phase 2
Internet Forum
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FNR evaluation
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Key evaluation findings
■ Supported 55 projects since 2000 with circa 49 million Euro
committed (March 06) out of 57.7 million Euro
■ Funded an additional 1 919 person months in research projects
■ Invested in unique high profile research infrastructure
■ Reinforced evaluation and monitoring of research outputs
■ Helped to create new interactions – almost 50% of the projects
have involvement of public or private sector actors
■ Too early to demonstrate strong socio-economic impacts
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Key issues
■ Linking better with all relevant ministries
■ Better monitoring of programme achievements
Need for indicators to measure contribution to programme aims
Need to clarify role of Steering Groups
■ Developing stakeholder confidence in project evaluation
■ Improving quality and consistency of programme descriptions
■ Prioritising knowledge management within FNR
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Stakeholder Views: Interviews
■ Total of 50 2-hour interviews + 9 phone interviews
Interviewees
Minister & Secretary of State, Members of Parliament (Lux. and EU), Ministries, Agencies
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CRPS, CEPS, University of Luxembourg, other public inst.: 23
Private sector 17
Universities abroad, Institutions abroad 6
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Young researchers Workshop
■ Collect young researchers views on: Lux. research landscape Identify, validate and assess emerging research priorities
■ 5 Workshops with 100 participants Physical Sciences and Engineering ICT Biomedical Sciences Environmental Sciences Social Sciences and Humanities
■ Response of young researchers ambivalent: « Good to be asked » (never been before) Did not know what to answer (« not the right people to ask ») A lot of current problems raised (administration, collaboration, etc.) follow-up important to get young researchers to « think foresight »
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Stakeholder views■ Researchers see the impact of their activity more as contributing to
incremental rather than radical innovation
■ There is a need to match views from a diverse range of stakeholders (public and private sectors)
■ Researchers support the need for prioritisation, but on their own
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New domains are not prioritised over old
Fundamental research receives equal support to applied research
Socio-economic outputs, do not only mean economic outputs
Investment in people receives stronger support relative to infrastructure
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Top issues raised in the online questionnaire
Strategy development:■ “Luxembourg needs to commit to a national R&D policy: public
and private stakeholders have to be integrated and committed to the same overall targets; national cooperation at all levels is important for the overall success of R&D activities.”
Criteria for selection of R&D fields:■ “I think Luxembourg should not try to win any 'Nobel Prizes' by
doing research in novel and 'hip' areas, but should focus on essential research which will help the country's welfare and economy in the short and long run.”
Research system parameters:■ “The focus is in my feeling too much on applied research.
Applied research of tomorrow was always and will always be the fundamental research of today. So fundamental research has to be made to assure a future applied research.”
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Top issues…continued
Research culture:
■ “Encourage exposure to international research community by facilitating international collaborative projects. Encourage (national) visibility of the research activities in the different projects (FNR has a role as an information dissemination platform).”
Funding process:
■ “Continuously monitor scientific quality and productivity. Best way is via peer review (including site visits) by outside experts. Regularly demand accountability from researchers and administrators to ensure that public funds are well spent. Support what works, abolish what doesn’t.”
Human resource development:
■ “It is important to create a critical mass of experienced researchers and infrastructure in Luxembourg to attract scientists from abroad.”
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Balance to be sought in objectives for FNR funding for research in Luxembourg?
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Priority analysis
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Trends at the international level : 54 emerging domains
■ Identified from: Foresight projects conducted by the European Commission Research priorities identified from 13 comparator countries FNR 2005 call for programme proposals Interviews and questionnaires
Social Sciencesand Humanties
Physical Sciencesand Engineering
Information Communication Technologies
Bio-Medical Sciences
Environmental Sciences
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Online questionnaire
5 thematic fields:■Environmental sciences■Bio-medical sciences■Information communication technologies■Physical sciences and engineering■Social sciences and humanities
15 research areas
54 research domains
3-13 research axes per domain
A list of research domains was assembled based on:■Thematic priorities from the international trends analysis of 13 comparator countries■Foresight projects conducted by the European Commission■FNR 2005 call for proposals■The ongoing foresight process (interviews, workshop)
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Level of Granularity
Thematic field Research area
Research domain
Research axis
Environmental sciences
Global change and ecosystem
Water management
Drinking water
Bio-medical sciences
Diseases Cardiovascular diseases
Metabolism and the Cv system
ICT Infrastructure Telecoms
Physical sciences and engineering
Knowledge based multifunctional materials
Housing and civil engineering
Energy efficient buildings
Social & human sciences
Economy, policies, institutional framework
Economy and finance
Dynamics of financial wealth creation
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Online Questionnaire
■ Questionnaire open to a full range of stakeholders
Respondants : 283 questionnaires validated (800 people contacted) %
CRPs, CEPS, University of Luxembourg, CHL 46
Universities abroad, Institutions abroad 22
Private sector 14
Other public inst.: Museums, Hospitals, Associations, Small institutes, Central bank 11
Ministries, Agencies, Chamber of commerce etc 7
Male respondants 78
Female respondants 22
283 questionnaires usable
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How is a domain assessed?■ Attractiveness :
Societal need Economic need Emerging trend Sustainable development need
■ Feasibility: Scientific base Economic base Regional partners
■ Competition intensity: Extent to which the research domain is being prioritised by other
countries. Note, this particular point requires careful consideration, as it is
complicated by the fact that for Luxembourg to reap benefit of prioritising a research domain its scientists will also need to be part of a wider community of scientists where knowledge exchange is important.
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4 common domains amongst top domains selected by public & private sector
Private sector respondents only
Materials and novel properties 1st
Water management 2nd
Nanosciences and nanotechnologies 3rd
Engineering 3rd
Natural environment management 4th
Sustainable production and products 5th
Sustainable transports and logistics 6th
Earth Observation 7th
Language diversity and linguistic competences 7th
Social integration and social exclusion 8th
Telecommunications 8th
Culture, history, identity 8th
Demography, childhood, youth and intergenerational relations 8th
Public sector respondents only
Water management 1st
Natural environment management 2nd
School, work, qualifications 3rd
Biotechnologies 4th
Bio Energies 5th
Infectious diseases and immunity 5th
21st century challenges and life-style related diseases 5th
Earth Observation 6th
Nanosciences and nanotechnologies 7th
Biodiversity, conservation and GMOs 7th
Health and Environment 7th
Photovoltaic solar energy 7th
Source: online questionnaire results
Note: coloured circles refer to competition level from other countries – e.g. red = high, amber = medium, and green = low
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Attractiveness – Feasibility Matrix : ‘Clustering’
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4 Types of Domains
Type 1
Very high attractiveness and high feasibility (3)
High attractiveness and high feasibility / Very high attractiveness and medium feasibility (30)
High attractiveness and medium feasibility / medium attractiveness and high feasibility (20)
Medium attractiveness and medium feasibility (1)
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Exploratory workshop
■ Aim: Discuss and validate prioritisation results from
Questionnaire Analyse strategic context for prioritisation
• Strategic Options:• Build critical mass to develop the business base • Scientific excellence strategy• Differentiation strategy (niches)• Sustain diversity in Luxembourg• Research for sustainability
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Strategic support for public research
■ Strategic Options: Build critical mass to develop user driven research activities Scientific excellence strategy Differentiation strategy (niches) Sustain diversity in Luxembourg
■ Recommended strategy: Commitment to Lisbon strategy and Barcelona targets and
objectives• Sustainable economic growth• Social cohesion• Respect for the environment
strategy specific for each Domain specific varying from:• Very close alignment of research (projects) with private sector• Building a strong research/science base for developing economic
opportunities and social issues
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Phase 1 Preliminary Prioritisation
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Roadmap for ICT■ Domain priorities and check coherence with domain profile
Priority 1 : “Security and trust”, “e-services” Priority 2: “Telecommunications”, “Multimedia”, Priority 3: “Business and IT”, “Interactive computing technologies”, “Adaptivity”,
“Modelling and simulation technologies”■ ICT strategy is mostly option 1 (user oriented)
Because of proximity to application areas and involvement of users in their development
■ Rationale Immediate benefits to SMEs in this sector National action plan e-Luxembourg ESA membership and related opportunities Common ground for research and economic activities Existing resource base both economic and research FP7 priority
■ Implementation issues for phase 2 Close collaboration with the industry/private sector (Coordination with
Luxinnovation) Close collaboration with ministry of economy, ministry “classes moyennes” (in
view of e-services) Stimulate closer collaboration ICT activities at CRPs and the University. Could be developed quite rapidly into FNR programme (beginning 2007)
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Roadmap for Physical Sciences and Engineering
■ Domain priorities and check coherence with domain profile Priority 1 : “Nanosciences and nanotechs”, “Materials with novel properties”,
“Supramolecular functional materials” Priority 2: “Engineering”, “Business opportunities from space”, “Industrial design
technology (Modelling and simulation; numerical methods, integration of them in the design process)”
Some domains from priority 1 are in line with strategic option 2.■ Materials strategy is balanced between option 1 and 2
Proximity to application areas and involvement of users in their development■ Rationale
Support local industry in the short term for option 1 domains or prepare future applications by building scientific excellence in specific research axis
Collaboration between public and private sector already existing Existing clusters
■ Implementation issues for phase 2 Finding research axis in “Nanosciences and nanotechs” and “Supramolecular
functional materials” domains where to build scientific excellence with longer term application potential and identify international potential partners
For “Materials with novel properties” develop projects in collaboration with industry
Coordinate with the Ministry of Economy and Luxinnovation
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Roadmap for Life Sciences■ Domain priorities and check coherence with domain profile
Priority 1 : “21st century challenges and life-style diseases” Priority 2: “Cardio-Vascular disease”, “Oncology”, “Infectious diseases and immunity”,
“Biochemistry and cell biology”, “Food and human nutrition”, “Agriculture”
■ Life Science strategy is a option 3 (a differentiation strategy) Most competitive thematic area Luxembourg has already some comparative advantages (cancer tissue bank, epidemiology
resource base, population structure and diversity …)
■ Rationale (for identifying comparative advantages) M. of Economy wants to create favourable environment for biotech companies Address societal/health issues Build on existing strengths and partnership of CRPs with other actors (e.g. CHL) High spill over potential in multi-disciplinary domains
■ Implementation issues for phase 2 Identify existing comparative advantages underlying above domains
• Luxembourg’s particular scientific strengths • Domains with relatively low competition• Highly attractive and feasible domains • Existing economic base• Existing and potential regional/and international partnerships, • Domains identified in national policy statements • Identifying additional actors to maximise spill over potential • Cross-cutting and multidisciplinary domains
Dialogue with the Ministry of Economy in view of their biotech strategy
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Roadmap for Environmental Sciences
■ Domain priorities and check coherence with domain profile
4 domains are identified as a second tier priority.■ Environmental sciences strategy is mostly option 1 (not only business but
also users) Fulfilment of legislative requirements (EU, Kyoto) Meeting societal demands Build on ties of public research and users to be attractive for companies Rationale for
these priorities in Environment Existing scientific base clusters in most of these domains Environmental issues specific for Lux. Increasing legal obligations
■ Implementation issues for phase 2 How many domains should be effectively supported Coordination with the Ministry of Environment and Ministry of Agriculture, Viticulture and
Rural Development Suitable collaboration with users (Agricultural/enviro. meetings) Identify partners and networking / collaborating in the Great Region
1. Water management
2. Natural environment management
3. Bioenergies
4. Climatology, Natural Environment and Catastrophes Forecasting
5. Ecotechnologies
6. Earth Observation
7. Biodiversity and Conservation
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Roadmap for Economy, law and finance
■ New Field issuing from EWS discussion. Apparent need to treat separately from Social Sciences
■ Areas identified during EWS: Improving Business Environment Regulation, Governance and European Integration
■ “Economy, law and finance” strategy relies mostly on option 1 and 3 Business orientated and support for Luxembourg specific applications/niches
■ Rationale Business environment strengthening contributes to economic competitiveness Strong demand from PMEs/Firms for Managerial sciences (lack of researchers) Financial place Luxembourg and Luxembourg School of Finance European Court of Justice and related law services Developing scientific base at the UL Innovation in financial services Analysis of legislative framework
■ Implementation issues for phase 2 Map existing competences Coordination with the Ministry of economy, Ministry des classes moyennes, BCL, ABBL, BEI, Court of
Justice, LSF… Coordination with private sector (banks, insurances, etc) Competence building Rapid implementation into concrete funding mechanisms
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Roadmap for Social sciences and humanities
■ Two large areas have been identified plus one interdisciplinary domain: School, work, qualifications, welfare Culture, Language Diversity, History, Identity One interdisciplinary domain (with Health and medical sciences): Ageing
■ Social sciences and humanities” strategy relies mostly on option 1 (societal need) and option 2
Social/cultural issues have to be taken up by research to guide policy/knowledge society Scientific excellence: improve methods for social sciences in Luxembourg; FNR should
work as standard implementing body■ Rationale for these priorities
Labour market problems: unemployment rising; transborder workers import Ageing: demographic challenge and planning ahead; existing base in current
programmes Cultural issues: important in the multi-cultural context in view of social cohesion Multilingualism is a niche for Luxembourg; potential for multi-disciplinarity with ICT Developing scientific base at the UL and CEPS Setting standards for data and methodology
■ Implementation issues for phase 2 Coordination with Ministry of Culture, Education, Labour, Social Security, Family, Health,
Economy (statistics) and other relevant actors and users Ageing: continue Forum activities Work/labour markets/social security: greater region relevant Competence building
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Overall Results
■ Stakeholder identification and initial involvement
■ Networking within research community
■ Networking within agencies
■ Roadmap for Foresight in several domains
■ Good basis for 2nd phase
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Key issues for prioritisation
■ Research competency is broadly spread across
many domains – making prioritisation difficult
■ Concentration of public R&D investments on “core
areas” in view of constituting centres of S/T
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■ Prioritisation should address a relevant proportion
of research funding in Luxembourg
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Evaluation of Phase 1
Michael Keenan
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FNR Foresight
www.fnr.lu
Phase 2 and beyond
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Timescale
■ Proposal of set of national priorities to the Government in march 2007
■ Assess suitability of public funding instruments: FNR programmes Centre of competence Performance contracts Greater Region funding scheme, etc.
■ Implementation of Foresight results through public funding instruments by 2008
■ Continue Foresight culture
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FNR Foresight outline Phase 2
Stakeholder Workshop
Phase 1 Results
Priorities/ Recommendations to
the Ministries
FNR programmes
Desk Research
Challenges for Luxembourg
Expert Panel Workshop 1
Expert Panel Workshop 1
Expert Panel Workshops 1
Expert Panel Workshop 1
Expert Panel Workshop 1
Expert Panel Workshops 2
Interim Reports
Input Papers
Final Report
•Environmental sciences•Bio-medical sciences•Information communication technologies•Physical sciences and engineering•Social sciences and humanities•Law, Economy and Finance
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Phase 1 Preliminary Prioritisation
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Higher level Prioritisation: Political choice based on assessmentTranslate priorities into funding mechanisms
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Luxembourg ForesightPhase 2
Anette Braun, Karlheinz Steimueller
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