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FEATURES OF SCIENTIFIC AND TECHNICAL POTENTIAL OF UKRAINEMykhailo YavorskyMykhailo Yavorsky

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According to the materials of the Ministry of Education and Science of UkraineAccording to the materials of the Ministry of Education and Science of Ukraine

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FEATURES OF SCIENTIFIC AND TECHNICAL POTENTIAL OF UKRAINE

The population is about 49 million people, 46 % of the population are men, and 54 % are women. 33.3 million people are urban inhabitants, and 15.7 million people are rural dwellers. Population density has 85 people for 1 sq. km. People of 128 nations, nationalities and ethnic groups live in Ukraine. The Ukrainian language is native for 66.3 % of population, for 31.3 % of population the native is Russian. English is the most widely spread foreign language.

The surface of Ukraine is 603.7 thousand sq. km. By its dimensions Ukraine occupies the first place in Europe. The neighbors of Ukraine are Byelorus, Russia, Hungary, Romania, Moldova, Poland and Slovakia. In the South Ukraine is washed by the Black and Azov Seas. Across the Black Sea waters Ukraine borders on Turkey, Bulgaria, Georgia and Russia, Romania. The total length of the frontiers is 6500 km, including 1050 km of maritime ones.

In 1991 a new state appeared on the political map of the world. Ukraine, a democratic legal state, “was established on the basis of Ukrainian people’s Sovereign right to self-determination”. It comprises of 24 administrative regions and Autonomous Republic of Crimea. Kyiv and Sevastopol are the cities of national jurisdiction.

Ukraine as a European country


Scientific personnel

There is a tendency of reduction of the scientific personnel in Ukraine beginning from 1995. In 2001 it was 3,4 % as compared to 2000, and in the whole period of 1991- 2001 the scientific personnel was reduced more than by half. Combining jobs became widely used.

Joining pedagogical activity with business is livening up among higher education instructors.

The number of scientific organizations personnel in Ukraine in 2001 (thousand people) (Diagram 1).

Principal activity employees 181.5including:Specialists employed in scientific,Scientific and technical work 113.3support personnel 33.8Employees who combine jobs withscientific,Scientific and technical work

55.4

Diagram 1


Diagram 2

Industry branch sector has 64 % of the organizations that conducted scientific research. 20 % of scientific research organizations are concentrated in academic sector, this of higher education has 10 %, and 6 % are in the factory sector. In comparison with 1991, the academic and higher educational sectors almost have not changed, but the industry branch has grew and the factory one has decreased (Diagram 2).


Distribution of scientific organizations by regions of Ukraine (units)

353

213

100

98

94

84

51

50

42

40

39

35

33

30

29

227

the city of Kyiv

Kharkiv region

Dnipropetrovsk region

Donetsk region

Lviv region

Odesa region

Zaporizhia region

Lugansk region

Mykolayiv region

Crimea AR

Kyiv region

Cherkasy region

Vinnytsia region

Sumy region

Zakarpatska region

others

Diagram 3

The distribution of scientific organizations by regions of Ukraine is presented by Diagram 1.4., which shows that the majority of organizations (20 %) is concentrated in the city of Kyiv. The following stand out among the regions: Kharkiv region – 14.1 %, Donetsk region – 7.7 %, Dnipropetrovsk region – 6.6 % of the total number.


The indexes of the post-graduate activity (people)

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The number of post-graduates

Graduated with thesis defense

Diagram 4

The indexes of the doctorate activity (people)

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The number of working for doctor’s degree

Graduated with thesis defense

Diagram 5

The number of scientists entering post-graduate and doctor studies has grown in these recent years (Diagram 4, 5).In 2001 among 434 institutions that trained post-graduates there were 234 scientific research institutions and 200 higher educational establishments. On the whole in 1990-2001 the total number of post-graduates of all forms of studies increased by 81 %.

Especially this growth was due to admittance to post-graduate studies at higher educational institutions (almost twice). The biggest increase in number of post-graduates was noted in the following sciences: political – 12.8 %, legal – 11.9 %, psychological – 8.6 %, economic – 7.8 %, and at the same time the number of post graduates diminished in the following sciences: technical – 3 %, historic – 4 %.


As the general tendency shows the reduction of people employed in scientific and technical spheres, the share of specialists with academic degrees (candidates and doctors) has more stable form (Diagram 6).

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The number of scientific personnel (thousand people)

candidates of sciences

candidates of sciences,including those whocombine jobs

doctors of sciences

doctors of sciences,including those whocombine jobs

Diagram 6

The scientific organizations personnel in Ukraine have the following scientific degrees:

Doctors of science 9.1 thousand people including those who combine jobs 5.0 thousand peopleCandidates of sciences 40.9 thousand people including those who combine jobs 21.9 thousand people


The share of total national allocations for scientific research in gross domestic product (GDP) is the main indicator of materialized attention of the society to the science.

Analysis of this indicator dynamics proved the presence of several phases during the past decade:

1990-1991 – the index was at rather high levels;

1993-1995 – new economic conditions resulted in two time reduction of the support for science;

1996-1997 – the reduction of scientific allocations was almost proportional to the general decrease of GDP.

In 2001 the national expenditures for science in Ukraine were 2433 million hryvnias or 1.2 % of GDP (Diagram 7).

Financial support of the science

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Science capacity of GDP and state budget of Ukraine, %

share of expenditures for science in GDP, %

dynamics of science capacity of state budgetexpenditures (according to the data of theCounting chamber of Verkhovna Rada, Ministry ofFinance of Ukraine)

Diagram 7


Distribution of financing for scientific research by sectors of science (million hryvnias)

957,4

428,262

80,624,8

Customers’ funds

State budget funds

other funds

State Innovation Fundassets

Proper funds oforganizations, thatconducted SRRDW.

The distribution of expenditures for science in 1999 presented in Diagram 8.

More than the half of scientific research was conducted with the customers’ funds. Among the customers there are domestic non-governmental entities, non-budget funds, foreign orders and grants. As for proper assets of the scientific research organizations they also play an important role, which confirms the creation of some industries that are in demand.

Diagram 8


By October 1, 2000 the State Registers of Ukraine comprise: 27 685 patents for inventions (Diagram 9); 3 666 patents for industrial prototypes (Diagram 10); 569 patents for active models (Diagram 11).

16 313 certificates for goods and services trademarks are registered as well. There were 26 970 international registration of goods and services trademarks (Diagram 12).

Registration of patents and inventions

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according to RST procedure

Registration of industrial prototypes patents

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1992 1993 1994 1995 1996 1997 1998 1999

from national applicants from foreign applicants

International registration of goods and services

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1992 1993 1994 1995 1996 1997 1998 1999from national applicants from foreign applicants

under Madrid Convention

Registration of patents for active models

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1995 1996 1997 1998 1999from national applicants from foreign applicants

Diagram 9 Diagram 10

Diagram 11 Diagram 12


It is stated in the President’s Message to Verkhovna Rada that the basis of the further strategic course and its determinative priority should be formation and realization of the State policy, which is aimed at restructuring of the industry and development of innovation model of economic growth, strengthening of Ukraine as a high technology state.

Priority directions of the science and technics development


The priority directions of the science and technics development aimed at further creation of the state scientific and technical programs on their basis were approved by Ministry of Education and Science of Ukraine for the period of 2001-2004.

Priority directions of the science and technics development

1. Scientific directions of Ukrainian State

development

2. Human health

3. Environment protection

4. Information development of society

5. Energy provision and saving

6. Scientific and technical support


International activity International scientific and technical cooperation is one of the most active and effective means of Ukraine’s integration in European and global space. During the recent years the Ukrainian scientists intensified their contacts with foreign scientific organizations and educational institutions. For that in 1999 the scientists went abroad 13.4 thousand times (Diagram 13).

13,40%2,60%

18,20%

41,70%

24,50%

probation, study qualificationdevelopment

instructing

scientific research

participation in internationalresearch

other purposes

Numbers of times the Ukrainian scientists went abroad

Diagram 13


Ukrainian scientists are carrying out joint projects in the following frameworks:

• International Association for Cooperation Assistance between the scientists of the CIS and European Union (INTAS);

• European Union (INCO-COPERNICUS);• NATO (Science For Peace);• under international agreements.

The governments of the USA, Canada and Sweden financed the scientific and research conversion work for the approximate amount of 18.5 million USD.

USA - 15 million

Canada - 2 million

Sweden - 1.5 million

The greatest experience of international scientific, scientific and technical cooperation was accumulated in NAS of Ukraine, Ministry of Education and Science, State Committee on Industrial Policy, Ukrainian Academy of Agrarian Sciences, Ministry of Health.

The NAS of Ukraine signed and uses more than 40 documents on cooperation with the Academies of Sciences of Austria, Czech Republic, Bulgaria, corresponding Ministries of Netherlands, Korea, Romania, Hungary and China.


Joint research is conducted on almost 600 subjects.

Joint scientific activity is reflected in common publications.

Diagram14 shows the data on the countries that have the closest cooperation with Ukraine.

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Russia

Germany

USA

France

Great Britain

Canada

Israel

Others

Diagram 14


About 50 projects are carried out under NATO Scientific Program and “Science For Peace” program. Traditionally the CIS countries, especially Russia, occupy significant place in the scientific cooperation. Long term scientific and technical programs of cooperation in the sphere of science and technologies are developed practically with all CIS countries.

Successfully is realyzed bilateral cooperation with Western European countries, for example:

Germany – 23 projects under TRANSFORM program;

Poland – 54 scientific research projects; Hungary – 37 joint projects.

Intergovernmental agreements are planned to be signed with European countries: Italy, Portugal, Spain, Greece.

Cooperation with the countries of Asia, Africa, Latin and South America, Republic of Cuba, the People’s Republic of China, the state of Israel, the Socialist Republic of Vietnam, Republic of India is considered as strategically important partnership.


International relations of the NAS of Ukraine have permanent nature. 58 legal documents on international scientific co-operation have been concluded. The direct constructive contacts with the Academies of Sciences and other scientific centres in a number of countries in Europe, Asia and America have been established.

They include the Academies of Sciences in the USA, China, Austria, Norway, Sweden, Germany, England and other scientific centres.

The scientific institutions of the NAS of Ukraine take an active part in execution of international programs, participate in international forums and exhibitions.

Scientists work on probation abroad, make scientific missions and receive foreign colleagues.


Number of missions made by the NASU's employees to the EC countries.

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Austria

Belgium

Great Britain

Germany

Greece

Denmark

Spain

Italy

Portugal

Finland


51 scientific and information organizations are subordinated to Ministry of Education and Science, which carry out scientific projects, provide scientific, information and economic support, conduct examinations, etc.

Functioning of the national system of scientific and technical information is defined as one of the Ministry’s activities. The system comprises: Ukrainian Institute of Scientific, Technical and Economic Information and 20 regional centers of scientific, technical and economic information.

Scientific and technical activity of these centers is aimed to create conditions for growth of innovation activities in the regions. So, the Kyiv Center of scientific, technical and economic information has developed information search systems for completed scientific projects and scientific specialists; they enable enterprises to enlarge the assortment of competitive goods, and allow to update the list of progressive technologies, that Ukraine sends to “International Data Bank of Technologies and Business Opportunities” (the Kyiv CSTEI has exclusive rights to provide this information). Much in demand is the system of information services for Ukrainian administration authorities, which functions successfully providing daily news on events in the sphere of science and technologies.


The L’viv Center for scientific, technical and economic information actively and successfully supports the “L’viv Technopolis” regional program, which provides assistance for joint international scientific ventures, proceeding from the territorial features of L’viv region (international frontiers of the country).

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