STRUCTURE OF THE PRESENTATION

Mirror of Macedonian science Institutional infrastructure Protagonists of science policy Scientific human resources Legal frame Financial aspects New strategy Governmental measures

Macedonian participation in international programs

SCIENTIFIC INSTITUTIONAL INFRASTRUCTURE IN R.MACEDONIA

Universities (5) Faculties (37) Public Scientific Institutes (13) Colleges (2)

Macedonian Academy of Sciences and Arts Members (42) Departments (5) Research Centers (2)

Independent research groups

UNIVERSITIES

State UniversitiesSts “Cyril and Methodius” – SkopjeSts “Clement of Ohrid” – BitolaTetovo University - Tetovo

Private UniversitiesUniversity of South and Eastern Europe –

TetovoEuropean University - Skopje

PROTAGONISTS OF SCIENCE POLICY IN R.MACEDONIAMinistry of Education and Science

Department of Science and Technology

•Unit for planning of science •Unit for projects•Unit for legal aspects of science and technology•Unit for technological development and technical culture

•Unit for International Scientific Cooperation (FP6, COST, NATO, UNESCO, IAEA, JICA, bilateral cooperation)

Council for Science and Research

SCIENTIFIC HUMAN RESOURCES IN MACEDONIA

YEAR 1998 1999 2000 2001 2002 2003 2004

Total 3275 3168 3094 2909 2869 2589 2552

FTE 1892 1838 1786 1630 1519 1464 1447

FTE per 1000 LF 2.4 2.3 2.2 1.9 1.8 1.7 1.7

LEGAL FRAME FOR SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY IN R.MACEDONIA

Law for Scientific and Research Activity Internal documents for:

• Supporting of young scientists• Financing of scientific projects• Supporting of publishing

Law for Macedonian Academy of Sciences and Arts

Law on Encouraging and Supporting the Technological Development

FINANCIAL ASPECT OF SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY IN R.MACEDONIA

Budget contribution in R&D

0.445.2 million EUR1.18 billion EUR2002

0.585.2 million EUR910 million EUR2001

0.394.3 million EUR1.05 billion EUR2000

0.946.1 million EUR690 million EUR1999

0.625 million EUR830 million EUR1998

%PART FOR SCIENCEBUDGETYEAR

0.545.0 million EUR915 million EUR2003

5.1 million EUR923 million EUR2004 0.55

R&D intensity (%) of GDP by sector of performance

FINANCIAL ASPECT OF SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY IN R.MACEDONIA

2001

0.13

0.16

0.02

0.32

2000

0.27

0.15

0.03

0.44

1999

0.14

0.16

0.04

0.35

1998

0.23

0.15

0.05

0.43

TYPE OF EXPENDITURE

HERD (Expenditure on R&D in the Higher Education)/GDP

GOVERD (Government intramural expenditure on R&D)/GDP

BERD (Expenditure on R&D in the Business sector)/GDP

GERD (Gross domestic expenditure on R&D)/GDP

2002

0.15

0.11

0.01

0.27

2003

0.14

0.08

0.003

0.22

2004

0.12

0.11

0.015

0.25

Financing of Science and Technology in Macedonia

• Salary for Public Scientific Institutions and High Education Institutions

• Programs for Public Scientific Institutions• Fellowship for postgraduate and doctoral students• Participation in scientific meetings• Research projects, Technological development

projects • Bilateral projects• Equipment• Investments in infrastructure

FINANCIAL ASPECT OF SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY IN R.MACEDONIA

Integrated approach in the research activities Necessity Quality

Definition of criteria for supporting R&D activities Enlargement of the amount for fellowship Internationalization of R&D Regional cooperation Intra governmental coordination Definition of priorities Establishing a peer evaluation procedure

NEW STRATEGY FOR IMPROVEMENT OF R&D

RECENT ACTIVITIES Enabled national access to SCOPUS Construction of database with publications and

citations of institutions and researchers from R. Macedonia

Construction of a database of patents in R. Macedonia

FUTURE ACTIVITIES are set in the Action Plan of the Program for development of R&D for 2006-2010

NEW STRATEGY FOR IMPROVEMENT OF R&D

Institute of Chemistry, Faculty of Natural Sciences and Mathematics

Research Centre for Genetic Engineering and Biotechnology, Macedonian Academy of Sciences and Arts

Nephrology Clinic, Faculty of Medicine Institute for Earthquake Engineering and

Engineering Seismology

POTENTIAL CENTERS OF EXCELLENCE

Programs for improvement of R&D for encouraging and supporting national R&D projects, for granting fellowships for post-graduate and doctoral

studies both in the country and abroad, for supporting researchers for participation at

international meetings, target research program for coordination of the R&D

activities within the governmental bodies, for development of R&D infrastructure

GOVERNMENTAL MEASURES IN THE R&D SECTOR

Program for development of R&D for 2006-2010

For enhanced technological development, measures are taken in order to:

• stimulate and support the cooperation between the universities and the industry;• improve and intensify the use of the scientific

research results in the industry; • promotion of the technological development of the

enterprises aimed at stimulation of their competitiveness

GOVERNMENTAL MEASURES IN THE R&D SECTOR

REPUBLIC OF MACEDONIA R&D COOPERATION

Bilateral cooperationCOSTFP6 NATOUNESCO IAEAJICA

Bilateral cooperation

>100 bilateral projects with: Slovenia France Germany Serbia Bulgaria Croatia Japan

New with: Albania China USA Russian Federation Israel Austria, soon

COST

R.Macedonia became a member in May 2002

Macedonian scientists participate in 25 COST Actions in the fields of (civil engineering, forestry and forest products, agriculture and biotechnology, chemistry, physics, life sciences, telecommunication)

Macedonia hosted the 158th Meeting of the COST Senior Officials in February 2004

6th FRAMEWORK PROGRAM

40 projects approved (from >200 proposals)

2 multilateral projects (Dept. Science) SEE-ERA-NET ERA WEST BALKAN

4.5 million EUR!

STATUS AND PERSPECTIVES

In the ANALYTICAL REPORT for the opinion on the application of the Republic of Macedonia for EU membership (General evaluation, page 137*):

“If it continues its efforts, the Republic of Macedo-nia should not have major difficulties in applying the acquis in the medium term in the following fields:- …- Science and research;- …*http://www.sei.gov.mk/documents/eip/ANALYTICAL_REPORT_COM(2005)562.pdf

Macedonia's Megalithic Kokino Observatory is more than 3,800 years old. NASA has ranked it the fourth

oldest in the world.