THE SLOVAK POLICY
AND THE FINANCING OF
SCIENCE AND
TECHNOLOGY
Ing. Diana Demková, diana.demkova@minedu.sk
Ministry of Education, Science, Research and Sport of the Slovak republic
SLOVAK REPUBLIC
49,034 square kilometres (1,17% of EU27
area)
 Population: 5,44 million in 2011 (1,08% of
EU27 population)
 GDP per capita: € 12,700
 GERD – 0,63% GDP in 2010 (EU27 – 2% GDP)

RESEARCH POLICY
Law on the Organisation of the State Support of
Research and Development (172/2005)
 Long-term Objective of the State S&T Policy up
to 2015 – Phoenix Strategy


S&T Strategy up to 2020
TRENDS IN R&D FUNDING IN SLOVAKIA
2008
2009
2010
EU average
2010
5.9
-4.9
4.2
1.9
0.47
0.48
0.63
2.00
58.5
55.9
76.6
490.2
165.6
153.2
206.4
92,729.0
State budget expenditures on R&D
as % of GDP
0.25
0.24
0.32
0.76
Business expenditures on R&D
(€ million)
109.7
106.4
145.9
151.125.6
Business expenditures on R&D
as % of GDP
0.16
0.17
0.22
1.23
GDP growth rate
Gross expenditures on R&D
as % of GDP
Gross expenditures on R&D
per capita
State budget expenditures on R&D
(€ million)
KEY RESEARCH PERFORMERS
Ministry of Education, Science, Research and
Sport
 Ministry of Economy and other ministries
 Slovak Academy of Sciences
 Higher education institutions
 Associations of employers, industrial research
organisations

KEY FUNDING AGENCIES

Slovak Research and Development Agency
(20.51m€ in 2011)
-
general calls
programmes
VEGA (13.5m€ in 2011)
 KEGA (2.5m€ in 2011)

Thank you
for your attention!