RESEARCH COOPERATION BETWEEN
THE EC’S JRC & SLOVAK REPUBLIC
CHALLENGES AND OPPORTUNITIES FOR THE
SLOVAK SCIENCE, TECHNOLOGY AND
INNOVATION SYSTEM
Štefan Chudoba
State Secretary
10. June 2014
RIS3 SK – Slovak Smart
Specialization Strategy
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Slovak national smart specialization strategy
RIS3 SK was approved by the Slovak
Government on 13 November 2013.
Main Goals:
 Deepening
integration and embeddedness of key
major industries
 Increased contribution of research to the
economic growth
 Improving the quality of human resources for an
innovative Slovakia
RIS3 SK includes the following research
and development priorities:
Research and Development priorities:
• 1. Material Research and Nanotechnology
• 2. Information and Communication Technologies
• 3. Biomedicine and Biotechnology
Technological priorities:
• 4. Industrial Technologies
• 5. Sustainable Energy
• 6. Environment and Agriculture
Societal Challenges
• 7. Selected areas of social sciences (with respect to the most
pressing problems of the Slovak society
RIS3 SK specialization for
industry
AREAS OF ECONOMIC
SPECIALISATION:
• Automotive and mechanical engineering
industries
• Consumer electronics and electrical
equipment
• Information and communication
technologies and Services
• Production and processing of iron and steel
PROSPECTIVE AREAS OF
SPECIALISATION:
• Automation, robotics and digital technology,
• Processing and increasing the value of light
metals and their alloys,
• Production and processing of plastics,
• Creative industry,
• Increasing the value of domestic raw
material base
University Science Parks and Research
Centres
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Current situation in Slovak Republic (2007 –
2014)
67 Centres of Excellence (support excellent
fundamental research)
8 Competence Centres (relatively large clusters of
academic institutions and industry)
11 University Science Parks and Research
Centres (5 already implementing Bratislava,
Trnava, Košice, Nitra, Žilina), with links to
businesses
University Science Parks and
Research Centres – main roles
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Strong link with RIS3 SK and H2020 priorities
Development of excellent research infrastructure,
support for elite scientific teams
Co-operation with & creation of clusters, networking
Increase the attractiveness of Slovak R&D for
young researchers and researchers from EU
Applied research - cooperation with industry and
commercialization of scientific outputs
Support for start-up a spin-off companies
Automotive industry
Geographical distribution of Science parks and Research Centres
Science park
Research centre
Research centre
Research centre
Science park
Science park
Science park
Research centre
Science park
Science park
Science park
Research centre
Material research, research on new materials, nanotechnology
Industrial research (transport, mechanical engineering, electrical engi
Environmental protection, agriculture, food quality
Biomedicine and biotechnology
Information and communication technologies
Implementation of the Inovation Process in SR Industry
Implementation: MŠVVaŠ
SAV
"Land of No One"
!!!!! Room for
Prototypes
Applied Research
Research & Development
Horizon 2020
Cars 2020
Private Investment
Implementation: MH
Companies
Mass Production
Start Up, Spin Off,
Production Verification
Technical Preparation
of Production
Good
Weak
Insufficient
Implementation Strategy of the Research and Development at the MŠVVaŠ
RIS3 -Priorities
State
budget
Private resources Horizon 2020
Management:
R&I Government Concil
S&T General Directorate
Cars 2020
Management:
S&T General Directorate
Slovak Research and
Development Agency
Legislation
Management:
R&I Government Concil
S&T General Directorate
Acts on:
Materials
Incentives
BIO - MED
Agriculture-Environment
Energy
Societal challenges
OPR&I 1,0 billion €
1,4 billion €
OPHR - Education
cca 400 m€
similar structure
as for Horizon 2020
R&D financing
APVV
Deduction of
Project Preparation
R&D Expenditure Networking
Financing of
Universities
from Income Tax Project Preparation Exp.
Project Preparation
Link to the RIS3 Priorities Networks:
for Horizon 2020
SAV
Cooperation with:
Automotive Ind. Association
Companies
Companies
Link to the RIS3 Priorities
Universities
Universities
ICT
Industrial Technologies
14 Priorities
National Delegates
National Contact Points
Increase to
1,2% GDP
Goal - 700 m€
Goal min. 400 m€
Goal min. 100 m€
Goal 30 m€/p.a.
National Horizon 2020 Support Structures
Scheme
National Horizon 2020 co-ordinator
(MŠVVaŠ SR)
National NCP
co-ordinator
(at the CVTI SR)
National contact
points - NCP
(at the CVTI SR)
National delegates
(MŠVVaŠ SR)
Slovak Liaison
Office for Research
and Development in
Brussels
(at the CVTI SR)
Slovak Research &
Development
Agency
Programmes
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National Horizon 2020 Co-ordinator – MŠVVaŠ SR
Patrik Helmich (patrik.helmich@minedu.sk)
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National delegates – 14 Programme committees + 2 for
EURATOM, Supporting the SR interests in preparation of Work
Programmes (biannual), (calls, financing, ...)
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National contact points (NCP)
Providing information services about calls, information days,
seminars, consultations, partner search, databases
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National
NCP
coordinator
(jana.tomkova@cvtisr.sk)
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Jana
Tomková
NCPs contact: h2020@cvtisr.sk
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Slovak Liaison Office for Research and Development in
Brussels
- Support for Slovak institutions in H2020 & other EU initiatives &
programmes
- Propagation of Slovak research, its results and potential at the EU
level
- Liaison and contacts to European institutions and organisations in
Partnership possibilities:
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Raw materials - magnesite (KIC):
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partners: Technical University of Košice, Slovak
Academy of Sciences
focus: Support the potential of raw materials magnesite in extraction, processing & industrial
use on EU level
contact persons:
Ján Spišák jan.spisak@tuke.sk
Pavol Šajgalík uachsajg@savba.sk
František Simančík ummssima@savba.sk
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Partnership possibilities:
Carbon fibre and Kevlar:
 partners: Technical University of Bratislava,
Continental Matador Rubber, Dipex
 focus: industrial production & processing of
carbon fibre & Kevlar, including construction of
machines & utilities
 contact persons:
Jozef Peterka jozef.peterka@stuba.sk
Štefan Rosina rosinas@matador-group.eu
Emanuel Polešenský
polesensky1@stonline.sk
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Partnership possibilities:
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Decommissioning & nuclear safety:
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partners: Technical University of Bratislava, Slovak
Academy of Sciences, JAVYS (Nuclear &
Decommissioning Company)
focus: scientific support for maintenance and
decommissioning of nuclear installations, education
- The summer school of decommissioning for
universities students
contact person:
Vladimír Slugeň vladimir.slugen@stuba.sk
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Partnership possibilities:
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ICT:
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partners: ICT cluster Košice, Technical
University of Košice and University of P.J.
Šafárik
focus: The project brings together 40 ICT
SMEs, the creation of e-cloud processes to
support SMEs, social innovation and e-Health,
project supports objectives of the Danube
Strategy
contact person:
Radoslav Delina radoslav.delina@tuke.sk
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Partnership possibilities:
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Water Management and Flood Protection
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partners: Technical University of Košice,
Technical University of Bratislava, EVPU (The
Electrotechnical Research & Projecting Company)
Nová Dubnica
focus: rational use of drinking water, innovative
waste water management, cleaning of surface
waters from cyanobacteria, flood prevention
systems
contact persons:
Ľubomír Šooš lubomir.soos@stu.sk
Miroslav Badida miroslav.badida@tuke.sk
Jozef Buday buday@evpu.sk
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Partnership possibilities:
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Waste Management:
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partners: Technical University of Bratislava,
EVPU (The Electrotechnical Research &
Projecting Company) Nová Dubnica
focus: innovative research in the field of
communal waste recovery with special emphasis
on energetic recovery - gasification
contact persons:
Marián Peciar marian.peciar@stuba.sk
Jozef Buday buday@evpu.sk
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Partnership possibilities:
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Forest management:
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partners: Technical University of Zvolen
focus: adaptive forest management and
creation of climate change adaptive forest
ecosystems
contact person:
Rudolf Kropil: rektor@tuzvo.sk
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Partnership possibilities:
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Biomedicine – a) research of cancer
b) Alzheimer disease research
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partners: Comenius University Bratislava, Slovak
Medical University in Bratislava, Slovak Academy of
Sciences
focus: excellent and innovative scientific approach
to the most important medical research on the EU
level
contact persons:
Ján Turňa jan.turna@rec.uniba.sk
Ján Slezák jan.slezak@szu.sk
Michal Novák michal.novak@savba.sk
Partnership possibilities:
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Widening of participation in EU
research
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ERA CHAIRS
ERA-NET
European Innovation and Technology Institute
(KIC EIT)
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KIC - Raw Materials
KIC - Food4Future
Twinning, Teaming
Partnership possibilities – Danube
Strategy
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Roma Education project
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partners: Slovak Academy of Sciences, Danube
countries universities
focus: re-inclusion of young Roma children to the
existing education system, elaboration of a specific
training of teachers focused on inclusion and other
Roma social challenges
contact person:
Ondrej Kaščák ondrej.kascak@savba.sk
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Partnership possibilities – Danube
Strategy
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Danube Academy for Dual Education
partners: Ministry of Education, Science, Research &
Sport of the Slovak Republic, State Institute for
Vocational Education, Volkswagen Slovakia, BadenWürttemberg - Ministry of Finance and Economics,
Wirtschaftskammer Österreich
 focus: Systematic support to the vocational education
and training (VET), practical dual education in
companies , enhancing co-operation and best practices
transfer in VET
 contact persons:
Roderik Klinda roderik.klinda@minedu.sk
Hans-Peter Herdlitschka HansPeter.Herdlitschka@mfw.bwl.de
Barbara Wilfinger barbara.wilfinger@wko.at
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Partnership possibilities – Danube
Strategy
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Flagship projects, etc...
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DREAM (environment, navigability,
hydromorfology of the Danube river)
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Political support for DRRIF (Danube Regional
Research and Innovation Fund)
Thank you for your attention!
stefan.chudoba@minedu.sk