2012-2020 National Innovation
Strategy of the Republic of Moldova.
Vision, goals and priorities
Ghenadie CERNEI
Director, Agency for Innovation & Technology Transfer
Academy of Sciences of Moldova
UNECE Conference
27 October, 2011
Chisinau, Republic of Moldova
Overview
• Formally started to be developed in March,
2011
• Republic of Moldova’s Government action
plan for 2011
• Working group, representatives of main actors
in R&D (ME, MF, MAFI, MEc, MRDC, MEd,
MITC, MH, ASM, AITT, IEFS)
• Led by vice prime-ministry, ministry of
Economy
Development team
Valeriu Lazăr
Viceprim-ministru, ministru al economiei, Preşedintele Grupului de lucru
Sergiu Ciobanu
Viceministrul economiei, vicepreşedintele Grupului de lucru
Ghenadie Cernei
Agenţia pentru Inovare şi Transfer Tehnologic, ASM
Viorel Gîrbu
Academia de Ştiinţe a Moldovei
Ion Lupan
Ministerul Economiei
Olga Badanova
Ministerul Economiei
Larisa Ghieş
Ministerul Economiei
Valeriu Bînzaru
Ministerul Finanţelor
Svetlana Ostafi
Ministerul Finanţelor
Victor Donea
Ministrul Agriculturii şi Industriei Alimentare
Corneliu Mîrza
Ministerul Mediului
Iurii Socol
Ministerul Dezvoltării Regionale şi Construcţiilor
Aurel Grosu
Ministerului Sănătăţii
Nadejda Velişco
Ministerul Educaţiei
Andrei Cuşcă
Ministerul Tehnologiei Informaţiei şi Comunicaţiilor
Alexandru Stratan
Institutul de Economie, Finanţe şi Statistică
Valerian Dorogan
Doctor habilitat, prorector pentru cercetare ştiinţifică, Universitatea Tehnică a Moldovei
Evtihii Belîi
Constructorul şef al SA „Topaz.”
Goal
The goal of this strategy is to define the vision,
objectives and measures for creating a
sustainable economy based on knowledge and
innovation in the Republic of Moldova.
Structure
• Part I. Current Situation In The R&D And Innovation Systems
• Part II. Defining The Problems That Require Government
Involvement For The Strategy Implementation
• Part III. 2012-2020 Vision, Goals, Priorities And Measures
• Part IV. ESTIMATED IMPACT OF STRATEGY IMPLEMENTATION
AND Funding Mechanisms
• Part V. Implementation
RDI Statistics
Indicators
2006
2007
2008
2009
2010
GDP (bln MDL)
44.1
53.4
62.9
60.4
71.8
GDP (bln EUR)
2.8
3.3
3.9
3.8
4.5
GDP per capita (EUR)
689
834
983
944
1122
GERD (million MDL)
201
308
395
354
354
R&D intensity (GERD as % of
GDP)
0.46
0.58
0.63
0.59
0.49
GERD per capita (MDL)
50
77
99
89
89
BERD (million MDL)
3.9
5.6
5.67
7.25
9.8
R&D performed by HEIs (%)
14.1
12.1
11.3
13.1
12.8
HRST
2945
3100
3247
3279
3469
YHRST
680
869
711
985
1026
R&D recent developments
0.7
0.63
0.58
0.6
0.5
0.59
0.49
0.46
0.4
0.3
0.2
0.1
0
2006
2007
2008
2009
2010
R&D intensity (GERD as % of GDP)
450
4000
400
3500
350
3000
300
2500
250
2000
200
1500
150
1000
100
500
50
0
0
2006
2007
2008
HRST
2009
YHRST
2010
2006
2007
GDP (bln lei)
2008
2009
GERD (million lei)
2010
Science and
innovation in major
policy documents
Political Level
Parliament
Commission for Education,
Research, Youth and Sport
Operational Level
Government
Ministries:
Economy
Agriculture
Information technology &
communication
Health
Education
Environment
Agencies:
Standard & metrology
Intellectual Property
(AGEPI)
National Bureau of
Statistics
ASM
ASM Assembly
SCSTD
Bureau of SCSDT
ASM President
First Vice-president
Vice-president
Vice-president
Division of natural
and life sciences
Division of exact and
economic sciences
Division of sociohumanistic sciences
RD & HE Institutions:
ASM Institutional members (19)
ASM Specialized members (20)
Universities (12)
ASM Scientific
Secretary
SCSTD executive
office
Auxiliary institutions
Agency for Innovation
and Technology Transfer
S&T Parks
Vice-president
Innovation
Incubators
Other ASM
Organizations
Center for
international
Projects
Logistics division
R&D Performers
STRENGTH
SWOT analysis
An existing network R&D and innovation
organizations and qualified human resources
WEAKNESSES
Weak regulation environment and innovation
infrastructure
An established intellectual property
Low financing level (Failure to reach the target
management system in dynamic evolution and of 1% of GDP for research, innovation and
patenting activities at the European average
technology transfer by l 2011)
level
Relatively good level of R&D
internationalization , associate membership to
FP7
Low capacity of the domestic industry to
absorb technological innovation - Weak
science-industry collaboration
Connection both to the innovation system of
the CIS (as CIS member) and of the EU (as
Associate Member)
Weak capacity of the higher education
andother specialized entities to provide
training and continuous education of
specialists in innovation management,
protection, assessment and marketing of
intellectual property rights
SWOT analysis (cont.)
OPPORTUNITITES
THREATS
Increasing global trend of innovation demand
and supply
Inefficient economic structure
EU support mechanisms (e.g FP7, cross-border
cooperation programmes)
Continuing brain drain
Facilities provided by free trade regime with
Lack of qualified personnel for developing
the CIS and assymmetric trade regime with the high-risk, knowledge-intensive innovative
EU
businesses
Existence of a significant scientific diaspora
and potential of involving it in the national
R&D and innovation activities
Vision
By 2020 at least 25% of the national GDP will be
generated by innovation activities and
"In the period 2012-2020 the Republic of Moldova
will increase its orientation towards innovationbased development and will become competitive
regionally and globally in several priority areas, will
develop the national education and R&D innovation
systems, will enhance performance and create
favorable conditions for entrepreneurship, develop
and stimulate innovative firms".
Dynamics of the sectors with the highest
contribution to the GDP (2001-2010)
Sectors
• Agriculture
• ICT
• Light industry
• Machinery industry
• Infrastructure
• Renewable energy
Strategy approach
• No priority sectors
• Support to sectors that will show higher
contribution to the GDP and export growth
• Encouraging the synergistic development of
inter-sectorial tools that will provide capacitybuilding in various economy sectors, in
correlation with market demand and national
and global economic opportunities.
General Objectives
A. Creation of enabling conditions for an innovationfriendly environment
B. Formation of an educated and creative human
capital, able to innovate
C. Development of an open, competitive and attractive
R&D environment
D. Development of innovative companies, with high
flexibility and technological excellence
A. Creation of enabling conditions for
an innovation-friendly environment
A1. Identification and elimination of barriers;
A2. Improving access to finance;
A3. Counseling services on various innovation aspects;
A4. Venture funds to invest in innovative companies;
A5. Support local innovations through public procurement;
A6. Enhancing the capacity of public institutions in the field of innovations;
A7. Access to international markets with the support of the state’s export promotion
activities;
A8. Implementation of an innovation statistics system
B. Formation of an educated and creative
human capital, able to innovate.
B1. Increasing the number of young people in the 20-24 years age group, who reached
at least the secondary level of higher education, to at least 78% (today – 60%)
B2. Increasing the number of people in the 30-34 years age group between, who
reached the tertiary level of higher education, to at least 32% (today – cca 20%)
B3. Increasing the number of PhD students, especially in the engineering specialties,
to reach the EU27 average.
B4. Increasing the number of employees involved in lifelong learning to at least 15 out
of 100 employees.
B5. Development of an entrepreneurial and innovative culture in higher education
institutions.
C. Development of an open, competitive and
attractive R&D environment
C1. Increasing the number of scientific publications with at least one co-author from
abroad, reaching an annual level of at least 250 publications per 1 million inhabitants,
including among the TOP10% cited publications around the world;
C2. Increasing the number of scientific publications with at least one co​​-author from
the business sector;
C3. Increasing the number of foreign PhD students and of domestic PhD students
doing their doctorate abroad;
C4. Achieving the level of the average EU27 public expenditure for R&D by 2015 and
maintaining it until 2020;
C5. Increasing the number of foreign researchers working in the Republic of Moldova;
C6. Developing active university-industry partnerships with companies;
C7. Increasing the number of young researchers to at least 40% of total number of
researchers;
C8. Improving the evaluation of R&D and innovation projects by using foreign experts
from EU and OECD countries, to a level of at least 50% of the evaluation team;
C9. Improving the structure and conditions of R&D and innovation funding in
accordance with existing European programmes
D. Development of innovative companies, with
high flexibility and technological excellence
D1. Increasing business expenditure on R&D and innovation (BERD) to the level of EU27 average
D2. Increasing the share of SMEs developing in-house innovation activities to at least 40%;
D3. Increasing the share of SMEs implementing innovative products or processes to at least 35%;
D4. Increasing the share of SMEs developing joint innovative activities with other firms to at least
10%
D5. Increasing the number of public-private publications to achieve at least 40 per 1 million
population,
D6. Increasing the number of patent applications to at least 5 patents per EUR 1 billion GDP;
D7. Increasing the number of applications for trade mark registration to at least 10 applications
per EUR1 billion GDP;
D8. Increasing the number of requests for community designs to at least the double of the
current level;
D9. Increasing the involvement in knowledge-intensive activities of at least 15% of employees
D10. Increasing the share of medium and high-tech production exports to 35 % of total exports;
D11. Increasing the share of knowledge-intensive services to at least 50% of exports;
D12. Increasing the share of foreign sales of patents and licenses to at least at least 0.5% of GDP.
Expected impact
1.
Enhancing national economic competitiveness on local and foreign markets,
with high quality and knowledge intensive products and services;
2. Increased domestic and foreign investment in the economy;
3. Job creation;
4. Regional development;
5. Stronger scientific and innovative support to the socio-economic development
of the country;
6. Consolidated innovation infrastructure and adjusted to the European practices;
7. Stronger innovative culture and entrepreneurship spirit in the society;
8. Human capital development;
9. Improved management of the national innovation system;
10. Spurred international scientific cooperation;
11. Improved living standards of the population and accelerated transition to the
knowledge economy.
Thank you
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