SLOVAK REPUBLIC Dušan Valachovič Ministry of Education Section of Science and Technology

Governance of RTD National Parliament –Committee for Education, Scieence, Culture Government –Council for Science and Technology Ministry of Education Other Ministries –Slovak Academy of Sciences –Agency forSupport of Science and Technology

The principal aims of the state policy on science and technology :

Policy and Legislation Concept of ST Policy (2000) –goals, means Legislation –Act on Sci and Tech –Act on SAS –Act on Agency for Support of Sci and Tech –Act on Higher Education (University Act) –Act on State Aid

Financing of RTD Public sources (budget) - where –to the budgets of respective ministries (sectors) –cross-sectors Public sources - how –institutional –competitive state programs state orders Agency for Support of Science and Technology Private sources International sources

Act on Sci and Tech Responsibilities, relations Organisation, system Financing –state programs conditions, evaluation, accreditation –state orders conditions, evaluation, accreditation –Agency

State programs Info society Quality of life Progressive technologies for economy Raw materials and resources Energy Social sciences and humanities

State programs (cont.) HR for Sci and Tech (young res) Foresight Sci and Tech infrastructure

Challenges General: –Structural, legal, organisational, etc. Infrastructure for R and D HR (education, skills, professional,...) Establish links Get recognized (and trusted) Joint activities Mutual profit

Challenges (cont.) ERA –Action Plan –long-lasting changes in RTD structures FP6 –short-term goals –long-term goals Decreasing the gap between domestic vs. int´l