BME OMIKK experience on dissemination of information

on RTD activities in HungaryDr. Ádám Tichy-Rács

Head of unit, National Technical Information Centre & Libraryat the Budapest University of Technology and Economics

(BME-OMIKK)Republic of Hungary

Contents

• Policy issues• Legal framework• Roles of BME OMIKK• National Research Registry• Innovation relay• Third party financing• Changes at BME OMIKK

Policy of the State I.• Innovation is a way for sustainable

development– Support of innovation conforms to the

competition policy if does not exceed • „de minimis” amount, that is EUR 100.000• 50% of research costs• 35% of development costs• coordination costs

– support for researchers’ training and mobility– concerted actions– innovation transfer

• Lisbon strategy – 3% of GDP should be spent for innovation by 2010

Policy of the State II.

• Public money – public control of processes– Strategic goals

• Programme objectives– Eligibility criteria– Contracting conditions– Evaluating bodies and criteria– Calls for proposals– Decisions– Project evaluation

• Programme results– Strategic evaluation

Legal framework• Act on Research and Technological Innovation

(2004)– Fund for research and technological innovation

• Special tax + matching fund OR• Research contract of the same amount + tax refund

• Act on Higher Education (2006)(Bologna process)– Autonomy of organization– Freedom of researcher– Accreditation citeria and procedures

• university, course, curriculum– Transparent and calculable financial conditions

Reasons for/against information dissemination on R&D

• Attracts potential customers in early phase

• Promotes research capacity

• Attracts new researchers

• Helps in getting grants, contracts, investments

• Helps concurrency in positioning market

• Prevents patenting if information is uncovered

• Improves old researcher’s mobility

• Lack of confidence prevents private investors

Roles of BME OMIKK

• operator of the National Registry of Research, that is one of the tools, which ensures the publicity of the above mentioned processes;

• coordinator of the Hungarian Innovation Relay Centre of the European Union

• promoter of other EU initiatives, like third party financing of energy saving solutions.

HunCRIS the Hungarian Research and Development Registry

• The old registry– research reports– research and development abstracts– it was closed down in 1992

• The new registry– contract for public financing of R&D pojects– project objectives, resources, results– established in 2001 – operator BME OMIKK

Policies behind the old and new registries

Before 1992• State owned organizations• Direct involvement of state

in research• Innovation to reach

indicators• Political exploitation of

innovation• Library record compatibility

to find documents

After 2001• Autonomous organizations• Control of money• Indirect involvement• Innovation to make money• Promotion of innovation• CERIF compatibility to

describe projects, organisations, researchers

CERIF data model (entities only)

Projectentity

Project-Projectn-to-m type relation

Organisation/Unitentity

Person-Person n-to-m type relation

Project-Person n-to-m type relation

OrgUnit-Person n-to-m type relation

Project-OrgUnit n-to m type relation

Personentity

OrgUnit-OrgUnit n-to-m type relation

CERIF data model (entities and list elements)

Projectentity

Project-Projectn-to-m type relation

Organisation/Unitentity

Person-Personn-to m type relation

Project-Personn-to-m type relation

OrgUnit-Personn-to-m type relation

Project-OrgUnitn-to-m type relation

Personentity

OrgUnit-OrgUnit n-to m type relation

ListElementnon-entity

ListElement_ListElementn-to-m type relation

ListElement_ListElementn-to-m type relation

CERIF data model

• The model is based on the Commission recommendation concerning the harmonization within the Community of research and technological development databases (91/337/CEE), Annex I.

• The model is upgraded regularly by the euroCRIS Orgarnization– CERIF-2000, CERIF-2004, CERIF-2006

Classification system for CRISes

• The classification system is based on Annex II. of the EEC recommendation

• The classification system was extended and unified in the 11 official languages of the EU by the Ortelus Consortium during FP4 (Ortelius thesaurus)

• Extension during FP5 and FP6 by the European Commission (EPSS thesaurus)

Innovation Relay Centres of EU

• To promote innovation transfer• To accelerate innovation• Share of long term investment in research

and technology development

Benefit of technology transferCost and return without

technology transfer

Cost and return with one technology transfer

Cost and return with two technology transfers

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Steps for Technology Transfer

Contact

Consultation

Technology Offers and Requests

Partner Matching

Technology Transfer Discussion

Technology Transfer Agreement

Third party financing

• Energy is expensive• Energy saving solutions are expensive

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Changes at BME OMIKK in 2007

1. Dramatic change in budget of BME OMIKK• decrease of 35% in of personal costs• closing down activities• dismissal of 70 co-workers

2. Budapest University of Technology and Economics (BME) established a new Technology Transfer Unit, merging

• the former BMR OMIKK’s unit for EU Technology Advisory and Information Service and the former university office for R&D projects

3. The registry will move into the campus