Horizon 2020 Policy support facility

Specific support to Slovenia

The internationalisation of the Slovene science base (through both cross-border researchers mobility andcooperation)

The cooperation between the science base andbussines

2016

Directorate for Science, Ministry of Education, Science and Sport, Slovenia

Science policy and landscape

2016

Ministry of Education, Science and Sport

Science UnitUnit for R&D

structural funds

Science Directorate

S&T Landscape

4 universities

16 national research institutes

> 600 R&D units in business sector

Governance of research system

POLICY

GOVERNMENT

MIZŠ, MGRT

OTHER MINISTRIES

FUNDINGARRS

SPIRIT

PERFORMANCERESEARCH

ORGANIZATIONS

RESEARCH PROGRAMMES,

PROJECTS, other

COMPETENCE CENTRES,

CENTRES OF EXCELLENCE

TECHNOLOGY PARKS,

CENTRES, NETWORKS

TO THE GOVERNMENT: The Council of Scieneand Technology

TO THE NATIONAL ASSEMBLY: Committee on Education, Science, Sport and Youth

ADVISORY BODIES:

R&D personnel in Slovenia (2014)

Synergies between sources

exellence

Previous perspective in numbers…

8 Centres of Excellence: 77 M EUR

7 Competence Centres: 45 M EUR

Companies: 100+

Research institutions: 40+

Researchers: 700+

105 %

109 %

106 %

163 %

113 %

RESULTS (Centres of Excellence)

Centres ofExcellence

Innovation148/124

Patents35/39

Products159/127

Solutions46/36

BusinessModels

11/8

111 %

84 %

84 %

78 %

73 %

RESULTS (Competence Centres)

+ 30 M additional R&D investements

New perspective ESF (2014-2020)

Measures for improvement of R&I infrastructure and excellencedevelopment in R&I

Efficient use of research infrastructure and competence development forbetter cooperation within knowledge triangle

Improvement of international competitiveness and research excellence for cooperation withinvalue chains

Better use and development of research infrastructure

Efficient cooperation within international research programmes including H2020

Efficient use of researchers potential and mobility (international as well as sectoral)

approx. € 185,34 mio. ESRR

SLOVENIA IN FP5, FP6 AND FP7

FP5contracts: 385participants: 481EC financing: 39,6 MEUR

FP6contracts: 503participants: 616, co-ordinators: 31EC financing: 76,4 MEUR

FP7 (till 1.3.2014)contracts: 694participants in retained projects: 888, co-ordinators: 53EC financing: 166,4 MEUR in signed contracts

SLOVENIA IN H2020H2020 (eCORDA september 2016)

359 participants

94,48 m EUR

3.869 applications

Success rate 10%

GERD as a % of GDP

1.94

1.93 1.97 2.01 2.03 2.03

1.82

2.06

2.42

2.58 2.6

2.39

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0.50

1.00

1.50

2.00

2.50

3.00

2009 2010 2011 2012 2013 2014

% B

DP

EU (28 držav) Slovenija

GERD as a % of GDP by sectors

Government sector

Higher education sector

Bussines sector

Private non for profit sector

Funding by Slovenian Research Agency(SRA)

Research programmes: long-term financingof research expected to be topical and usefulover an extended period of time.

Research projects: co-financing of basic,applied, postdoctoral projects, targetedresearch programmes and promotion of theemployment for young doctors (pilot call).

Young researchers: financing ofpostgraduate studies and research trainingfor young researchers.

International activities: the programmes ofinternational scientific cooperation, bilateralcooperation, the EU Framework Programme,the promotion of international cooperationwith the EU and complementary schemes.

Research infrastructure: co-financing offounding obligations and infrastructureprogrammes, library and information activitiesand infrastructure, foreign periodicals,databases, scientific and popular scientificpublications.

Projects17,0%

Programmes 42,6%

Young researchers

13,4%

International activities

2,4%

Infrastructure24,7%

Distribution of SRA funds bydiscipline

International comparison

Citation

Innovation index

International cooperation

Art.185CIP (Poly4EmI)COSMECOSTETPsEUREKAHORIZON 2020 (ERA-NET Co-fund)JPIsJTIs (IMI2, BBI)Research infrastructures (ESFRI)

International cooperationEU

OECD

International organizations (e.g. CERN)

Regional Cooperation

Bilateral Cooperation

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100

150

200

250

300

350

400

450

500

AT BE DE DK EL ES FI FR IE IT LU NL PT SE UK BG CY CZ EE HR HU LT LV MT PL RO SI SK

SI collaboration EU member states

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120

AL ME MK RS TR BA CH GE IL IS MD NO TN UA AM AR AU BR BY CA CN EG IQ IR JO JP KE KZ LB MA PS RU SG TW US UY XK ZA

SI collaboration EU candidate and associated countries

Number of bilateral research projects 1994–2015

Number of projects by partner countries 2005-2015

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60

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120

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160

StrategiesResearch and innovation strategy of Slovenia 2011-2020 (RISS)

Objective: „to establish modern research and innovation system that will allow for a higherquality of life for all, critical reflection in society, efficiency in addressing socialchallenges, increased value added per employee, and assure of more and higherquality work-places“

Co-operation in R&D area within the EU and worldwide: The increase of internationalmultilateral co-operation; The increase of international bilateral co-operation(towards neighboring countries and regions, Western Balkans countries, and so calledBRIC countries (Brazil, Russia, India, and China), constantly improving bilateral co-operation with the most advanced countries in the world, as for example USA, Korea andJapan

The arrangement of a system of technology transfer offices (TTO) and metrics forthe evaluation of the system's efficiency will be established. It will be intended for theknowledge and technologies transfer from PROs as well as for the transfer between PROsand individuals (researchers, innovators and artists) and companies.

StrategiesSlovenia‘s Smart Specialisation Strategy (S4)

Objective: „sustainable technologies and services for a healthylife“

Priority areas:HEALTHY WORKING AND LIVING ENVIRONMENT

Smart cities and communitiesSmart buildings and homes, including wood chain

NATURAL AND TRADITIONAL RESOURCES FOR THE FUTURENetworks for the transition to circular economySustainable food productionSustainable tourism

(S)INDUSTRY 4.0Factories of the Future (FoF)Health – medicineMobilityDevelopment of materials as end products

StrategiesResearch Infrastructure Roadmap 2011 - 2020

present and set the priorities of the Republic of Slovenia in the field of research infrastructure

Research Infrastructure Roadmap 2011 – 2020 Revision 2016provides an updated list of international RI projects while the Roadmap 2011-2020 timing, national priority areas and other basic principles remain unchanged. National priority areas follow the priority areas of the Smart Specialisation Strategy

National strategy of open access to scientific publications and research data in Slovenia 2015-2020

Determines that each beneficiary has to ensure open access to all peer-reviewed scientific publications that refer to the results from the nationally funded research in the period from 2015 until 2020.Before the adoption of the open research data mandate a national pilot programme Open access to research data will be carried out.

StrategiesSlovenian Strategy for Strengthening the EuropeanResearch Area 2016–2020

By 2030, Slovenia will join the group of countries, which are, according to the IUS, innovation leaders

Synergy of European Cohesion policy instruments and the Horizon 2020 programme -> faster development of the Slovenian national research and innovation infrastructure as well as excellence in RDI

An improved and more efficient national research and innovation system will allow Slovenia to contribute significantly within the scope of ERA to the competitiveness of the EU on a global level.

Strategies

Slovenian Strategy for Internationalization of science and research 2016-2020 – IN PREPARATION

19 goals

Relevant documentsStrategies (RISS, S4, NRRI, ERA Roadmap SI, SI strategyon open access to research publication and data, Science internationalisation strategy (in preparation))

Act on research and development (to be translated)

Decree on criteria and standards for determining the resources to carry out research activities financed from the budget of the Republic of Slovenia (to be translated)

Rules on Procedures for (co-) funding and evaluation and monitoring of the implementation of the research activities(to be translated)

Relevant stakeholdersMinistries: MGRT, MF, MJU, SVRK

Agencies: ARRS, SPIRIT

Research organisationsResearch institutes

Universities

Companies with research departments

Companies

Other: GZS

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