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Open Science Policy in Flanders
Bart Dumolyn, policy advisor research divisionDepartment of Economy, Science and Innovation (EWI)
Flanders & ResearchA research and innovation friendly region
• With a very open and innovation-driven economy
• Home to numerous research institutes, universities and a highly-trained workforce
• With a long history of innovative academic excellence
• Supporting a tight network of R&D clusters that offer interesting opportunities for collaboration
• In the heart of Europe
… a region with a strong knowledge base
Flanders as part of Belgium (state structure)
Belgium is a federal state made up of Communities and Regions. Both have their own exclusive competences.
The three Communities are:The Flemish Community (corresponding to the Dutch language area, with particular competences in the bilingual area of Brussels)The French Community (corresponding to the French language area, with particular competences in the bilingual area of Brussels)The German-speaking Community (corresponding to the German language area)
The three Regions are:The Flemish Region (corresponding to the Dutch language area)The Walloon Region (corresponding to the French and German language area)The Brussels Capital Region (corresponding to the bilingual area)
PRACTICALLY : Flanders is “language community + region” = “Flemish Government”
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Institutional setup in Belgium
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Flanders
Flanders as part of Belgium (state structure)
Belgium has six parliaments and six governments:
A Federal Parliament (consisting of a House of Representatives and a Senate);A Federal Government; + different parliaments and governments for each Community and Region.
In 1980 the Flemish authorities merged the community and regional institutions. A single Flemish Parliament, Flemish Government, official consultative bodies and an administration, supported by specific agencies, oversee both community and regional competences.
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Flanders: key figures 2010
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Flanders:6.16 million inhabitants situated in the northern part of Belgium covers 44.8% of Belgium's 30,528 km²accounts for some 60% of the total population
Distribution of competencesFederal authority:
Foreign affairs, national defence, justice, finance, social security, the nuclear fuel cycle, part of public health and domestic policy
Authority of the Regions (territorially-bound responsibilities): Economic policy, energy policy (except for the nuclear fuel cycle), work and social economy, agriculture, public works, transport, innovation, water management, environment, forestry, all territory-based issues
Authority of the Communities (person-bound responsibilities):Culture, (primary, secondary and higher) education, media, science and research, health, tourism, vocational training, health, sports, youth, heritage, elderly policy, all person-related issues
Combined authority of Flanders + NO HIERARCHY 8
Distribution of research competencies
Federal authority: research fields “defined by international commitments” the nuclear fuel cycle, part of public health and domestic policy, space, 10 federal research institutions + secretariat of the CIS – CFS (European + international delegations)
Authority of the Regions (territorially-bound responsibilities): “applied research’
Authority of the Communities (person-bound responsibilities):Culture, (primary, secondary and higher) education, media, science and research, health, tourism, vocational training, health, sports, youth, heritage, elderly policy, all person-related issues
Combined authority of Flanders + NO HIERARCHY
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The Flemish public administration
Under the name of Better Administrative Policy, the Flemish public administration was subjected to root-and-branch reform in 2006.
designed to make the public administration more efficient;tasks are now organised on the basis of 11 policy areas;each policy area is composed of a department and a number of autonomous agencies;the role of the departments is to prepare, monitor and evaluate public policy in the policy field of the department;the agencies then apply and implement government policy within the context of the services provided to citizens, companies and organisations.
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Policy domain EWI within the Flemishauthority
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Public Governance and theChancellery (KB)
Flemish Foreign Affairs (iV)
Education and Training (OV)
Culture, Youth, Sport & Media (CJSM)
Agriculture and Fisheries(LV)
Mobility and Public Works (MOW)
Finance & Budget (FB)
Economy, Science and Innovation(EWI)
Work & Social Economy (WSE)
Welfare, Public Health & Family (WVG)
Environment (OMG)
Policy domain EWI
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FlandersInnovation
andEntrepreneurship
VLAIO
Research Foundation
Flanders(FWO)
Investment Company Flanders
(PMV)
Limburg Investment Company
(LRM)
(Agency) BotanicGarden Meise
Department of Economy, Science and Innovation
Flemish Advisory Council for Innovation and Enterprise
Flemish Minister for Work, Economy, Innovation and Sport
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Objective of the EWI policy area
" By the integration of Economy, Science and Innovation throughout the policy area, we opt resolutely for the development of a knowledge-intensive economy in Flanders. "
Budget increases in 2014-2019 (in mio €)
2015 2016 2017 2018 2019
+20 20 20 20 20
+5 5 5 5
+195 195 195
+0 0
+280
Total = 500 mio € !
+ extra investment budgets:
2016 2017 2018 2019
90 100 115 120
International comparison of government R&D budgets (2017)
International comparison of R&D government budget (GBAORD) as% GD(R)P
Flanders*: Flemish government R&D budget + Flemish share of the federal R&D budget (35.5% for the European Space Agency and 56% for the rest)
Source: for Flanders: EWI Budget Browser 2019; for other countries: main science and technology Indicators, OESO, extracted Feb 2019
Flemish funding instrumentsFWO: basic and applied research Mandates Individual credits Research projects
• SBO-projects• TBM (Biomedical)• Odysseus• Big Science• EOS projects
Infrastructure International mobility International cooperation International contacts Scientific awards European programs
Flemish funding instrumentsPMV & LRM InvestmentsVLAIO Research project Innovation mandates Baekeland mandates Support for O&O&I in an international consortium TETRA-projecten Agriculture projectsDepartment EWI IOF (Industrial Research fund) – applied and strategic basic
research BOF (Special Research fund) – basic research
• Incl. Tenure Track and Methusalem Institutional funding for our Flemish research centres
Research landscape in Flanders
Flanders’ research and innovation actors (1)
Royal academies (3)promotional or advisory rolenot directly involved in policy-making
KVAB (promotion of arts and sciences)www.kvab.beKAGB (promotion of medicine, pharmacy, animal sciences and related sciences)www.academiegeneeskunde.beKANTL (promotion of Flemish culture and literature, and research into the Dutch language)www.kantl.be
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Flanders’ research and innovation actors (2)
Higher education institutions (28)
5 universities (90% of the scientific output):K.U.LeuvenUGentUAntwerpenUHasseltVrije Universiteit Brussel (VUB)
22 institutes of higher education (university colleges)Scientific institutes (4 + 2)
build up and disseminate scientific knowledgeadvise and assist policy-makers and provide services to society
INBO (nature and forest)www.inbo.beKMSKA (fine arts)www.kmska.beVIOE (heritage)www.vioe.beILVO (agriculture, horticulture and fisheries)www.ilvo.vlaanderen.beBotanic Gardenhttps://www.plantentuinmeise.beFlanders Hydraulics researchhttps://www.waterbouwkundiglaboratorium.be
Flanders’ research and innovation actors (3)Strategic Research Centers
energy, materials, remote sensing and the environment• customer-oriented contract research • develops innovative products and processes in the fields of energy, the environment and
materials• for both public and private sector• all projects seek to protect the environment and encouragie sustainable use of energy
funding 50 mio €
nanotech and nano-electronics • Europe’s largest independent research centre for nanotech and nano-electronics
funding 112 mio €
manufacturing Industry • active support to companies in the manufacturing industry for developing and optimising
products and production processes
funding 24,5 mio €
life sciences and biotechnology • 65 research groups in life sciences hosted at Flemish universities. • active technology transfer policy towards applications through patenting and licensing, technology platforms as basis for new high-tech spin offs.
funding 61,8 mio €
Flanders’ research and innovation actors (4)
Policy research centres (4) (www.vlaanderen.be/steunpunten)• problem-driven short-term research;• applied research;• themes relevant to the policy of the Flemish government.
Expertise centre O&O monitoring (ECOOM) Centre Economy & Entrenpreneurship (STORE) Centre Environment & Health Centre Flanders Circular (SUMMA+)
Flanders’ research and innovation actors (5)
Other institutes
• ITM (Institute of Tropical Medicine)• VLIZ (Flanders Marine Institute)• KMDA-CRC (Research and Conservation Center Zoo-Planckendael)• NERF (Neuro-Electronics Research, a collaboration between VIB, IMEC and
K.U.Leuven)• Vlerick (Management School, Leuven - Ghent)• UAMS (Management School, Antwerp)• Orpheus (music)• Alamire (polyphony)• Flanders DC (Flanders District of Creativity)
Flanders’ research and innovation actors (6)
Co-operative innovation networks (7)
VEI (Flemish Electro-Innovation Centre)DSP Valley (Digital Signal Processing Valley)VKC (Flanders’ Centre for Plastics)Clusta (Flemish network for the steel-plating industry)VRI (Flemish Space Industries)VLI (Flemish Aerospace Industries)VIGC (Flemish Innovation Centre for Graphic Communication)
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Open Science in BELGIUMDe “Brussels Declaration on Open Access” (oktober 2012)Colloquium “Open Access to Excellence in Research”. Signingof the “Brussels Declaration on Open Access”. Symbolic start of the Open Science policy uin BE / Flanders18 Belgische research RPO’s and RFO’s engageerden todisseminate scientific research in open access.https://openaccess.be/open-access-in-belgium/brussels-declaration-on-open-access/CIS CFS Working Group “Open Science and Open Innovation” Towards EOSC GOVERNANCE BOARDµ Towards SWG OSI Etc etc… (MLE’s….) Common Open Science Event with EU COM
Open Science in FLANDERS• Long history of EWI FOCUS EVENT on OS• January 2018: White paper VLIR on Research
Datamanagement (RDM) en de universiteiten (http://www.vlir.be/RDM%20white%20paper)
• May 2018 – jan 2019: most recent study in coop withTechnopolis BCo Mapping of the Flemish situationo Identifying good practices “inspirational
benchmarking”o Policy recommendations for a governance on Open
Science in Flanders, specifcally taking into accounto EOSCo FRIS “cataloque of metadata”
o Minister dedicated5 million for Open Science => Flemish Open Science Board (FOSB)
WHY A FLEMISH OPEN SCIENCE BOARD?
• Currently existing :• VLIR (Flemish Inter university council) “working group
on rdm & open science) => stakeholders initiave• WG4 of the “Europa Platform”, which also deals with
H2020, JTI’s… Infra, etc• CIS CFS “open science” at BE – level• A lot of informal knowlegde exchange• NO “governance board” uniting also the non-university
stakeholders such as the Strategic Research Centreslike VIB etc, who play an important role in the ESFRI’s
• A board would have the “moral authority” for FAIR implementation
• Would make it easier to deal with the EOSC Challenges
WHAT is FRIS?FLEMISH RESEARCH INFORMATION SPACEOPEN METADATA DATABASE / CATALOGUE
FRIS brings together all research funded by Flanders At present there is metadata about Over 80.000 researchers Over 2000 research teams Over 30.000 projects Over 375.000 publications 34 instititutions
The info comes from the institutions and is de facto up todate Most institutions have connected their own metadata
databases to FRIS
Opening up data on research as a
driver of innovation in Flanders.
The use case of FRIS.
Leen Van Campe - Program Manager FRIS
Department Economy, Science and Innovation
Flemish Government
Brussels, March 04 -2019
FRIS DATAPROVIDERS
4 ORIGINAL OBJECTIVES
Acceleratethe chain from idea toinnovationby ensuringa betterinformation flow betweenresearch institutesandinnovativeorganisations
Simplifyingadministration throughwebservicesObtaining
information directly fromsystems Requestinginformation just once, sharing andreusing it toget the most out of it
To make thegovernment, corporate and research innovationstrategymore effective andefficient
To make research information publiclyavailable sothateveryonecan use itfreely
NEW OBJECTIVE => preparing for theEOSC
CATALOGUEof METADATAMONITORING of the “progress” of OPEN ACCESS PUBLICATIONSIdem dito for LINKED OPEN DATA SETSImplementing standardsBecoming a knowlegde hubPerfect tool for “landscape analysis”Etc…
…. MAKES FRIS the tool for EOSC compatibility in thefuture!
TARGET GROUPS
TARGET GROUPS
FRIS is ALWAYS UP TO DATE
GOAL: accurately reflect the state of research in the region=> will be important for EOSC transition / landscape analysisIT – infrastructure as Service Oriented Architecture to providea sustainable and more agile IT-system SOAP webservices Data quality tooling – semantic platform using webservices CERIF standard: neutral architecture - interoperabilitySystem-to-system integration between research institutesand FRIS From bulk based yearly upload to incremental model with
changes in real - time Research institutes in Flanders have linked their systems directly
to FRIS Changes in source systems are immediately reflected into FRISFRIS webservices geared towards public access with all public data as open data and open API’s
ACCESS to FRISThere are two ways.
The online portal researchportal.be willtell you anything youwant to know aboutresearch in Flanders.
And with our free license you can requestall research data youwant to use for yourown research anddevelopment.
OPEN META DATA for your RESEARCH and DEVELOPMENT
Flemish government as a trailblazer for open data
Opening up FRIS-data forresearchers, governmentbodies, industry
Free open data licensethrough open API’s
Allowing you to work with allpublicly funded research in Flanders
https://researchportal.be/en/fris-architecture
SUCCES STORIES: FRIS as a TRUSTED data source
ONTOFORCE
MEDICAL DATA SEARCH PLATFORM
IdFuse
RESEARCH BENCHMARKING TOOL IMPACTER
“Open data is given a score of 1 to 5 stars. I rate FRIS research data 4 to 5 stars. The highest score, because their data is ready to be linked to other datasets. It is
the first databank that we can use so quickly and easily.”
WINNER AGORIA E-GOV AWARDS
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=c3t4wMUyPKU&feature=youtu.behttps://ewi-vlaanderen.be/nieuws/vlaamse-onderzoeksportaal-fris-grote-winnaar-agoria-e-gov-awards-2018https://datanews.knack.be/ict/nieuws/de-e-gov-awards-hoe-we-langzaam-naar-een-meer-elektronische-overheid-evolueren/article-normal-1403649.html
ONE STOP RESOURCE OF R&D
FRIS as a one stop resource in Flanders for any process whereresearch information can be re-used FRIS data as authentic sources (e.g. VKBO information in our
Organisation service, Journal service)
FRIS as a digital information hub FRIS as a building block within the research information
lifecycle Redesigning some of the existing information flows
FRIS using authoritative sources and opening them up for re-use
FRIS CONTINUES to IMPROVE
MORE CLIENTS and INFORMATION PROVIDERSAdditional innovation partners such as strategic research centres ,
university colleges
EXTRA DATAInformation on patents, equipment, datasets
USER FRIENDLY VISUALISATIONS
LINKED OPEN DATALinking to other data sources (national –international)monitoring of increased open access to publications(target of flanders science policy) baseline measurement 2020 for the RFO. Target will be definedin 2021, and most probably research funded throughother means (universities, strategic funding…. Will follow these targets => FRIS as a monitoring tool
FLEXIBLE INFORMATION EXCHANGEEasier request, delivery, access to data
FRIS and OPEN SCIENCE
METADATA
Make data Open and FAIR
Findable = Assign persistent ID’s, provide rich metadata, register in a searchable resource
Accessible = Retrievable by their ID using a standard protocol, metadata remain accessible even if data aren’t
Interoperable = Use standard vocabularies and qualifiedreferences
Reusable = Rich accurate metadata, clear provenance, useof community standards
Flanders Research Information Space
>> https://www.ewi-vlaanderen.be/en/fris-flanders-research-information-space
Leen Van [email protected]
BUT WHAT IS THE UNIQUE SELLING POSITION OF FRIS? (this question was inspired by a similar question about EOSC)
- Architecture allows for commercial use- Additional layers can easily be developped in synergie with
the different target groups- Scale and ambition of being THE hub for the Region of
Flanders
SUCCES STORIES: FRIS as a TRUSTED data source
ONTOFORCE
MEDICAL DATA SEARCH PLATFORM
IdFuse
RESEARCH BENCHMARKING TOOL IMPACTER
“Open data is given a score of 1 to 5 stars. I rate FRIS research data 4 to 5 stars. The highest score, because their data is ready to be linked to other datasets. It is
the first databank that we can use so quickly and easily.”
WINNER AGORIA E-GOV AWARDS
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=c3t4wMUyPKU&feature=youtu.behttps://ewi-vlaanderen.be/nieuws/vlaamse-onderzoeksportaal-fris-grote-winnaar-agoria-e-gov-awards-2018https://datanews.knack.be/ict/nieuws/de-e-gov-awards-hoe-we-langzaam-naar-een-meer-elektronische-overheid-evolueren/article-normal-1403649.html
For more information on FRIS please contact [email protected]. +32 2 553 59 80https://researchportal.be/nl/contactFRIS-programma manager: Leen Van CampeData-analyse: Pascale Dengis
Brochure: https://www.ewi-vlaanderen.be/sites/default/files/bestanden/fris_het_vlaamse_onderzoeksportaal.pdf
Bart DumolynPolicy Advisor Research Division
Belgian EOSC Governance Board delegate
Flemish governmentDepartment of Economy, Science & Innovation
0032 (0)2 553 37 [email protected]
Feel free to contact me!
