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
– but the investment returns after a certain period• Energy consumer don’t have reserve to invest• Could you find investor?• Energy consumer + Solution provider + Third
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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