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Research in Slovenia

Dr. Livija Tušar

Berlin, 13 October 2004

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SLOVENIABasic data

Area: 20 273 km2

Population: 2 mio.

Constitution: Parliamentary democracy

Population density: 98.0 per km2

Capital: Ljubljana (population 330 000)

GDP 11.765 €/capita (2002)

GERD as % of GDP: 1.53 (2002)

3.2.1. Number of scientific publications permillion population, 1999

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GERD by source of funding, 2002 (%)

Higher edu. & private non-profit org.

1%From abroad

4%

Government36% Business

enterprise59%GERD as % of GDP in 2002

1.53 %

THE STRATEGY FOR THE ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT OF SLOVENIA (2001)

Implementation

THE NATIONAL DEVELOPMENT PLAN - NDP 2001-2006 (DEC 2001)

… reducing the lag of Slovenia behind the average level of economic development in the EU…

EU Structural Funds

SINGLE PROGRAMMING DOCUMENT (2003)

Strategy Strategy Research andResearch and DevelDevelooppmentment Activities ActActivities Act (2002) (2002) NDP NDP National R&D ProgrammeNational R&D Programme SPD SPD 2004-2008 (NR&DP)2004-2008 (NR&DP)

(in preparation)

Research Funding System

• Government:– Ministry of Education, Science and Sport – M.E.S.S.– Ministry of Economy– Other ministries

• Fundations:– Slovenian Science Fundation– Ad Futura

• Other

Research Institutions I

• 3 Universities (77.376 HE students in 2003/4):

– University of Ljubljana: 23 faculties, 3 art academia, 1 professional college

– University of Maribor: 12 faculties, 1 professional college– University of Primorska, Koper (from 2003): 3 faculties,

2 professional colleges– 8 Free-standing HE institutions: 5 faculties, 3 professional

colleges

• Slovenian Academy of Science and Arts

Research Institutions II• 17 public research institutes:

– Jozef Stefan Institute– ZRC SAZU – The Scientific Research Centre of SASA– National Institute of Chemistry– Institute of Metals and Technology– Institute of Mathematics, Physics and Mechanics– Institute for Economic Research– Slovenian Forestry Institute– The Urban Planning Institute of the Republic of Slovenia– Slovenian National Building and Civil Engineering Institute– The Educational Reseach Institute– The Institute of Contemporary History– …

• 2 national infrastructure institutes

• 294 research units in the business sector

Main MESS Instruments• Research programmes (5 years)

- 262 programmes from 2004 to 2008- In year 2004 the budget will be 47 MEUR

• Basic and applied research projects (2-3 years)- 426 projects financed from 2004- In year 2004 the budget will be 7.9 MEUR

• Targeted research programmes (1-3 years)- In year 2004: 99/286 projects were selected and its

budget is 4.38 MEUR (total amount)• Young researchers programme (4 years)• Research infrastructure• International co-operation

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Some topics of funded projects – pathogenic micro organisms

• Food Safety – some examples

• With PCR-based detection systems for food-borne bacteria: Salmonella spec. , Listeria monocytoge-nes

• Medicine – some examples

• Antimicrobial endotoxin neutralizing peptides to combat infectious diseases (FP5)• Control of invasive infections of S. pnevmoniae, H. influenzae, N.

meningitidis, S. aureus, E. coli • Chlamydia pneumoniae and coronary diseases• Molecular diagnosis of atypical pneumonia.• Tuberculosis• Borrelia burgdorferi sensu lato

MESS’s R&D expenditure by scientific disciplines, in year 2002 (%)

28,6

34,2

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Natural sciences Engineering sciences Medical sciences

Agricultural sciences Social sciences Humanities

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MESS budget for science by programmes, 2003 (128 mio €)

48%

15%

4%

19%

9%

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Basic & applied research Institutional fundingInvestments in buildings Research equipmentScientific IC infrastructures Education & training of researchersOther

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Young Researchers

AIM: more people with higher education per capita

young researchers are employed for a specified period

along with the post-graduate studies, they work on basic and applied projects

within the period of training and education at home, they can also study abroad (from 1 to 12 months)

International cooperation

• Bilateral cooperation: 22 concluded agreements and 570 projects (in year 2004)

• Slovenia also strives to establish a higher level of institutionalised bilateral cooperation with states considered Slovenia’s most important partners, and redirect bilateral co-operation to joint R&D projects in which Slovene organisations and industry should have a larger share, in order to ensure the necessary transfer of knowledge and new technologies to the industrial sector.

International co-operationNumber of bilateral projects

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International co-operation,Number of multilateral projects (1991-2004)

83

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Number of funded projects and number of coordinators in the FP5 (1999 – 2003) with Slovenian participants

49

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ERA NET projects

• CA PathoGenomicsTrans-European cooperation and coordination

of genome sequencing and functional genomics of human-pathogenic microorganisms

• CA FoodSafeERAFood Safety - Forming a European platform

for protecting consumers against health risks