D01L11 D Poletto - Taking Stock of BES Research Centres and Institutions in SEE a Collective...

UNESCO Regional Bureau for Science and Culture in EuropeDr. Davide Poletto SC [email protected]

http://www.unesco.org/venice

UNESCO VENICE OFFICE

UNESCOVENICE EBES 2010

Excellence in Basic and Engineering Sciences&Education Physics and Mathematics in SEE

February 18th-21st Faculty of Science and Mathematics, NisSerbia

Source: Stone-Maxwell 2005


Constraints between Research and Policy

Research Supply barriers:many countries in transition have an inadequate supply of policy relevent research.

1. information barrier: Researchers are poorly informed about the policy process and how research might be relevant;

2. Financial barrier: scant finacial resources available to science;

3. Poor Communication and data sets: academic and researchers live in an ivory tower;

Source: Stone-Maxwell 2005


Constraints between Research and Policy

4. Policy demand barriers: science makes decision making process more complicated and difficult;

5. Ideological and geopolitical barriers: in certain countries policy makers may be just suspicious of the political affiliation and intention of academic researchers.

6. knowledge barriers: the nature of dominant regimes in use and what is considered relevant or useful knowledge.

Networks are more effective than single academicians or researchers in order to:

• Create a stock of policy relevant knowledge;

• Introducing new ways of thinking in the policy Arena;

• Making sure knowledge is available to policy makers.


Scientific networks and capacity building in policy issues

Several networks operate a shift from being an initial mechanism of exchange among researchers, becoming an actor for capacity building in science governance issues.

Capacity building:

building up the capacity of researchers to do research;

Building researchers capacity to carry out policy relevant research and to communicate it effectively to policy and decision makers (communication and dissemination functions)


Scientific networks and capacity building in policy issues

UNESCO networking in science

UNESCO has been defined as a “broker” of Science, and promoter of communication for science.

It is in the mandate of the organisation to “use” science as a functionalist driver to improve dialogue and peace building in the world wide SESAME: (Synchrotron light for experimental science and applications in Middle East 1999);

IPSO (Israeli-Palestinian Organisation 2004); It brings together the expertise of israeli-palestinian scientists in fields of science were cooperation is feasible (Elderlen).


Source: W. Erdelen 2007 ADG Natural Sciences

UNESCO BRESCE

The Venice process of rebuilding scientific cooperation among SEE countries (2001) has identified in the sc networks useful tools to achieve multiple goals in the Region:

• Improving research infrastructures managment;

• Fostering the dialogues of peace and coperation;

• Regional integration into the ERA;• Facing brain drain and brain waste;



Science framework

May 2009 National Consultations

on the National Strategy on STI of

Albania (2009-2015)Tirana

3-6 September 2009 International

Conference on Science and Development -

Optimal Infrastructures for Stimulation of

Scientific Research in Europe

Wrocław, Poland

November 2009Ministerial Round Table

on Research and Higher Education

Tirana

Ministerial Round Tables (Paris 2001, Ljubljana 2007, Budva 2008)Conference of Parliamentary Committees for S&T

Conferences on specific topics Investment in S&T, (new) role of Academies of Sciences, Higher education and research linkages (Venice 2001-Venice Process)

Technical Workshops STI Statistics and Indicators

National STI Strategies Bosnia and Herzegovina, Albania, Serbia, FYROM


POLICY EVENTS

Scientific networksSeismology, astronomy, mathematics & physics

Sharing Research Infrastructures(Rozhen Observatory)

10-16 May 20095th Congress of Balkan

Geophysical Society, Geophysics at the Cross-Roads

Belgrade, Serbia

10-23 August 20095th International Summer School in

Renewable Energy and Energy Efficiency in SEE

Sarajevo, Bosnia & Herzegovina

19 September – 1 October 2009International Biophysics Summer

School Rovinj, Croatia

October 2009International School of

Spectroscopy’ Rozhen, Bulgaria

4 November 2009Basic Sciences for the Development

of Energy: Alliance for the FutureBudapest, Hungary


Rationale: identification of basic indicators related to the research centres/institutions in SEE to better focus scientific cooperation and new projects/activities in the next future:

It has been conceived under 8 headings:General data, financial profile, research staff profile, research infrastructures, performance profile; R&E programmes; Regional and international Coop., Dissemination of Scientific Information.


BES SURVEY THROUGHT SEENET MTP


1. General Data

Name contacts, statute, date of establishment and affiliation, competences in the fields of science, core research areas.

The list of the fields of science mirrors FOS (Field of Science and Technology) classification by the working party of

national experts on S&T indicators.


2. Financial Profile

Individual centres are investigated according to their:

average annual budget; sources of funding over a time-line of

five years.


3. Research staff profile

Research staff profile is three folded with regards to: 1. Young (PhD candidates), 2. Experience (post PhD),3. senior researchers (full professors or equivalent).

It is investigated according to the following variables: Gender, nationality, age, temporary-permanent

and contracted under regular or extrabudgetary sources;


4. Research Infrastructures

Proceeding from FP7 definition of RIs “facilities, resources and related services used by the scientific community for conducting leading-edge research, knowledge transmission, knowledge exchange and preservation”.

We included in this heading: major scientific facilities (according to market value-threshold of 100.000 Euro), equipment/instrumentation, resources&services for scientific exchange, ICT infrastructure for scientific information access.


5. Performance Profile

This heading refers to certain outputs linked to their performance capacity:

- patents registered;- peer reviewed publication;- implementation of EU SC Cooperation initiatives;- prizes/awards;- additional info.


6. Research and Educational programmes

Questioned research centres are asked to report on edu./training programmes, strongly connected with their research activities:

post PhD, PhD, Master Courses specialization trainings...


7. Regional&International cooperation

Questioned research centres are asked to refer about relevant initiatives of regional-international cooperation in place in the last 5 years. The aforementioned list of major fields of Science is put in relation to the following variables: - partners;- subject of cooperation;- Typology of Cooperation.


8. Production and dissemination of Scientific Information

This heading relates to different science dissemination and production activities such as on line and hard copies sc publication, scientific events, networking, etc.


Filling the Survey

The database will be filled on line by identified research centres/institutions upon invitation. The UNESCO South-eastern European Network in Mathematical and Theoretical Physics (SEENET - MTP), is in charge to provide relevant data related to their specific field of competence.

In case of non-availability of information, cooperation of surveyed centres and/or national authorities (concerned Ministries, National Commissions for UNESCO, etc.) will be requested.


Additionally Important...

Due to the nature of the on line survey, constituted of multiple chapters, questioned institutions are strongly recommended to organise an efficient internal process of data collection prior to survey submission:

although extended, time availability to fill the on line survey is limited. Data loss is inevitable when exceeding the time limit of about 10 hours: a data saving option is not currently activated!

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