Enhancement of European international cooperation and

Eastern Partnership in research, development and innovation

Plenary session 2: Regional and national strategies for cooperation
with Eastern Partnership countries: towards the best practices
Lithuanian Presidency of the Council of the European Union
Conference

Moldova towards the

European Research Area
Acad. Prof. Gheorghe DUCA
President of the Academy of Sciences of Moldova
17th of July 2012
Vilnius, Lithuania
Association to the European Research Area

13.07.
2012 2013
Formal
request for
the status of
Associated
Country to
H2020
Peer review of the Moldovan S&T System
S&T Policy Mix Peer Review Moldova

Recommendations:
• Legal reforms for incentivising R&D activities
• Improvement of policy implementation mechanism
• Consolidate measurement of the performance of the R&D system
and its output
• Enhance participation of the private (business) sector
• Continuity in increasing public funding for R&D
• Consolidate competitive funding
• Enhance connection between education and research
• Increase measures for attracting youth
• Strengthen international research cooperation
Vision for reform of research and innovation domain

Vision for 2020:

Establish a Research-Development System capable of creating
powerful scientific knowledge to increase competitiveness of
national economy and the welfare of the population.

Main Goals:
- Human, institutional and infrastructure capacity
- Efficient interaction with society and impact on national economy
- Dissemination of knowledge and implementation of results
- Internationalization of research and integration into the European
Research Area
 Vision for research and development in Moldova:
European Context

Reform Research

Adaptation Increase
Performance efficiency Performant
Better jobs High efficiency
knowledge
Europe Moldova
Innovative and Knowledge Moldova
Competitive

Competitiveness
More jobs Raise
Competitiveness
More jobs
Report of the European Commission on performance of
Strategy for research and development of the Republic
Member States and Associated Countries in research and
of Moldova for 2013-2020
innovation – Innovation Union, country progress report 2013
 Reform package of the
Academy of Sciences of Moldova
STRATEGIC DEVELOPMENT
PERFORMANCE INDICATORS
INCREASE RESEARCH EFFICIENCY
INCREASE THE IMPACT OF RDI ON SOCIETY
STAFF TRAINING AND CONTINUOUS EDUCATION
Actions undertaken up to now:
• Adoption of the Strategy for innovation and competitiveness
• New classification of scientific specialties
• Establish the Consultative Research Committee Moldova-EU
• Establish the National Committee for H2020 Association
• Reform of the research institute network
• Consolidation of research sectors, centres, laboratories
• Re-evaluation of research project themes
• New Evaluation criteria
 Thematic research priorities:
• Materials, Processes and Innovative Products
• Biomedicine
• Biotechnology
• National Heritage and Society Development

Intrinsic development priorities:

• Effective research system based on the principle of
excellence and integrated in the European and
international research area.
• Valuable human potential in the field of RD
• Performant research infrastructure
• Instruments of transfer of research results
• Mechanisms to stimulate private investment in RD.
 Consolidated approach to project evaluation
• Ex-ante evaluation
o Scientific-technological/economical relevance of the project
o Competence of the project implementation group
o Management and implementation of project
o Project impact

• Progress evaluation
o Investments in research infrastructure (equipment, IT solutions, etc.)
o Mobility, international project participation
o Management and implementation of project
o Publications

• Result evaluation
o Publications, participation of events
o Intellectual property, patents
o Youth involvement in project
o Private/SME funds contracted for research

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 Strengthening capacities of Moldovan R&D

EU Support to the Academy of Sciences of Moldova in

better integration into the European Research Area
Outcome: Strengthen the capacities of the Moldovan
R&D system for better use of opportunities offered by
FP7 Programme and forthcoming Horizon 2020
Programme

Moldova-Research-Horizon
Estonian Research Council
Outcome: Enhance connection of National NCP
Network. Improve quality of rendered services
 Dynamics of FP7 Projects in Moldova
Association to the 7th
Framework Programme of EU
FP7: 53 Projects> 3 mln EUR Number of projects
2013: 18 projects, 1.041 mln EUR 18
2011-2012: 15 projects, 0,884 mln EUR
1,041
2007-2010: 19 projects, 1,650 mln EUR 0,884

Funding (mln. euro) 10

0,567 0,547
7
6 6
5
0,36 0,354

2007-2008 2009 2010 2011 2012 2013

 Participation of Moldova in FP7
Programmes and Specific Programmes

COOPERATI
ON
CAPACITIES 32%
42%
68
61
PEOPLE
50 50
26%

31 33
28,57
25 25
21 19 20,59
18 16 16,39
12,9 14
8 10 8
6 4 6 6
3 3,03 2
1 1 0,56 10,57 1

Health ICT Energy KBBE Environment Transport SSH MCA INCO Infrastructure Research for
SME
Nr. of Proposals Nr. of Projects Success Rate, %
 Participation in FP7 – connection to Eastern
Partnership and EU Members States
Romania
38
Armenia Greece
25
Eastern Partnership Countries 13

AM AZ BY GE UA Italy 14 21 Bulgaria

16
13 9 8 16 10 20
17
Georgia Germany

UK
EU Member States Countries & Candidate Countries
RO EL BG DE UK IT FR HU TR PL NL SL

38 25 21 20 17 14 13 13 11 10 9 9
 Moldovan FP7 NCP Network and the Office
for Science and Technology of Moldova
Establishment of the Extension of the NCP Restructuring of
Moldovan FP7 NCP Network (21 NCPs) NCP Network
Network (9 NCPs) under the new host for HORIZON
institution 2020

Establishment of the
Moldovan Office for
Science and Technology MOST joins
(MOST) IGLO

NCP Training in Brussels/ROST, Iasi/Romania, Chisinau

2008-2010 2011 2012 2013

 Representation in FP7 Programme
Committee Management
2012 – the Academy of Sciences
of Moldova nominated the
Official Representatives of the
Moldovan scientific community 18 FP7 Programme Committees
and National Experts in 18 FP7
Program Committees (PCs)

Moldovan officials and

national experts
Official
participated in over Representatives National
of the Moldovan NCP
50 meetings organized scientific National Network
within the FP7 PCs community Experts
Utilization of the statute of associated country to FP7

Joint Programming Initiatives (JPIs):

Joint Programming Initiative Joint Programming Initiative
on water on cultural heritage
protection

Member of the initiative: Member of the initiative:

Academy of Sciences of Ministry of Culture
Moldova of the Republic of Moldova
European Charter for Researchers and the Code of
Conduct for the Recruitment of Researchers

2011 - Moldova adhered to the European

Charter for Researchers and the Code of
Conduct for the Recruitment of
Researchers

2012 - Moldova is involved in the 4th

cohort of the Human Resources
Strategy for Researchers.

Implementation of the Code and

Charter for Excellence in Science
EURAXESS – Research in Motion

January 1, 2012 - Moldova was included in EURAXESS

Centre for International Projects – EURAXESS BHO

www.euraxess.md

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 Appreciation for achievements
in European integration

Award for the Republic of

Moldova for remarkable
achievements in
European integration
from the Black Sea –
Caspian Sea International
Fund.

Awarded on 18 of July
2013
Thank you for the attention!