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Belgian Report on Science, Technology and Innovation 2010 Belgian Report on Science, Technology and Innovation 2010 BELGIAN REPORT This publication, issued by the Belgian Science Policy Office in collaboration with the authorities of the Brussels-Capital ON SCIENCE, Region, the Flemish Government, the French Community and the Walloon Region, presents Belgium’s institutional environment regarding science, technology and innovation TECHNOLOGY AND (STI) for a large audience. It also highlights the current policy orientations. INNOVATION Another publication ‘Key Data on Science, Technology and Innovation – Belgium, 2010’ presents a set of key data 2010 on STI in Belgium and situates Belgium in an international environment. CIENCE, TECHNOLOGY AND INNOVATION 2010 Available online. S Interested readers can find up-to-date data and analyses on the following website: www.belspo.be T ON R EPO R BELGIAN Belgian Science Policy Belgian Office Science Avenue Louise 231 Policy Louizalaan 231 Office B-1050 Brussels T +32 2 238 34 11 F +32 2 230 59 12 [email protected] www.belspo.be BELGIAN REPORT ON SCIENCE, TECHNOLOGY AND INNOVATION 2010 Belgian Science Policy Office Belgian Science Policy Office Avenue Louise 231 Louizalaan B-1050 Brussels T +32 2 238 34 11 F +32 2 230 59 12 E [email protected] www.belspo.be June 2010 Federal Cooperation Commission on Statistics CFS/STAT EDITORIAL TEAM: Ward Ziarko, Head of Department for R&D-indicators, Belgian Science Policy Office Alasdair Reid, Director, Technopolis Group Nelly Bruno, Consultant, Technopolis Group CONTRIBUTORS BELGIAN SCIENCE POLICY OFFICE Jean Moulin, Director, Scientific and Technical Information Service Bernard Delhausse, Advisor, Department for R&D-indicators Eric Laureys, Scientific Advisor, Scientific and Technical Information Service BELGIAN MINISTRY OF DEFENCE Jean-Paul Marcel, Director, Royal High Institute for Defence FLEMISH GOVERNMENT, DEPARTMENT OF ECONOMY, SCIENCE AND INNOVATION Niko Geerts, Policy Advisor INSTITUTE FOR THE ENCOURAGEMENT OF SCIENTIFIC RESEARCH AND INNOVATION OF BRUssELS Paul Van Snick, Expert RESEARCH IN BRUssELS Nicolas Vanhove, Project Manager MINISTRY OF THE FRENCH COmmUNITY, DGENORS Richard Martin, Director, Department for Scientific Research Marco Segers, Advisor, Department for Scientific Research PUBLIC SERVICE OF WALLONIA, DGO6 Paul Chapelle, Advisor Isabelle Pierre, Advisor Design by Coast, www.coastdesign.be Legal Depot: D/2010/1191/10 Published in June 2010. Neither the Belgian Science Policy Office nor any person acting on behalf of the Belgian Science Policy Office shall be responsible for the use which might be made of the following information. This work is copyrighted. It may be reproduced in whole or in part subject to inclusion of an acknowledgment of the source and no commercial usage or sale. Recommended citation: Belgian Science Policy Office, Belgian Report on Science Technology and Innovation 2010, Brussels, Belgium Printed in Belgium on FSC Paper Table of Contents 1. Institutions and competences 3. Flemish science, technology and for STI policy in Belgium, 5 innovation policy, 57 1.1 Belgium, a federal country, 7 3.1 General orientations of Flemish 1.2 Who does what in the Belgian STI policy, 59 STI policy system, 8 3.2 Actors and instruments of 1.3 Co-operation and consultation the Flemish STI policy, 62 between Belgian entities, 12 3.2.1 Policy advice, 64 1.4 A snapshot of Belgium science 3.2.2 Government departments, 64 and innovation performance, 14 3.2.3 Other bodies of public interest in 1.5 Funding of STI policies in Belgium, 17 the field of science and innovation, 66 3.2.4 Implementing agencies, 67 2. Federal Government policy in favour of 3.2.5 Innovation intermediaries, 77 science, technology and innovation, 21 2.1 Objectives of the federal science 3.3 Main research and innovation policy, 23 performers, 82 3.3.1 Higher education institutions, 82 2.2 Actors and instruments of the federal 3.3.2 Strategic Research Centres, 85 STI policy, 25 3.3.3 Scientific institutes, research 2.2.1 Federal Council for Science Policy infrastructure and knowledge centres, (FCSP), 26 92 2.2.2 Belgian Federal Science policy Office 3.3.4 Internationalisation of Flemish (BELSPO), 27 research and innovation, 96 2.2.3 Other Federal public services, 28 3.4 Perspectives for the Flemish 2.3 Implementation of Federal science STI policy, 101 policy, 32 2.3.1 Funding Belgian participation in international research, 33 2.3.2 Federal research programmes, 39 2.3.3 The federal scientific establishments, 46 2.3.4 Support to R&D activities and policy, 50 2.4 Perspectives for Federal STI policy, 52 Belgian report on science, technologY and innovation 2010 4. STI policy in Wallonia and Figures in the French Community, 105 4.1 General orientations of STI policy in Wallonia and in the French Community, 107 4.2 Actors and instruments of STI policy in Wallonia and in the French Community, 109 4.2.1 Policy advice, 109 1 Understanding Belgium: federal, community 4.2.2 Government departments, 112 and regional authorities, 8 4.2.3 Other implementing bodies, 122 2 Regional presence of collective research 4.2.4 Innovation intermediaries, 132 centres, 11 4.2.5 Main research and innovation 3 Belgian STI policy system, 12 performers, 134 4 A snapshot of Belgium’s comparative 4.3 Perspectives for STI policy in Wallonia STI performance, 15 and in the French Community, 143 5 Overview of government budgets allocated to R&D (thousand current euro), 17 5. STI policy in Brussels-Capital Region, 149 6 Share of public funding for R&D 5.1 General orientations of STI policy (GBAORD and tax credits) by Belgian in Brussels-Capital Region, 151 authority, 2009, 18 7 Evolution of budgetary credits for R&D policy 5.2 Actors and instruments of STI policy of the federal government, 1998-2008, in Brussels-Capital Region, 154 in €m, 24 5.2.1 Science Policy Council of 8 Budget detail for federal science policy Brussels-Capital Region, 154 in Belgium, 2008, 25 5.2.2 Government departments 9 Funding of R&D through tax measures and agencies, 155 (tax revenue foregone in €), 29 5.2.3 Innovation intermediaries, 163 10 FP6 participation by theme and activity, 35 5.2.4 Main research and innovation 11 Thematic specialisation index of Belgium performers, 165 in FP6 vs EU27, 36 5.3 Perspectives for STI policy in 12 Federal research programmes: indicative Brussels-Capital Region, 167 annual funding (2005-2010, million euro), 41 13 Funding of Federal Scientific Institutions 6. Conclusions and perspectives, 171 within BELSPO (2003-2010), 46 14 Flemish STI policy system, 63 15 VIS project and programme types, 70 16 Innovation support in Flanders by type, 71 17 FWO support types, 72 18 PMV risk capital and investment instruments, 76 19 Collective research centres in Flanders, 81 Belgian report on science, technologY and innovation 2010 20 Funding of universities in Flanders, 84 Boxes 21 Flemish participation to EU FP – share by type of organisation, 97 22 Flemish participation in FP6, 97 23 Structure of the French Community and the Walloon Region, 111 24 Government budgetary appropriations on R&D (in thousands €), 113 25 Budget appropriations for R&D of DGO6 per funding source (in thousand €), 113 1 Collective research centres – 26 R&D budget appropriations of the Walloon a ‘Belgian institution’, 10 Region by type of programme, 2001-08, 2 Fiscal measures in favour of R&D activities, 19 (in thousand €), 114 3 Federal policy and support for intellectual 27 R&D budget appropriations of the Walloon property, 30 Region by type of beneficiary, 2001-2008 4 Back to Belgium, international mobility (thousand €), 115 of researchers, 33 28 Amounts awarded for Horizon-Europe, 5 Federal space research policy, 38 per category of actor, in thousand €, 116 6 Inter-University Attraction Poles, 40 29 Additional funding allocated by the Walloon 7 Federal Programme ‘Science for sustainable Region to accredited research centres and development’, 43 companies for participation in FP6, 116 8 The Belgian Polar Platform, 43 30 Number of participations to funded projects 9 Examples of research actions by Walloon organisations, 117 of other federal public services, 44 31 FIRST schemes – number of mandates 10 Federal scientific institutions, 47 granted per year and budget 11 Federal institutes in the field of human (in thousand €), 118 and animal health, 48 32 Programmes of excellence in Wallonia 12 Nuclear research, 48 (€ thousand), 119 13 BELNET: the network of knowledge, 50 33 SMEs R&D and innovation measures 14 R&D business support (2 types: industrial in Wallonia (€ thousand), 120 R&D projects and R&D feasibility studies), 68 34 Budgets allocated to R&D policy 15 Post-doctoral Research Fellowships (OZM), 69 in the French Community, 2008, 121 16 Strategic Basic Research (SBO), 69 35 List of collective research centres accredited 17 VIS: Co-operative Innovation Networks, 70 by the Walloon Region, 138 18 Odysseus, a Flemish brain gain programme, 74 36 Trend in budgetary appropriations for accred- 19 A top knowledge economy based ited research centres (thousand euro), 139 in three countries: ELAt, 100 37 Compatitiveness poles: Budgetary 20 Promoting participation in EU programmes, 115 allocations of the Walloon Region per type 21 FIRST measures, 117 of beneficiary, 2001-2008, 142 22 Mobilising programmes, 118 38 Initial public budgets for R&D in 23 Programmes of excellence, 119 Brussels-Capital, 2004-2009 in million €, 153 24 Support to R&D for SMEs, 120 39 PRFB, 2004-2008, 161 25 FNRS development plan (2004-2009), 123 Belgian report on science, technologY and innovation 2010 26 Popularising
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