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Annual Report 2009 annual report 2 0 0 9 www.rat-fte.at printing information Publisher and Media Owner | © austrian council Rat für Forschung und Technologieentwicklung | 1010 Vienna | Pestalozzigasse 4 Design | Grafikatelier Heuberger | Vienna Printed by | Kärntner Druckerei | Klagenfurt Picture Sources | Markus Prantl | Pinter | austrian council himberry | photocase.com | istockphoto.com table of contents 2 f o r e w o r d 3 e d i t o r i a l 5 o u t l o o k Strategy 2020: Outlook for an Innovative Austria 6 Federal RTI Strategy 10 11 the austrian council recommends Recommendations 2009 12 17 creating knowledge Update: What has been Accomplished 18 Basic Expertise: Reports and Studies 24 31 e v e n t s 39 the austrian council Review 2009 40 Outlook 2010 40 The Secretariat 41 Members of the Austrian Council 42 Members of the Secretariat 43 44 c o n t a c t 1 f o r e w o r d 2009 was a year in which research and techno- government initiated a comprehensive process logy policy faced an array of challenges, with to draw up the new RTI strategy. economic conditions necessitating massive cut- backs. Despite this, the federal government has The federal RTI strategy should lay down the intensified its efforts in the area of research, main objectives and guidelines for Austrian technology and innovation and created a budge- research, technology and innovation policy in tary framework that will ensure planning cer- the period up to 2020. The working groups set tainty for research funding up to the year 2013. up for this purpose will present a first interim report in February 2020. At the strategic level, an important baseline study was completed in the form of the system One thing is clear: By integrating the relevant evaluation, and the Austrian Council for policy areas and subsequently making the right Research and Technology Development also investments in education, research and develop - successfully completed its strategy develop ment ment, Austria has the chance to emerge from process. the crisis stronger than before and in the medium term to achieve its goal of becoming an After an intensive discussion process that also “innovation leader”. However, this requires a included an online debate, the Strategy 2020 joint effort by all actors. We therefore wish the was published and presented to ministers at the Austrian Council for Research and Technology Alpbach Technology Forum. On the basis of Development the best of success with its con- existing material – including the Austrian tinuing activities and we will work intensively Council’s strategy document, the system evalu - together to ensure the positive development of ation and the Austrian Research Dialogue – the Austrian RTI. Doris Bures Minister of Transport, Innovation and Technology Dr. Beatrix Karl Minister of DI Josef Pröll Science and Vice Chancellor Research and Minister of Finance Dr. Reinhold Mitterlehner Minister of Economic Affairs, Family and Youth 2 e d i t o r i a l Ever since it was established, the Austrian with a place in the country cluster for innovati- Council has focused its activities on positioning on leaders. In 2009 real progress was made Austria among the top three European nations towards achieving this goal with the publication for research, technology and innovation (RTI) of Strategy 2020. Strategy 2020 under the Motto “Inno - In the final analysis, the areas of research, inno- vation means Growth – and Growth vation, education and training must be developed Safeguards Prosperity” jointly with a view to improving economic Knut Consemüller The work of the Austrian Council reached a mile - develop ment potential. Chairman of the stone in 2009 with the formulation and presenta- Austrian Council tion of Strategy 2020, which for the time being Treating the Educational and Research forms the last of the Austrian Council’s strategic System as a Single Entity recommendations. The Austrian Council started Education and RTI form a single entity and as from the premise that research not only increases such are the prerequisite for new ideas, new pro- a country’s competitiveness but also safeguards ducts and new services. They form the indispen- national prosperity, promotes social inclusion and sible basis for the kind of successful economic and helps solve societal problems. The ambition to growth policy that is needed if Austria is to per- join the ranks of the innovation leaders is not form successfully in a competitive global en - therefore an end in itself, but is designed to vironment. achieve societal objectives. In recent years, the Austrian Council has there - Nevertheless, a policy that were to focus exclusive - fore increasingly focused on human resources, ly on research, technology and innovation would emphasising the importance of this topic by fail to adequately exploit existing potential. making “People” the first chapter in the Strategy > Photo (from left to right): Hans Schönegger Knut Consemüller Albert Hochleitner Gabriele Zuna-Kratky Reinhard Petschacher Jürgen Stockmar Dervilla Donnelly Günther Bonn 3 e d i t o r i a l 2020 document. The basic message is that with - scarce financial resources and the most highly out well-educated people there can be no inno- qualified people to enhance those national vation. A strategy that envisages joining the ranks strengths that give them a competitive edge over of the innovation leaders must therefore inte grate other countries. the planning and development of education and RTI. Put plainly: We need to make significant Provided that a wise and yet bold policy is im - improvements to our educational system and plemented, Austria has the chance to emerge adapt it to current conditions and the needs of the strengthened from this crisis. The part played Günther Bonn future. Every young person must have access to here by research, technology and innovation can- Deputy Chairman education and training in order to ensure that not be underestimated, for which reason it is all of the Austrian Council talents are not lost for the country. Parallel to the more important to pay the utmost attention this, additional measures are required to effective - to structuring these areas in a way that meets ly promote life-long learning in Austria. future needs. In this context, the Austrian Council explicitly welcomes the federal government’s Crisis as an Opportunity efforts to draw up a national research strategy The impact of the global economic and finan cial that will emphasise the importance of education crisis on research policy has radically changed and RTI for our country. the framework conditions which had previously been assumed for the development of the RTI We would like to thank all those who supported system. It became clear last year that the global our work last year, thus contributing to the suc- economy will be very different after this crisis cess of Strategy 2020. Great challenges lie ahead and that some countries will be among the losers for Austrian research policy in the next few years while others will emerge as winners. Those and equally great efforts will be required if we are countries that win the race to the top in 2020 to continue along the path that we have fol lowed will definitely be those which succeed in using so successfully in recent years. 4 o u t l o o k Effectively supporting research and development in Austria requires a long-term strategy. 5 o u t l o o k Strategy 2020: Perspectives for an Innovative Austria On 24 August 2009, the Council for Research vide scientific corroboration of the analysis and Technology Development presented its of the current status of the RTI system. The strategy document “Strategy 2020” containing analysis phase led to the selection of specific proposals and recommendations for the deve- strategy elements, the main purpose of which lopment of the Austrian RTI system to the was to provide a structure for the discussion. government ministers Doris Bures and Johannes This analysis phase was originally to be fol - Hahn. The Strategy’s aim is to position Austria lowed by a working group phase that would as a successful and internationally recognised commence once sound results had become innovation nation by 2020. available. However, the Austrian Council was The basis from which we start is a good one. In requested on several occasions by the respon- recent years, Austria has completed a rapid sible government ministries to formulate stra- catching up process in terms of its RTI perform - tegic guidelines autonomously. ance and is now at the front of the cluster of inno - Confronted with this new starting position, the vation followers, i.e. it is now one of those coun- Austrian Council decided to modify its ap- tries in the European Union with an RTI per - proach. To support the strategy process, plans formance that is above average in many areas. were drawn up for a web-based discussion to Weaknesses in the national innovation system deepen and intensify the process by means of show up above all in the ability to translate virtual interaction with the stakeholders and input into output (i.e. Austria invests a dispro- RTI community. A concept was then developed portionally large share of resources in the RTI that provided the basis for the technical im - system and generates only lower than average plementation of the discussion platform. output in comparison) and in the below-average The Austrian Council adopted a working draft percentage of the population with a tertiary of the strategy at its closed conference on 5-6 education qualification and the small number of February 2009. science and engineering graduates. Prior to initiating the broad public discussion The biggest challenge that Austria has to over- process, the Austrian Council discussed the come in the next few years is to take the step factual accuracy of the proposals contained in from being an innovation follower to an inno- the draft strategy with selected scientific and vation leader.
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