Policy Mix Peer Review Report on Serbia
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Policy Mix Peer Review Report on Serbia Project Danube-INCO.NET Project Number 609497 Deliverable Number: D4.32 Submission Date April 26, 2017 Lajos Nyiri, Jean-Luc Clément, Michele Genovese, Ülle Must, Adrian Responsible author(s): Pascu, Svend Otto Remoe, Tekla Gaál Document Control Sheet Work package Number WP4 Analytical Evidence on Research and Innovation in the Danube Work package Title Region Task Number T4.3 Task Title Policy Mix Peer Review Deliverable Number D4.32 Deliverable Title Policy Mix Peer Review Report on Serbia File Name D4_32_Policy Mix Peer Review_Serbia_final Number of pages 154 Dissemination level Public Lajos Nyiri, Jean-Luc Clément, Michele Genovese, Ülle Must, Adrian Main author Pascu, Svend Otto Remoe Contributors Tekla Gaál (RCISD) Quality Assurance Christian Hartmann Versioning and Contribution History Author/Editor Contributors Description/ Version Date Comments November 21, Lajos Nyiri, Tekla Gaál (RCISD) _v01 2016 Lajos Nyiri, Jean-Luc Clément, Tekla Gaál December 13, _v02 Michele Genovese, Ülle Must, Adrian (RCISD) 2016 Pascu, Svend Otto Remoe Lajos Nyiri, Jean-Luc Clément, Tekla Gaál _v03 March 5, 2017 Michele Genovese, Ülle Must, Adrian (RCISD) Pascu, Svend Otto Remoe Lajos Nyiri, Jean-Luc Clément, Tekla Gaál March 22, _v04 Michele Genovese, Ülle Must, Adrian (RCISD) 2017 Pascu, Svend Otto Remoe Lajos Nyiri, Jean-Luc Clément, Christian QA _final April 13, 2017 Michele Genovese, Ülle Must, Adrian Hartmann, Tekla Pascu, Svend Otto Remoe Gaál (RCISD) Document last saved on May 17, 2017 Table of Content Table of Content ............................................................................................................................. I Tables..................... ....................................................................................................................... II Figures ...... .................................................................................................................................... II List of Abbreviations ..................................................................................................................... III Members of the peer review team ............................................................................................... V EXECUTIVE SUMMARY................................................................................................................... 6 1 Introduction – Background and approach ............................................................................. 9 2 Economic context and framework conditions for innovation in Serbia ................................ 9 3 Main characteristics of the research and innovation system in Serbia ............................... 11 3.1 Innovation Actors in Serbia .............................................................................................. 11 3.1.1 The business sector ...................................................................................................... 11 3.1.2 Public research organisations (PROs) ........................................................................... 11 3.1.3 Higher education institutions ....................................................................................... 12 3.1.4 Innovation and research services ................................................................................. 14 3.2 Resources (inputs) available for innovation and research ....................................................... 14 3.2.1 Funding research and technology development .......................................................... 14 3.2.2 Human resources ......................................................................................................... 16 3.2.3 Regional distribution of performance and resources .................................................. 17 3.3 Innovation and research performance ..................................................................................... 18 4 The Role of Government ..................................................................................................... 21 4.1 Institutional setting of Serbia's STI policy ................................................................................. 21 4.2 Recent research & innovation policies and strategies ............................................................. 22 4.3 Policy mix .................................................................................................................................. 24 4.3.1 Funding schemes managed by MESTD ......................................................................... 25 4.3.2 Funding schemes managed by the Innovation Fund ................................................... 26 4.4 Policy tools applied ................................................................................................................... 27 5 Overall Assessment.............................................................................................................. 28 6 Recommendations ............................................................................................................... 31 7 References ........................................................................................................................... 35 Annex I – Process of Policy Mix Peer Review .............................................................................. 36 Annex II ─ Agenda of the Peer Review Team visit to Serbia........................................................ 37 Annex III ─ Background report .................................................................................................... 40 I Tables Table 1 R&D expenditures as a share of GDP in Serbia; 2010-2014 ......................................... 14 Table 2 Expenditures on different types of research activities as a share of GERD in Serbia .. 15 Table 3 Distribution of funding and human resources among the regions in Serbia; 2012 ..... 18 Figures Figure 1: Share of enrolment by public and private universities and colleges of applied sciences in Serbia. 2013 ........................................................................................................... 13 Figure 2: The share of R&D expenditures. by sectors of performance; Serbia 2010-2014 and EU28 in 2014 ............................................................................................................. 15 Figure 3: Total number of researchers (FTE). by sectors of performance; Serbia in 2010-2014 and EU28 in 2014 ...................................................................................................... 16 Figure 4: GERD/R&D personnel (region) / GERD/R&D personnel (total); Serbia 2012-2015 .. 18 Figure 5: Relative innovation performance of Serbia to the EU28 by selected indicators. 2015 ........................................................................................................................... 19 Figure 6: Number of scientific articles with at least one researcher from Serbia in the Thomson Reuters database. 2000-2015 ................................................................................... 20 II List of Abbreviations BIP Business Innovation Programme CEFTA Central European Free Trade Agreement CoE Centres of Excellence COST European Cooperation in Science and Technology CREDO Competitive Regional Economic Development Danube-INCO.NET Danube Region INCO-NET DOST Philippines Department of Science and Technology DoW Description of Work DR Danube Region EBRD European Bank for Reconstruction and Development EC European Council EIB European Investment Bank EPO European Patent Office EU European Union FP7 the European Union’s 7th Framework Programme for Research, Development and Demonstration Activities GDP Gross Domestic Product GERD Gross Expenditure on Research and Development GII Global Innovation Index H2020 the European Union’s Framework Programme for Research and Innovation between 2014-2020 Horizon 2020 the European Union’s Framework Programme for Research and Innovation between 2014-2020 ICT Information and Communication Technologies IMF International Monetary Fund IP Intellectual Property IPA Instrument for Pre-Accession IPR Intellectual Property Rights ISI Inter-Services Intelligence NCP National Contact Point for the EU Framework Programmes NGO Non-governmental Organization NIS National Innovation System OECD Organization for Economic Cooperation and Development ORF Open Regional Fund PCT Patent Cooperation Treaty III PRO Public Research Organisation PSSTD Provincial Secretariat for Science and Technological Development (Vojvodina) RDA Regional Development Agency R&D&I Research, Development and Innovation R&I Research and Innovation RTD Research and Technological Development RTDI Research, Technological Development and Innovation SME Small and Medium-sized Enterprise S&T Science and Technology STI Science, Technology and Innovation UNESCO United Nations Educational, Scientific, and Cultural Organization VAT Value-Added Tax VC Venture Capital WB Word Bank WP Work Package IV Members of the peer review team According to the “Baseline study and concept for policy mix peer review” of the Danube-INCO.NET project (deliverable number: D4.19), the implementation of the policy mix peer review envisaged a peer review team consisting of 5 international governmental experts from countries other than the country subject to the activity, led by an independent high-level expert (i.e. the team leader) and supported by a rapporteur. The main criterion for the selection of the team members was