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Open Science Policy in Flanders Bart Dumolyn, policy advisor research division Department of Economy, Science and Innovation (EWI) Flanders & Research A research and innovation friendly region • With a very open and innovation-driven economy • Home to numerous research institutes, universities and a highly-trained workforce • With a long history of innovative academic excellence • Supporting a tight network of R&D clusters that offer interesting opportunities for collaboration • In the heart of Europe … a region with a strong knowledge base Flanders as part of Belgium (state structure) Belgium is a federal state made up of Communities and Regions. Both have their own exclusive competences. The three Communities are: The Flemish Community (corresponding to the Dutch language area, with particular competences in the bilingual area of Brussels) The French Community (corresponding to the French language area, with particular competences in the bilingual area of Brussels) The German-speaking Community (corresponding to the German language area) The three Regions are: The Flemish Region (corresponding to the Dutch language area) The Walloon Region (corresponding to the French and German language area) The Brussels Capital Region (corresponding to the bilingual area) PRACTICALLY : Flanders is “language community + region” = “Flemish Government” 4 Institutional setup in Belgium Flanders 5 Flanders as part of Belgium (state structure) Belgium has six parliaments and six governments: A Federal Parliament (consisting of a House of Representatives and a Senate); A Federal Government; + different parliaments and governments for each Community and Region. In 1980 the Flemish authorities merged the community and regional institutions. A single Flemish Parliament, Flemish Government, official consultative bodies and an administration, supported by specific agencies, oversee both community and regional competences. 6 Flanders: key figures 2010 Flanders: 6.16 million inhabitants situated in the northern part of Belgium covers 44.8% of Belgium's 30,528 km² accounts for some 60% of the total population 7 Distribution of competences Federal authority: Foreign affairs, national defence, justice, finance, social security, the nuclear fuel cycle, part of public health and domestic policy Authority of the Regions (territorially-bound responsibilities): Economic policy, energy policy (except for the nuclear fuel cycle), work and social economy, agriculture, public works, transport, innovation, water management, environment, forestry, all territory-based issues Authority of the Communities (person-bound responsibilities): Culture, (primary, secondary and higher) education, media, science and research, health, tourism, vocational training, health, sports, youth, heritage, elderly policy, all person-related issues Combined authority of Flanders + NO HIERARCHY 8 Distribution of research competencies Federal authority: research fields “defined by international commitments” the nuclear fuel cycle, part of public health and domestic policy, space, 10 federal research institutions + secretariat of the CIS – CFS (European + international delegations) Authority of the Regions (territorially-bound responsibilities): “applied research’ Authority of the Communities (person-bound responsibilities): Culture, (primary, secondary and higher) education, media, science and research, health, tourism, vocational training, health, sports, youth, heritage, elderly policy, all person-related issues Combined authority of Flanders + NO HIERARCHY 9 The Flemish public administration Under the name of Better Administrative Policy, the Flemish public administration was subjected to root-and-branch reform in 2006. designed to make the public administration more efficient; tasks are now organised on the basis of 11 policy areas; each policy area is composed of a department and a number of autonomous agencies; the role of the departments is to prepare, monitor and evaluate public policy in the policy field of the department; the agencies then apply and implement government policy within the context of the services provided to citizens, companies and organisations. 10 Policy domain EWI within the Flemish authority Public Governance and the Finance & Budget (FB) Chancellery (KB) Flemish Foreign Affairs (iV) Economy, Science and Innovation (EWI) Education and Training (OV) Work & Social Economy (WSE) Culture, Youth, Sport & Media Welfare, Public Health & Family (CJSM) (WVG) Agriculture and Fisheries(LV) Environment (OMG) Mobility and Public Works (MOW) 11 Policy domain EWI Flemish Minister for Work, Economy, Innovation and Sport Flemish Advisory Council Department of Economy, for Innovation and Enterprise Science and Innovation Flanders Research (Agency) Innovation Investment Limburg Foundation Botanic and Company Investment Flanders Garden Entrepreneurship Flanders Company (FWO) Meise VLAIO (PMV) (LRM) 12 Objective of the EWI policy area " By the integration of Economy, Science and Innovation throughout the policy area, we opt resolutely for the development of a knowledge-intensive economy in Flanders. " 13 13 Budget increases in 2014-2019 (in mio €) 2015 2016 2017 2018 2019 +20 20 20 20 20 +5 5 5 5 +195 195 195 +0 0 +280 Total = 500 mio € ! + extra investment budgets: 2016 2017 2018 2019 90 100 115 120 International comparison of government R&D budgets (2017) International comparison of R&D government budget (GBAORD) as% GD(R)P Flanders*: Flemish government R&D budget + Flemish share of the federal R&D budget (35.5% for the European Space Agency and 56% for the rest) Source: for Flanders: EWI Budget Browser 2019; for other countries: main science and technology Indicators, OESO, extracted Feb 2019 Flemish funding instruments FWO: basic and applied research Mandates Individual credits Research projects • SBO-projects • TBM (Biomedical) • Odysseus • Big Science • EOS projects Infrastructure International mobility International cooperation International contacts Scientific awards European programs Flemish funding instruments PMV & LRM Investments VLAIO Research project Innovation mandates Baekeland mandates Support for O&O&I in an international consortium TETRA-projecten Agriculture projects Department EWI IOF (Industrial Research fund) – applied and strategic basic research BOF (Special Research fund) – basic research • Incl. Tenure Track and Methusalem Institutional funding for our Flemish research centres Research landscape in Flanders Flanders’ research and innovation actors (1) Royal academies (3) promotional or advisory role not directly involved in policy-making KVAB (promotion of arts and sciences) www.kvab.be KAGB (promotion of medicine, pharmacy, animal sciences and related sciences) www.academiegeneeskunde.be KANTL (promotion of Flemish culture and literature, and research into the Dutch language) www.kantl.be 19 Flanders’ research and innovation actors (2) Higher education institutions (28) 5 universities (90% of the scientific output): K.U.Leuven UGent UAntwerpen UHasselt Vrije Universiteit Brussel (VUB) 22 institutes of higher education (university colleges) Scientific institutes (4 + 2) build up and disseminate scientific knowledge advise and assist policy-makers and provide services to society INBO (nature and forest) www.inbo.be KMSKA (fine arts) www.kmska.be VIOE (heritage) www.vioe.be ILVO (agriculture, horticulture and fisheries) www.ilvo.vlaanderen.be Botanic Garden https://www.plantentuinmeise.be Flanders Hydraulics research https://www.waterbouwkundiglaboratorium.be Flanders’ research and innovation actors (3) Strategic Research Centers energy, materials, remote sensing and the environment • customer-oriented contract research • develops innovative products and processes in the fields of energy, the environment and materials • for both public and private sector • all projects seek to protect the environment and encouragie sustainable use of energy funding 50 mio € nanotech and nano-electronics • Europe’s largest independent research centre for nanotech and nano-electronics funding 112 mio € manufacturing Industry • active support to companies in the manufacturing industry for developing and optimising products and production processes funding 24,5 mio € life sciences and biotechnology • 65 research groups in life sciences hosted at Flemish universities. • active technology transfer policy towards applications through patenting and licensing, technology platforms as basis for new high-tech spin offs. funding 61,8 mio € Flanders’ research and innovation actors (4) Policy research centres (4) (www.vlaanderen.be/steunpunten) • problem-driven short-term research; • applied research; • themes relevant to the policy of the Flemish government. Expertise centre O&O monitoring (ECOOM) Centre Economy & Entrenpreneurship (STORE) Centre Environment & Health Centre Flanders Circular (SUMMA+) Flanders’ research and innovation actors (5) Other institutes • ITM (Institute of Tropical Medicine) • VLIZ (Flanders Marine Institute) • KMDA-CRC (Research and Conservation Center Zoo-Planckendael) • NERF (Neuro-Electronics Research, a collaboration between VIB, IMEC and K.U.Leuven) • Vlerick (Management School, Leuven - Ghent) • UAMS (Management School, Antwerp) • Orpheus (music) • Alamire (polyphony) • Flanders DC (Flanders District of Creativity) Flanders’ research and innovation actors (6) Co-operative innovation networks (7) VEI (Flemish Electro-Innovation Centre) DSP Valley (Digital Signal Processing Valley) VKC (Flanders’ Centre for Plastics) Clusta (Flemish