NATIONAL INNOVATION SYSTEMS PILOT STUDY OF THE BELGIAN INNOVATION SYSTEM Study carried out for the Belgian Federal Office for Scientific, Technical and Cultural Affairs (OSTC) in the context of the OECD Working Group on Innovation and Technology Policy Joint research carried out by H.CAPRON (
[email protected]) W.MEEUSEN (
[email protected]) M.CINCERA (
[email protected]) M.DUMONT (
[email protected]) with the collaboration of K.VANDEWALLE (
[email protected]) B.VAN POTTELSBERGHE (
[email protected]) University of Antwerp - RUCA Free University of Brussels - ULB 1 Table of contents 1. INTRODUCTION 5 2. INSTITUTIONAL PROFILE 7 2.1. Introduction 7 2.2. The political, administrative, financing and advisory structure 8 2.2.1. The Federal State 8 2.2.2. The 'federated' entities 11 2.3. Higher Education Institutions 15 2.3.1. Universities 15 2.3.2. Autonomous university and inter-university research centres 15 2.3.3. Non-university HEIs 15 2.4. Research and Technology Organisations (RTOs) 16 2.4.1. The Federal State 16 2.4.2. The Flemish Community 17 2.4.3. The Walloon Region / French-speaking Community 17 2.4.4. Sectoral Centres of Collective Research 17 2.5. Bridging Institutions 18 2.5.1. Brussels - Technopole 18 2.5.2. Business - University/HEIs Interfaces 18 2.5.3. Science Parks/Incubators 19 2.6. Diffusion-oriented policies and the development of technology networks and bridging institutions 21 2.7. Functional matrix 22 3. R&D EXPENDITURES AND THE NATIONAL INNOVATION SYSTEM 24 3.1.