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Contents

 The Flemish Government and the public administration  Research and Innovation: policy priorities  Research and Innovation: some important actors  Science and Innovation: key figures  Research and innovation: internationalisation, esp. China  Policy towards young researchers

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The Flemish Government & the public administration

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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 13 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

• rganisations.

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Division of responsibilities within a policy area

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Policy area

1 department

responsible for policy preparation, policy monitoring and policy evaluation

Agencies

Responsible for policy implementation

Advisory council

Offers advice relating to main policy lines and strategic policy issues

Various other actors

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The Flemish public administration

 The 13 policy areas of the Flemish public administration: Services for General Government Policy Public Governance Foreign Affairs Finance and Budget Education and Training Economy, Science and Innovation Culture, Youth, Sport and Media Welfare, Public Health and Family Agriculture and Fisheries Work and Social Economy Mobility and Public Works Environment, Nature and Energy Town and Country Planning, Housing Policy and Immovable Heritage

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Organisational chart

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Actors in the EWI policy area (1)

 1. Public authorities

EWI Department (www.ewi-vlaanderen.be) prepares, monitors, and evaluates public policy in the field of economic support, science and innovation. aims to stimulate excellent scientific research; an attractive and sustainable business climate; a creative, innovative and entrepreneurial society. AO: Enterprise Flanders: implements business development policy and acts as a one- stop-shop for entrepreneurs (www.agentschapondernemen.be) IWT: Agency for Innovation by Science and Technology, a one-stop-shop for business R&D and innovation support (www.iwt.be)

Hercules Foundation: funds medium-scale and large-scale infrastructure for research

(www.herculesstichting.be)

FWO: Research Foundation Flanders: funds basic research (www.fwo.be) LRM: reconversion support (www.lrm.be) PMV: guarantees, loans (www.pmvlaanderen.be) VEB: Flemish Energy Company (www.vlaamsenergiebedrijf.eu): investment company (green and renewable

energy) and taking the lead in making governmental buildings more energy efficient.

Agency Botanic Garden of Meise(www.br.fgov.be): centre of excellence for science and horticulture (scientific

research, plant collections, historic buildings, one of the largest herbaria in the world and a botanical library)

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Actors in the EWI policy area (2)  2. Advisory councils

VRWI (Flemish Council for Science and Innovation):

representatives from academia, industry and government advice and recommendations

SERV (Flanders Social and Economic Council)

advisory body for all matters associated with socio-economic consultation R&D is not its core business, but there is common ground

 3. Other advisory bodies

VLIR (Flemish Interuniversity Council)

improves mutual understanding and co-operation amongst our universities

• perates as a think-tank for all policy aspects involving higher education

VLOR (Flemish Education Council)

the official advisory body for education and training policy in the Flemish Community

VLHORA (Flemish Council for Colleges of Higher Education)

the official advisory body for the colleges of higher education (university colleges)

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Actors in the EWI policy area (3)

 4. Royal academies (3)

promotional or advisory role not directly involved in policy-making

Royal Flemish Academy of Belgium for Science and the Arts (KVAB)

(promotion of arts and sciences)

www.kvab.be

Royal Academy of Belgium for Medicine (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

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Research and innovation: Policy priorities

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Flanders’ research and innovation policy priorities (1)

Focused innovation strategies

e.g.: joining forces in spearhead areas, strengthen and renew spearhead domains, respond to societal challenges through “large project initiatives”

More innovative strength for the economy of Flanders

e.g. strengthen and accelerate the valorisation trajectory, more innovative entrepreneurship, facilitate networking, clustering and cooperation means

Flanders as an innovation-friendly top region

e.g. increase the innovation potential by investing in human capital, adhere to major innovation trends, a state-of-the-art research infrastructure

Strengthen the fundamentals of science policy

e.g. attractive and flexible career paths for researchers, optimisation and fine-tuning

• f support measures, stimulate R&D and innovation via higher education

Benefits from the research and innovation system through better impact, higher efficiency and increasing resources and R&D budget

e.g. pursue budget increases (3% R&D/GDP target), Flanders a fully-fledged partner in European R&D and innovation area, effective policy evaluation & impact analysis

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Flanders’ research and innovation policy priorities (2)

 Oriented innovation policy

May 2011: Concept note “Innovation Centre Flanders” framework for the future of oriented innovation policy in Flanders; establishes a transversal role for innovation; response to the grand societal challenges Defines 6 Innovatieknooppunten (“innovation hubs or crossroads”):  Economic transformation through innovation

Covers 4 sub-innovation hubs in various industries: manufacturing, construction, sustainable chemistry, creative industries;

 Eco-innovation  Green / sustainable energy  Health care innovation  Sustainable mobility and logistics  Social innovation

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Grand Societal and Economic Challenges

TRANSFORMA TION BY INNOVATION ECO- INNOVATION INNOVATION IN CARE SUSTAINABLE MOBILITY AND LOGISTICS SOCIAL INNOVATION

Cooperation projects and initiatives

Solid base

Fundamental research, strategic basic research, research infrastructure, HR, eco-system

ENERGY INNOVATION

Innovation Hubs

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Science and innovation: some important actors

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Flanders’ research and innovation actors (1)

 Higher education institutions

5 Universities representing all-together about 90% of total scientific output in

Flanders 19 institutes of non-university higher education (university colleges) Cooperation in the framework of 5 associations (= one university + one or more

university colleges)

Scientific institutes build up and disseminate scientific knowledge advise and assist policy-makers and provide services to society

INBO (nature, environment) KMSKA (fine arts) Agentschap Onroerend Erfgoed (immovable heritage) ILVO (sustainable agriculture, fisheries) Since January 2014: National Botanic Garden (result of the 5th state reform)

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Flanders’ research and innovation actors (2)

 Strategic research centres: annual grant based on a multi-annual management agreement

IMEC (Interuniversity Microelectronics Centre): nanotechnology and nano- electronics VITO (Flemish institute for technological research): energy, materials, environment

• incl. remote sensing

Infrastructure mainly physically located at 1 site

Iminds (ICT): innovative ICT services and applications in 5 domains VIB (Flanders Institute for Biotechnology): life sciences and biotechnology

“virtual organisation model” that combines assets from institutes from the universities

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Flanders’ research and innovation actors (3)

 Policy research centres (21)

• structural framework and funding, instead of project-oriented
• both on problem-driven short-term research and on fundamental long-term

basic research

• themes regarded as priorities and relevant to its policy by the Flemish

government

 Expertise Center for Research and Development Monitoring (ECOOM):

• Network of all university associations
• Offering strategic data STI (impact on research policy and funding)

 Lichte Structuren (Innovation Platforms):

• Knowledge cluster initiatives geared towards industry demand
• Applied research and innovation co-operation on topics relevant for industry

and service sectors

• Transition role

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Flanders’ research and innovation actors (4)  Other institutes:

 ITMA (Institute of Tropical Medicine), VLIZ (Flanders Marine Institute), MIP3

(Environment and Energy Technology Innovation Platform), Smart Grids

Flanders (innovation platform for smart grids), NERF (Neuro-Electronics

Research Flanders),, Management Schools (Vlerick Business Schools and Antwerp Management School), Flanders DC (Flanders District of Creativity),

Energyville vzw (Intelligent energy networks and energy-efficient buildings), Foundation for Innovation and Works,…  International institutes located in Flanders:

• Ostend: IOC Project Office for IODE (Oceanographic data) (UN-Unesco),

EMODnet (Marine observation and data) (EU)

• Mol: JRC-IRMM (reference materials, measurements) (EU)
• Sint-Genesius-Rode: Von Karman Institute (fluid dynamics)

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Flanders’ research and innovation actors (2)

Strategic research centres:

annual grant based on a multi-annual management agreement

IMEC (Interuniversity Microelectronics Centre): nanotechnology and nano- electronics VITO (Flemish institute for technological research): energy, materials, environment

• incl. remote sensing

Infrastructure mainly physically located at 1 site

Iminds (ICT): innovative ICT services and applications in 5 domains VIB (Flanders Institute for Biotechnology): life sciences and biotechnology

“virtual organisation model” that combines assets from institutes from the universities

 Many others:

e.g. Flemish research institutes, ITMA, policy research centres and many others

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Science and innovation: key figures

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Facts & Figures: Research and innovation in Flanders (2014i)

Research & Development (R&D) funds

Flemish government R&D funds amount to 1.35 billion euro in 2014; In 2014, the Flemish Government invested an extra 73.9 million euro in research and innovation. Flanders invests in 2014 0.73% of its GDP (Gross Domestic Product) in R&D. This is same level as in 2010-2013, despite the economic crisis. In international comparisons , we can situate the Flemish figure (0.73%) above the EU-28 level (0.67%).

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Research and innovation in Flanders: key figures (2013)

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Evolution of science policy funding 1993-2013 (in million euro)

R&D: Research and development STET: Scientific and technological education and training STS: Scientific and technological services

500 1.000 1.500 2.000 2.500 1993 1994 1995 1996 1997 1998 1999 2000 2001 2002 2003 2004 2005 2006 2007 2008 2009 2010 2011 2012 2013i R&D STET STS

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Facts & figures: R&D expenses

• Flanders spent in 2012 more than 5,204 million euro to R&D (GERD) or the R&D

intensity (R&D expenses related tot the GD(R)P) amounted 2.42% (2.41% in 2011 and 2.28% in 2010 )

• Flanders performs much better than the EU-27 figure, but Germany and the

Scandinavian countries scored higher

R&D expenses or GERD in million euro GERD/GD(R)P = O&O intensity Private sector (BERD) 3,483 (66,9%) 1.62% Public sector (non-BERD= GOVERD + HERD + PNP) 1,721 (33,1%) 0.80% TOTAL (GERD) 5,204 (100%) 2.42%

Source EWI-ECOOM

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Facts & figures : R&D personnel

• The number of people employed in R&D has increased by about 13.7% since 2007 to

40,883 full-time equivalents in 2012

Source: EWI en ECOOM

13.206 18.609 22.038 21.824 21.954 21.568 22.621 23.943 7.423 8.739 13.924 14.684 15.554 16.311 16.686 16.940 5.000 10.000 15.000 20.000 25.000 30.000 35.000 40.000 45.000 1993 1998 2007 2008 2009 2010 2011 2012 Public sector Private sector

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Facts & figures: S&T students

 More than 4,600 first entries students has been enrolled in science and technology (S&T fields)

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Source: Flemish government – Education and Training department

500 1.000 1.500 2.000 2.500 3.000 3.500 4.000 4.500 5.000 1998-1999 2000-2001 2002-2003 2004-2005 2006-2007 2008-2009 2009-2010 2010-2011 2011-2012 Biomedical sciences Pharmaceutical sciences Applied biological sciences Applied sciences Natural sciences

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Facts & figures : Phd

• The past five years , the number of distributed PhDs. has increased more

than 53%

• The number of female PhDs had significantly grown (almost a double in the

past ten years).

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Source: Flemish government – Education and Training department

2002- 2003 2004- 2005 2006- 2007 2007- 2008 2008- 2009 2009- 2010 2010- 2011 2011- 2012 Men 568 639 654 693 711 794 805 925 Women 294 368 431 511 517 591 623 745 Total 862 1,007 1,085 1,204 1,228 1,385 1,428 1,670

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Facts & figures: scientific publications

• The scientific output of Flanders recently increased to 20.32 publications (2011) per

10.000 inhabitants (journal articles and proceedings included);

• The Flemish position is much higher than the world standard in the following

scientific fields:, biology, biological sciences, biomedical sciences and clinical and experimental medicine.

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Source : ECOOM

5 10 15 20 25 Italië Frankrijk Spanje Duitsland Groot-Brittanië Ierland België Vlaanderen Finland Nederland Zweden Denemarken 9,9 11,2 11,4 12,5 15,8 16,7 17,4 20,3 20,5 20,6 22,6 24,4

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Facts & figures: patents

• Flanders notes 255.3 patents applications to the European Patent Office (EPO) per

million inhabitants for 2008 (origin of the performer or the applicant)

• The key technology areas in which Flanders and Belgian EPO patents are situated

are chemicals, pharmaceuticals and polymers (2002-2011).

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Source: ECOOM

50 100 150 200 250 300 350 400 1992 1995 1998 2001 2003 2004 2005 2006 2007 2008 Flanders Belgium Germany Denmari Finland Netherlands

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Research and innovation: internationalisation

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Research and innovation in Flanders: internationalisation

Participation in programmes, initiatives, projects, …(2007-2013)

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404 Flemish institutions (leaders : KUL, IMEC, Ugent) Participated 2,224 times in 1,738 FP7 projects With € 828.5 million budget, financial return

• f 2.43%

excelling thematic priorities : ICT, Nanotech and Healthcare

FP7

EWI, FWO, IWT are partner in More than 100 projects started up in FP6/7 67 running Examples: PV,…

ERA- net

Avg of 14 projects/year 52 projects

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2010 50,2 m€ IWT and 108 million€ from FL industry Mainly ICT

Eureka

> 100 actions

COST

Bron: ECOOM, Vlaams Indicatorenboek 2013

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Research and innovation in Flanders: internationalisation

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European Research Area: Flanders participates in …

• KIC InnoEnergy, Colocation Centrum Benelux for energy-

efficient buildings and cities

• EnergyVille with participation of KUL, VITO, EANDIS

EIT

European Institute of Innovation and Technology

Neurodegenerative Diseases/Alzheimer’s; Cultural Heritage and Global Change; Urban Europe, Healthy & Productive seas and oceans; Food Security, Agriculture and Climate Change; A Healthy Diet for a Healthy Life; More Years, Better Lives; Antimicrobial Resistance; SET-plan

Joint Programming and related initiaves

European Social Survey (ESSurvey) Survey of Health, Ageing and Retirement in Europe (SHARE) Partnership for Advanced Computing in Europe (PRACE) Integrated Carbon Observation System (ICOS) Science and Technology Infrastructure for Biodiversity Data and Observations (LifeWatch)

ESFRI

European Strategy Forum on Research Infrastructures

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Research and innovation in Flanders: internationalisation

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• 3. European Research Area: Flanders participates in …

EUROSTARS AAL (Ambient Assisted Living)

2 public-public partnerships

• art. 185 initiatives

JTI ARTEMIS (Embedded Intelligence and Systems), JTI ENIAC (Nanotechnology), JTI IMI (Innovative Medicines Initiative) JU FCH (Fuel Cells and Hydrogen)

4 public-private partnerships of joint technology initiatives

• art. 187 initiatives

BioBase Europe WaterstofNet (Finalist EUROSTARS AWARD 2012) NanoSensEU

Interreg

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 Flanders international participation: European Framework Programs (H2020) with international counterparts (OECD, CoR, UNESCO, UNIDO,…) European Science Foundation, Science Europe, CECAM, TAFTIE, in ERA- nets… access to international research facilities or to Big Science projects (e.g. CERN)

 Bilateral agreement

Research foundation Flanders - National National Natural Science Foundation of China (NNSFC))

 Stimulation of scientific cooperation  Exchange of postdoc researchers and organisation of seminares and conferences

Bilateral agreements with Flemish universities

 E.g. Joint PhD degrees VUB – Chinese universities

 Academic diplomacy: academic cooperation

E.g. mission to Chian of minister-president with researchers from UA, VUB, UGent, Association of KULeuven

Flanders: Internationalisation

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Research and innovation in Flanders: internationalisation

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Mobility of researchers

Number of non-Belgian academic staff at Flemish universities Share of foreign researchers from EU and non-EU countries

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Data on Chinese junior researchers

• Total number of Chinese

junior researchers in Flemish universities since 1990: 881

• Total number of PhDs
• btained by Chinese

students: 593

• Total number of academic

staff and researchers in Flemish universities in 2013: 260

Data source: Human Resources in Research Flanders (HRRF).

Academic year of entry n Women n 1990-1991 26 6 1991-1992 31 5 1992-1993 23 5 1993-1994 12 4 1994-1995 14 5 1995-1996 31 6 1996-1997 36 8 1997-1998 41 11 1998-1999 34 14 1999-2000 74 23 2000-2001 17 4 2001-2002 34 14 2002-2003 32 18 2003-2004 27 10 2004-2005 39 20 2005-2006 46 17 2006-2007 72 29 2007-2008 84 32 2008-2009 63 21 2009-2010 68 27 2010-2011 50 19 2011-2012 27 12 Total 881 310

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Policy towards young researchers

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Policy objectives HR

 “Research and development” should be an attractive career choice for young people and a sufficient number of qualitative candidates opts for an R&D career  Research personnel should be supported and appreciated in their professional career  Flanders wants to be a full-fledged partner in an open international research world with free movement for researchers

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Doctoral degrees Flanders

Source: Indicatorenboek 2013

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Skills mismatch

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Support programme for young researchers

 Financing:

framework and support for young researchers since 2011 Yearly EUR 4 mio Policy objectives

 Training young researchers (doctoral schools)  Career development and opening up career perspectives  Reinforcement of the international orientation of researchers’ careers

 Cooperation between Flemish universities

One quarter of the budget should be spent in collaboration with at least two other Flemish universities

 Training of young researchers

Courses and seminars for doctoral and postdoctoral researchers; Training of communication about research activities and results; Training of valorisation of research activities, with special attention to valorisation in social and human sciences; Training of pedagogical and didactic competencies;

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Objectives

 Career development

Sensitization of researchers on making conscious career decisions; Sensitization of the labour market on employability of PhD holders; Intersectoral cooperation; Career guidance for researchers; Individual career coaching of young researchers Gender balance;

 International orientation

Screening of foreign doctoral and postdoc candidates Stimulating open recruitment

 Central publication of job openings where possible (Euraxess job portal)  Career support and providing information  International doctoral programmes

Participation of doctoral schools in international events Contacts with relevant international partners

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Impact

 courses (methodology, transferable skills) and activities on career planning and guidance  organisation of the doctoral schools  training of doctoral students,  external communication  attention for postdoctoral researchers  collaboration between doctoral schools  career guidance of doctoral and postdoctoral researchers  international and intersectoral mobility

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