MANAGEMENT OF SECURITY RELATED R&D IN SUPPORT OF DEFENCE INDUSTRIAL TRANSFORMATIONScience for Peace Programme

Project 982063

The First Objective of the project is: To develop a NATO integrated defence R&D

Management Concept and Model as an incremental tool for the improvement of the national R&D

management system

This objective concerns the following tasks:

To develop a methodology for further scientific analysis and research on the topicTo explore NATO and developed countries best practices and regulations in defence R&D management areaTo explore Defence Industry transformation processes in Bulgaria, Romania and Macedonia To formulate a Concept and a Model for management of security Related R&D in support of defence industrial transformation

Three teams are working on achieving Objective 1

a team from DNRS (UNWE) Bulgaria, a team from National Defence College, Ministry of Defence, Romania a team from Faculty of Social Science, European University Skopje, Macedonia.

NATO and developed countries best practices and regulations exploration

The research work was distributes between national groups as follows:Bulgaria (DNRS – UNWE): UK, The Netherlands, Israel, NATO/EU regulations.Romania: USA, FranceMacedonia: Germany

The research practices of countries under consideration are highly diversified and depend on:

established in the country traditions,adopted national R&D policy, establishes connections between the government, MoD and the defence sector etc.

However, there are some issues, common for the countries, which can be further developed in Bulgaria, Romania and Macedonia:

Innovators’ market orientation.Concurrent product and process development.Strategic orientation of the innovation process.Technologic cooperation and integration.Programme management of defence resources for innovation.Project management is a main tool to manage the innovation process.Establishment of portfolio management of innovation projects.

Exploration of the defence industry transformation processes in Bulgaria - structure

1. Development of the Bulgarian defence industry till 1989.2. Established trends in development of the Bulgarian defence

industry after 1989, such as: markets decline, reduction of the defence products production, research potential diminution.

3. Established processes in development of the Bulgarian defence industry, such as: conversion of the defence production, privatisation, social processes, transformation of the military maintenance bases etc.

4. Prospects for defence industry after joining NATO/EU

Structure of the Defence R&D Management Concept

1. Concept’s purpose, scope and limitations, 2. R&D management environment3. Scope, purpose and matters of R&D management4. Objectives of R&D management5. Management cycle and key processes6. Management organization, participants and stakeholders7. Legal framework8. Output9. Influence on the defence industrial transformation

Preliminary structure of the Defence R&D Management Model

I Graphical part of the model• Graphical model of the R&D management process• Graphical models of other key processes, related to the R&D

management.

II Add-ons• List of operative legal documents regulating the R&D management.• List of authorities taking part in R&D management, internal for the MoD• List of authorities taking part in R&D management, external for the MoD;

List of institutions and entities – potential executors of R&D projects.• List of enterprises – potential integrators of research products• List of literature sources and other methodical materials about R&D

management.