stockholm, december 11, 2006 seminar deutsch-schwedischer forschungsverein royal swedish academy of...

Stockholm, December 11, 2006

Seminar Deutsch-Schwedischer

ForschungsvereinRoyal Swedish Academy of Engineering

SciencesNew Research Policy Developments in Germany

Klaus Matthes: International RelationsFederal Ministry of Education and Research

Germany


Position of Germany in the world

Germany´s R&D structure and policy development

The Hightech Strategy

Internationalization aspects

Germany´s EU Council Presidency

Outlook


NT 17% NT 17%NT 6%

NT 15% NT 15%

NT 5%

NT 14% NT 14%

NT 5%

MT51%

MT38%

MT52%

MT53%

MT39%

MT51%

MT53%

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HT 31%

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HT 35%

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HT 36%

HT 29%

ges. 472 Mrd.

ges. 724 Mrd.

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ges. 421 Mrd.

ges. 687 Mrd.

ges. 512 Mrd.

ges. 315 Mrd.

ges.422 Mrd.

ges.403 Mrd.

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Quelle: Die OECD in Zahlen und Fakten 2006, Seiten 239, 245, 246 und 247 ISBN 92-64-03562-1

Export of Germany in Volume and Structure (compared to USA and Japan)

High-tech

Middle-tech

Low-tech

Germany


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outwardInward

Foreign direct investment stock development

Source: World Investment Report 2005, UNCTAD

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The world‘s leaders in R&D 2004

Size of circle reflects the share in global R&D spending.

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US

India

China

Germany

Japan

Source; Batelle, R&D-Magazine, World Bank, OECD

Sweden







Outlook


Universities€ 8,5 billion

Universities€ 8,5 billion

Leibniz Association (WGL)

80 institutes€ 0.95 billion

Leibniz Association (WGL)


Helmholtz Association of

National ResearchCentres (HGF)

15 national research centres€ 2.2 billion

Helmholtz Association of

National ResearchCentres (HGF)

15 national research centres€ 2.2 billion

Fraunhofer-Ges. (FhG)


Fraunhofer-Ges. (FhG)


Max Planck Society (MPG)


Max Planck Society (MPG)


Private companies€ 36,3 billion

Private companies€ 36,3 billion

ThematicResearchClusters

andNetworks

ThematicResearchClusters

andNetworks

The German research system


From funding single projects...

... to support networks and clusters

TraditionalTargetedProgrammesSingle projects

1970 1980 1990 2000

Netw

ork

ing

-

+

R&D CooperationSupport

Strategic Projects;Regional Innovation Networks

Global R&D-Networks/Clusters

2010


1970 1980 1990 2000

Effi

cie

ncy

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+

From institutional ….....to performance oriented

funding

2010

from broad competence distribution……to centres of global

excellence

Increasing the efficiency of R&D instruments







Outlook


The High-Tech Strategy for Germany

Cross-cutting activities

Specific innovation strategies

Innovations for a healthy and safe life

Innovationsfor communication

and mobility

Innovations through

generic technologies

Investingin human

capital

Strengthening Germany's

international position

Supportingthe quicker

disseminationof new

technologies

Improvingthe conditionsfor high-tech

start-upsand

innovativeSMEs

Pooling the forces

ofscience

and industry



Wir investierenin die Köpfe

der Menschen

Wir stärken

die internationale

Position Deutschlands

Wir unterstützen

die schnellere Verbreitungvon neuen

Technologien

Pooling the forces

of science

and industry

Wir verbessern die Bedingungen für High-Tech-Gründungen

und den innovativen Mittelstand

• New impetus to cooperation between science and industry

• Application-oriented science and a research-friendly industrial environment

• Increasing exchanges of experts

MatthesK




der Menschen

Wir stärken

die internationale


Wir unterstützen


Technologien

Wir bündeln

die Kräfte von

Wissenschaft und

Wirtschaft

Improving the conditions

for high-techstart-ups

and innovative

SMEs

• Supporting the establishment and growth of new technology-based companies

• Increasing the participation of small and medium-sized enterprises in innovation

• Improving the conditions for private R&D investment




der Menschen

Wir stärken

die internationale


Supportingthe quicker

disseminationof new

technologies

Wir bündeln

die Kräfte von

Wissenschaft und

Wirtschaft



• Improving the protection and use of intellectual property

• Enhancing standardization in innovation processes

• Exploiting the innovation potential of public procurement

• Simplifying processes and structures through e-government




der Menschen

StrengtheningGermany's

international position

Wir unterstützen


Technologien

Wir bündeln

die Kräfte von

Wissenschaft und

Wirtschaft



• Increasing research and innovation competence through international cooperation

• Cooperating in the design of European research and innovation policy



Investingin human

capital

Wir stärken

die internationale


Wir unterstützen


Technologien

Wir bündeln

die Kräfte von

Wissenschaft und

Wirtschaft



• Developing the vocational education system further in keeping with future needs

• Enhancing lifelong learning processes and continuing education

• Exploiting unused qualification resources in a targeted approach

• Increasing support for the highly talented

• Attracting talent and expertise from abroad

• Higher Education Pact 2020

• Improving research and education excellence visibly and lastingly


Germany’s Excellence InitiativeResults of the first round


Deutschland nimmt die Herausforderungen des 21. Jahrhunderts an

Die Querschnittsaktivitäten




and mobility

Innovations through



der Menschen

Wir stärken

die internationale


Wir unterstützen


Technologien

Wir bündeln

die Kräfte von

Wissenschaft und

Wirtschaft






Innovationenfür ein kommunikatives

und mobiles Leben

Innovationen durch

Querschnittstechnologien

• Health research and medical technology: Stimulating a growth market

• Security technologies: Fighting crime and terrorism

• Plants: New approaches in agriculture and industry

• Energy technologies: Challenges for the 21st century

• Environmental technologies: Clean water and air, fertile soil



Innovationen für ein gesundes

und sicheres Leben


and mobility

Innovationen durch

Querschnittstechnologien

• Information and communication technologies: Starting the number one driver for innovation

• Vehicle and transport technologies: Mobility for tomorrow

• Aeronautical technologies: Safer and cleaner aircraft

• Space technologies: Research in outer space for life on Earth

• Maritime technologies: Innovations for the oceans

• Services: Towards the knowledge economy



Innovationen für ein gesundes

und sicheres Leben

Innovationenfür ein kommunikatives

und mobiles Leben

Innovations through


• Nanoscience: Small-scale technologies with large economic potential

• Biotechnology: Life sciences to be broadly applied

• Microsystems engineering: Pioneering intelligent products

• Optical technologies: Light creates jobs and growth

• Materials engineering: The new design of matter

• Production engineering: Supplier for the global economy







Outlook


02

46

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1820

UK NL Fr SE D

R&D financed from abroadIn % of gross expenditure on R&D (GERD)

Source: Eurostat, R&D statistics

%


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Patent applications with foreing co-inventors% of total applications (EPO, 2002)

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Inward from other EU countries

Outward to other EU countriesSource: Eurostat, R&D statistics

Foreign students in higher education within EU-countriesHosted from other countries, enrolled in other countries, in 2004

stu

den

ts


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93 95 97 2001 2003

foreign R&D national R&D

1990 = 100 = 30 Mrd US$

13% 13% 14% 15% 22%

Source: World Investment Report 2005, UNCTAD

R&D expenditure by foreign affiliates in Germany (only business sector)

of total business R&D


Internationalization of Science and Researchgoals and benefits

Use the opportunities of european and worldwide cooperation networks

new impetus for the

development of science

Optimization of innovation

process

Effective solution of

global problems







Outlook


Current Situation

Future of the EU

LisbonStrategy

Research Support

EU Budgets(2008)

Presidency Activities

Constitutional Process

Fields ofAction

3% target ERA FP7

German Initiatives

Legislative Measures

Adoption

Launch FP7

INCO

ERC

Security Research

EIT Art. 169 Art. 171

Young Researchers

Gender Equality

Responsible Science

Modern BasicResearch

Infrastructures

StructuralFunds

IPR Charter

Cultural Identity

Lasting impact of German

Council Presidency on

long-term development of

EU research budget


Basic research as a basis for innovations:

Paradigm shift from industrial research to basic research at EU level Instrument: European Research Council (ERC)Events: First official meeting of the ERC-Scientific Council, Berlin, 26/27 February 2007 ERC launch event, Berlin, 27/28 February 2007 Informal Council, Würzburg, 26-28 April 2007

Young researchers:

An additional 700,000 researchers needed in Europe Problem: Underfinanced, lack of mobility and transfer opportunities Establishment of optimised structures for researchers

Events: European Researchers of Tomorrow Crossing the Borders of Academia and Industry, Stuttgart, 14/15 May 2007 Gender Issues in Research – Innovation through equality of opportunity,

Berlin, 18/19 April 2007


Infrastructures:

New research infrastructures

(beside large facilities in physics: biology, medicine, humanities and social sciences)

Events: European Conference on Research Infrastructures - ECRI,

Hamburg, 5/6 June 2007

Structural funds for R&D:

Goal: Practical guide for cumulative use of money from structural funds

CREST working group„How to make better use of Structural Funds to support R&D“


Intellectual Property: Improved management of intellectual property rights Initiative for a Charter (IPR Charter)

Events: Launch Conference RFP 7, Bonn, 15/16 January 2007 Informal Council, Würzburg, 26-28 April 2007 EARTO Conference, Munich, 3/4 May 2007

Responsible Science:

Agreement on common criteria for responsible research

Event: „Science and its publics", 24/25 June 2007


Cultural Identity:

Research contribution towards reviving the dialogue on the European Constitution

Events: Events to celebrate the Treaties of Rome

Establishing the European Communities, 25 March 2007

"The Spirit of Europe – Plurality, Identities, Interdependencies", Leipzig, 6-10 June 2007







Outlook


global strategic partnerships/networks

Information exchange

Exchange of Scientists

joint projects

joint research facilities

intensity of cooperation

deg

ree

of

net

wo

rkin

g

Where do we stand? Current forms of international cooperation do not make full use of its possibilities and opportunities:

Current s

ignificance

in public

research


A world competence region in life science The ScanBalt Bio Region

BioConValley

TartuBiopark

Univ.Kalmar,

Göteborg

Center ofTech. Transfer

Institute ofBiotech

BioMedicalResearch C.

BioTurku

Inst. of exper.medicine

Where do we want to go? a good example


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