New National RDI Strategy in Romania

By Ms. Elke DALL on Sep 04, 2007
Status: Public

Rolanda Predescu provided information about the new RTDI Strategy of Romania for the eJournal summer 2007.

The new policy was developed within the project “Elaboration of the national R&D and innovation strategy for 2007-2013”, launched by the National Authority for Scientific Research (NASR) in 2005, with the aim to re-evaluate and reconsider the priorities and objectives for the R&D and innovation field. The outcome were two policy papers detailing the national RDI strategy, which were recently approved by the Romanian government. They include the following key elements for the development of the RDI system in Romania:

• Promoting the creation and development of S&T knowledge, with a view on obtaining high level, internationally competitive, S&T results;
• Increasing the competitiveness of the Romanian economy by promoting the diffusion and transfer of S&T knowledge, and the innovation processes with strong economic impact;
• Increasing the quality of life through the development of S&T solutions with high benefits for society.

These strategy objectives are going to be achieved within the new framework for strategy implementation monitoring and in the context
of a more transparent research market, based on a competitive system that promotes excellence.
The RDI Strategy 2007/2013 encourages regional cooperation, e.g. through instruments like launching of joint calls for R&D thematics of mutual interest, but there are no specific targets set for a given particular region (such as, for instance, the Western Balkans).

Information provided by Ms. Rolanda Predescu

Article published in eJournal summer 07.