Mobilizing resources for skills and capabilities Agrita Kiopa, Deputy State Secretary, Ministry of Education and Science 19.05.2016
Mobilizing resources for skills and capabilities
Agrita Kiopa, Deputy State Secretary, Ministry of Education and Science
19.05.2016
The Latvian R&D&I System
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Framework conditions Financial environment, tax regime, entrepreneurship and
innovation incentives, regulatory environment, State aid, mobility
Demand Consumers (final demand)
Producers (interim demand)
Industry system (R&D FTE 981)
Political system
Traditional economic sectors
Future growth sectors with high added value
Sectors with high horizontal impact
System of Education and Science (R&D FTE 4415)
Vocational education and training
Higher education and research
Research commissioned by the Public sector
The Saeima, Cabinet of Ministers
MoES, MoE, line ministries and gov., agencies
R&D&I and Industrial policy, RIS3
Research institutes, National Research Centers
Infrastructure
Banks, venture capital Information R&D&I and business support
instruments Standards and requirements
Competence Centers,
Technology transfer structures
Research infrastructure
RIS3: sustainable growth strategy
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1. Structural changes of production and export in traditional sectors;
2. Growth in high added value sectors: new products and services;
3. Sectors with horizontal
impact and contribution to economic transformation.
Directions: Priorities:
1. High added value products 2. Productive Innovation System 3. Energy Efficiency 4. Modern ICT 5. Modern education 6. The knowledge base 7. Polycentric development
1. Knowledge-based bio-economics
2. Bio-medicine, medical technologies, bio-pharmacy and biotechnologies;
3. Advanced materials, technologies and engineering systems
4. Smart energy
5. Information and communication technologies.
Specialization areas:
Objective: Transformation of economy towards higher added value, productivity and more effective use of resources
Base 2017 2020
R&D investment
(% GDP)
0,6
(2013) 1,2 1,5
Productivity
(EUR/empl)
20 126
(2013) 24 500 29 000
Practically oriented research
76.51 million euro (MoES, SF)
Development of the
infrastructure of vocational,
including in STEM fields,
104.7 million euro (MoES,
SF)
Innovation motivation
programme 4.80
million euro (MoE,
SF)
Science base funding (2014–2017)
99.16 million euro (MoES, NB)
Grants for post-doctoral research
64.03 million euro (MoES, SF)
Support for ERA bilateral and
multilateral cooperation projects 32.55
million euro (MoES, SF)
Development of the R&D infrastructure
100 million euro (MoES, SF)
Innovation grants to students
34 million euro (MoES, SF)
Strengthening the institutional
capacity of scientific institutions
15.25 million euro (MoES, SF)
Conquering
external markets
31.80 million euro
(MoE,SF)
Technology transfer
programme
24.5 million euro (MoE, SF)
Competence centres
72.3 million euro (MoE, SF)
Support for small and medium-
sized enterprises for the
development of new products
and technologies 7 million euro
(MoE, SF)
Business incubator
support programme
31 million euro
(MoE, SF)
HE infrastructure
development in STEM
fields
44.64 million euro
(MoES, SF)
Infrastructure
development in colleges
in STEM fields 14.2
million euro (MoES, SF)
Latvian economic growth SCIENCE BUSINESS
EDUCATION
NRP (2014–2017) 26.96 million
EUR. (IZM, SB)
EDUCATION FUNDING
Reduction of HE study programme
fragmentation, strengthening the capacity of
HE academic personnel, improving the HE
management 65.15 million euro (MoES, SF)
Training of the
unemployed 24.90
million euro (MoE, SF) Support for the
creation of
production
infrastructure and
purchasing
equipment 81.75
million euro (MoE,
SF)
Facilitating access
to funding 51 million
euro (MoE, SF)
Cluster programme
6.20 million euro
(MoE, SF)
Public infrastructure
facilitating business
in regions 114.2
million euro
(MoEPRD, SF)
Territory
revitalization
278.26 million
euro (MoEPRD,
SF)
Training the
unemployed according
to the labour market
demand 96.4 million
euro (MoW, SF)
HORIZON 2020
Cooperation between research
and agricultural and forestry
sectors
2.2 million euro (MoA, EAFRD)
Knowledge transfer to farmers
and people responsible for the
management of forests 17.1
million euro (MoA, EAFRD)
Corporate income tax allowances for research
and development costs
FLP (2014–2017) 20.76 million EUR
(IZM, SB)
Corporate income tax allowances for stimulating production
when purchasing new production equipment
Reuse of public data
151.54 million euro
(MoEPRD, SF)
Improving the professional
competence of employed
persons 27.03 million euro
(MoW, SF)
Education based in the work
environment, practical
training in vocational
education 21.93 million euro
(MoES, SF)
Participation in the EU research and
technology development programmes
(2014–2017) 5.72 million euro (MoES,
NB)
High-growth
enterprises
75 million euro
(MoE, SF)
Labour market
preventive
reorganization system
1.99 million euro
(MoW, SF)
Strengthening the capacity
for innovation
Increasing the scientific
competitiveness Increasing the business competitiveness
Quality and relevance of HE in Latvia
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OECD Recommendations for HE
• Move forward with the implementation of the three-pillar financing model
• Continue improving the quality of tertiary education and science
• Continue efforts to realign system capacity with demographic decline, fiscal reality and labour market needs
• Strengthen the capacity for strategic leadership and management
• Infrastructure investments linked to consolidation of RIs
• Study and research environment
• Open-access and dual use labs
• Priority of STEM; • Involvement of
professional associations; • Programs aimed at
creation of S&T human capital
• Integration of education and research
• Perfomance funding (R&D and creative activity)
• Learning outcomes • Quality assurance • Governance of HEI’s
• Governance and HR management in HEI’s
Focus on R&D&I human capital
Reneval and promotion of
tallent
Consolidation and integration of R&D&I with
HE
Performance incentives
Resources
Framework conditions
and incentives
Students
Academic personnel
6 Academic Centre for Natural Sciences, University of Latvia
Resources: Consolidation and integration of R&D&I and HE
University of Latvia- new Faculty of Biology, Chemistry, Geography and Earth Science, Medicine
(1 500 students)
Academic Network in Latvia - connects 50 scientific and higher education institutions, access to databases and high performance calculation software
NRC project: Pharmaceutical and Biomedical National Research Centre
Participants: OSI, BMC, RTU, LU
Recent consolidation
and infrastructure
projects
• In 2015 core research resources were concentrated in best institutions and unversities (RAE, 2013) • In 2016 21 research institutions and universities receive institutional funding (29 in 2015, 41 in 2014).
Performance incentives: funding model
teaching
pillar 1:
basic funding
pillar 2:
performance –
oriented funding
pillar 3:
innovation –
oriented funding
• numbers of study
places (per field)
• cost oriented weight
profile-oriented
target agreements
teaching + research +third mission
research
• numbers of
research staff
(per field)
• cost-orientedweight
• Research staff
FTE
(MAs, PhDs)
• Industry funded
research;
• International
research.
funding of
centers of
excellence
• Alignment of HE
and R & D
• Rewards past perfomance
Basic funding for labour market
alignment
Performance-based funding for HE&R
integration
Funding for development and
strategic specialization
Performance funding
6,5 MEUR
Study funding 85 MEUR
Funding for research 12 MEUR
OP «Growth and
Development» funding
Performance incentives: 2nd pillar
• MA students, PhD students, «young» scientists engaged in research - (P- 0.3)
Building HR in research and technology development
• International funding for research and development projects (Horizon 2020 etc.) - (S- 0,25)
International competitiveness of research
• R & D contract funding by public and commercial entities – (L - 0.25)
•Funding by local governments for regional research projects - (R- 0.1)
•Funding for creative and artistic projects - (M- 0.1)
Industry relevance of research
Performance criteria according to policy priorities:
2nd pillar funding FORMULA:
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+ 0,25 ×𝑆𝑧 𝑆𝑧
+ 0,25 ×𝐿𝑧 𝐿
𝑧
+ 0,1 ×𝑅𝑧 𝑅
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+ 0,1 ×𝑀𝑧
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Performance incentives: external quality assurance
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Foreign students in HEI's in Latvia 2006/07 - 2015/16
• Number of foreign students has considerably increased in recent years reaching 7,6 % of all students
• It is a challange to attract foreign academic and research staff, especially from highly ranked HEI’s and research institutions
• Academic Information Centre will be an independent external quality assurance and evaluation entity registered in EQAR by 2018
Students: Focus on Human Capital
68 912 67 592
57 428
48 553 42 745
39 252 36 317 33 841 30 808
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Num
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dents
Number of students by study area
Social Sciences Natural Sciences and engineering
Medium-term labour market forecasts: increased demand for STEM occupations by 2020
(and shortage of 13 5000 specialists in STEM fields, if no measures taken)
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Foreign students 2006/07 - 2015/16
• Priority to STEM fields for gov. study funding
• New government programs to support innovation and entrepreneurship skills and local and global linkages (networks)
Boosting efficiency and effectiveness of innovation system: core principles of reforms
Knowledge base
Sufficiently diverse (to serve five specialization areas)
Focused and relevant (to ensure competitiveness)
(S&T) human capital
Skilled (personal, technical, abstract)
Locally embedded (to develop local industry)
Globally connected (to reach out for opportunities)
Links across sectors and disciplines
(to benefit from cross-fertilization)
Institutions
International peer-review
Entrepreneurial discovery
Allingnemnt of effort
Infrastructure
Serves creation of knowledge base and human capital
Allows production of relevant knowledge
Jointly used sectorally, nationally and internationally
Supports conversion of tacit knowledge into innovation
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New investment sources: Quality FDI Innovation procuremnt R&D of government entreprises
Talent:
New fields and areas of knowledge Diaspora National and international
Mobilizing resources for skills and capabilities
Agrita Kiopa, Deputy State Secretary
19.05.2016