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Science & Technology Cooperation Workshop
co-organised by the European Union Delegation to Thailand
and the National Science and Technology Development Agency (NSTDA)
Sofitel Bangkok Sukhumvit Hotel
11 June 2013
Overview of Bilateral European Union – Thailand S&T Cooperation Programmes – synergies and divergences
Christoph Elineau, Tec 2 Short term expert
Outline
• Background and Methodology
• Observations
– Scientific output
– Cooperation mechanisms
• Recommendations
Background/Methodology
• Short term expertise in the framework of the Thailand-EU Cooperation project (TEC 2)
• Within TEC 2 focus on S&T cooperation, with 2 subtopics: – EU-Thailand S&T Cooperation in the areas of policy, researcher
mobility, and research funding. Evaluation of bilateral programs in S&T cooperation.
– Science for the Public/Science for the Youth. Monitoring and Assessment of Programs in EU member states (value for Thailand)
• Timeline/Methodology: – Two mission to Thailand (Sept. 2012; April 2013)
– Desk-based research
– Presentation and Feedback
Observations:
Scientific output
Scientific output and collaboration patterns
• Steep increase in scientific output in Thailand in the
past 10 years
• International collaboration one of the key drivers
• Scientific cooperation between Thailand and European
researchers is increasing exponentially
• Dominating cooperation partners (UK, F, GER)
• Dominating cooperation topics (Health, Food&Ag,
Environment)
Scientific output
Source: Innovation in Southeast Asia,OECD 2012 (ISI, Web of Science data)
Scientific output Articles co-published by authors from ASEAN and EU,
• Multitude of cooperation agreements between Thai and European universities: – Mahidol University lists cooperation with 23 universities in the EU
(Austria, Belgium, Denmark, France, Germany, Ireland, the Netherlands, Sweden, UK)
– Prince of Songkla University lists cooperation with 46 universities in the EU (Austria, Belgium, Denmark, Finland, France, Germany, the Netherlands, Portugal, Spain, Sweden, UK)
– Thammasat University lists cooperation with 36 universities sin the EU (Austria, Belgium, Czech Republic, Denmark, France, Germany, Ireland, Hungary, the Netherlands, Portugal, Romania, Spain, Sweden, UK)
• Cooperation profiles of Universities an aggregation of individual interest/initiative of researchers/research institutes
• Majority of agreements focus on cooperation in Education (exchange of students, joint degrees)
• S&T cooperation increasingly featured
Cooperation mechanisms
Source: CORDA database (Februray 2013)
Cooperation mechanisms
Source: CORDA database (Februray 2013)
Cooperation mechanisms
• Currently a transition phase – Development cooperation funded schemes are phase out
– New S&T cooperation programs/schemes are set up
– Inconsistencies in objectives for int’l cooperation remain (capacity development vs. research excellence)
• Clear focus on few research cooperation fields – Health, Food&Agriculture, Environment
– Little cooperation in industry-related fields (Automotive, Electronics)
• Cooperation tools/mechanisms partly meet the demands of Thai researchers
– Broad offer to initiate contacts between EU and Thai researchers (scientific workshops, matchmaking, etc..)
– Limited support to establish long-term R&D institutional cooperation
Cooperation mechanisms
• Cooperation mechanisms support each other – Bilateral relations reflected in FP7 consortia
• Different bilateral programs are running in parallel (few interlinkages, no institutionalised information exchange)
• Unique position for FP7 (supporting Thai researchers in large, world-class applied R&D consortia)
• Thai research universities start to develop int’l cooperation strategies