07.04.2010 - 08.04.2010 | Moscow, Russia

2nd Policy Stakeholders Conference "Best practices in S&T and Innovation policies"

The second S&T policy stakeholders conference "Best Practices in Science, Technology and Innovation Policies", which was held in Moscow on 7th and 8th April 2010, continued the success of an upcoming series of similar events. Presentations and a draft summary of the Moscow conference are available now!

Following the first Science and Technology Policy Stakeholders´ Conference of the European Union, Eastern European and Central Asian Countries held in June 2009 in Athens, the second S&T Policy Stakeholders´ Conference on “Best Practices in Science, Technology and Innovation Policies” was held in Moscow on April 7th and 8th, 2010.

The conference organisers were University – Higher School of Economics (HSE) and IncoNet EECA  project consortium, funded within the 7th EU RTD Framework Programme. This conference was addressed to S&T policy makers as well as scientific community in the European Union, Associated Countries (AC), Eastern European and Central Asian (EECA) countries.

This Stakeholders´ Conference was embedded as dedicated session in the HSE 11th International Academic Conference on Economic and Social Development entitled "Economic Modernization: markets, firms, and structural changes" and "Preserving the Nation: demographic, socioeconomic, and political context". The conference co-organizers are the World Bank and International Monetary Fund.

The 2nd Stakeholders´ Conference objectives were:

• to highlight selected challenges in science, technology and innovation (STI) policy;
• to present and discuss contribution of scientific communities of EU, AC and EECA countries to development of STI policy;
• to analyze EU-EECA S&T cooperation framework and outline the way forward.

The conference programme comprised the following sessions:

• Present Challenges in STI Policies;
• Setting Priorities for STI Policies;
• Institutional Reforms in the Public S&T Sector;
• New Approaches to Innovation Policies: Forward-Looking Strategies;
• New Approaches to Innovation Policies: Knowledge Based Exploitation of New Markets;
• Internationalisation Strategies as an Integral Part of STI Policies;
• Critical Analysis of the EU-EECA S&T Cooperation Framework and the Way Forward.

A critical analysis of the EU-EECA S&T cooperation framework was made by partners of the EECA consortium from Austria, Germany, Moldova, Russia, as well as a representative from the Russian national research centre Kurchatov Institute, a partner in ERA.Net RUS partner. The speakers explored the existing instruments (FP, ENPI, etc.) and potential cooperation patterns of EC-EECA S&T cooperation.

In the framework of the Round table discussion of policy makers “The Way Forward: a Shared Vision for Enhanced EU-EECA Cooperation” participants covered issues related to cooperation in the sphere of S&T and innovation and coordination of S&T policies. Other issues, such as development of cooperation infrastructure and instruments for academic mobility were also covered.

Ideas and opinions on enhanced EU-EECA S&T cooperation were shared by leading researchers and representatives of national ministries and agencies from EU Member States, AC and EECA countries as well as from the European Commission responsible for development and execution of STI policy.

Downloads

Draft Summary

Final Programme (English)

Final Programme (Russian)

The conference presentations and list of partcipants are now available on the Intranet (sub section Documents/Project Meetings). Access to the intranet is password protected.

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