An independent, transparent and accountable research and innovation (R&I) implementation Agency, which concentrates and allocates all available R&I funding on the basis of international standards, should be created in the Republic of Moldova, recommended a Panel of high-level independent experts representing the European Commission, who carried out a Peer Review of the research and innovation system of Moldova, IPN reports.
According to the Government’s press office, the policy recommendations were presented in a meeting of Prime Minister Pavel Filip and the group of experts led by Krzysztof Gulda. The European experts consider it necessary to eliminate the barriers and institute stimuli for the participation of businesses in research and invocation and to develop the scientific potential of the diaspora and motivate young talents to build a scientific career.
The dialogue also focused on the optimal model of organizing the R&I system and on the identification of the institution that possesses the capacities needed to develop policies and ensure efficient leadership. In this regard, the representatives of the European Commission said there is no ideal model that can be borrowed. The EU member states implemented different organizational formulas. It is important to define the goal of the reform, to clearly delimit the powers of each institution within the new formula for organizing the R&I system and to allocate the necessary resources, including the financial ones.
Pavel Filip expressed his conviction that the modernization of the science and innovation sectors is the most suitable method of developing the Republic of Moldova as a small country, given the size of its population and the territorial dimensions. “The innovation-based economic development will allow us to maximally use the human potential that we possess. The country’s economy must produce value added by research and innovation and the moment is now opportune for reforming this system that must be modernized in parallel with the reform of the public administration initiated by the Government,” he stated.
The Panel of high-level independent experts, from November 20015 to April 2016, analyzed the Moldova’s research and innovation system within Horizon 2020 Policy Support Facility and suggested a roadmap for working out and implementing a reform aimed at increasing the quality of investment in research and innovation, improving policies and the administration of the national system. The panel includes experts from Poland, Greece, Austria, Romania, and the Netherlands.
