The government adopted Thursday a resolution on the national research and development programme for the 2006-2010 period. One of its main objectives is to increase the influence of R&D by promoting cooperation among companies, researchers and intermediaries who transfer new technology and innovations to the corporate sector.
According to Jure Zupan, the minister of higher education, science and technology, the resolution follows the objectives of the strategy of Slovenia's development in forging ties between research facilities and the corporate sector. This will create an effective system that will contribute to boosting national income, Zupan said, adding that this was also the objective of the EU's Lisbon Strategy.
In line with the Barcelona objectives, investment in R&D is set to increase to 3% of GDP by 2010: investment of the corporate sector is to double to 2% of GDP and those from the budget are to reach 1% of GDP.
The government is to take several measures to achieve its goals, among others improving the structure of the use of the existing funds and increasing the annual R&D budget by approximately 0.1% of GDP, which today amounts to around SIT 6bn (EUR 25m).
These funds would help upgrade the research infrastructure at universities, increase the number of young researchers, co-finance high-tech companies and try to make science more popular through media and education.
The resolution moreover defines sectors that are seen as offering the best prospects for Slovenia: information and telecommunications technologies, advanced synthetic, metal and non-metallic materials, nanotechnology and sustainable management technologies.
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