Support to Moldova for its National Programme for Research and Innovation
1. Okt 2018
An EU TAIEX expert mission from 10-14 September 2018 provided support to the Moldovan Ministry of Education, Culture and Research. It helped in elaborating the National Programme for Research and Innovation (NPRI) for the period 2019-2022. ZSI Senior Researcher Manfred Spiesberger and the Director of the Funding Agency for Research and Innovation of Romania (UEFISCDI), Prof. Adrian Curaj worked in a participatory process with Ministry experts, senior Moldovan researchers, the local funding agency, and other key stakeholders on the programme and a related Action Plan.
In 2018 a new law, the Code of Science, entered into the force in Moldova. It mirrors expert recommendations provided in a review of the Moldovan R&I system, performed under the EU's Horizon 2020 Policy Support Facility (PSF) in 2015-16. Subsequently to the law, the secondary legislation for implementing the PSF’s recommendations is under development, including the NPRI. The expected impact of the NPRI is to have a unique policy document that shall include all priorities and strategic objectives of the sector, which shall allow a better policy implementation.
The visit was organised by the European Commission’s Technical Assistance and Information Exchange Instrument (TAIEX), in cooperation with the country’s Ministry of Education, Culture and Research.
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