Final Report Summary - ESTIME (Evaluation of science, technology and innovation capabilities in the Mediterranean countries) The ultimate aim of the ESTIME project was to describe the scientific and technological capabilities in a set of eight research partner countries of the Mediterranean: Morocco, Tunisia, Algeria, Egypt, Lebanon, Syria, Jordan and Palestinian territories. The investigation concerned several scientific activities including also social and human sciences. The project specifically proposed: - a description of the research institutions, the higher-education institutions and science and technology policies; - a statistical overview based on a bibliometric analysis of the scientific production; - an analysis of the use of science and scientific results (relations of research centres with enterprises, development of innovation projects, Research and development (R&D) activities in enterprises, non-governmental organisation activities that work with public sector researchers); - an analysis of the role of social sciences which require specific treatment due to methodological problems. World bibliographic databases cover poorly the production in these countries, specifically the non-occidental social sciences The project managed to produce: - a complete statistical and institutional analysis of all countries involved in the project; - a complete bibliometric analysis at institutional level and macro level on seven countries; - a comparison of macro with micro bibliometric data; - a review of science and technology policies on six countries; - an analysis of the dynamics of research activities based on interviews and curriculum vitae of researchers; this was an uncompleted task; - a secondary analysis of innovation surveys in at least two countries, Tunisia and Morocco; - a review of innovation policies in all countries: relations of research centres with enterprises, development of innovation projects, activities of R&D in enterprises, NGO activities that work with public sector researchers. Related documents Final Report - ESTIME (Evaluation of science, technology and innovation capabilities in the Mediterranean countries)
