Objective
This proposal is linked with three related projects (Parts 1, 2, and 3 of the same title) which, taken as a whole, have the main objective to produce an exhaustive inventory, analysis and overview of biotechnology research, technology and development (RTD) in EU and EFTA/EEA countries directly stimulated by specific public programmes.
The project covers:
(a) each Member State which participated in the Biotechnology Programme 1994-1998;
(b) the most important topics in biotech research, including the priority topics of the Biotechnology Programme 1994-1998
(c) making an overview of a range of factors connected to the conditions, policies and impacts etc. of these public programmes
(d) and producing, on the basis of this overview, analyses, conclusions and recommendations.
In deciding on specific topics and factors to be included in (b) and (c), we will be guided by a Steering Group including officials from the EC responsible for this study and a selection of governmental representatives and scientists which function as contact people in the EU and EFTA/EEA Member States for the Biotechnology Programme 1994-1998. We will combine (b) and (c) in a matrix (biotech topics versus factors) for each Member State in (a). After the information and data on programmes concerning R&D and related activities for each country are collected and put in the matrix, an analysis will be made to provide an overview of biotech RTD in countries participating in the Biotechnology Programme, including the extent of co-ordination between European and national biotech programmes and related activities. The purpose of this specific proposal (part 4) will be to produce an analysis, final report and recommendations at the European level, which will be based on the national inventories and reports of all member states.
The European broad analysis will be focused on the biotech topics and the biotech policy related factors. Conclusions will be drawn related to the results of the analysis's for each of the topics and factors. Discussion in a workshop, prepared by the project team will be focused on focused on conclusions and recommendation with respect to the following EU biotech programme co-ordination issues:
- Is there a real harmonization between EU biotech policy and national policies?
- Does EU biotech policy consolidate national skills and logic's or does it also fills gaps as can been detected from a European broad perspective? - Are member states focusing on the same or different priorities? - Does the mapping in the country reports allow to observe a kind of distribution of skills and capacities between Member States and is the industrial basis of any meaning in that division of research capacities? - Which gaps at EU level can be observed taking the total of the national reports taking into account?
The discussion in the workshop with the members of the Steering Group, invited scientists and policy makers about the results of analysis's and the questions mentioned above, finally will lead to a number of recommendations for the EC formulated by the project team.
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2600 JA Delft
Netherlands