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Managing University Resources: Increasing and Diversifying Financial Resources and Developing

Public Private Partnerships

Marina DabicUniversity of Zagreb

Faculty of Economics and Businessmdabic@efzg.hr

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Croatia

http://www.euroeducation.net/prof/croaco.htm http://www.stipendije.info/index.php?lang=en

Bologna Processhttp://www.mzos.hr/bolonjskiproces

Croatian Academic and Research Networkhttp://www.carnet.hr

Croatian Academy of Sciences and Arts http://www.hazu.hr

Croatian foundationshttp://www.iro.hr/hr/informiranje-i-savjetovanje-o-visokom-obrazovanju/studiranje-u-hrvatskoj/pregled-institucija/#zaklade

Ministry of Science, Education and Sportshttp://www.mzos.hr

National ENIC/NARIC officehttp://www.azvo.hr/Default.aspx?sec=48

National and University Libraryhttp://www.nsk.hr

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Institutional framework for innovation policy management and implementation

CHAPTER 20CHAPTER 20GOVERNMENT OF THE REPUBLIC OF CROATIA

NEGOTIATING TEAM FOR THE ACCESSION OF THE REPUBLIC OF CROATIA TO THE EUROPEAN UNION

Minister

State Secretary for Science

DEPARTMENT FOR ANALYSIS AND

MONITORING OF THE TECHNOLOGICAL

DEVELOPMENT

Science Directorate

Technological Council Council of the CroatianInnovation System

Assistant to the Minister forScience

Unit for the Intelectual propertyrights in academic sector

BICRO

Croatian Institute forTechnology (HIT)

Technology centers

Technical infrastructure (stateoffices for standards, measuremnts, patents, statistics, etc)

Interministerial Control Group

The increase of the investment in higher education totalled € 107 million or 48.7% in the period between 2003 and 2007. In the same period about € 109 million has been earmarked for capital investments, and the construction of university campuses is underway in Zagreb, Rijeka, Split, Osijek and Dubrovnik. Total investments for the mentioned projects amount to approximately € 404.1 million. The vision presented in the Education Sector Development Plan 2005 − 2010 and Science & Technology Policy of the Republic of Croatia 2006 − 2010 was supported by the World Bank and for that purpose it approved loans in the amount of € 67.8 million (education) and € 31 million (science and technology).Since the projected capital investments into the science and education system until 2010 amount to € 1.34 billion, the Ministry has initiated the development of a public-private partnership model in order to fulfil the purpose of the system by pooling funds and expertise.Source: Republic of Croatia Ministry of Science, Education and Sportshttp://public.mzos.hr/default.aspx?sec=2428

Investment in higher Education system in Croatia

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Science and innovation system of Croatia

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Sourcesof funds for financing HE institutions

Founders’ funds State budget of the Republic of Croatia Budget of counties, cities and municipalities Funds o the National Foundation for Science, Higher Education and

Technology Development in the Republic of Croatia Institutional income base on tuition fees , research and professional

projects, studies, expert analyses and publishing Funds from universities and other foundations, profits from

companies and other legal entities Funds from the direct investments of individuals, companies, EU Funds from donations

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0,867 % of the GDP was directly allocted for HE from the state budget,

Only 11.9% of the population has obtained a TE, whereas 47.1% has completed secondary school.

Moreover, 21.8% of the citizens have completed only primary school, while 18.6% of the population has no education at all.

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HITRA - programs

Sub-Program Type of projects Targets of the policy measures

T

E

S

TTechnology

projects

“Simple” technology projects (TP)

commercially promising products, processes and services prior to their commercial use (prototype/pilot stage)

“Collaborative” technology projects (STIRP)

multidisciplinary, cooperative research for launching new or developing the existing technological areas

Nucleus (Jezgre) Research and technological NUCLEUS concentration of R&D resources (experts, equipment, instruments) to gain critical mass for research based services

RAZUM-

Knowledge-based companies

RAZUM commercialization of research through companies (start-up, spin-offs, expansion….)

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0 20 40 60 80 100 120 140 160

Cyprus

Czech Republic

Estonia

Hungary

Latvia

Lithuania

Poland

Slovakia

Slovenia

Croatia

Government Tertiary education Business Total

10

0

10

20

30

40

50

60

70

1997 1998 1999 2000 2001 2002 2003 2004

Business Government Higher education

Total researchers (full-time equivalents, FTE) by sectors in Croatia 1997-2004 (in %) Source: CBS; Annual Reports

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TEST – Technology projects

Managed by MSESAdvisory body: Technology Council

- evaluation of the project proposals- proposing to MSES the financial means for grants - monitoring projects implementation

482 projects applications - received

252 projects selected for

financial support

150 projects accomplished

482 projects applications - received

102 projects in progress

222 Technology projects (TP)

25 Collaborative projects(STIRP)

3 Nuclei

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0,770,71

0,98

1,23

1,07 1,12 1,141,24

0,25 0,25

0,43

0,560,44 0,47

0,52

0,340,41 0,38 0,39

0,210,27 0,24 0,24 0,25 0,26

0,44

0,270,460,45

0,26

0,190,26

0

0,2

0,4

0,6

0,8

1

1,2

1,4

1997 1998 1999 2000 2001 2002 2003 2004

GERD

BERD

HERD

GOVERD

Growth of R&D expenditures by main sectors of performance (in % of GDP) in Croatia, 1997-2004Source: CBS, Annual reports

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RAZUM- Knowledge based companies

Outsourced from the MSES , to: Business and Innovation Centre of Croatia (BICRO)

and technology centers

BICRO has analyzed more than 120 business plans.

. 1/3 (37) projects proposals were selected for financing

22 projects relates to start-up companies

16 projects are intended for

companies expansion plans

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Gross domestic expenditure of R&D (GERD), 2003

0,270,350,38

0,560,580,620,660,68

0,740,780,82

0,951,05

1,141,141,16

1,261,54

1,761,78

1,881,921,92

2,182,19

2,522,59

3,483,98

0 0,5 1 1,5 2 2,5 3 3,5 4 4,5

MaltaCyprusLatvia

PolandSlovakia

GreeceTurkey (2002)

LituaniaEU 10 (1)PortugalEstonia

HungarySpainItaly

CroatiaIreland

Czech RepublicSlovenia

NetherlandsLuxembourg

United KingdomBelgium

EU 25France

AustriaGermanyDenmark

FinlandSweden

Source: Eurostat, for FYR Macedonia and Serbia: Milica Uvalić: National Systems of RTD in the Western Balkans, SEE-ERA-NET Conference, Zagreb, December 15-16, 2005, for Turkey: Main S&T indicators, OECD, 2005/2

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Research intensity in Croatia and referent countries (in %), 2003

1,541,26 1,14 0,95 0,82 0,68 0,66 0,58 0,56 0,5 0,4 0,38 0,35 0,32 0,27 0,22

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3

3,8 3,6

4,54

3,7 3,52,9

1,2

0

1

2

3

4

5

6

Sloven

ia

Czech

Rep

ublic

Croati

a

Hunga

ry

Estoni

a

Lithua

nia

Turke

y (20

02)

Slovak

ia

Poland

Bulgar

ia

Roman

ia

Latvia

Cypru

sSerb

ia

Malt

a

FYR Mac

edon

ia

GERD, 2003 Number of Reserarchers (FTE) per 1000 labour force

Source: Eurostat, for FYR Macedonia and Serbia: Milica Uvalić: National Systems of RTD in the

Western Balkans, SEE-ERA-NET Conference, Zagreb, December 15-16, 2005

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Expenditures per researchers in Croatia and the new Member States,

2001 (in 1000 €)

0 20 40 60 80 100 120 140 160

Cyprus

Czech Republic

Estonia

Hungary

Latvia

Lithuania

Poland

Slovakia

Slovenia

Croatia

Government Tertiary education Business Total

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HERD by source of funds (%), Croatia 2004

Central and local

government; 70,49%

Own resources; 20,98%

Other domestic resources;

0,72%Private and

public enterprises;

7,03%

Foreign investors;

0,78%

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University cooperation with industry

The share of the Zagreb university in total income realized by contract research in Croatia in 1997 was 13%, while the share of the remaining universities in Rijeka, Split, Zadar, Pula, Dubrovnik and Osijek was very modest - about 1% for all universities combined.

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Growth of public investments in HE and

R&D

Short term investion

Long term investment

GovermentSabor

Ministries

GovermentSabor

Ministries

Public finaciation

Financial agencies• grants• credits

• stakeholders

Financial agencies• grants• credits

• stakeholders

UniversitiesInstitutes

UniversitiesInstitutes

New technology, knowledge, and competences

Businesses, employment

venture capitalfonds.

Cumulative taxation

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Number of patent applications to the European Patent Office (EPO)

per million inhabitants,

4691.353

4.6034.7515.5337.0977.5557.6869.91611.83411.99512.307

18.96130.507

51.69479.67783.291

122.344134.511134.762

140.814144.175

154.551159.546

183.876217467

244.289290.413

297.353306.556

2.779

0 50000 100000 150000 200000 250000 300000 350000

PolandRomaniaLituaniaBulgariaPortugal

LatviaEstoniaCyprus

SlovakiaGreece

MaltaCzech RepublicCroatia (2001)

HungarySpain

SloveniaIreland

ItalyUnited Kingdom

EU 25 (2001)NorwayBelgiumFrance

LuxembourgEU 15 (2001)

AustriaDenmark

TheSweden

GermanyFinland

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Funded technology projects by scientific field, 2001 (Source: MSES).

Engineering; 48%

Natural sciences; 9%

Biomedical sciences; 13%

Biotechnical sciences; 28%

Social sciences; 2%

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