Czech Universities and the Environment for Innovation Rudolf Hanka
Czech Republic a cauldron of Central Europe?
Geographical position
Major motorways
High speed backbone network
Czech internet network (CESNET 2)
Czech innovation -some numbers. 65% of those who tried to set up a business have succeeded. 51% of those who failed did so because of insufficient capital. (18%) 25%of those who failed did so because of threats by competitors! (9%) (EBRD Report 2011)
(EBRD Report 2011)
Back to the task in hand How is the Czech Republic doing The principal challenge is how to transfer the new ideas into practical advantage What role do Czech universities play in the innovation process?
Patent applications by type of applicant (2000 2010)
We should be looking for evidence of Ability to convert R&D investments and educational capacity into industrial and export strengths in the high-technology sectors. Less important how much is spent, more how effective it is.
Czech universities Non-gov.sources of R&D (million CZK) Excluding EU Funds 180 160 140 120 100 80 Foreign companies Czech companies 60 40 20 0 2005 2006 2007 2008 2009 2010 2011
Czech universities all sources of R&D 18 (billion CZK) Excluding EU Funds 16 14 12 10 8 HERD (Government) Foreign companies Czech companies 6 4 2 0 1 2 3 4 5 6 7
Current weaknesses of the Czech Republic. Surviving mentality from the totalitarian state Fear of potential confrontation, kowtowing Lack of motivation to succeed and think big Emphasis on milestones, statistics etc. (RIV a typical example) Parkinson s laws (everybody understands the bike shed but shies away from big numbers) Assumption that somebody (the state) will pick up the bill in the end. Difficult access to capital. Low cooperation between publicly funded institutions and applied sphere Proportion of research funding from private sources In the public research institutions = 4.7.% In the universities = 1.1%. How good actually is Czech science?
Current weaknesses of the Czech Republic. Surviving mentality from the totalitarian state Fear of potential confrontation, kowtowing Lack of motivation to succeed and think big Emphasis on milestones, statistics etc. (RIV a typical example) Parkinson s laws (everybody understands the bike shed but shies away from big numbers) Assumption that somebody (the state) will pick up the bill in the end. Difficult access to capital Low cooperation between publicly funded institutions and applied sphere Proportion of research funding from private sources In the public research institutions = 4.7.% In the universities = 1.1%. Actually how good is the Czech science?
ERC Advanced grants 2008-2011 Number of selected proposals by country of host institution European Research Council 300 250 200 150 240 156 132 Success in the ERC grant competition is today thecriterion to judge the quality of scientific institutions. Prof. P. Exner, Vice-president of ERC. 100 50 0 100 78 75 54 50 48 28 21 19 17 16 12 10 6 6 3 3 2 2 1 1 UK DE FR CH IT NL ES IL SE AT DK BE FI NO HU EL IE PT CZ PL BG CY IS TR Source: StG 2010:431
One mustn't overgeneralise As in all countries some parts are good/excellent whilst others are struggling General signs of improvement. Greatly helped by the funding from the EU etc.
Programmes supporting innovation at universities mostly set up by the Ministry of Trade & Industry and the Ministry of Education, Youth & Sport, usually financed by the EU programmes e.g. Support of innovation activities, patenting and licensing Support for science parks, innovation centres etc. Seed fond Support of Pre-seed activities EF-TRANS project. Support for regional innovation centres (so far only the South Moravian Innovation Centre has been set up?) Support of R&D infrastructure.
Academic disciplines Industrial sectors
Research Industry cooperation map Automation & Control Systems Material Sciences Environmental Sciences Engineering IT Services Other Chemistry Energetics Car Industry Electronic & Opt. Instr. Petrochemical Ind.. Computer Science/Cybernetics Academic discipline Healthcare Industrial sector Electrochemistry Instruments & Instrumentation (Data TC AVCR)
Research Industry cooperation map Automation & Control Systems Material Sciences Environmental Sciences Engineering IT Services Other Chemistry Energetics Car Industry Electronic & Opt. Instr. Petrochemical Ind.. Computer Science/Cybernetics Academic discipline Healthcare Industrial sector Electrochemistry Instruments & Instrumentation (Data TC AVCR)
Research Industry cooperation map Automation & Control Systems Material Sciences Environmental Sciences Engineering IT Services Other Chemistry Energetics Car Industry Electronic & Opt. Instr. Petrochemical Ind.. Computer Science/Cybernetics Academic discipline Healthcare Industrial sector Electrochemistry Instruments & Instrumentation (Data TC AVCR)
ERC Advanced grants 2008-2011 Number of selected proposals by country of host institution European Research Council 300 250 200 150 240 156 132 Success in the ERC grant competition is today thecriterion to judge the quality of scientific institutions. Prof. P. Exner, Vice-president of ERC. 100 50 0 100 78 75 54 50 48 28 21 19 17 16 12 10 6 6 3 3 2 2 1 1 UK DE FR CH IT NL ES IL SE AT DK BE FI NO HU EL IE PT CZ PL BG CY IS TR Source: StG 2010:431
Success rate (%) of all ERC grant applications (2007-2011)
Success in ERC grants (%) v PPS adjusted GERD ( 10,000/person) 25 AT 20 NL FR DE SE 15 HU UK DK 10 EE ES PT BE FI 5 PL CZ IT IE 0 0 20 40 60 80 100 120 140
Success in FP7 (%) v PPS adjusted GERD ( 10,000/person) 30 28 26 24 22 20 18 16 BG SK LT LV MT LU PL EL EE CZ HU SL ES PT CY IT NL BE FR DK UK FI AT DE IE SE 14 RO 12 10 0 20 40 60 80 100 120 140
Investment of EU27 universities to cooperate with industry (PRC) in thefp7 (2007-2011) 7000 1800 6000 UNI costs to participate with PRC 1600 UNI participations 5000 4000 3000 2000 1000 EU15 : 6726 M, EU12 : 299 M i.e. UNI fromeu15 invest22 times more thanuni fromeu12 1400 1200 1000 800 600 400 200 UNI cost to participate with PRC 0 UK DE IT NL SE ES BE FR DK AT IE EL FI PL PT CZ HU RO SI CY SK EE BG LT LU LV MT 0 No. of UNI participation in projects with PRC No. of total UNI participations UNI eligible cost (M ) of projects with PRC
Participation& its costs 4000 100,00% 3500 90,00% 3000 80,00% 2500 70,00% 2000 1500 60,00% 1000 50,00% 500 40,00% 0 LU MT IE PT SK CZ EL AT IT SI DE RO ES DK BE SE FI PL CY FR NL HU UK LT EE LV BG 30,00% No.of UNI participations in projects with PRC % of costs that UNI invest to projects with PRC
A school report Tries hard and is improving. But could do better.
Thank you hanka.rudolf@vlada.cz