Narrative: Romanian Public R&D System in 2020

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Contents 1 Background 1.1 Management structure 2 Foresight design 2.1 Participation 2.2 Step 1: Develop future visions 2.3 Step 2: Theme focusing 2.4 Step 3: Focus on demand for research and development 2.5 Step 4: Focus on priorities for research and change 2.6 Step 5: Focus on visionary objectives 2.7 Step 6: Models for the public R&D sector 2.8 Step 7: Create a lead vision 2.9 Step 8: Prepare for implementing 3 Outcomes 4 Lessons learned

Background

Management structure

Foresight design

Participation

Step 1: Develop future visions

1. Key stakeholders were interviewed in order to determine possible Focus Themes for the foresight exercise.
2. A Future Workshop was organized. The objective was to determine a set of Focus Themes from the data collected during the interviews. The participants were decision-makers and futurists. Five Focus Themes were identified:

• • Information Society Technologies
  • Competitiveness through Innovation
  • Quality of Life
  • Social and Cultural Dynamics
  • Energy and Environment

1. An online survey was used in order to collect data on possible Directions for Investigation within each Focus Theme.
2. The data were clustered, and initial lists of possible Directions for Investigation were produced for each Focus Theme.

Step 2: Theme focusing

Step 3: Focus on demand for research and development

Step 4: Focus on priorities for research and change

Table: Focus Themes and priority Fields of Innovation

INFORMATION SOCIETY TECHNOLOGIES	Theoretical Informatics and Computer Science Advanced Information Systems for e-Services Communication Technologies, Systems, and Infrastructures Artificial Intelligence, Robotics and Autonomous Advanced Systems Information Systems Security and Accessibility Technologies for Ambient and Distributed Systems Nano-electronics, Photonics, and micro-nano Integrated Systems
COMPETITIVENESS THROUGH INNOVATION	Advanced Materials Biotechnologies for Agriculture, Food Industry and Health Advanced Technologies for Industrial Process Control Innovative Products and Technologies for Transportation Technologies for High-Precision Mechanical Products and Mecatronics New Methods for Management, Marketing and Enterprise Development
QUALITY OF LIFE	Quality of Education Quality of Health Quality of Living Quality of Working Conditions
SOCIAL AND CULTURAL DYNAMICS	Human, Social, and Cultural Capital Material/Immaterial Patrimony – Cultural Tourism. Creative Industries Social Inequalities. Regional Disparities Technology, Organization and Cultural Change
ENERGY AND ENVIRONMENT	Methods and Procedures for Reducing Environmental Pollution Sustainable Energy Systems and Technologies. Energetic Security Territorial Planning. Infrastructure and Utilities. Waste Management System, Products Life-cycle Analysis, Eco-efficiency Ecological Protection and Reconstruction of Endangered Areas

Step 5: Focus on visionary objectives

Step 6: Models for the public R&D sector

Step 7: Create a lead vision

Step 8: Prepare for implementing

Outcomes

Lessons learned