Excellence in research was enhanced by recent large-scale investments co-funded by European union Structural Funds that enabled the improvement of R&d infrastructure in universities.
and university laboratories are turned rarely into business success. The market for technology is still functioning poorly in Hungary,
The outstanding (within Hungary) regional innovation achievements including research universities'scientific results; the emergence of a layer of technology-based, born global entrepreneurs;
Being a higher education centre, there is also a high concentration of university-based research. The headquarters of the European Institute of Innovation and Technology is located also in CH.
A large share of the head offices of R&d-intensive multinational enterprises (MNES) is located in CH.
%This is mainly due to the fact that the majority of PROS and of HEI-affiliated research institutes
The share of the population aged between 25 and 64 with a tertiary education was 28.9%in 2008,
%)According to Eurostat, practically 100%of CH's population aged between 20 and 24 years participated in tertiary education in 2008,
however bound to worsen considerably in the near future with the new Higher education Act to be adopted at the end of 2011.
The recent sharp expansion in higher education enrolment will be shunted in line with the sharp reduction in the number of publicly funded universities and the number of students.
The planned structural change is guided by the principles of 1) reducing the budgetary contribution to higher education and 2) diminishing the excessive weight of the capital in higher education.
Hungarian performance with respect to lifelong learning is in general well below the European average: the share of the population aged between 25 and 64 participating in education and training was 30.8%of the EU27 average in 2010.
Universities in Budapest have developed knowledge clusters, and intensified cooperation with the business sphere. Improved results in these respects were achieved due to unprecedented investment activity in research and technology infrastructure,
the fact that it hosts the majority of higher education institutions and public and private research organisations also account for its above average ability to capture national and European resources designated to support innovation. 12 1. 3 Identified challenges Though the preconditions
Excellence in research was enhanced by recent large-scale investments co-funded by European union Structural Funds that improved R&d infrastructure at universities.
and university laboratories rarely turn into business success stories. The market for innovation is functioning still poorly in Hungary,
MNES with Hungarian subsidiaries have established already linkages with the major universities and centres of excellence, but better communication and linkage building may multiply international awareness of CH's innovation potential and of its tangible and intangible RTD assets. 2. Innovation policy governance 2. 1
it has established linkages with practically all actors of the regional innovation system including universities, PROS, private research performers, innovation intermediary institutions,
and technology centres/co-operation research centres (targeting industry-university/PRO co-operation and technology transfer).
The annually announced Baross Gábor Programmes (a regionally decentralised programme) supported innovative firms'and industry university/PRO consortia's research projects,
Human resources The regional innovation policy mix does not target human resources in terms of supporting higher education institutions'education activity.
Priority 3 of the New Hungary Development Plan (Social Renewal) targets among other things tertiary education, specifically the development of human resources necessary for research development and innovation.
The Social Renewal Programme (and also the Social Infrastructure Programme that supported investments into HEIS'educational infrastructure) granted funding to universities and some other 20 The plans are the framework documents for allocating the financial
resources provided by the EU Structural Funds together with the national contributions. 21 HEIS the volume
2) launching of university-based research projects; 3) development of competence centres, 4) establishment of organisations specialised in the transfer and commercialisation of universities'scientific results;
5) large-scale investments into universities'R&d-and educational infrastructure etc. HEI-specific R&d projects of the Social Renewal Programme were continued by New Széchenyi Plan's SIP.
Technology-oriented entrepreneurship The main regionally decentralised instrument designed to promote the establishment and growth of technology-based enterprises was the Innocheck programme,
which gave innovation vouchers to SMES so that they could be used among other things for incubation purposes, for the preparation of feasibility studies,
A national programme with regional implications that focused on the support of technology-oriented entrepreneurship was the Regional University Knowledge Centre (RUKC) Programme. 21 RUKC was integrated an university-based programme
University-based research projects involving industry-university co-operation, technology transfer and the establishment of spin-off companies were targeted for funding by the programme.
The programme provided support to altogether 19 universities, seven of which were based CH. Support for technology-oriented entrepreneurship gained a new impetus with the Structural Funds cofunded programmes,
which were aimed at stimulating universities'technology transfer activities (Social Renewal Programme of the New Hungary Development Plan) supporting the establishment of business incubators and supporting the development of the incubators'services portfolios
X X X R&d activities (corporate) X X X X R&d activities (HEI-and PRO-based) X X X R&d infrastructure
and university grant recipients and to intermediary organisations responsible for innovation policy implementation. 3. 3 Good practice case As expected for a region where the majority of national innovation activity is concentrated CH abounds in innovation success stories.
as well as higher education institutions-(HEIS) or public research organisations-(PROS) based R&d activities; Innovation performers'purchase of research and technology services;
Projects of CHOP that supported the establishment and the development of industry-university R&d centres, innovation and technology parks,
development of science and technology parks, clusters'infrastructure, investments into universities'and PROS'research lab equipment etc.
In this respect it can be considered exemplary that ICT development envisaged not only knowledge generation and industry-university co-operation,
health and environmental technologies-related university-based competence centres have promoted effectively competitiveness, poles-based, smart specialisation.
Knowledge clusters have accumulated a dense network of industry-university linkages. One of the success stories is the establishment and evolution of the Mobility and Multimedia Cluster
Industry-university co-operation has intensified and innovation performers participate in international research undertakings (and networks of excellence) increasingly frequently.
including the scientific results of research universities; the emergence of a layer of technology-based, born global entrepreneurs;
the HEI-and the PRO-based regional innovation stakeholders to pursue their activities within an increasingly centralised system:
Repository Support measures Pázmány Péter Programme Regional University Knowledge Centers Innocheck plus Central Hungary (ten rounds) Baross Gábor Programme Central Hungary
Region 2009 Development of R&d Infrastructure (REG KM INFRA 09) Baross Gábor Program Central Hungary Region 2009 R&d projects (REG KM KFI 09) Elite Research University scheme
higher than the national average of approximately 1%.Higher education research institutions, together with business enterprises R&d are most probably dominating in the region.
There are numerous university-based research centres as the region (Budapest) is also the centre of Hungarian tertiary education with around half of Hungarian students attending universities in the region.
Infopark, Central and Eastern europe's first technology and innovation park is sandwiched between two universities: Eötvös Lorán University and University of Technology and Economics.
It is home mainly to ICT firms and to the European Institute of Innovation & Technology.
In five universities and in numerous research institutes projects deal with a plethora of topics in many cases in cooperation with private companies.
In Baross Gábor, regional R&d infrastructure and R&d projects were funded in universities, research institutes, foundations and collaborating private enterprises.
Support measure MAGYARORSZAG KOZEP-MAGYARORSZAG Region Kozep-Magyarorszag NUTS Code HU10 Support Measure Title of measure Pázmány Péter Programme Regional University
2009 Policy objectives 2. 1. 1. Universities Presentation of the measure The programme supports the establishment of regional university knowledge centres
Evaluation report links Information technology Innovation and Knowledge Center e-Science Regional University Knowledge Center Elektronikus Járm és Jármirányítási Tudásközpont Evidence of outcomes
and research institutes and/or universities. Because of fostering cooperation it had additional positive impact. The only problem is with transparency.
Besides universities and academic institutions applying for financial support to upgrade their laboratories also two companies were awarded grants:
mainly proposed by universities (there were only 2 projects submitted by companies. Overall the lack of interest from private companies seems to be a weakness of the project.
HU10 Support Measure Title of measure Elite Research University scheme Full title Elit Kutatóegyetemi cím odaítélése Duration From:
2010 Policy objectives 2. 1. 1. Universities Presentation of the measure Universities could apply in Hungary for being awarded the title of"elite research university
Those universities are eligible which carry out a substantial basic and applied research, their R&d&i activity is significant both in Hungarian
and in international comparison, have outstanding results in postgraduate education and have wide international linkages. The main objective of the measure was to contribute (indirectly) to universities'strategy preparation
and to promote their research orientation. The promised additional funding and the prestige of the title prompted the applying universities to elaborate a coherent mid-term research strategy.
They have surveyed their investment needs in R&d infrastructure and built linkages with interested industrial partners, planned joint research actions that will partially be supported from the budget.
Keywords Universities Budget, source and type of funding Currency: HUF Source of funding 2010 National public funds 27,000, 000,000 Regional public funds EU Structural funds Private funds Other Form of funding
versus available budget) but it is too early to judge results or impact Evidence of outcomes based on evaluation and other evidence Many universities applied,
It tries to increase the attractiveness of the region for knowledge-based and high-tech enterprises, by supporting investment into university-based R&d infrastructure.
universities, research organisations and investors in Hungary and in Central europe, to become a prominent player in the Hungarian innovation market.
, 93--0, 30 2000--03 2006--09 2007--10 2007--10 Tertiary education 0, 26 0, 32 0, 33 0, 30
2007 2008 2008 Higher education R&d expenditure 0, 42 0, 92 0, 92 0, 44 2000 2007 2008 2008 Source:
Atta Badii is a high-ranking professor at the University of Reading where he is Director of the Intelligent Systems Research Laboratory, at the School of Systems Engineering.
Dr. Anna De Liddo is Research Associate at the Knowledge Media Institute of The Open university (UK).
At present Anna is leading Open university's work in the European Project CATALYST, and the EPSRC's EDV project,
Lara Schibelsky Godoy Piccolo is a human computer interaction researcher at the Knowledge Media Institute of The Open university.
Previously, she was Senior Researcher at CPQD in Brazil coordinating R&d projects related to the digital divide. 6 Dr. Maurizio Teli has recently been appointed as Research Fellow at the Department of Information Engineering and Computer science of the University of Trento (Italy.
civic society organisations, research centres and universities and, of course, citizens. The relationships and power dynamics that characterise social innovation initiatives is a research and political challenge that, again,
CAPS projects involve a large spectrum of private and public companies, universities and research centres, online platforms and NGOS.
CC RESEARCH GROUP ON INTERNET, POLICY AND COMMONS, AUTONOMOUS UNIVERSITY OF BARCELONA-Barcelona, Spain IMAGINATION FOR PEOPLE-France IMINDS VZW-Brussels, Belgium INTERNATIONAL MODERN MEDIA INSTITUTE
-Iceland ITALIAN NATIONAL STATISTICAL INSTITUTE-Rome, Italy LULEÅ UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY, CENTRE FOR DISTANCE-SPANNING TECHNOLOGY-Sweden LUNARIA, SOCIAL PROMOTION ASSOCIATION-Rome, Italy MAPPINGFORCHANGE-London, UK MODUL UNIVERISTY VIENNA-Vienna, Austria NESTA-UK
France P2p FOUNDATION-Amsterdam, The netherlands PNO CONSULTANTS LIMITED-Cheadle Hulme, UK POLIBIENESTAR, UNIVERSITY OF VALENCIA-Valencia, Spain PURPOSE EUROPE-London, UK
RADBOUD UNIVERSITY-Nijmegen, The netherlands SIGMA ORIONIS-Sophia Antipolis, France SOZIALHELDEN E. V.-Berlin, Germany STICHTING DYNE.
ORG-The netherlands T6 ECOSYSTEMS S. R. L.-Rome, Italy THE EUROPEAN RESEARCH CONSORTIUM FOR INFORMATICS AND MATHEMATICS-France THE OPEN UNIVERSITY-Milton Keynes, UK THE UNIVERSITY
OF SHEFFIELD-Sheffield, UK THE UNIVERSITY OF ZURICH-Zurich, Switzerland THE WAAG SOCIETY-The netherlands UNIVERSITÀ DEGLI STUDI DI MILANO-Milano, Italy UNIVERSITÄT HEIDELBERG, GEOGRAPHISCHES
ACCESSIBILITY RESEARCH GROUP-London, UK UNIVERSITY OF FLORENCE-Florence, Italy UNIVERSITY OF READING-Reading, UK UNIVERSITY OF SURREY-Surrey, UK VELTI-Greece WAAG
universities and associations to create their own fully-featured social networks and applications. 17. Evidence Hub http://evidence-hub. net The Evidence Hub is a collaborative knowledge-building (specifically evidence-building) web platform.
such as predominant age, gender, religion, nationality and language, physical and mental abilities, standard of living, level of education and whether those being addressed belong to the'majority
'Proceedings of Americas Conference on Information systems (AMCIS 2000), University of California, Long beach, August 2000. Badii A. 2008)' User-Intimate Requirements Hierarchy Resolution Framework (UI-REF:
Paul Klimpel studied law in Bonn and Munich as well as philosophy, psychology and social sciences at the Jesuit University of Philosophy in Munich.
Mr. Negri is a member of the Scientific Committee of the Museum of the Cathedral (Museo del Duomo) of Milan and the Scientific Director of the Executive Master Course in European Museology, IULM University, Milan.
She has taught also as a fixed-term lecturer at the universities of Bologna and Turin and published several papers on medieval art
He also has various teaching assignments at the University of Münster, Humboldt University Berlin and University of Leipzig.
and photographer. 65 Dimitrios Tsolis is a lecturer at the Cultural Heritage Management and New Technologies Department at the University of Patras and a researcher in its Computer engineering and Informatics Department.
'Jorge Wagensberg is a professor of Theory of Irreversible Processes in the Faculty of physics at Barcelona University.
He holds a MA in History from Leiden University and has worked over ten years in the Scientific Publishing Industry.
Mr. Zipsane is a guest professor in heritage learning and regional development at Linköping University and an associate of Pascal Observatory and the Centre for Research and development in Adult and Lifelong Learning (CR&DALL.
Mr. Zipsane is a board member of Culture Action Europe and holds a Phd in education and history from The Danish University of Education. 67 Image Credits Page 6:
universities or multinationals. 18 A significant budget has been ring-fenced for small companies under the SME Instrument,
Associated Ms Corinne Le Buhan Jordan IPSTUDIES Sarl Mr Geleyn Meijer Amsterdam University of Applied sciences Mr Kjell Håkan Närfelt VINNOVA Ms
Mladen Milicevic is with the Loyola Marymount University, Los angeles, USA (e-mail: mmilicev@lmu. edu; tel.:+
FINDINGS It is now untenable to hold onto a notion that in four years a university can turn a freshman student into an educated and refined person.
when in the 16th-century one could learn everything known at that time about the universe by studying for four years at the university.
All the university can provide is an introduction to learning, to allow us to discover our possibilities,
Unfortunately, the role and the form of higher education have changed hardly; aside from Powerpoint presentations replacing most writing-on-a-blackboard styled ones.
So, these are the kinds of minds that will be enrolling into the universities, which are populated predominantly by the educators who got educated
For example, the universities provide a common physical space for a diverse group of students to interact in the real world
Many universities report that blended instruction represents the fastest-growing type of enrollment. A blended learning approach means that face-to-face instruction turns out to be more effective
The most recent study of from January 2014 surveyed roughly 350 US University Presidents and found out that more than 90%of them strongly believe that hybrid (blended) classes are highly effective.
only one third of them believe that the US higher education is heading in right direction,
while two thirds think that the pace of change needed for the universities to catch up with the rapid changes in society is too slow.
But ideas for change in the US higher education may be found everywhere. There are numerous conferences discussing topics ranging from MOOCS to competency-based degrees.
Universities have been notorious for being slow in adopting changes, but the society and the profile of students who are enrolling into the universities is changing at a speed that is becoming increasingly difficult to handle.
Accommodating this new generation of ever-changing students is going to be a monumental task for institutions of higher education.
Traditional models of teaching and education, which were established long time ago are now becoming increasingly obsolete, ineffective,
These educational approaches must change as universities rethink their traditional roles and their modes of operation.
of Higher education. The Innovative University: What College Presidents Think about Change in American Higher education Online. Available:
http://strategicplanning. fairfield. edu/sites/default/files/innovative uni versity 140516. pdf International Journal of Social science and Humanity, Vol. 5, No.
7 july 2015 658 Mladen Milicevic received A b. A. 1982 and an M. A. 1986 in music composition and multimedia arts studying with Josip Magdic at The Music
In 1986 Mr. Milicevic came to the United states to study with Alvin Lucier at Wesleyan University in Connecticut, from
which he received his masters in experimental music composition 1988. From the University of Miami in Florida, Mr. Milicevic received his doctorate in computer music composition in 1991
studying with Dennis Kam. For several summers he studied with Michael Czajkowski at the Aspen Music school.
In his academic carrier Mladen Milicevic has served on numerous committees such as rank and tenure, core curriculum, academic technology, university website, mission and identity, faculty senate with many
subcommittees, various faculty and administrative search committees, etc. Mr. Milicevic is professor and chair of Recording Arts Department at Loyola Marymount University, Los angeles. International Journal of Social science and Humanity
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The higher education organisations underperforming the EU-28 average (23.8), %because their share decreased slightly in the past four years from 21.7%to 18.4%.
funding of higher education organisations will depend more on excellence if the draft higher education strategy will be approved.
Exploration of innovative services and new services in public organisations as proposed by the RDI strategy 2013-2020, could improve the low risk taking culture of civil servants.
Also, addressing societal challenges and setting clear performance measures for research personnel at public universities and PROS could also increase the overall quality of scientific outcomes.
even if TTOS are established at all major HEIS. Besides attraction of young and mid-carrier professionals from companies to PROS and universities to introduce professional research management techniques,
develop collaborations with companies and foreign R&d institutes could significantly enhance institutional performance and excellence.
and HEIS as the age pyramid of many research units is heavy on the top.
The austerity measures had major impact on the institutional funding of the higher education institutions that decreased by one-third between 2009 and 2013.
which corresponds to the budget of bigger Western-European university. This decrease was quite uneven among the HEIS,
as shrinking of their budget was depending on the evolution of the number of students and specialisation of the respective HEIS.
The priority was given natural science and engineering specialisations, while social science faculties suffered the most. At the same time, the HEIS got access to substantial funding from different Operational Programmes of the Structural Funds 2007-2014.
This funding was distributed through competitive measures (i e. TIOP and TÁMOP) through which HEIS were able to establish new research centres,
renew their research infrastructure and launch new research programmes, including the implementation of some basic research projects too.
No analysis or assessment is available on this topic, however the size of the project-based funding could be estimated similar to the institutional funding of HEIS according to OECD figures on education3.
Table 1 Basic indicators for R&d investments 2009 2010 2011 2012 EU-28 (2012) GDP growth rate-6. 8 1. 1 1
(%of GDP) 0. 54 0. 55 0. 58 0. 61 1. 12*R&d performed by HEIS(%of GERD) 21.7 19.9 20.2 18.4 23.8 R&d
The higher education organisations underperforming the EU-28 average (23.8), %because their share decreased slightly in the past four years from 21.7%to 18.4%.
Nevertheless, institutional or core funding is vital for the operation of research units at higher education organisations and PROS.
normative support for R&d activities conducted at HEIS, and support to the largest PRO, the Hungarian Academy of Sciences.
According to Eurostat GBAORD figures, R&d financed from General University Funds (GUF) as a proxy for institutional funding accounted for 27.6%and 23.2%of GBAORD in 2009,
R&d financed from General University Funds (GUF) 118.1 27.7 100.9 28.9 103.1 34.8 93.3 23.2 General advancement of knowledge:
supporting collaborative RDI projects of companies, universities and PROS and supporting investment in modern RDI capacities.
A new higher education strategy is under preparation and consultation that foresees changing several articles of the law on higher education approved in 2011.
Since 2010 several strategies has been made for the sector, although none of them was implemented. The main stakeholder, the Hungarian Rectors'Conference supports the new strategy
the whole higher education sector received only HUF 123.5 billion (€425 million) in 2013. The strategy outlines the new financing principles of the higher education sector
and foresees more stable financing that will be based in 70%on the number of students and in 30%on the scientific excellence of the higher education organisations.
In addition, the strategy aims to increase the government support of the sector and intends to reach the OECD average financing on mid-term.
The strategy proposes four types of HEIS: national science universities, universities, colleges and community colleges. According to the proposal, the government will not limit the access to higher education
but the number of state funded students will be fixed. In terms of 18 management of the higher education organisations, chancellors will be appointed
and will be responsible for professional management of the organisations, leaving to the rectors only the scientific and education leadership role.
Although the strategy was accepted by the Higher education Round table in September 2013, the government not discussed the higher education strategy by the end of 2013.
A new two-stage scheme, called Start-up 13, was launched in June 2013 in order to support the development of the Hungarian start-up ecosystem and more specifically the development of technology start-up companies.
In addition, it is expected that as a result of the implementation of the strategy the higher education organisations and institutes of the Hungarian Academy of Sciences (MTA),
In 2012 ex-post evaluations addressed interventions related to the development of the higher education, sustainable development of settlements and logistic investments.
ecosystem, including research infrastructure, secondary and higher education, health care and cultural institutions; Building the information ecosystem,
a new higher education strategy is under preparation and consultation that foresees changing several articles of the law on higher education.
In the past four years, the government reduced drastically the support of the state higher education sector in order to increase the quality of graduates and give up the mass production of diplomas.
As a result the number of state financed students decreased to 181,644 in academic year 2013/2014 that is 13.3%less in 2010/2011,
With regards to budget allocation, the higher education sector will receive HUF196. 6 billion (about €665m) in 2014 according to the Ministry of Human resources that is a 12.6%increase compared to 2013.24 3 PERFORMANCE OF THE NATIONAL RESEARCH AND INNOVATION
-64 having completed tertiary education 28.1%34.6%8. 7%Open, excellent and attractive research systems International scientific co-publications per million population 387 300 3. 8%Scientific publications among the top 10%most cited publications worldwide
On the contrary, Hungarian PROS and universities have relatively strong connections to foreign research units. This means that scientific aspects of collaborations prevail against practical utilisation and industrial exploitation.
excellence is becoming as a key criterion in funding of the public R&d and the financing of the higher education organisations as proposed by the new higher education strategy;
and project work is used not frequently neither in secondary nor in higher education. Entrepreneurship education and training is not available in the curricula apart from these specialisations at dedicated faculties;
low share of women in senior researchers and management positions in research and higher education organisations;
weak entrepreneurial culture and framework conditions (e g. changing regulation) doesn't favour entrepreneurship, specific support is not widely available to young innovative companies to help them commercialise their ideas rapidly
because university technology transfer offices set up in the past decade could not became stronger. 28 3. 2 Structural challenges of the national R&i system Based on the situation analysis and a SWOT analysis as presented
although university technology transfer centres are established at all main universities, but they have only 3-5 years experiences of operation.
Apart from the share of doctoral graduates, it is a positive trend that the share of population aged 30-34 having completed tertiary education increased significantly (8. 7%)to 28.1%according to the IUS 2013 figures
and operation of university knowledge centres and technology transfer offices-cluster initiatives-RDI strategy 2013-2020-S3 White book In general,
and supplement of human resources for R&d and innovation-The quota for publicly financed students enrolled at S&e faculties has been increased.
Bolyai)- Post-doc fellowships to be introduced in HEIS Public research centres and HEIS could not compete with salaries offered by multinational companies,
hence can't attract highly qualified, top-grade graduates. Financial incentives or mechanical increases in S&e enrolment themselves might not yield results without major changes in the research and education systems,
The intention of the government in the education policy domain is to reduce higher education expenditures funded by the state and support especially science and engineering education.
It is foreseen that type of education should be financed gradually from the market. 34 The Campus Hungary program launched in 2012 aims to enhance international student mobility in higher education
The program supports Hungarian students, academics and university staff with different kinds of scholarships for partial studies to study abroad and gain experience.
and facilitate the internationalisation of Hungarian higher education by initiating and deepening cooperation with foreign higher education institutions and achieving knowledge exchange by means of student mobility.
Launched in 2012, the Campus Hungary program is executed with the financial support of the European union in the framework of the Social Renewal Operational Program (TÁMOP) of Hungary.
II. 5.)on national higher education excellence, for the rating period between 2013 and 2016, three institutions were awarded the title of priority higher education institution,
six were awarded the status of research university, 4 university faculties received the title research faculty
and 2 colleges were awarded the status of college of applied sciences. The 2013 budget set aside HUF10 billion (€34. 5 m) for supporting institutional excellence;
the above-mentioned institutions received this sum as additional funding. The fine-tuning of the law on higher education (Act CCIV. of 2011) is under way based on a strategy consultation process launched by the Ministry of Human resources in May 2013.
This process resulted in a draft higher education strategy that was published in September 2013. This strategy specifically aims at promoting excellence in the higher education sector.
It means that the institutional funding provided by the government will be based in 30%on the institutional scientific excellence of HES
and the remaining 70%will be allocated based on the number of students. According to the information available at the Euraxess website
13 Hungarian universities and research organisations declared the implementing the European Charter for Researchers and the Code of conduct for the Recruitment of Researchers.
79 research teams can conduct research promising internationally significant achievements from the summer of 2013 with a total funding of nearly HUF3 billion (about €10. 3 m). In 2014 a new post-doctorate fellowship will be launched
The Hungarian Government announced a new grant scheme called Stipendium Hungaricum in July 2013 to attract foreign students to Hungarian higher education institutions.
According to the information obtained from the State Secretariat for Higher education of the Ministry of Human resources, ASEAN (Association of Southeast Asian nations) member states, China,
The new higher education strategy (under consultation by end of 2013) shows also into the direction of more effective public funding.
This would be significant improvement as currently the funding of HEIS is allocated on the basis of the number of inscribed students. 5. 2 Optimal transnational co-operation and competition The role of research and innovation in addressing societal challenges,
The equivalence/validation of foreign academic degrees, i e. the recognition of foreign certificates and degrees are carried out by the Hungarian Equivalence and Information Centre (Hungarian ENIC, a member of the European Network of Information Centres) within the Educational Authority,
while the nostrification of scientific degrees is done by the Hungarian higher education organisations. Just as in other new EU Member States
although the proportion of female heads of institutions in the higher education sectors stayed at a mere 9%in 2010,
Hungarian researchers of the MTA and HEIS are requested to use and update regularly their publications in the scientific bibliography database (i e.
This database has the main purpose"to keep an inventory on Hungarian academic achievements and to make these valuable contributions known to the world in a high quality format.
although university technology transfer offices/centres are established at major HEIS, but they have only 3-5 years experiences of operation.
in order to facilitate technology transfer at Hungarian universities. 43 ANNEX 1. PERFORMANCE THE NATIONAL AND REGIONAL RESEARCH
of the public investment in research and innovation(+)Significant amount of resources from the OPS served the renewal of research and development infrastructure of the HEIS,
HEIS from the OPS of the SF during 2007-2013(+)Opening of new research centres
%respectively(+)HEIS and research institutes enjoy high level of autonomy to organise their RDI activities.
HEIS will get 30%of their funding according to the proposal of the new Higher education Strategy(-)Hungary has no long term tradition in evaluation of all R&d performers that are entitled to receive public funding,
-HEIS and PROS couldn't offer competitive salaries researchers therefore they often go to (multinational)(+Draft Science Policy Strategy 2014-2020(+)Draft Higher education Strategy(-)Low number of institutions signed the Code of conduct for the Recruitment of Researchers
and they are not yet reorganised their processes accordingly 45 companies 6. Education and training systems(+)Government policies and incentives support the supply of graduates in sciences and engineering specialisations,
especially not for science and engineering student in mass that is recognised by the situation analysis of the draft Science Policy Strategy(-)Draft Science Policy Strategy 2014-2020(-)Draft Higher education Strategy 7
. Partnerships between higher education institutes, research centres and businesses, at regional, national and international level(+)Technology transfer centres are established at all major HEIS,
although they have no critical mass. It is positive development that both the new RDI strategy
set clear rules on the IPR(-)Research efforts are accompanied not sufficiently by measures supporting commercialisation of innovative ideas(-)Neither the draft Science Policy Strategy nor the new Higher education Strategy set clear
rules for creation and running of university spin-offs(+)Several measures of the Economic Development OP(+)The RDI strategy 2013-2020(+)The National Strategy for Protection of Intellectual Property 2013-2016,
called Jedlik Plan(-)Draft Science Policy Strategy and the new Higher education Strategy 8. Framework conditions promote business investment in R&d,
Main changes Brief assessment of progress/achievements 1 Member State Strategies for Researchers'Training and Employment Conditions(+)New Higher education Strategy(+)Campus Hungary programme
academic and administrative staff exchange(-)National budget for higher education has decreased(+)Clear employment conditions(+)New collaboration agreements
and joint projects(-)The budget cuts translate in less attractive university careers(-)Only 13 Hungarian institutions joined the Charter
Transfer(+)The National RDI strategy foresee the strengthening of research universities it KT function and technology transfer offices(+)Accredited cluster development(+)TTOS established at all major universities in the past 5-10 years(+)Several measures of the SF target university-industry collaboration
(+)21 accredited innovation cluster in operation, that integrates more than 600 SMES(-)University TTOS are weak and not capable effectively managing TT processes 22 European Knowledge Market for Patents
and Licensing(+)Strategy for Intellectual Protection 2013-2016 (Jedlik-Plan)(+HIPAVILON established which is a not-for profit limited of the National IPO(+)Support measures provided for protecting IPR(+)Hipavilon provides information
and institutional assessments(+)National RDI strategy 2013-2020(+)Draft Science Policy Strategy(+)Support to RTDI umbrella projects(+)Draft Higher education strategy(-)Increase of the GBAORD
in 2012 compared to previous years(+)Recent policy documents foresee further increase of competitive funding(+)Proposed by the draft Higher education Strategy,
HEIS will receive 30%of their funding based their scientific excellence(+)The Hungarian Academy of Sciences distribute block funding to research centres based on their performance(-)Block funding of HEIS is not yet based on institutional assessment Action 2:
transparent and merit based recruitment of researchers(-)Draft Higher education Strategy(-)The foreseen modification of the Act on Higher education doesn't provide criteria for open,
and services to researchers through the pan-European EURAXESS3 network(+)There is a Euraxess network in Hungary mainly located at universities in almost all the seven regions(+)Contacts of local Euraxess network points are acknowledged duely on the portal
+The Hungarian Accreditation Committee reviews regularly the operation of the doctoral schools run by universities and publish their results on it website(-)Regulation of doctoral schools doesn't mention the principles of innovative doctoral training Action 5:
& Code(+)Draft Science Policy Strategy 2014-2020(+)The Hungarian Rector's Conference draw the attention of the rectors to join the Charter&code(+)Two Hungarian universities started the process achieving the logo(+)The draft Science
research organisations and universities to foster cultural and institutional change on gender(+)Female researchers are awarded at the MTA during the Week of Hungarian Science(+)L'oréal-UNESCO Hungarian Grant for Women
+MTA and most Hungarian universities requires their researchers to register their publications in the scientific bibliography database run by MTA(-)Lack of national Open Access strategy Action 2:
are established all major universities throughout Hungary) (-Even if the National Innovation Office is backing the TTOS,
no nationwide recommendations or measures could have been approved so far to secure their longer-term operation(-)The Act on Higher education doesn't have provisions to support knowledge transfer and TTOS Action 3:
Ministry for National Economy, November 2013.57 LIST OF ABBREVIATIONS BERD Business Expenditures for Research and development BME Budapest University of Technology and Economics CERN European Organisation for Nuclear
European Innovation Scoreboard ELTE Eötvös Lóránd University of Sciences ERA European Research Area ERA-NET European Research Area Network ESFRI European
R&d GUF General University Funds HERD Higher education Expenditure on R&d HES Higher education Sector HUF Hungarian Forint IP Intellectual Property IU SAT
Science and Engineering S&t Science and Technology SF Structural Funds SIP Science-Innovation Programme SME Small and Medium Sized Enterprise SZTE University of Szeged
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