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Innovation Programs Division, SCS RA
S&T and Innovation Policy in the
Republic of Armenia
“Development of Coherent Innovation Policy in South
Caucasian Countries and Moldova” Workshop
June 2013, Tbilisi
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Strategic Trends of Innovation Policy
Education
Science and
Research
Information
Technologies
Innovation
Policy
Legislation
& IPR
Innovation
infrastructure
Economic levers
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Information Technologies
• Since 2000 IT sphere has been recognized as one of the most important
components for economic progress
• Council supporting to the IT development
• Multidirectional strategy of the development of IT Sphere
• Allocations to IT Sphere development
• In 2011 the portion of IT in GDP has made 1.7 %
• “DIGITECK” Information, telecommunication and high technological annual
exhibition
• Digiteck business forum.
• “Armteck” high tech international symposium
• Electronic government system
• Own web pages
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Information Technologies
• IT Organizations (Union of Information Technology
Enterprises, Synopsys Armenia, Microsoft Innovation
Centre, National Instruments, UNICOMP, The Link, Intel,
Mentor Graphics, Syscon, Alkatel, etc
• In 2011 the general profit of IT companies has made
205mln. USD
• Around 50 % of products and services of IT companies is
being exported
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Education
• Passing to the principle of life long learning
• Continuous training of staff
• Enlarging the component of research in high education
• Creation of a system of preparing and qualifying specialists in the
sphere of:
- commercialization of research results
- technology transfer
- IPR protection and evaluation
- managers of business-plans and innovation projects
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Science and Research
• National Academy of Sciences (34)
• Brach Institutes
- Ministry of Education and Science
- Ministry of Healthcare
- Ministry of Agriculture
- Ministry of Culture
- Ministry of Economy
• Universities
• Other (without participation or with partial participation of
the state)
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Intelectual Property Right
Legislation
• The Law of RA on Inventions, Utility Models and Industrial
Designs
• The Law of RA on Copyright and Related Rights
• The Law of RA on the Legal Protection of Topographies of
Integrated Circuits
• The Law of RA on Trademarks
• The Law of RA on Geographical Indications
• The Law of RA on Protection of Economic Competition
• “Knyazyan and Partners” law office
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Innovation Infrastructure
• Industrial – Technological (technoparks, scientific parks,
innovation centers, business incubators, tecnology transfer
centers)
• Financial (budget, venture, insurance, investments, other)
• Information
• Personell
• Expertize – Consulting
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Industrial – Technological Innovation Infrastructure
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Viasphere technopark
Incubator of enterprises
Transpher Technology Assosiation
Andron Technopark
Gyumri Technopark
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Economic Levers
• Promoting investments in Commercialization of R&D
• Promoting investments in innovation enterprises
• Availability of financial means and resources
• Developing initial capital investment programs for start up
innovation companies
• Stimulating the export of high technological production
• Promoting venture investments
• Preferential tariff treatment for importing scientific equipments
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Financial Sources for Scientific Activities
- state budget
- means coming from agreements
- foundations (involving the allocation of international
organizations and investments of citizens, etc.)
- international grant programs
- credits
- means coming from scientific, publishing, consulting
and other activities (which are not forbidden by law)
- means coming from the investment and realization of
scientific results
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Financing from the State Budget
• Basic funding
• Thematic (project based) funding
• Goal-oriented project (target) funding
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State Committee of Science
(Created in October, 2007)
Objectives:
1. Development of scientific and technical potential, formation of a
productive training system for scientific personnel.
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Support to the development of scientific sector as an important factor for
the development of economy, provision of state security, progress of
education, culture and society.
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Elaboration and implementation of science and technology policy.
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Participation in the elaboration of innovation policy, and supporting
to the investment of fundamental and applied research results
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Several important policy documents,
elaborated by SCS and already adopted by the
Government
- Strategy on the Development of Science in Armenia 20102020 (May 2010).
- Science Development Action Plan 2011-2015 (Jun 2011).
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Programms
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Supporting young researchers
Enlarging International Cooperation
Independent Expertise System
Creation of Research Technological University
Funding Innovation Projects (cofinancing with the private
sector)
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Financial Support to Innovation in R&D
Involvement of the private sector into the development of
concrete technologies (2011)
Implementation of scientific research projects targeted at the
achievement of concrete applied results with the principle of
cofinancing
Electronics, engineering,
small chemistry etc.
(9 projects)
Agriculture
(5 projects)
Medicine and
pharmaceutics
(3 projects)
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Thank You!
Arevik Khnkoyan
Chief Expert
Division for Innovation Programs and
Commercialization of Scientific Results
State Committee of Science of RA
[email protected]