The European level of research and development funding policy
The European level of research and development funding policy

Author(s): Oana Iuliana Rujoiu
Subject(s): Public Administration, EU-Legislation
Published by: Societatea de Stiinte Juridice si Administrative
Keywords: the public funding policy; research; development; projects;
Summary/Abstract: The study presents some indicators that characterize the Romanian public funding policy in comparison with other European countries. An alarming lack of project-based funding accompanies the lack of Romanian public R&D resources. The data indicate that the most industrialized European countries tend instead to strengthen and differentiate the mixture of policy instruments, to reach leadership positions in particularly promising fields for prospective developments; Romania does not follow this trend, making it more challenging to extract the benefits of this strategy. The orientation towards a performance-based distribution of institutional financing is the most significant change in Romania's scientific policy. However, the allocation of public funds for R&D had a massive contribution to the decline of this sector. The organization of the Romanian research system maintains a strongly hierarchical mold based on ministerial actors, and there are no autonomous bodies able to elaborate policy instruments suitable for supporting sectors, structures, territories and activities. That's why the public intervention is necessary mediating between the various governmental interests and the demand for funding coming from the research community, the scientific organizations, and corporates.

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