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2008/ISTWG35/016
Agenda Item: P4.1

New Developments in Science, Technology and

Innovation Policy in the Russian Federation
Purpose: Information
Submitted by: Russia

35th Industrial Science and Technology

Working Group Meeting
Ha Noi, Viet Nam
8-9 September 2008
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New Developments in Science,

Technology and Innovation Policy
in the Russian Federation

35th Industrial Science and Technology Working Group

Meeting, Hanoi, Vietnam.

MAIN POLICIES
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y Basics of policy of the Russian Federation in the

sphere of scientific and technological development
for the period till 2010 and further perspective;
y Basic policy directions of the Russian Federation in
the sphere of innovative system development for the
period till 2010;
y Strategy of development of science and innovations
for the period till 2015;
y Programs of social and economic development of the
Russian Federation for the mid-term perspective.
Goal of national policy in the sphere of scientific-
technological development
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y Transition to innovative course of development on

the basis of the priorities established.

y The Priority directions of scientific and technological

development and the List of critical technologies of
the Russian Federation was approved by the
President of the Russian Federation in 2006.

Comprehensive program of scientific-technical development of

economy of the Russian Federation till 2015
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The comprehensive program is designed to provide

purposefulness of the governmental efforts and
private business in the process of promotion of
scientific-technological development and
technological modernization of the Russia’s
economy, it is also very important addendum to the
set of the measures taken by the government in order
to provide the scientific-technological development
and technological modernization of the Russian
e c o n o m y
 Nano-Industry Development Strategy
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y The Russian Nanotechnology Corporation was

established (Federal Law № 139 from July 19, 2007).
y The Governmental Nanotechnology Council was
formed.
y The members of the Council was approved (the related
Government decree № 364 of the Russian Federation
and Decree № 756, both from July 9, 2007).
y The Concept and Federal special-purpose program
«Development of nano-industry infrastructure in the
Russian Federation for 2008-2010»

Fundamental science – national strategic priority

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y The Program on modernization of the structure,

functions and mechanisms of financing of academic
sector of science was being realized in 2006-2007.
y The Russian Academy of Science and sectoral academies
of science is the governmental institutions – nonprofit
organizations. The Organizational Charter of the
Academies are approved by the Government of the
Russian Federation.
y The Program of fundamental scientific researches of
governmental academies for 2008-2012.
 National support of gifted youth
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y In 2007 in the result of various scientific competitions

and contest among youth 5350 young people were
awarded. There exist various President’s Grants for
scientist (Ph.D and Doctors of Science), their research
supervisors, leading scientific schools in the Russian
Federation.

y In 2006 for these purposes the federal budget allocated

more than 10 million of US dollars, 1000 young scientists
– Ph.D, 200 Doctors of Science and 395 leading scientific
schools were supported in performance of their
researches.

Basic directions of policy of the Russian Federation in the

sphere of innovative system development till 2010
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The policy of the Russian Federation in the field of

innovative development is a component element of national
scientific – technical and industrial policy, representing
itself the set of social-economic measures targeted to:
y creation of favorable environment for development of
production of competitive innovative products on the basis
of advanced achievements of science, technology and
engineering;
y increase of share of such products in the production
pattern;
y development of the system of promotion and realization of
the products and services in domestic and foreign markets.
 Private-public partnership
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y Absolutely new relations between business and government, when the

governmental authorities and business act as the equal partners,
complementing each other.

y Key factor for private-public partnership development at the federal

and regional level is in the motivation of business to invest money in
R&D, modernization of current production facilities and development
of new ones on the basis of competitive innovative solutions, and
motivation of scientific organizations and corporate sectors of the
Russian economy to search for new ways of partnerships.

y In the sphere of innovations the most importance of private-public

partnership should be attached to realization of measures directed to
involvement of institutes of higher education into the innovative
processes, setting the governmental priority of financing of basic and
applied researches with participation of business, financing of all-
Russian, sectoral and regional councils for technological policy.

Federal law «On special economic zones in the

Russian Federation»
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y 4 technical-promotion zones were created (Saint-

Petersburg – IT sphere, Moscow – Zelenograd –
microelectronics, Moscow region – Dubna city –
nuclear technologies , Tomsk – new materials sphere).

y 2 industrial-production zones were established (Lipetsk

region – household appliances production, and
furniture production, Tatarstan, Elabuga city –
production of buses, automobile parts and hi-tech
products of oil-chemistry complex).
Creation of technological parks in hi-tech sphere
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Among basic tasks of technological parks establishment are the

following:
y development and support of Russian hi-tech production,
y increase of investment attractiveness of hi-tech productions,
y increase of investment attractiveness of hi-tech branches of industries,
y creation of environment for location of international companies’
production facilities in the Russian territory,
y increase of export volumes of hi-tech products,
y development of small and medium business in hi-tech sphere.

The national program plans to establish till 2010 a number of

technological parks in Republic of Tatarstan, Moscow region,
Novosibirsk region, Nizhni Novgorod region, Kaluga region, Tyumen
region, Saint-Petersburg.

Innovative Infrastructure
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Recently Russia has seen the establishment of basic

elements of innovative infrastructure, namely:
y 55 technological parks,
y 66 innovative-technological centers (ITC),
y 80 business incubators,
y 86 centers for technologies transfer,
y 10 national information-analytical centers (NIAC),
y innovative - industrial complexes, innovative –
technological clusters, etc.
 Federal program «Research and developments in priority
directions of scientific-technological complex promotion of
Russia for the period
13
of 2007-2012»

Basic purpose – development of scientific-technical potential

of the Russian Federation for realization of priority directions
in the development of science and technology in the Russian
Federation.

The program is being realized only on a competitive basis and

with compulsory engagement of public-private partnership.

Competition within the program determines the leading

scientific organizations which, through technical re-
equipment, personnel re-training, intensification of
international scientific-technical cooperation, are capable of
catching up the global leaders in hi-tech for short period of
time by assuming the responsibility for development of
applied technologies in Russia.

Russia maintains relations with 87 countries, intensifying

mobility of the Russian scientists in foreign scientific centers
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Russia participates in international organizations and

programs in the most promising spheres of scientific-
technical development, which of the global importance:

{ International Forum for Carbon Sequestrum;

{ International Partnership «Methane to markets»;
{ International Partnership for Hydrogen Economy;
{ International Partnership for Energy Efficiency and Renewable Energy;
{ Large Hadron Collider (CERN, Switzerland);
{ European X-rays Free-Electron Laser (Germany);
{ International thermo-nuclear experimental reactor (France);
{ Heavy-ion accelerator (Germany).