Strengthening partnership between research and industry: Ukraine realities and prospect

Strengthening partnership between research and industry:

Ukraine realities and prospect

ENHANCEMENT OF EUROPEAN INTERNATIONAL COOPERATION AND EASTERN PARTNERSHIP IN RESEARCH, DEVELOPMENT AND INNOVATION

30 September - 1 October 2013, Vilnius, Lithuania

ANDRIY TARELIN Dr., Vice-director, A.M. Pidgorny Institute for Mechanical Engineering Problems of the National Academy of Sciences of Ukraine.

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Overview of Ukrainian Research Landscape: •Ukraine’s Energy Policy and Target State Technical Programmes •International Research Cooperation in Energy •Research Institutions in terms of FP7 Energy Thematic Area

Barriers for innovation

Tools for R&D-Industry partnership development

Examples of regional initiatives

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EEP2013Overview of Ukrainian Research Landscape

•well-developed research and industrial capacity in the energy sector.

•one of the most powerful research and industrial regions of the former Soviet Union with its outstanding power engineering research institutions and companies.

•Kharkiv and Kyiv lead science and technology in the energy sector because research institutions, universities, and major industrial enterprises are located there.

•Ukraine’s energy industry is represented by many unique closed-cycle manufacturers succeeded in all production stages from R&D to manufacturing




Basic and applied research, design and development, S&T assistance in the Ukraine’s energy sector:

• academic research (National Academy of Sciences of Ukraine (NASU); • field research (institutions affiliated with the Ministry of Industrial Policy of Ukraine, Ministry of Energy and Coal Industry of Ukraine, etc);

• university (research centres and laboratories of the leading Ukrainian universities);

• industry (industrial research institutions, engineering departments and special engineering offices within enterprises).

In fact, the number of branch institutes declined by more than 70% in Ukraine, while the number of

design bureaus fell by 70–90% in period from the 1990s to the first half of following decade




The major NASU R&D institutions with well-established scientific schools, which are experienced in international collaboration and research and succeeded in research projects in conventional and unconventional power engineering, renewable sources of energy, energy efficiency and saving are mainly located in 16 research centres within 3 NASU departments:

•Department of Physical & Technical Problems of Power Engineering, •Department of Physical & Technical Problems of Materials Science, •Department of Chemistry.

In 2010, these research centres employed 6406 staff members including 3224 researchers (336 with doctor-of-science and 1099 with candidate-of-science degrees) in total.

The actual share of RTD expenditure in Ukraine’s GDP is about 1.4%.The total budget funds allocated for public RTD target programmes have ranged 4.5 to 5% over the last three years. Almost one third of the budget is allocated to the National Academy of Sciences of Ukraine, while the Ministry of Education of Ukraine receives up to 10%, the Ministry of Industrial Policy of Ukraine – 9 to 10%, and the Ministry of Energy and Coal Industry of Ukraine – up to 8% only.



EEP2013Ukraine’s Energy Policy

Developed and adopted laws in renewable energy systems:

•The Law of Ukraine “On Power Energy” (1997) as amended in 2000. •The Law of Ukraine “On Alternative Sources of Energy” adopted in February 2003. •The Law of Ukraine “On Combined Heat and Power Production(Co-generation) and Utilization of Dump Energy Potential” adopted in 2005. •The Law of Ukraine “On Amendments to Certain Laws of Ukraine Concerning the Introduction of a Green Tariff” adopted in 2008.

Energy Strategy until 2030 (approved in 2006)

The Strategy states the following main goals:- to promote environment for a sustainable and high-quality energy supply;- to ensure reliable and sustainable functioning and efficient development of the energy industry;- to cut down energy dependency;- to cut down energy intensity;- to reduce environmental impact and ensure civil safety;- to integrate the Ukrainian power industry into the European system, to expand power exports and strengthen the country’s position as a gas and oil transit country.

electricity production from renewable energy sources will increase up to 1.6 billion kWh in 2020 and to 2.1 billion kWh in 2030.



EEP2013Ukraine’s Energy Policy Target State Technical Programs

“Energy and power efficiency” as research and technology priority area in Ukraine until 2020: • co-generation technologies to enhance efficiency of heat and energy supplies for industrial companies and households;• alternative energy sources for heat supply to households and municipal facilities;• new types of fuels to substitute oil and natural gas;• environmentally friendly burning technologies to enhance efficiency of fuel chemical energy utilization;• energy saving heat-pumping technologies to utilize low-grade heat;• resource extension and less energy-intensive equipment in power engineering.

NASU Target Comprehensive Research Programmes* • Increasing the Reliability and Extending the Operation Life of Power Facilities and Systems;• Bio-fuel;• Fundamental Problems of Hydrogen Energy;• Research & Technological Problems of Integration of Ukraine’s Energy System into the European One (“Integration”);• Research & Technological and Economic Problems of Ensuring Joint Operation of the United Energy System of Ukraine with EU Energy Systems’ (“Conjunction”).

*The majority of research projects fallen within the priority research area of the EU energy sector and, in particular, FP7 Energy Thematic Area



EEP2013International Research Cooperation in Energy

Memorandum of Understanding on Cooperation in the Field of Energy between the EU and Ukraine (MoU) signed on 1 December 2005

five specific areas:• nuclear safety;• integration of the electricity and gas markets;• enhancing security of energy supplies and transit of hydrocarbons;• improving efficiency, safety and environmental standards of the coal sector;• Increasing cooperation in energy efficiency and promotion of RES.

Ukrainian research institutions and universities take part in the current EU Programmes such as:

• EU Seventh Framework Programme for Research and Technological Development;• ERASMUS MUNDUS;• TEMPUS;• INSC Instrument for Nuclear Safety Cooperation funded though ENPI (EuropeanNeighbourhood and Partnership Instrument);• ENPI-funded CBC Poland-Belarus-Ukraine Programme;• ENPI-funded INOGATE Interstate Oil and Gas Transport to Europe.



EEP2013Research Institutions in terms of FP7 Energy Thematic Area

Hydrogen and Fuel Cells

Interdisciplinary research on the target programme Fundamental Problems of Hydrogen Energy (http://www.nas.gov.ua/programmes/hydrogen/EN) is carried out in three directions: Production of Hydrogen, Hydrogen Storage and Using of Hydrogen. More than 25 institutions representing 10 NASU departments (Mechanics; Geosciences;Physics and Astronomy; Physical and Technical Problems of Materials Science; Nuclear Physics and Power Engineering; Chemistry; General Biology; Biochemistry, Physiology and Molecular Biology; Economics) are involved into more than 65 research projects which have been implemented within this program.

Renewable Electricity Generation

• Institute of Renewable Energy (technologies and systems for multipurpose use of renewable energy; physical-engineering fundamentals and technologies of solar, wind, hydro, geothermal and organic energy transformation and utilization);• Institute of Hydromechanics (a vertical axis wind turbine (VAWT));• Institute of Engineering Thermophysics (solar, geothermal and bio energytransformation and utilization technologies);• A.M. Pidhorny Institute for Mechanical Engineering Problems (a windmill powerplant with hydrogen accumulation of energy; micro low-head hydro turbine).



EEP2013Research Institutions in terms of FP7 Energy Thematic Area

Renewable Fuel Production• Institute of Cell Biology and Genetic Engineering (sources for bio-fuel production and biological methods to enhance efficiency of bio-fuel raw material); •Institute of Bioorganic Chemistry and Petrochemistry (chemical technologies for bio-fuel production and use of concomitant products);• SECB - Scientific Engineering Centre Biomass, Institute of Engineering Thermophysics (technological and ecological fundamentals for bio-fuel production and utilization).

Renewables for Heating and Cooling• Institute of Engineering Thermophysics (technologies of ground heat accumulation of solar energy for household heating);• A.M. Pidhorny Institute for Mechanical Engineering Problems (heat pump technologies for conversion and practical application of low-potential renewable energy from natural heat sources);• HPL - Heat Pipes Laboratory, NTUU “Kiev Polytechnic Institute” (heat pipes; solar collectors for optical properties of low-dimensional semiconductor structures; heat exchange equipment);

Clean Coal Technologies• Coal Energy Technology Institute (technologies for gas- and residual-oil-freeburning and gasification of high-ash coal that could be used to replace natural gasin power and metallurgy industries)



EEP2013EU FP7 Energy Projects withInvolvement of Ukrainian Research Institutions



EEP2013Overall challenges for R&D and innovation

•extremely low level of replacement of aging manpower, outdated scientific equipment in research laboratories;

•inability to use the resources and inputs from the R&D system to generate wealth-creating outputs for generating commercially viable results effectively; •lower level of internationalization of science than in neighboring Central and Eastern European countries;

•need not only a major transformation within the R&D system, but also important changes in the wider ‘environment’;

• relatively weak stimulus for large industrial enterprises to increase their innovation activities because of underdeveloped regulations in a variety of areas, including the protection of IPR;

•lack of adequate legal protection for intellectual property rights, especially in foreign countries.



EEP2013Barriers for innovation

In Ukraine’s R&D sector:•low level of R&D results commercialization (CoT) and technology transfer (TT) on national and international levels; •inefficiency of innovation, CoT and TT support infrastructure; •reduction of level of financing, coordination and adoption of results of applied research;•lack of competencies required to promote innovations to internal and international market

successfully.

In Ukraine’s educational sector:•belated response on labor market challenges in innovation, R&D and industrial sectors;•insufficient level of professional training of researchers for complicated tasks of knew knowledge generation and innovation producing; • insufficient level of professional training in the field of innovation management and lack of systematic work on staff retraining for innovation activity;



EEP2013Barriers for innovation In Ukraine’s industrial sector:•outdated basic production assets and urgent needs of their modernization; •low competitiveness of domestic industry production; •poor awareness about R&D and innovation projects existing in academic, branch and higher education institutions;•low stimulation of demand for R&D results from the side of industry caused by limitation of internal investment resources to adopt new technologies and innovation for retrofit of production;

In Ukraine’s financial sector:•undeveloped market of services for financing in innovation (venture funds, business-angels, seed capital);•lack of stimulus to invest in innovation projects (national, regional and municipal programs are not provided preferences for investors of innovative projects);

In the field of state regulation:•imperfect existing system of tax relief, exemptions and subsidies for innovation activity of enterprises including innovation support infrastructure (e.g. - technology and science parks, business incubators and etc.)•unavailability to provide regulatory and financial state input for participation of Ukrainian researchers, S&T institutions, innovative SMEs on the equal basis in the science-technology international cooperation programs.



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Creation of carrier opportunities for researchers through assistance in mobility and support of professional networks

Boosting of quality of innovation activities through introduction new educational programs

Training on issues of innovative entrepreneurship

Professional development of state and municipal employees

International cooperation

Tools for R&D-Indistry partnership development

Cooperation in innovation

area

Mobilization and

development of S&T

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Management of human

resources for innovation

Regulation in the

innovation area

Informational support of innovation

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Development of up-to-date data bases of innovation projects and technologies

Formation of data bases of industrial sector needs

Analysis and integration of innovation projects with industrial needs

Selection of top priority innovation projects for their adoption

Assistance in partner search and in establishment of research-business links

Formation of clusters and technological platforms in top priority areas using PPPs opportunities

Introduction of joint innovation project selected on competitive basis and their resource support

Support of frontier research through focused financial and information assistance for R&D-Industry groups

Drawing IPR objects into economic circle through improvement of regulations

Coordination of national S&T programs on the basis of equal access to them of all concerned participants

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Development of interstate innovation infrastructure:

•centers of joint R&D equipment usage;

•centers of R&D commercialization;

•NCPs;

•business-angels associations and etc.

•Establishment and development of international technological platforms and clusters.

Further development of state regulation of innovation activity including system of tax relief, exemptions and subsidies

Enhancement of state participation in the PPP form in the process of establishment of new innovation structure and in co-financing of the most important innovative projects



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1. “Kharkiv Innovation Platform” started as a pilot project in 2012 (initially supported by CRDF) aimed at:

• Development of professional skills on the issues of CoT and TT;

• Assistance in knowledge and expertise exchange between Ukrainian and US and EU researchers, R&D institution and SME’s;

• Selection and all-side support for new innovation ideas, talented entrepreneurs from research institutions and universities;

• Establishment of the Kharkiv Innovation Portal focused on assistance to Kharkiv S&T institutions to be integrated in global networks of technology commercialization.

Leading organization: Center for small business development “Kharkiv Technologies”

http://kt.kharkov.ua

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2. Kharkiv Regional Cluster: “Innovative Infrastructure” established in 2013 under patronage of Kharkiv Oblast Administration aimed at using synergy of regional innovation support organizations and experts to create favorable conditions for local R&D institutions and innovative SMEs in introduction of innovations:

• Development of up-to-date data bases of innovation projects and technologies;

• Formation of data bases of industrial sector needs;

• Analysis and integration of innovation projects with industrial needs;

• Assistance in creation of sustainable links between R&D institution and SME’s on the regional, national and international level;

Leading organization: North-East Scientific Center NAS and MoE of Ukrainehttp://www.inno.kharkov.ua/?p=7810


http://www.inno.kharkov.ua/?p=7810



EEP20133. Science Park “Naukograd-Kharkiv” to enhance collaboration between

S&T institutions, universities and industry and to implement it’s innovation program since 2012 have been promoted actively the creation of technological platforms (TP) and clusters on the national and international level:


National TPs:•Ecologically Clean and High Efficient Energy

•Waste Utilization and Ecology

•Renovation and Energy-restoration of Public Structures and Utilities

•Aerospace Engineering

International TPs:•Energy Efficiency and Resource Saving

•High Mechanical Engineering Technologies

International Clusters:Oil-gas

Aerospace

http://www.naukograd.kharkov.ua/



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A.N. Pidhorny Institute for Mechanical Engineering Problems NAS of Ukraine

Dm. Pozharsky 2/10Kharkiv, 61046UkrainePhone: +380 57 349-47-21E-mail: [email protected]

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