The Austrian Federal Government’s RTI Strategy

created on 08 Mar 2011

On 8 March, the Austrian Federal Government launched its Strategy for Research, Technology and Innovation for the next decade.
According to its motto “Tapping the potential, raising dynamics, creating future: The Path Towards Innovation Leadership”, the strategy addresses measures to strengthen national research structures with a focus on excellence, to foster the innovative capacity of companies, allow for thematic priority setting, raise the efficiency of governance, and linking research, technology and innovation to the education system. The strategy should also help to mobilise research, technology and innovation for the grand challenges of society and the economy.

Hence, with its 2020 perspective, the strategy will be a guiding instrument to approach the Europe 2020 national R&D target, and to contribute to the implemention of the Innovation Union.

The Federal Government’s RTI Strategy has been the result of a multi-layer process, starting with a nationwide stakeholder consultation (Austrian Research Dialogue), followed by a thorough evaluation of the research funding system (Systems Evaluation), and a final drafting process involving government experts from six ministries.

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