VINNOVA has commisioned in-depth studies of the prioritisation mechanisms in the China, Japan, the US and within the EU’s Framework Programmes.
Priority-setting in the European Research Framework Programmes is the title of the report made by Dan Andrée at the Swedish Ministry of Education and Research. The report covers the Framework Programmes of the European Union and describes the intricate mechanisms to come to decisions on the form and contents of a framework programme.
Research Priorities and Priority-Setting in China is written by Liu Li at the Tsinghua University in Beijing. The report mainly emphasises the strategic demand and frontiers of world S&T. It underscores the importance of combining top-down and bottom-up perspectives in the Chinese processes.
Priority-setting in U.S. Science Policies is written by Kerstin Eliasson and describes the priority-setting in science policy in the United States. The American science system is a large and complex structure with a loose coordination of efforts. Many levels of government, many units within each level, and many stakeholders – both as performers and as users – are involved in decision-making at different levels and many give input to the process of priority-setting.
Priority-setting in Japanese Research and Innovation Policy by Lennart Stenberg, VINNOVA and University of Tokyo and Hiroshi Nagano, National Graduate Institute for Policy Studies, GRIPS and Japan Science and Technology Agency - JST. The evolution of priority-setting in Japan carries important lessons for Sweden. Although Sweden, with its small economy has a greater need to prioritize and co-ordinate its investment in research and innovation, Japan has so far made greater efforts towards developing government-wide priorities and strengthening co-ordination among ministries and agencies.
