Korea is the world's 5th in the ratio of R&D investment to GDP (national R&D budget : about $12 billion) No. Of scientists and engineers : over 320,000 No. Of affiliate research institutes of companies : over 25,000 Korean Science and Technology administration.
Korea is the world's 5th in the ratio of R&D investment to GDP (national R&D budget : about $12 billion) No. Of scientists and engineers : over 320,000 No. Of affiliate research institutes of companies : over 25,000 Korean Science and Technology administration.
Korea is the world's 5th in the ratio of R&D investment to GDP (national R&D budget : about $12 billion) No. Of scientists and engineers : over 320,000 No. Of affiliate research institutes of companies : over 25,000 Korean Science and Technology administration.
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KOO, KOO, Hyuk Hyuk--Chae Chae Counsellor Counsellor for Education, Science for Education, Science and Technology and Technology Mission of the Republic of Korea to the EU Mission of the Republic of Korea to the EU Contents Contents Improvement in S&T Main Index Improvement in S&T Main Index Remarkable Economic Growth in Korea Remarkable Economic Growth in Korea Science Science and and Technology Administration Technology Administration 1 R&D Strategy R&D Strategy From Catch From Catch- -up to Innovation up to Innovation Korea Korea- -EU Cooperation at a Glance EU Cooperation at a Glance Suggestions Suggestions Remarkable Economic Growth in Korea GDP (US$, Bil.) (world ranking 15 th ) 2 8 63 263 1,071 80 254 1,647 6,147 20,759 per capita GNI (US$) 2 1960 1970 1980 1990 2010 1960 1970 1980 1990 2010 The worlds 5th in the ratio of R&D investment to GDP (National R&D budget : about $12 billion) No. of scientists and engineers : over 320,000 No. of affiliate research institutes of companies : over 25,000 Korean Science and Technology (2009) Improvement of S&T Main Index (1) 3 Improvement of S&T Main Index (2) 4 Science & Technology Administration (1) 5 http://cordis.europa.eu/erawatch/docs/image/KR_Structure_Flowchart.JPG Year 82 83 84 85 86 87 88 89 90 91 92 93 94 95 96 97 98 99 00 01 02 08 National R&D Program Industrial Technology Program Information & Communication Technology Program MIC MOCIE M O S T New Growth Engine Program MKE Science & Technology Administration (2) 6 Health & Medical Technology Program MOHW Environmental Technology Program Academic Research Promotion Program MOE ME Agricultural Technology Program MAF Construction & Transportation Technology Program MOCT M E S T 08 R&D Strategy (1) 1960s 1970s 1980s 1990s 2000s Catch Catch- -up up Innovation Innovation Promoting R&D Promoting R&D Enhancing technology Enhancing technology innovation innovation Building R&D Building R&D infrastructure infrastructure Strategy Strategy S&T policy S&T policy direction direction 7 Developing technologies for key export industries Developing technologies for high-tech industries Developing basic and fundamental technologies Primary goods Light industry goods Light & heavy industry goods Heavy industry goods & electronic products Electronic & cutting-edge products Government-funded research institutes (GRIs) Private enterprises, GRIs, Universities Private enterprises, GRIs, Universities direction direction Key Key industries industries Leading Leading sector sector R&D Strategy (2) Next Next- -Generation Generation Growth Engine Program Growth Engine Program Emphasis on Emphasis on Basic Science & Technology Basic Science & Technology Invest in promising technologies to create new markets Select 10 growth engines through inter-ministerial Promote Korea as a global hub for the basic and fundamental research by 2021 Increase R&D budget up to 50% by 2012 Increase budget for individual Global Frontier Project Global Frontier Project 8 through inter-ministerial cooperation (since 2003) Frontier R&D Program Next-generation semi- conductor, future automobile, intelligent robot, digital TV, home networking, etc 2021 Invest on high-risk, high- impact R&D and support creative scientific research Increase budget for individual initiatives GRIs - Performance PET film PET film developed by KIST developed by KIST Super high density Super high density DRAM DRAM developed in Daedeok developed in Daedeok TDX TDX- -11 developed by Electrics developed by Electrics and Telecommunications and Telecommunications Research Institute (ETRI) Research Institute (ETRI) 9 Commercial version of CDMA Commercial version of CDMA launched by ETRI launched by ETRI HANARO Reactor HANARO Reactor developed developed by by Korea Atomic Energy Korea Atomic Energy Research Institute (KAERI) Research Institute (KAERI) KSTAR KSTAR GRIs Daedeok Innopolis 10 To facilitate To facilitate human exchanges human exchanges and joint research and joint research 1970~1980s 2000s 1999s To make research activities To make research activities more effective through more effective through collaborative R&D projects collaborative R&D projects Constructed research institutes within the cluster Created national expertise in R&D Transformed into a mature innovation cluster To build a To build a world world- -class class city of brains city of brains Korea-EU S&T Cooperation at a Glance - November 1992 Provisional Agreement in S&T b/w Korea-EU - November 2006 Contract Korea-EU S&T Agreement - July 2007 The 1 st Korea-EU Joint Committee Meeting (Seoul) - March 2009 The 2 nd Korea-EU Joint Committee Meeting (Belgium) - July 2011 The 3 rd Korea-EU Joint Committee Meeting (Seoul) 11 - Research-oriented programmes : EU FP funding programmes - Awareness raising programmes : KESTCAP& KORRIDOR - Developing Joint Researches : KORANET - Supporting S&T cooperation : National Contact Point (NCP) (2007~2013 : 32 projects) Suggestions unclear, but very dynamic and sincere (to EU side, Korea is) Complicated, but more Opportunities 12 Complicated, but more Opportunities (to Korean side, EU is) Not more, but better understanding (to each other) Share our Knowledge Share our Knowledge for Co for Co--prosperity prosperity