Last year, the Roadmap for Ukraine’s integration into the European Research Area was updated.
Priorities for the implementation of this document for 2022 were presented during the Info Day “Research and Innovation Day in Ukraine”, which took place at the Ministry of Education and Science.
Among the priorities, the Head of the expert team on integration into the European Research Area of the Directorate of Science and Innovation of the MES Hryhoriy Mozolevych mentioned the formation of a pool of experts and ensuring the work of Ukrainian representatives in subgroups of the EU’s European Research Area and Innovation Committee (ERAC).
The implementation of the state policy to promote open science is another vector.
The next priority is to determine the financial, organizational and legal mechanisms for connecting Ukrainian research infrastructures to European research infrastructure consortia.
It is hoped that in the first months of 2022 the Verkhovna Rada will ratify the Agreement on Ukraine’s accession to the Horizon Europe program. According to Hryhoriy Mozolevych, this will open a number of opportunities for Ukrainian scientists, innovators, entrepreneurs and, in general, for the innovation sphere. To implement the Agreement, it is planned to establish a “Horizon Europe” Coordination Center and launch a national portal of this program, as well as create a strong team of national contact points that would work to ensure that Ukrainian scientists succeed in the program.
It is also planned to expand Ukraine’s participation in the EUREKA program, join the COST European Cooperation in Science and Innovation program, intensify Ukraine’s participation in the European Institute of Innovation and Technology (EIT), and further develop marine research. As Svit reported, in 2021 the Ukrainian scientific fleet was replenished with the Noosphere icebreaker and the Boris Aleksandrov research vessel. The President of Ukraine also signed the Decree on measures to restore and develop marine research.
In 2022, work will continue on the creation of the National Electronic Scientific Information System (URIS). In addition, it is planned to further improve the policy of internationalization of research and innovation by conducting an inventory, analyzing bilateral agreements and developing a system for monitoring and evaluating the effectiveness of international agreements.
Dmytro SHULIKIN
Svit newspaper, № 1-2, January 2022