Transport Research in the European Research Area

R O M A N I A
Transport research in Romania is
supported by the National Plan for Research-
Development and Innovation (PNCDI). The
PNCDI for the period 2007-2013 (National
Plan II – NP II) is the main instrument by
which the National Authority for Scientific
Research (NASR) is implementing the
National Strategy for R&D and Innovation.
Overall aims of NP II are to develop science
and technology in order to increase the
economic competitiveness, to improve
social quality and to enhance the knowledge
with potential to be valorised and to sustain
further expansion.
The six programmes of NP II are:
• Human resources,
• Capacities,
• Ideas,
• Partnerships in priority S&T domains,
• Innovation, and
• Sustaining institutional performance.
While some of these programmes are focused
on goals such as capacity-building across
all sectors, the programme “Partnerships
in priority S&T (science and technology)
domains” – the largest programme within
NP II, focuses on creating conditions for
better collaboration between the different
R&D entities, companies and/or public
administrations, in order to offer solutions
for issues within research areas. Transport
is included in several action lines of this
programme.
The national transport research programmes
are financed, in principal, by the state budget,
through the National Authority for Scientific
Research within the Ministry of Education
and Research (for PNCDI programmes). These
programmes are conducted by national
research institutes, academic institutes, and
private enterprises which undertake research
and development activities.
Key research providers include the
Polytechnic University of Bucharest (faculties
of Transport and of Power Engineering)
and the public transport research institute
INCERTRANS.
NATIONAL GOVERNMENT DEPARTMENTS
AND AGENCIES
National Authority for Scientific Research
(ANCS)
Autoritatea Nationala pentru Cercetare
Stiintifica
www.mct.ro
National Centre for Programmes
Management
Centrul National de Management
Programe
www.cnmp.ro
Ministry of Transport and Infrastructure
Ministerul Transporturilor si Infrastructurii
www.mt.ro
Managerial Agency for Scientific
Research, Innovation and Technological
Transfer (AMCSIT)
Agentia Manageriala pentru Cercetare
Stiintifica, Inovare si Transfer Tehnologic -
AMCSIT Politehnica
www.amcsit.ro
Partnerships in Priority
S&T (Science and Technology)
Domains (National Plan II, 2007-2013)
Parteneriate în Domenile Prioritare
(Planul National II)
Programme within the second National
Plan for Research, Development and
Innovation (Planul National de Cercetare-
Dezvoltare, Inovare). The following action
lines may include transport projects:
Communication and Information
Technology; Environment; Innovative
materials, processes and products; Space
and security; and Socio-economic and
humanistic systems. The “Innovative
materials, processes and products”
action line is the main focus of transport
research, with research focusing on
innovative products and technologies
for transportation and for automotive
manufacturing.
Innovation (National Plan II, 2007-2013)
Inovare (Planul National II)
The overall objective of the Innovation
Programme is to increase the innovation,
technological development and
production assimilation capacity of
the results of the researchers, in order
to improve the competitiveness of the
national economy and to improve
57
TRANSPORT RESEARCH IN THE EUROPEAN RESEARCH AREA