THE NATIONAL PLAN FOR RESEARCH, DEVELOPMENT AND INNOVATION FOR THE PERIOD 2007-2013

The National Research, Development and Innovation Plan for the period 2007-2013, hereinafter reffered to as the National Plan II- NP II is the main instrument by which the National Authority for Scientific Research (NASR) is implementing the National Strategy for RDI.

In order to conceive the NP II, there has been taken into consideration the role of the National Research, Development and Innovation System, namely 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 valorized and to sustain further expansion of the horizon of action.

NP II aims at achieving the three strategic objectives of the National RDI System, namely:

1. Creating knowledge, in the sense of achieving leading edge scientific and technological results, competitive at global level, in order to increase the international visibility of the Romanian research and to subsequently trasfer the results in the socio-economic practice;
2. Increasing the competitiveness of the Romanian economy by innovation, with impact at the level of companies and by transferring knowledge in the economic practice.
3. Increasing the social quality, namely finding technical and scientific methods which support the social development and improve its human dimension.

Aiming at achieving these three general objectives shall be performed according to a long term vision regarding the National RDI System and its role in society.

Therefore, the RDI System can become the engine for the development of knowledge environment in Romania, being able to sustain the performance by innovation in all domains contributing to citizens' welfare and in the same time to achieve scientific excellence recognized worldwide.

In order to meet these challenges, the RDI Sysytem shall be characterized  by its pening, firstly towards Romanian companies, then towards the international scientific environment, society's needs and educational system.