/ world at present information/ It’s excessive time for the state to turn out to be an entrepreneur, not a easy investor. Based on a saying, innovation shouldn’t be all the pieces, however all the pieces with out it’s nothing. In different phrases, there isn’t a progress with out innovation. And a rustic that doesn’t develop its scientific potential, suppresses or neglects its sensible minds, eventually turns into a territory for overseas appetites.
I say this due to an entire host of politicians who’ve for years speculated with regards to innovation and lied to younger and previous scientists and inventors that their flip to be revived had come. Everyone knows who they’re.
The dangerous factor is that lately a paradox has emerged – earlier than the transition, Bulgaria had a significantly better place on the worldwide market once we provided our scientific achievements than now. Revenues on the time had been about $100 million a 12 months from license charges alone. Few individuals know that even the Japanese polish with our know-how, we even had a three way partnership with them. And the know-how of Academician Angel Balevski for casting with counter-pressure, with which lighter and extra sturdy rims had been made, was a legend. After all, her patent has expired, she is already being copied, however we additionally made a reputation for ourselves along with her.
What are the information at present? The share of high-tech merchandise in Bulgaria’s exports has been falling lately, and in 2016 it fell to three%. Immediately, it’s infamous to our companions that our nation doesn’t care sufficient about scientific thought. This additionally contradicts the Lisbon technique, which depends on innovation, scientific prosperity for a sustainable financial system. And one other factor – the Nationwide Innovation Fund, which was conceived nicely and which financed the method from the concept to the registration of the innovation, is now not working at present. And within the OP for competitiveness it’s required that the financial entity has some foundation, i.e. an software to the patent workplace or an already issued patent that’s making its technique to realization.
And what did we do? We nipped it within the bud.
It’s no coincidence that at present solely 662 corporations out of a complete of over 300 thousand qualify as high-tech in Bulgaria. That is why our nation falls within the rating of the competitiveness index to the a hundred and tenth place out of a complete of 140 international locations. To not point out that the variety of functions for patents in our nation decreases with every passing 12 months – from 1400 went to 900, and now there are solely 60-70 per 12 months, of which European patents are the modest ones – 3-4. The “why” query right here is compelling: about 60-70% of our inventors are personal people and shouldn’t have the assets to guard their patents. For reference, the safety of the European patent prices about 3,000 euros per 12 months, and it should even be renewed. How will the privateer face up to this? Nicely, by no means.
Subsequently, the state ought to intervene, and has already achieved so, extra intensively on this course of and stimulate it.
What are the choices for a technological breakthrough in our nation?
The stipulations exist in our laws. The purpose is that the federal government, the parliament and the politicians themselves should not following it. Within the patent regulation, artwork. 80 states that the patent workplace will need to have a fund to stimulate the conclusion of our scientific achievements. It ought to be shaped from the revenues of the patent workplace, from subsidies, and many others. Final however not least – from his personal earnings, which he could have after the conclusion of those innovations. That is the follow in different international locations as nicely, however there, as an alternative of the patent workplace, massive corporations and regulation corporations are concerned, which undertake the safety of personal inventors in all elements.
Sadly, there are numerous battles brewing on this entrance – the theft of concepts shouldn’t be new, worldwide processes are occurring, and each single thoughts or collective of scientists will need to have a safe again. In any other case, it’s naive to let an individual with distinctive concepts into this jungle of intelligent predators.
That’s the reason the help of the state is required, and right here is the function of the Scientific Analysis Fund, which now works merely as a financial institution. Sadly, our nation shouldn’t be very within the work of our scientists – not solely inside the nation, but in addition in worldwide tasks. We now not have interstate agreements for cooperation within the subject of science and know-how. Immediately we nonetheless have our specialists and scientists who’re nicely obtained in combined scientific groups and so they create patents wherein the Bulgarian scientist will get his share. However the state doesn’t reap the benefits of this scientific achievement and doesn’t apply it, even partially or by searching for companions for the conclusion of the precise concept.
In our nation, we have now a marketing strategy in 11 areas of science, with achievements that we might understand if scientific tools is delivered for them. There’s curiosity from France and different states, and for hundreds of thousands of {dollars} in our developments, however the help from the state is up to now on the stage of a promise. Behind the state, after all, there are particular individuals, and it’s stunning that they don’t seem to be lively in convincing themselves that these tasks might be worthwhile. It’s inexplicable—until their very own incompetence fails them. That is why elections are necessary – who can we select, why, can these individuals enter the enterprise with scientific outcomes which can be within the curiosity of the entire society.
It’s true that investments in know-how are gradual, however the returns and effectivity are a lot better. And this has been calculated – for one greenback invested in an progressive product, $100 is returned. Right here is the primary query for the long run rulers – can we wish to be a wealthy nation or observe others in a posh method? Will we wish to produce high-tech items with excessive surplus worth or stay immersed within the straightforward service market, importing overseas manufacturing, thereby shedding our sensible, extremely educated specialists?
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Dr. Eng. Alexander Trifonov, licensed administration guide, held varied positions within the implementation of tasks of the British Know-How Fund and the Far Program. He’s the writer of a variety of books and publications on public-private partnership, power effectivity, power and innovation. Knowledgeable inside the framework of the Nationwide Innovation Fund and Operational Program “Growth of the competitiveness of the Bulgarian financial system.
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