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• Σχόλιο του χρήστη 'Σκαρλάτος Παναγιώτης' | 3 Σεπτεμβρίου 2010, 11:40

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  Εκ μέρους του Συνδέσμου Ελληνικών Χημικών Βιομηχανικών (ΣΕΧΒ) που εκπροσωπεί την ελληνική χημική βιομηχανία, σας θέτουμε υπ'όψιν τα αποτελέσματα που διετύπωσε το High Level Group(HLG)n the competivness of chemicals , κατόπιν εντολής της Ευρωπαϊκής Επιτροπής. Τα αποτελέσματα υιοθετήθηκαν από το Συμβούλιο των Υπουργών της ΕΕ με υποχρέωση των Κ-Μ να τα υλοποιήσουν. Ενδιαφέρον παρουσιάζει το μέρος των συμπερασμάτων που αφορά το a. Innovation and research και b. Education and attracting talent are the foundation of innovation and competitiveness.: A. More innovation and research are key to securing the future of the European chemicals industry 1. The move to a more sustainable use of resources will require new chemical solutions. In particular, climate change mitigation and other global and emerging environmental and social challenges will be a very important research and development focus in chemistry and related sciences. The resulting major business opportunities for the European chemicals industry should be fully exploited. 2. Innovation networks are an important way to promote faster uptake of innovation. Industry, in cooperation with governments, should set up topical innovation networks to promote key strategic innovation and foster best practice and experience. 3. A successful chemicals industry provides more and more cross-cutting chemical solutions throughout the value chains. Industry and the public sector at all levels should, therefore, strengthen innovation clusters and open innovation processes which facilitate cooperation across sectors and borders. 4. While innovation is more than research and development, the link between research in chemistry (and related sciences) and innovation is particularly strong in the chemicals industry. Overall, it is necessary to increase the quantity and quality of R&D and the effectiveness of innovation, in particular by encouraging more efforts by the private sector. In general, companies are urged to review their R&D plans and to extend corporate research programmes to medium and long term objectives. The public sector should provide effective support to private sector efforts and facilitate access to support programmes, in particular for SMEs. 5. Intellectual Property is of strategic importance to the science-based and high tech chemicals industry. The significant costs involved in chemicals R&D and in bringing new products to the market require appropriate and (cost-) effective rules on intellectual property rights (IPR). Member States’ authorities and the European Commission need to develop a more coherent IPR policy, following a more centralised and coordinated approach. This should be done in a transparent way involving key stakeholders including civil society. The Commission and Member B. Education and attracting talent are the foundation of innovation and competitiveness. Developing human resources needs more attention and SMEs require special help to address skills shortages. Member States should step up promotion of chemical and science education, starting with primary schools. Chemistry and engineering faculties should define new curricula, including entrepreneurial programmes in cooperation with industry. In preparation for this, the industry should intensify its efforts to forecast its human resource requirements in the short and long term at various locations and identify expected changes in skill profiles Τα συμπεράσματα παρουσιάζουν ενδιαφέρουν γιατί διατυπώνονται για ένα κλάδο της οικονομίας που κατέχει τη πρώτη θέση παγκοσμίως και του οποίου χαρακτηριστικό αποτελεί η καινοτομικότητα. Ιδιαίτερα θα θέλαμε να επισημάνουμε την πλήρη υποβάθμιση του μαθήματος της Χημείας στη δευτεροβάθμια εκπαίδευση με όλες τις συνέπειες που αυτό συνεπάγεται. Σας καλούμε να λάβετε υπ'όψιν τις δυνατότητες εφαρμογής αυτών των σπουδαίων συμπερασμάτων. Ολόκληρο το κείμενο υπάρχει στην ιστοσελίδα της ΕΕ: http://ec.europa.eu/enterprise/sectors/chemicals/files/final_report/hlg_final_report_july09.pdf Με εκτίμηση Παν.Σκαρλάτος Γενικός Διευθυντής Συνδέσμου Ελληνικών Χημικών Βιομηχανιών (ΣΕΧΒ) Λαγουμιτζη 23 Αθήνα 17671 www.haci.gr