RESEARCH AND DEVELOPMENT POLICY. XXXX carries out most research activities in the field of marine pollution in Belgium (ecological sensitivity and impact studies, modelling, scientific evaluation and monitoring). XXXX is assisted by the Belgian Navy in running the State oceanographic research vessel BELGICA. There is currently no specific plan for research and development in the field of oil pollution‐ combating techniques and systems in Belgium. However the Directorate‐General Environment, in close cooperation with the manufacturers of the purchased oil combating equipment, is continuously working on the improvement of the design and the optimisation of the performances of its pollution response equipment.
RESEARCH AND DEVELOPMENT POLICY. The Government will introduce a system for evaluation of research and development centres, which will replace the existing institutional funding with results in in the Register of Information on Results (RIR) by means of a combination of quantitative and qualitative assessment with the significant involvement of foreign experts. The Government will introduce bonuses, in the form of additional institutional funds, for centres which demonstrably cooperate with the application sphere. The Government will provide tax advantages for R&D cooperation between universities, RDI institutions and the business sector. The Government will focus the support of research from public resources on profiled priorities and cross-cutting themes. The Government will make support for corporate research and development contingent on cooperation between the public and private sector in set priority themes.
RESEARCH AND DEVELOPMENT POLICY. The Government will introduce a system for evaluation of research and development centres, which will replace the existing institutional funding with results in the Register of Information on Results (RIR) by means of a combination of quantitative and qualitative assessment with the significant involvement of foreign experts. The Government will introduce bonuses, in the form of additional institutional funds, for centres which demonstrably cooperate with the application sphere. The Government will provide tax advantages for R&D cooperation between universities, RDI institutions and the business sector. The Government will focus the support of research from public resources on profiled priorities and cross-cutting themes. The Government will make support for corporate research and development contingent on cooperation between the public and private sector in set priority themes. SPORT The Government views sport as a vital tool in developing and improving the health and physical and mental condition of children, young people and adults. It is also aware of the socio-economic and cultural role played by sport in Czech society. The Government is committed to creating a system for the support and appreciation of volunteers involved in sport. The Government is determined to promote activities, organizations and facilities that will increase the availability of sport and physical education for the general public. The Government does so in the conviction that the promotion of sport must not be limited to support for the gifted and for professional teams, but should primarily make sports and physical activities more readily available to the general population. The Government considers it a priority to promote and develop sport among young people both en masse and for talented individuals. Therefore, the Government will place an emphasis on the promotion of a system of follow-up care for talented young people in the form of sports training centres for juniors and centres of sporting excellence. Likewise, the system of medical care for talented young which, through preventive check-ups, can avoid health threats among young talented and first-rate athletes, deserves support. The Government will support the more efficient utilization of EU funds for sports, including with a specific emphasis on the project for the European Year of Volunteering (2011). The Government will consider adopting a new law on sport. By transforming the current system of state aid, the Gove...
