The Ministry of Higher Education and Research launched the National Research and Innovation Strategy (SNRI) in 2009. The Strategy is the result of broad-based coordination of research and innovation operators, financing agencies, social and economic players, non-profits and civil society. Its purpose is to guide research over the coming years. Three key sectors have been identified: bio-, eco- and nano-technologies. The idea is to define a favourable environment for innovation, which is competitive on the European and international stage, by promoting collaboration between public research bodies and businesses.

(December 2010)