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The chapter deals with the analysis of current situation in R&D and innovation sphere in Ukraine. It is important to stress that innovation and R&D systems in Ukraine were ‘internally oriented’, and not all internationally recognized indicators were used in the national statistics. As to the qualitative assessment, it is worth to note, that Ukrainian S&T policy has not changed substantially in recent years. Up to now, the main focus of government policy mix is on direct support of R&D in selected sectors (state-sponsored academies of sciences, some branch institutes and universities) and provision of financing to specific innovation programmes. The gap between the higher education sector and the industry remains substantial, while international cooperation is clearly underdeveloped, despite some positive changes in recent years.
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Design bureaus are special organisations, which are focused on development and science services.
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State Committee of Statistics (SCS) before 2011.
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Ukraine has inherited the Soviet system of scientific degrees. Candidate of Sciences is the person, who finished his (her) post-graduate education, passed 3–4 special exams, published several articles in scholar journals (usually, 3–10) and defended dissertation in the special meeting of the scientific council on his specialization. This decision of the council has to be approved by the State Certification Commission, which consists of independent experts. Doctor of Sciences has to have a proven contribution to modern science (plus individual book and not less than 20 articles in scholar journals), to defend doctoral thesis and to receive an approval from the State Certification Commission of Ukraine.
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Yegorov, I. (2018). Key Tendencies of Scientific and Technological Development in Ukraine and Its International Dimension (Review of Statistical Indicators). In: Valsiner, J., Lutsenko, A., Antoniouk, A. (eds) Sustainable Futures for Higher Education. Cultural Psychology of Education, vol 7. Springer, Cham. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-319-96035-7_7
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