The 2012 Researchers Report prepared by Deloitte Consulting for the European Commission’s Directorate-General for Research and Innovation looks at the extent to which those prerequisites are already met, since a full understanding of the researcher profession in its complexity is indispensable for sound decision and policy-making. The report (see link below) is accompanied by country fiches - of which we present here the ones prepared for the Western Balkan countries.

In the former Yugoslav Republic of Macedonia, the Ministry of Education and Science is fully responsible for the development and administration of national R&D funding as well as for research and education policy. The ministry’s Department of Science and Technology Development decides on the promotion of education and science, the development of the national science system, the technological development and international scientific-technical cooperation.