Mokslas Vilniaus Gedimino technikos universitete: ką turime, ką galime ir ką padarome

Abstract

All political parties of Lithuania stated two long-lasting priorities in our country: aspiration to competitive knowledge economy; adjusting of education and research system of Lithuania to challenges of European space of research and development. The real politics of science in Lithuania does not correspond with these declarations. During the last de­cade the real number of researchers (with PhD or Dr Habil degree) decreased in Lithuania. The number of researchers for ten thousand of population in Lithuania was 30 and it was significantly less than average in EU that was 50. The state financing of studies and research for all universities in Lithuania decreased from 405 mln. litas in 1998 to 375 mln. litas in 2003. State financing of research in 2000 was only 0.37 % of GNP and additional financing from other sources was 0.26 % that made total 0.63 % of GNP. This index was the minimal between the states of Central and East Europe: it was 0.65 % in Latvia, 0.75 % in Estonia, 0.85 % in Poland, 1.15 % in Czechia, while the average in EU was near 2 % [...].