TECHNIQUE OF ASSESSMENT AND RANGING OF SCIENTIFIC COMPETENCES OF ORGANIZATIONS IN INNOVATIVE SPHERE (ON THE EXAMPLE OF SAMARA REGION)

One of the important tasks of establishing an effective social and economic policy is to use the best available scientific achievements for innovative development of priority sectors of the regional economy. At present, there is a problem of insufficient information about the competence of organizations which carry out scientific research. The solution to this problem can be a single database of scientific competences (research schools) ranked in terms of development and prospects. This database can give an idea not only about the directions of scientific research but also on the level of the results available, the personnel and material support. The proposed methodology has a stage nature and aims to identify, evaluate and rank the scientific competencies in natural science and engineering. The first stage of the methodology involves questioning of scientific and educational organizations. The second stage of the methodology consists of conducting scientific expertise of questionnaire material with the help of independent experts in relation to the organizations where there are scientific competences. The third stage of the proposed technique involves drawing up ranking lists of scientific competences. Implementation of the proposed approach will allow the scientific community to have information on the status and resources of certain areas of research for the formation of integration for joint research projects. The completed database of scientific competences will allow potential customers to get information about the opportunity for conducting research in organizations; development institutions will be able to prioritize infrastructure support of innovation activity taking into account the capability of developers of scientific products; and executive authorities will be able to use the information to make well-grounded management decisions on research and innovation development of the region.