The existing approach to the process of privatization in Russia suggests special procedure of privatization of major state enterprises, which produce goods of strategic importance for defensive potential and security of the state, protection of public morals, health, rights, and legally...

The paper discusses the results of revising the lists of S&T priorities and critical technologies of the Russian Federation, adopted in 2006 that became the basis for the federal targeted R&D program for the period of 2007-2012. The identification of priorities aims at more efficient budget...

Science and technology policy in developed countries over the past three decades has undergone significant changes. Back in 1970-80s its role was mainly to finance basic research and on that basis, the generation of new knowledge, as well as to support scientific institutions and research...

The comparison of science and technique priorities in Ukraine and national academy of science of Ukraine were carried out. The correlation of global human problems and science and technique priorities for nanotechnologies in the USA, Japan, Germany, EU, Russia and Ukraine, and priority subjects...

This paper reviews national features in the general evolution of science and technology (S&T) foresight over the last decade. Foresight has made a transition from thematic papers and policy briefs to a complex set of methods integrated in the framework of S&T and innovation policy making....