More competitiveness in research

The Bulgarian Academy of Sciences (BAN) is under fire for not producing sufficiently tangible results. The daily Sega finds the Academy inefficent and calls for more competitiveness in research: "In Bulgaria the idea still holds sway that universities are primarily educational facilities, and serve more for relaying knowledge than for creating it. For that reason the BAN enjoys a special status. The Academy receives money ... regardless of what goals it has or what results it achieves. Research activity could be more effectively - and more efficiently - managed by the universities, NGOs and the private sector. All the more so because that would foster a sense of competitiion: those who want to receive concrete funding will have to present concrete, measurable results from their projects."

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