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El CSIC presenta un plan de ajuste anticrisis para evitar un ERE
Un informe del Ministerio de Economía reclama al Consejo más autofinanciación
Alicia Rivera Madrid 25 NOV 2012 - 19:56 CET
The CSIC has an anti-crisis plan to avoid setting an ERE
A Ministry of Economy Council demands more self-financing
Alicia Rivera Madrid 25 NOV 2012 - 19:56 CET
The National Research Council (CSIC) suffers a severe budget crisis to the point of preparing a feasibility emergency plan to be discussed on Wednesday at the meeting of the Governing Council of the institution. Shock measures present Chairman Emilio Lora-Tamayo, with a range of 2015, including asset optimization to find ways of financing their real estate, reduced staff costs, removing spaces calls for investigation and works contracts, and debt collection plan. This is to avoid a redundancy (file redundancy), is considered as a "last resort", according to the CSIC. The institution has now accumulated a budget cut of 30% in 2012 over 2009 and Lora Tamayo warned last February, shortly after taking office, it faced this year with a deficit of 173 million euros.
On the basis of the measures of the viability plan is a report on the situation found Lora Tamayo prepared by the Ministry of Economy and Competitiveness (Mineco), on which the CSIC, whose conclusions had access COUNTRY. The text claims that the agency "lack of proper accounting" in some cases and in others, they are required more planning with clear indicators of achievement. But, above all, that CSIC recommends to "make budgeting more close to reality, so that the running costs are financed increasingly percentage, own income, reducing the appeal to government subsidies and aid earmarked for research its purpose. " That is, less dependent on public money and not to advance funds raised for research to pay current expenses, something that is happening because of the cuts, with the permission of the president of the CSIC, the report said.
This, prepared by the General Inspectorate of Mineco, begins by stating that "the transformation of CSIC autonomous state agency, in 2007, it has had the effect of efficiency and effectiveness" wanted, "since there has been an excessive increase the bureaucratic structure of the body, especially in leadership positions, and a shift of research personnel administration and services, without demonstrable correlation improved results. "
The largest public research center has a 173 million déficitde
The CSIC, with 14,000 employees (4,300 of which are doctors scientists) has nearly 130 research institutes and centers. Its budget has grown from 836 million in 2009 to 665 this year, with a forecast of 599 million by 2013. In September this year, had been reduced by 12.5% agency costs. In the evolution of personnel, the report indicates Mineco between 2009 and 2011 "is down only 0.1% increase staff officer" has diminished the permanent staff [no insert percentage] and 16% in possible.
Currently, the CSIC qualifies for a redundancy. The Council presidency has declined to comment on the viability plan before the meeting the day after tomorrow. They attend the same Lora-Tamayo, vice CSIC Mineco representatives, the University Council, the trade unions, and fifteen renowned researchers.
"The main source of the CSIC is from contracts and collaboration agreements with companies and organizations seeking their services and / or want to exploit its technology patents collected through research," says the document. The conclusion in this section is that technology transfer is "growing" and the demand from companies and public bodies "is broad, given the prestige that CSIC researchers and facilities have". The problem is recovered, in these times of crisis, those companies and agencies.
In management control, the report recommends implementing the necessary reforms. "Strategic planning CSIC no indicators showing improved results to the charges, since it lacks a proper accounting," says the report. "Setting targets in the Strategic Plan is very different depending on the area and, in some cases, are not quantified nor have clear monitoring indicators to verify compliance objectives." Of course, the recommendation is to establish "a true strategic planning" showing "clear management objectives and the estimated costs for implementation, and the establishment of indicators to observe the efficiency in achieving results in the short and long term ".
The dramatic budget situation afflicting the CSIC is reflected, for example, in the use that has been done in recent times of external funds that researchers get their science projects. "In some cases," earmarking "current expenses", says ministry inspection. Although this practice "violates the precepts accounting", has been authorized by the President. The procedure is justified by the CSIC reducing transfers have been received from the State.
Science ... the BOE
The management and project evaluation of the National Plan for Science, considered the crown jewel of the R & D because it allows selecting and funding the best research after a scientific assessment process, does not escape criticism in the report of Ministry of Economy of the CSIC, but not at all depend on the organism. "This is a very expensive process because each project is evaluated four times, so it would be appropriate to consider the possibility of simplifying it, without reducing the quality and transparency in the selection process," the ministry's internal inspection.
A management system is improved and the Spanish science budget shortages exist, but quality independent scientific assessment by expert panels by area, with its logical costs, is the cornerstone on which all systems are based on advanced science including EU programs. It is an effective model to ensure that the best science is financed rather than proposals unknown relevance or distribute evenly, which is called "one size fits all."
Well, the inspectors of Economics, in a few lines, propose solutions in the report. For example, to reduce costs in the assessment suggest "penalize researchers present projects below a minimum threshold."
"Valuations made by anonymous reviewers of ANEP (National Agency of Evaluation and Prospective) do not seem to marry well with principles such as transparency and fairness," says the text, although not dependent ANEP CSIC and evaluates scientific projects calls for staff and the whole system of R & D. "For the purposes of transparency, the granting of aid should be published in the Official Gazette." Note that the calls, provisional lists of projects of the Plan Nacional published on the ministry's website and are free consultation, the final was also published in the BOE.
Inspectors have been monitoring the implementation of the National Plan projects in two institutes of CSIC and have found abnormalities in management. "The only problem about it is detected that a control is performed only on researchers who have received aid in competitive and not on those who not investigate despite belonging to bodies or scales that should be required for this type of activity ". As for those who do not investigate ... what if they are civil servants?
経済審議会は、以上の自己資金を要求
アリシアリベラマドリード25 NOV 2012 - 19時56分CET
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