“Transform” French studies. Emmanuel Macron announced this Thursday that he wants to “transform” the organization of French research within 18 months in a “real revolution” to make it “more competitive” and correct the “fragmentation” that is weakening its global position.
“I hope that we will be able to transform our large national research organizations,” such as the National Center for Scientific Research (CNRS), the National Institute of Health and Medical Research (Inserm) or the National Research Institute for Agriculture, Food and the Environment. (INRAE), “into real program agencies” that are “strategists” in their field, the Head of State said during a meeting in Elysium.
The head of state received about 500 scientists, researchers and start-ups at the Elysee Palace. This XXL event, under the gold of the town hall, was supposed to formalize the creation of a new organization with a somewhat pompous name: the Presidential Scientific Council. This new body will be “anything but an empty shell”, confirms the support of the President, recalling his commitments since 2017 to save French research, in particular thanks to the 25 billion investments planned under the programming law for 2021-2030, and , of course, the France 2030 plan and its 54 billion dollars to develop industrial competitiveness and future technologies.
Reform universities
Emmanuel Macron also called for an “Act 2 autonomy” for French universities within 18 months, including “true multi-year contracts” and “reformed governance”, during a speech on overhauling the organization of French research. For universities to be able to “organize” and “manage” research within their territory, he suggests, “implies” that they are “strengthening their autonomy,” the head of state said.
“We need to move forward without taboos” on “issues of governance, economic model and, essentially, building real contracts on ends, means and results with much more incentive funding,” he added, while avoiding announcing charter reform so as not to awaken the controversies that accompanied, during the presidency of Nicolas Sarkozy, the first act of this autonomy.
Source: Le Parisien
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