DEPARTMENT OF STRATEGY AND MONITORING

The Department of Strategy and Monitoring is an independent organizational unit that performs the scientific organization tasks of HUN-REN and supports the performance-based financing of the scientific and public tasks of the research sites.

Duties of the Department of Strategy and Monitoring:

The department performs tasks related to the regular scientific and organizational performance measurement of HUN-REN, develops network management, research methodology and, in cooperation with the Department of Innovation, the evaluation methodology and tools of the research applications. It performs the strategic, planning, decision-making and operational tasks of research sites related to organizational development, as well as initiates and maintains collaborations with Hungarian research, development and innovation institutions for the purpose of network development, in cooperation with the Department of Innovation. It makes proposals for the development of professional development and career models and related application programs, and also performs management functions in relation to researchers employed in youth research positions. It performs tasks related to the preparation of reports to be submitted to the Hungarian Parliament and the Hungarian Government, as well as the secretarial tasks of the Scientific Council. It also evaluates the organizational and operational rules submitted by the research centers and independent research institutes, with the involvement of the relevant HQ departments (in particular the Department of Financial Management and the Department of Legal Affairs and Administration) and ensures that they are submitted to the competent decision-making body. It proposes the design of the scientific pillars of budget planning. In co-operation with the Department of IT, it participates in the coordination of HUN-REN's strategically important IT projects, as well as in the promotion of open and data-driven science, and in the creation of its infrastructural conditions. It performs data collection and coordination activities related to the research infrastructure of research sites, in connection with which it formulates proposals as necessary, and also performs tasks related to the public research activities of research sites.