The assessment of competence to perform research and development by the SK CRIS: Research Organisation as an object of evaluation

Abstract

Research assessment is a main tool for the identification of the best research activities and for managing their support. Before public resources allocation it is necessary to know whether their recipient uses them meaningfully and efficiently. In Slovakia the Assessment of R&D Competence, its rules, workflow and indicators have been enacted by relevant legislation. For putting this process into practice to suggest the software module that meets the requirements of management information system and that contains well-defined workflow is necessary. The second requirement for the data model that has been created was to achieve the maximal level of CERIF compatibility. The evaluation module has been part of Slovak Current Research Information System. Most of data collected for assessment is publicly available as part of Registry of Organisations in scope of the SK CRIS user interface.