LEGAL NATURE AND ROLE OF THE NEW STATE AGENCY FOR RESEARCH AND INNOVATION IN THE REPUBLIC OF BULGARIA

 

Zhivka Mateeva

Chief Assist. Prof, Ph.D., University of Economics – Varna, Bulgaria, jivkamateeva@ue-varna.bg

 

Abstract

Innovation is part of the long-term vision for the development of Bulgaria, the European Union (EU), and the world at large. Their development is a condition for increasing the competitiveness of enterprises and accelerating economic growth. Unleashing the potential of research and innovation to accelerate economic growth requires an appropriate regulatory basis and government policy to stimulate innovative activity. An important point in this regard is the establishment of the new State Agency for Research and Innovation in 2020. The current development explores the legal nature and role of the state agency as a structure that develops and implements the state policy in the field of interaction of research, innovation, and technology and the reforms related to it.

Keywords: state agency, state policy, executive administration, chairman of a state agency, powers.