The bilateral agreements are supported by Innovation Centres in some of these countries. The role of the centres is to facilitate contacts and networking for researchers and high-tech companies.
The Danish Ministry of Higher Education and Science (UFM) has bilateral agreements with the following countries outside of the European Union: USA, China, Japan, South Korea, India, Brazil, Israel, South Africa and Switzerland. UFM has Innovation Centres with posted innovation attachés in the USA, China, Germany, South Korea, India and Israel.
All cooperation agreements are accessible in pdf format. You can secure your copy by contacting the Danish Agency for Higher Education and Research (UFS).
Switzerland is one of the world's leading research nations. Public and private investment in research and development in Switzerland is high. At around 3.4 per cent of GDP, few OECD countries invest more resources in science proportionally.
Brazil is among the world's 20 largest economies and is in the top ten for investment in research and technology. The Danish Ministry of Higher Education and Science’s (UFM) collaborative research agreement focuses, among other things, on areas related to the government's green research strategy.
Denmark and the US have a long tradition of cooperation - also in the field of research, education and innovation. Most of the world's best universities and research institutions are American. The US is Denmark's biggest export market and the largest international country for research cooperation.
China is one of the world's strongest research and technology nations and has seen a rapid development in research and innovation in just a few decades.
Germany is the country with which Danish researchers, companies and others prefer to collaborate in projects under Horizon 2020 and in EUREKA.
India is the world's most populous democracy and a rapidly developing country with a young population and strong ambitions in research and technology.
Israel is the OECD country with the highest investment in research and development as a share of the GDP (4.9%) - the majority from the private sector. Israel has some of the world's best research institutions and is internationally recognised for an active start-up environment.
Japan is the world's third largest economy and one of the world's most high-tech countries. Over the past 20 years, there has been a steady increase in Danish-Japanese research collaboration. Particularly in fields such as physics, astronomy, biology, information science and medicine.
The focus of bilateral cooperation with South Africa is on water. Since 2015, the Danish Ministry of Higher Education and Science has been part of an intergovernmental cooperation with South Africa, funded by the Ministry of Foreign Affairs and managed by the Danish Environmental Protection Agency.
South Korea has established itself as an important research and technology centre in the world. Over the past 20 years, the country's investment in research and development has increased exponentially from 2% of GDP in 1999 to 4.23% in 2017.
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