review in this context other countries experience with establishing universities of applied sciences or polytechnics and the role of local industry in developing specific curricula and assessing future demand for graduates this is a major task see also the recommendations regarding internationalisation overall the result can be described as a modem middleoftheroad governance structure with performancebased budgeting processes longterm planning a science and innovation advisory council with two main ministries in charge a number of agencies with differing degrees of independence a funding system with more than individual programmes and a variety of feedback and communication loops performancebased budgeting needs fine tuning and longterm planning should encourage continuity of action