This article focuses on limitations of the package contract policy and its impact on the implementation of S&T tasks funded by State budget, and suggests direction for improving the policy. | Limitations of the lump-sum package contract policy 44 LIMITATIONS OF THE LUMP-SUM PACKAGE CONTRACT POLICY IN IMPLEMENTATION OF SCIENTIFIC AND TECHNOLOGICAL TASKS FUNDED BY STATE BUDGET . Pham Thi Hien Department of Science and Technology, Thai Nguyen Province Abstract: The funding modality of package contract to perform scientific and technological (S&T) tasks has currently not supported for effective management of financial resources for implementation of research projects, not created an enabling environment for scientists, thus it does not really promote scientific research. This article focuses on limitations of the package contract policy and its impact on the implementation of S&T tasks funded by State budget, and suggests direction for improving the policy. Keywords: Lump-sum package funding policy; S&T tasks. Code: 13082601 1. Theoretical and practical basis of lump-sum package contract in performing state scientific and technological tasks . Some concepts - Scientific and technological task is a set of scientific and technological issues need to be addressed, implemented in the form of S&T theme, project, program. Each form has its different purposes. - Product of research and development activity: In all cases, the product of research and development activities is information, regardless it is of natural sciences, social sciences or science and technology. - S&T Policy is a set of measures that management can utilize it to impact on managed objects (, S&T organizations) to achieve the objectives setforth for a certain period. - Lump-sum package funding policy in implementation of research theme/project is one of the S&T policies. It is a measure issued by the S&T management and used as a tool to manage research themes/projects. - Lump-sum package funding: In this article this concept only applies for the implementation of research themes/projects. In this context, it JSTPM Vol 2, No 2, 2013 45 means funding for the .
