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Policy Support Facility

The Horizon 2020 Policy Support Facility is a new instrument that gives Member States and countries associated to Horizon 2020 practical support to design, implement and evaluate reforms that enhance the quality of their research and innovation investments, policies and systems.

The Policy Support Facility provides best practice, independent high-level expertise and guidance at the request of Member States and Associated Countries through a number of services: Peer Reviews, Mutual Learning Exercises and Specific Support to Countries. The Policy Support Facility replies to the strong need to offer more customer-oriented services to support evidence-based policy making. To organise this process the Commission issues an annual call for Expression of Interest via the European Research Area and Innovation Committee.

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Peer Reviews

Peer Reviews are in-depth assessments of a country's R&I system carried out by a panel of experts and leading to concrete recommendations to the national authorities on reforms necessary to strengthen their R&I system.

Mutual Learning Exercises

Mutual learning exercises focus on specific R&I challenges of interest to several volunteering countries, and draw on a hands-on project-based exchange of good practice.

Specific Support to Countries

Specific support to countries aims at providing a set of concrete recommendations on how to tackle a specific R&I policy challenge and how to implement the accompanying reforms.

Exercises

News

Denmark: how even innovation leaders can step up their game

11 December 2019

Estonia: putting research and innovation at the heart of future growth strategy

7 November 2019

Path to a research and innovation ecosystem, Tunisia’s story

10 September 2019

Opening up Maltese science

19 August 2019

PSF support to boost Latvia’s research talent pool

10 July 2019

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