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Montenegro is a young state in the Western Balkans with a population of 624,000. Over a period of 15 years, the country has managed to establish its democratic institutions, build good relations with its neighbours and embark on a process of accession to the European Union. The government is now developing regulations, policies and funding schemes to foster and internationalise its nascent entrepreneurial innovation ecosystem. To achieve this, it called on the Policy Support Facility (PSF).

This is the Montenegrin translation of the executive summary of the Final Report of the Specific Support to Montenegro. 

The PSF Specific Support for Montenegro was carried out by a panel of independent European R&I policy experts from June 2018 to March 2019. This final report aims at providing tailored advice and concrete recommendations to help the Montenegrin government to develop its entrepreneurial innovation ecosystem by overcoming legislative barriers, developing funding and other related mechanisms and, overall, by enhancing governance and connectivity.

This document, compiled by DG Research & Innovation, collects all the research and innovation (R&I) aspects covered by the 2019 European Semester Country Reports. In particular, for each Member State the document shows: (i) the R&I relevant findings from the Executive Summary of the Report; (ii) the R&I specific section of the Report; (ii) any additional references to R&I issues in other sections of the Report; and (iv) the relevant parts of “Annex D” on the investment needs.

Expert panel of the MLE on National Strategies and Roadmaps for International Cooperation in Research and Innovation.

Expert panel of the MLE on Research Integrity. 

This is the Romanian translation of the executive summary of the Final Report of the Specific Support to Romania.

Expert panel of the Specific Support to Cyprus​.

Research and innovation are increasingly interlinked internationally, aided by rapidly developing information and communication technologies. Global challenges require global effort and dialogue with international partners. In this context, the aim of the MLE is to foster a policy exchange on the various national approaches towards international cooperation in research and innovation. The exercise will allow for comparisons in terms of policy-making and help identify inspiring novel practices, while covering topics such as design and development of national strategies for international cooperation in research and innovation, implementing toolbox and framework conditions.

Expert panel of the Peer Review of the Danish Research & Innovation System.

An overview of the Mutual Learning Exercise on Research Integrity.

An overview of the Peer Review of the Danish Research & Innovation System.

This policy paper provides background information and analysis to stimulate a debate on two key policy issues for which important evolutions have been noted over the past years: Performance Based Research Funding and R&D tax incentives.

A team of independent experts, set up under the European Commission's Horizon 2020 Policy Support Facility, has presented policy recommendations to the Lithuanian government, aimed at upgrading Lithuania’s research and innovation (R&I) ecosystem. The recommendations focus on strengthening research and innovation partnerships, boosting business-science co-operation and attracting innovative Foreign Direct Investment.

December 2018 issue of the monthly newsletter on STI data and indicators.

Presentation - Key conclusions from the MLE on Open Science

The rise of digital technologies has brought about rapid changes in the way innovation is created and diffused, redefining entire industries. This paper investigates the role that innovation plays in Central, Eastern and South Eastern Europe (CESEE), analysing the innovation performance and investment efforts in different countries in the region. Building on firm-level data from the EIB Investment Survey (EIBIS) and complementary data sources, the paper dives deeper in analysing the financing conditions of investment in innovation as a key driver that may explain differences in investment patterns compared to the rest of the European Union (EU).

The quarterly review of academic literature on research and innovation as sources for growth.

The objective of the Peer Review of Denmark’s Research and Innovation (R&I) System is twofold: to further elevate Denmark’s performance by outlining an overarching innovation strategy, and support stakeholders working effectively and in close cooperation towards common overall objectives.

The expert panel assed how Denmark can best organise its efforts on knowledge-based innovation, based on international best practices, and  provided concrete recommendations on how to further develop Danish public policy to this end.

Denmark is one of the few countries in the EU that have reached Europe’s 2020 target for R&D intensity of 3% of GDP, and the European Innovation Scoreboard (EIS) ranks Denmark as an Innovation Leader. However, its innovation performance varies across different fields and parameters. The Danish Minister of Higher Education and Science had asked the PSF panel to focus on "how to build the most effective bridges between research-based knowledge building and the application of this knowledge in business and society".