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This is the Polish translation of the executive summary of the Peer Review ofPoland’s Higher Education and Science System final report.

This report reviews Latvia’s existing funding allocation systems and processes and proposes improvements based on best practice, including an overall institutional/organisational structure for managing the funding system, tailored to the specificities of the Latvian situation. The study was carried out by a panel of experts, under the Horizon 2020 Policy Support Facility, based on document analysis and interviews with key stakeholders conducted during visits to Latvia in 2017.

This report reviews Latvia’s existing funding allocation systems and processes and proposes improvements based on best practice, including an overall institutional/organisational structure for managing the funding system, tailored to the specificities of the Latvian situation. The study was carried out by a panel of experts, under the Horizon 2020 Policy Support Facility, based on document analysis and interviews with key stakeholders conducted during visits to Latvia in 2017.

The report is providing background information on the Latvian research and innovation system and its funding mechanisms. It includes a concise overview of Latvia’s current performance in research and innovation, the main challenges and the defined national priorities and targets for research and innovation system development, as well as the recent achievements in fulfilling the set of objectives. The report summarises information on the governance of the Latvian research and innovation system and the landscape of research performers. Details on the current funding system are provided by outlining the financing structure for scientific institution, higher education institution and companies.

This document sets out the methodological approach and workplan for the PSF Mutual Learning Exercise (MLE) on Performance-based Research Funding Systems (PRFS). It gives a view on the scope, objectives, time schedule and work distribution.

This report sets the overall framework for the discussions in this MLE. It sets the introduction of a PRFS within the overall public funding system for research and investigates the role and importance of the policy objectives that govern the design of a PRFS and its two components, i.e. the assessment process and the funding formulae. The report also gives an overview of the key design parameters that define a PRFS and the design options available for policy-makers. For the evaluation component, these are the model to use for the assessment, the scope of research activity included, the indicators and assessment criteria, and the granularity and periodicity. These aspects are investigated further in the other thematic reports.

The particular focus of this thematic report on Performance-based Research Funding Systems (PRFS) is on the use of bibliometrics and similar data and methods in relation to such funding systems. The key questions of this report are how bibliometrics is used directly or indirectly in the funding system, the indicators and data sources used, and the degree to which bibliometric indicators or bibliometric information influence funding allocation.

The focus of this report is on the use of peer review in the context of Performance-based Research Funding Systems (PRFS). It aims to support discussion and mutual learning among the participating countries on different aspects, issues and questions related to peer review-based assessment systems. The scope of this paper is peer review systems that are not directly linked to evaluations aimed at funding distribution but nevertheless form an important part of the national assessment culture.

The focus of this paper is on the use of or demand for third stream metrics in the context of PRFS. The intention is to support discussion and mutual learning on different aspects, issues and questions related with third stream metrics and their use in evaluation systems. Currently, only a few countries in the world have experience with third stream metrics as a routine element in their evaluation systems. Nevertheless, the increasing importance that policy makers attribute to the relevance of research for societal problems has led to a rising interest and demand for knowledge and practical guidelines for the design of such metrics.

The Horizon 2020 Policy Support Facility (PSF) has been set up by the Directorate-General for Research and Innovation (DG RTD) of the European Commission under the EU Framework Programme for Research and Innovation ‘Horizon 2020’. It supports Member States and countries associated to Horizon 2020 in reforming their national science, technology and innovation systems.
This is the final report of the PSF panel of experts under the PSF Specific Support for Romania, which has been carried out from July 2016 to December 2017. The report provides an overview of the key challenges and opportunities of the Romanian entrepreneurial ecosystem and outlines key policy recommendations for improving the performance of startups, scaleups and the entrepreneurship ecosystem in Romania.

An overview on the MLE on Widening Participation and Strengthening Synergies