Issue Q4/2017 (December 2017) of the review of academic literature on research and innovation as sources for growth.
December 2017 issue of the monthly newsletter on STI data and indicators.
This discussion paper is the background document for participants in the European Commission seminar on country-specific activities under the Horizon 2020 Policy Support Facility. The EC’s DG RTD has in-depth experience in providing support to countries to improve the quality and impact of their national research and innovation systems. In addition, international organisations – such as the OECD, World Bank and United Nations Economic Commission for Europe (UNECE) –conduct exercises with broadly similar aims, but using different methods and acting under different frameworks. This paper provides background information and insights on the various approaches and methods used, as well as discussing challenges to be addressed to improve impact and key issues for the future.
The European Commission held a seminar on country-specific activities under the Horizon 2020 Policy Support Facility (PSF) in Brussels on 11 December 2017. The seminar provided a platform to exchange experiences between national authorities, high-level experts working with the PSF, representatives of European countries that benefitted from PSF support, and international organisations involved in reviews of national research and innovation (R&I) systems. Participants examined various methodological approaches with a view to maximising the success and impact of R&I policy support activities. Its results will feed into future European Commission activities in support of R&I policy reforms.
November 2017 issue of the monthly newsletter on STI data and indicators.
October 2017 issue of the monthly newsletter on STI data and indicators.
Innovation-related procurement requires organisational capacities and individual skills beyond the typical professional qualification in public procurers. Capacity building is important to strengthen public procurers' readiness and ability to initiate and execute innovation-related procurement. This report considers the capacities and capabilities needed, recipients of capacity-building activities, and capacity-building enablers and supporters. This is one of four thematic reports that will build the basis for the final report of the Mutual Learning Exercise (MLE) on ‘Innovation Procurement’, which is being carried out in 2017 and 2018.
March 2018 issue of the monthly newsletter on STI data and indicators.
This thematic report addresses the topic of applying mixed method approaches to the evaluation of public schemes to support R&D and innovation in firms, specifically business R&D grants and associated innovation schemes. It sets out the broad context for the use of mixed-method approaches in the evaluation of innovation support schemes, with a focus on business R&D grants.
This thematic report addresses the topic of understanding and measuring the behavioural change in firms through these schemes and challenges to capture these. It is essential that the community of STI scholars, STI evaluators and STI policy-makers acknowledge more fully the importance of measuring and capturing behavioural change through R&D and innovation schemes.
The R&I Observatory country report 2017 provides a brief analysis of the R&I system covering the economic context, main actors, funding trends & human resources, policies to address R&I challenges, and R&I in national and regional smart specialisation strategies. Data is from Eurostat, unless otherwise referenced and is correct as at January 2018. Data used from other international sources is also correct to that date. The report provides a state-of-play and analysis of the national level R&I system and its challenges, to support the European Semester.
