1. Research and Innovation Research and Innovation Horizon 2020 Policy Support Facility(PSF) Workshop for enlargement countries Diana Senczyszyn Unit A4, Analysis and monitoring of national research policies, DG RTD, European Commission 10 March 2016

2. Policy Research and Innovation Research and Innovation Goal of H2020 Policy Support Facility To help MS and AC "improve the design, implementation and evaluation of R & I policies" Launched in 2015 to do "better and more" policy support (evidence-based R&I policies; tailor-made support) Drawing on the combination of o the high potential of learning between peers (i.e. policy-makers) o and high-level experts advice and assistance

3. Policy Research and Innovation Research and Innovation Which services does PSF offer? (1) Peer Reviews of national R&I systems: 2015: Peer Review of the Bulgarian R&I system & Pre-Peer Review of the Hungarian R&I system Assessments of national R&I systems by experts and peers Recommendations on R&I policy reforms needed (2) Specific support to countries: Support in specific areas of R&I policy Recommendations on how to tackle this specific issue (3) Mutual learning exercises: 2015: Mutual Learning on Business R&I & new methodology Focus on issues of interest to several countries More in-depth, hands-on, based on learning-by-doing (4) RIO/PSF library: https://rio.jrc.ec.europa.eu/https://rio.jrc.ec.europa.eu/

4. Policy Research and Innovation Research and Innovation PSF Peer Reviews of national R&I systems (2016) Moldova (November 2015-April 2016) Focus areas: (1) Increasing the efficiency of public R&I funding and the quality of the R&I performing bodies and instruments; (2) Improving the policies for human resources and mobility of researchers; (3) Boosting business innovativeness and science-business links; and (4) Increasing R&I impact by properly defining the policy instruments. Hungary (January-June 2016) Focus areas: (1) R&I governance and policy-making; (2) Availability of human resources for research and innovation; (3) University-industry cooperation, technology transfer and entrepreneurship; and (4) Framework conditions for innovation in the business sector. Ukraine (April-September 2016) Focus areas: (1) Optimization of available policy instruments to support the national research system; (2) Internationalisation of research and integration of Ukraine into the European Research Area; (3) Role of science in Ukrainian innovations development, including advice on how to improve the links between science and the innovation system in Ukraine. Latvia (2 nd part of 2016) - Post Peer Review

5. Policy Research and Innovation Research and Innovation PSF Specific Support to counntries (2016) Malta: Best tools to monitor and evaluate the implementation of the national R&I strategy. Slovenia: Internationalisation of science and higher education policies, and on impact of R&I investments. Slovakia: Framework conditions for start-ups/High Growth Innovative Enterprises. Romania: How to design and implement reforms for stimulating innovative entrepreneurship?

6. Policy Research and Innovation Research and Innovation PSF Mutual learning exercices (2016) 1. Administration and monitoring of R&D tax incentives (February-June 2016): 6 core MSs (LV, PT, BE, HR, FR, NO) and 3 observers (CY, LT, DE); 2. Evaluation of Public-private partnerships (February-June 2016): 5 core MSs (AT, BE, NO, BG, SE) and 3 observers (TR, ES, DE, HU) 3. Evaluation of business R&D grant schemes (February-June 2016): 5 core countries (NO, DK, ES, SE, TR, DE) and 4 observers (HU, CZ, CY, PT, RO) 4. Alignement and Interoperability of research programmes (launched in February 2016) AT, DK, EL, EE, FR, IT, IS, IR, MT, HU, NL, NO, PT, RO, SI, ES, SE) 5. Innovation procurement: DK, NO, LT, EE, ES 6. Performance based funding of PROs: DK, LV, SI, NO, ES

7. Policy Research and Innovation Research and Innovation How the H2020 PSF works in practice Member States/Associated Countries request support: Annual expression of interest via ERAC (next: by Autumn 2016) Spontaneous requests Commission (RTD) assesses requests: Commission support for design/scoping of the service Invites government peers & high-level experts Experts/Service provider undertake the supporting tasks: Analysis, drafting, organisation, translation, coordination, communication Engage independent experts, support to countries

8. Policy Research and Innovation Research and Innovation Thank you Any questions? contact: RTD-PSF@ec.europa.euRTD-PSF@ec.europa.eu