Directionality in R&I Policy: A methodology to assess practices in the EU Member States and Associated Countries

Reinhilde Veugelers

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Abstract: This report proposes a framework on how to collect evidence on the use of directionality in national R&I systems in the EU. It adopts a dual approach: a macro perspective using publicly available datasets, and a micro-level approach focusing on specific programs, with Flanders as an example. It finds that most of GBARD is still undirected, but there is a modest shift towards a larger share for directed GBARD. The most important areas for targeting in public R&D budgets in the EU-27 are industrial, health and space, and these are quite stable. The report also highlights the importance of combining a macro (cross country) approach with a deeper dive harmonized micro approach per country, to better identify trends in approaches to directionality and similarities and differences between countries’ approaches to directionality.

Keywords: directionality; transformative research and innovation policy; R&I policy; GBARD; EU Member States (search for similar items in EconPapers)
JEL-codes: O31 O32 O38 (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Pages: 45 pages
Date: 2024-02
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DOI: 10.2777/389054

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