On 22 February, a panel of experts representing the Horizon 2020 Policy Support Facility, delivered its final report and recommendations on how Latvia can increase the size and quality of the research effort, stimulate research-industry links and industrial innovation, and boost Riga’s nascent start-up community. The government’s ambitious guidelines for science, technology and innovation, as well as for industry, need to be harnessed into a long-term vision bringing all the actors together: ministries, research and science councils as well as academies, universities and industry bodies.

The experts’ key policy recommendations are grouped under five broad priorities, which the report breaks down into critical steps in terms of funding sources, structures and governance, higher education, etc. that Latvia can take in the coming years, as well long-term strategic plans. The full final report – along with an article summarising the experts’ key findings and recommendations – is available on the PSF website at the links below.

For more information

Read the Summary Article on the Specific Support to Latvia: 'How Latvia can reach its true research and innovation potential'

Read the final report of the PSF Specific Support to Latvia

Read more about the PSF Specific Support to Latvia