On behalf of the Ministry of Education and Science, the European Commission's Horizon 2020 Policy Support Facility (PSF) has evaluated Latvia's human capital development policy in research and innovation and prepared recommendations for its improvement.
The assignment was carried out under the Horizon 2020 Policy Support Facility (PSF) based on a request from the Latvian authorities. Its aim was to provide external advice in the form of operational guidelines and implementable recommendations to the Latvian authorities. This was the second PSF exercise for Latvia and focused on two topics that address the challenges of human capital development for research and innovation in the country:
- Policies for attracting and retaining people in scientific and technological careers in Latvia, and developing their skills and productivity
- Policies for developing the employment of science and technology (S&T) human resources in the Latvian business sector
The final report of the PSF Specific Support to Latvia provides an overview of the research and innovation system in Latvia and describes the current policy mix, before presenting the main findings along the two study questions and the respective recommendations from the panel.
