What is the purpose of a starter kit on sharing scientific evidence with policymakers?

This starter kit explains how EU funded research and innovation projects can share scientific evidence with policymakers at the European, national, regional or local level.

What does sharing scientific evidence with policymakers mean?

Throughout their lifetime and beyond, projects can inform European, national, regional and/or local policymakers about their results or make recommendations relevant for a specific policy field.

Why is it important?

Scientific evidence resulting from projects like yours can help inform policymakers of the issues at stake in different policy fields. It can provide insights for legislative initiatives, the design of future research and innovation funding programmes as well as evaluations or international negotiations. This is what citizens expect. We invite you to be part of efforts to ensure policymaking is evidence-informed, ultimately leading to better legislation and policies for society