Reforming and Enhancing the European Research and Innovation System

**Policy and strategy** Policy reforms at national level will be mutually reinforced and complemented through the development of EU-level policy initiatives, research, networking, partnering, coordination, data collection and monitoring and evaluation. **Areas of intervention** - strengthening the evidence base for research and innovation policy, for a better understanding of the different dimensions and components of national and regional research and innovation ecosystems, including drivers, impacts, associated polices - foresight activities, to anticipate emerging needs and trends, in coordination and co-design with national agencies and future-oriented stakeholders - support for policy makers, funding bodies, research performing organisations (including universities) or advisory groups working on the [European Research Area](https://research-and-innovation.ec.europa.eu/strategy/strategy-research-and-innovation/our-digital-future/european-research-area_en) and related policies - accelerating the transition towards open science, by monitoring, analysing and supporting the development and uptake of open science policies and practices - support for synergies between research and innovation and higher education policies and programmes, in particular towards a modernised higher education sector, benefitting from targeted transformations in higher education, research, and innovation - support for interconnected knowledge ecosystems, strong in knowledge creation, circulation and use - strengthening research careers, to ensure research and innovation talents benefit from attractive careers, and a highly skilled workforce can circulate freely