Advancing the European Science for Policy (S4P) Ecosystem

ERA Action 13 in the ERA Policy Agenda (2025-2027)

In order to support science-policy interfaces across Europe and to tackle the fragmentation in S4P ecosystems, two main milestones will be achieved:

• a network of national science for policy coordinators, bringing together officials working on S4P in national R&I administrations and policy institutions across Europe with the aim to coordinate efforts to mainstream S4P approaches in their administrations at all levels of governance and foster mutual learning across countries;
• A S4P community of practice with the objective to foster strong pan-European and international connections and greater interactions, mutual learning, and collaboration of S4P networks and actors.

Objectives

This action has three interlocking objectives:

• further developing ‘Science for Policy’ and improving the cross-cutting integration of knowledge in public policies;
• furthering and strengthening the European S4P ecosystem across all approaches, sectors, and levels of governance;
• promoting collaboration among networks of relevant actors, and fostering the identification and exchange of best practices and mutual learning.

Expected outcomes

• Regular dialogue between the network, the community of practice, and other interested stakeholders to explore how to create the necessary conditions to enable effective engagement between research and policy;
• peer learning is fostered, strengthening skills and competences and enabling collaboration on S4P across different sectors and levels of governance;
• an observatory of the European S4P landscape and its practices is created, compiling success factors and common challenges of operating at the science-policy interface.