INNO-Policy TrendChart mini country reports: Republic of Moldova

The European TrendChart on innovation is the longest running policy benchmarking tool at European level. Since its launch in 1999 it has produced annual reports on national innovation policy and governance, created a comprehensive database of national innovation policy measures and organised a series of policy benchmarking workshops. The databases of INNO Policy TrendChart and ERAWATCH have been merged and a joint inventory of research and innovation policy measures has been created by the European Commission with the aim of facilitating access to research and innovation policies information within Europe and beyond.

Objective of the 2011 INNO-Policy TrendChart mini country reports was to assess the innovation policy and identify examples of good practice, thus improving the basis for decision making in innovation policy, Content of 2011 mini country reports:

• Innovation policy trends containing key challenges, governance, changes in the innovation policy mix

• Innovation policy budget including innovation measures and evidence on effectiveness of innovation policy, future challenges for funding innovation; Departmental and implementing agency budgets for innovation policies

• Demand-side innovation policies (including sectoral specificities) and the governance challenges.