Building capacity for evidence-informed policymaking in governance and public administration in a post-pandemic Europe : country analysis, policy recommendations and implementation roadmap Greece

This report constitutes the integrated country report for Greece in the project "Building capacity for evidence informed policymaking (EIPM) in governance and public administration in post-pandemic Europe" . The project supports seven European Union (EU) member states (Estonia, Belgium, the Czech Republic, Greece, Lithuania, Latvia and the Netherlands) in improving the effectiveness of their public administrations, through greater capacity for supply and uptake of scientific knowledge, evaluation, and evidence in policymaking. The expected long-term impact of this project is the reinforced institutional integration of the use of evidence, science and evaluation for policymaking in the participating member states throughout the policy cycle and by taking an ecosystem perspective which builds on actors, institutions and procedures. This integrated report for Greece presents the results of a multistage analysis following a survey at the beginning of the project, interviews, focus groups, participatory workshops, document analyses and desk research. The Integrated country report contains three sub-reports in chronological order of their writing: the diagnostic report (chapter 4) the needs and gaps assessment (chapter 5) and finally the roadmap (chapter 6) which is informed and builds on the findings of the previous reports. The roadmap includes policy recommendations for further actions that can underpin a sustainable EIPM ecosystem in Greece. All three reports focus on the supply, demand side of the EIPM ecosystem as well as the brokerage level where supply and demand meet. The term 'supply side' refers to organizations supplying the evidence to be used in policy processes. 'Demand' refers to those using evidence and scientific knowledge in their policy processes. The 'knowledge broker' level refers to boundary organisations or units which aim to support and facilitate the use of scientific evidence in policymaking by engaging in relevant functions and activities on the science for policy interface.