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The Flemish government requires research, indicators, models, and other input for policy development and implementation to substantiate or adjust policies. Therefore, in 2001, the Program Support Centers for Policy-Relevant Research was established to provide scientific support for the Flemish government's policies. Within this program, and based on a list of priority themes defined by the Flemish Government, consortia of research groups and institutions can apply for multi-year funding to conduct scientific research on those priority policy themes, transfer knowledge, and collect data. The Support Point Circular Economy is one such initiative. As part of this Support Point, a consortium consisting of Ghent University, KU Leuven, University of Antwerp, and VITO, a management agreement was signed for the period 2017-2021. In 2021, Dialogic, together with Christiaan Holland, evaluated this management agreement on behalf of OVAM and the department EWI.
We assessed the extent to which and how the Support Point Circular Economy achieved its set goals, with special attention to both the scientific quality and relevance of the research and the policy relevance of the produced outputs and the conducted research. Additionally, we provided recommendations on establishing (future) policy-relevant research in the field of circular economy, using various scenarios to address the needs for policy-relevant research.
Download the evaluation report here.
