Improving the effectiveness of policy advisory systems: Key findings

Governments face increasingly complex, dynamic and “wicked” policy challenges. This chapter presents the key findings from the research: adaptive systems are key to facilitate apt advice to answer to these challenges. Trust and transparency coupled with clear lines of responsibility and access to information are key to enable solid and evidence-based advice across topics and stages of the policy cycle. Independence is key to enable unbiased, objective advice, while inclusiveness is crucial to ensure that advice is both representative and relevant. Sufficient resources are an important factor in creating impactful advice.