Monitored and assessed Member States' Research & Innovation policies and related economic analysis as well as those of national R&I policies of National Reform Programmes including science and technology indicators and mutual learning activities in the field of R&I policies. As Country desk for the Netherlands, I participated in Country Team meetings within the European Semester context. Launched analytical studies (OECD study on the incidence and impact of tax support for research & innovation, Identification of key technology domains, Patents and bibliometrics indicators) including drafting terms of references, call for tenders and H2020 grant agreement to gain insight into factors underpinning R&I performance.