The Public Policy Institute for Wales (PPIW) was an independent policy research institution based in
Cardiff,
Wales.
It was established in January 2014, and was co-funded by the
Economic and Social Research Council
The Economic and Social Research Council (ESRC), formerly the Social Science Research Council (SSRC), is part of UK Research and Innovation (UKRI). UKRI is a non-departmental public body (NDPB) funded by the UK government. ESRC provides fundi ...
and the
Welsh Government. Its administrative base was at
Cardiff University
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, Wales. It was a member of the UK’s What Works Network.
The PPIW’s key activities included:
* Stimulating policy-maker demand for evidence by working directly with Ministers to identify their evidence needs and make connections across policy areas.
* Improving the supply of evidence by making policy-maker evidence needs know and generating independent authoritative advice and analysis.
* Supporting interaction between evidence suppliers and policy-makers by developing networks.
* Facilitating knowledge exchange between Wales, the rest of the UK and beyond.
Professor
Steve Martin was the Director of the PPIW. The PPIW had an independent Board of Governors, whose role it was to oversee the work of the Institute; safeguarding its independence and ensuring the quality of its work.
In June 2017 the PPIW was awarded £6m by the Economic and Social Research Council and the Welsh Government to establish the
Wales Centre for Public Policy (WCPP). The WCPP builds on the work of the PPIW, combining it with a broader approach which involves working with public services and as part of the UK-wide What Works initiative. The PPIW was absorbed into the WCPP in October 2017.
References
External links
Official website
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Welsh scientists
Public policy in Wales
Think tanks based in Wales