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This policy brief responds to the initial challenge to diversify its tourism sector identified by the Canary Islands in its application to participate in this initiative. The policy brief is based on a regional summary assessment prepared by a team from ESIC that analysed the potential role that service innovation could play for the region. It also follows a peer review meeting that took place on 18-19 February 2014 in Tenerife, where the regional stakeholders and the peer review panel reviewed the findings of the summary assessment and outlined the potential ways forward.

The main objective of the ERAWATCH Annual Country Reports is to characterise and assess the performance of national research systems and related policies in a structured manner that is comparable across countries. EW Country Reports 2011 identify the structural challenges faced by national innovation systems. They further analyse and assess the ability of the policy mix in place to consistently and efficiently tackle these challenges. The annex of the reports gives an overview of the latest national policy efforts towards the enhancement of European Research Area and further assess their efficiency to achieve the targets. These reports were originally produced in November - December 2011, focusing on policy developments over the previous twelve months. The reports were produced by the ERAWATCH Network under contract to JRC-IPTS. The analytical framework and the structure of the reports have been developed by the Institute for Prospective Technological Studies of the Joint Research Centre (JRC-IPTS) and Directorate General for Research and Innovation with contributions from ERAWATCH Network Asbl., JRC.J.2-Knowledge for Growth