Thank you for the question.
College centres for technology transfer, or CCTTs, are a good example when it comes to technology transfer.
CIRANO collects evidence to help governments make better decisions. Our role is to carry out research in social and human sciences, namely in economy, but we also try to come up with solutions. We make public policy recommendations to all levels of government, and try to bring together public and private sector stakeholders in this ecosystem so they can think collectively.
We do this on a regular basis. That's our role. Our research studies are always discussed beforehand. First, we set the priorities, and look at topics of interest for both researchers and public decision-makers. We have a whole list of research topics to choose from, and we have access to economic-analysis data.
We make sure to publish all research results, regardless of the type of results or the level of government the research was for. We prepare briefing notes and make applicable recommendations. That's really our role: to make recommendations. We look at how feasible they are, and how they will impact government finances and civil society actors.
With our approach, science is at the service of public policy decision-making.