The project concerns the support of the GSRI in the preparation of the National Strategy for Research, Technological Development and Innovation (NSRITI) for the programming period 2021 – 2027. More specifically, the project provides a brief description of the main characteristics of the national innovation system and an analysis of the country’s Research, Technological Development and Innovation potentials, with a view to 2030, reflecting the main structural challenges of the country on the way to 2030, which the NSRITP should address. It also analyses the link with the national strategy for smart specialisation, as well as those strategic directions that are relevant to the issues covering basic research.