Public Policy Institute for Wales

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Public Policy Institute for Wales
AbbreviationPPIW
Successor Wales Centre for Public Policy
FormationJanuary 2014 (2014-01)

The Public Policy Institute for Wales (PPIW) was an independent policy research institution based in Cardiff, Wales.

It was established in January 2014, [1] and was co-funded by the Economic and Social Research Council [2] and the Welsh Government. [3] Its administrative base was at Cardiff University, Wales. It was a member of the UK’s What Works Network. [4]

The PPIW’s key activities included:

Professor Steve Martin [5] was the Director of the PPIW. The PPIW had an independent Board of Governors, [6] 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 [7] by the Economic and Social Research Council and the Welsh Government to establish the Wales Centre for Public Policy [8] (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.

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