This joint workshop provides an opportunity to discuss what a skill set for policymakers for ecosystem should contain and in what sort of institutional framework it will be most effective; how to introduce it in civil service organisations or networks and how to ensure a supportive institutional setting. Acknowledging that evidence use is a collaborative and iterative process, participants will discuss how to improve the communication between scientists/experts and policymakers. The resulting skills professional framework will be relevant to senior policy makers and/or operational staff for entrepreneurial strategies, whether inside of government or in the public sector outside government, including staff of international and development public bodies as well as knowledge brokers.