Big data and refining information tools in the process of public intervention programming in Poland

The aim of the article is to describe the use of information refining and big data analysis in the process of programming of public support for RD activities. The method employed by NCRD in RD support -related activities is used as an example. Intervention programming is a process dependent on the quality of available information – including its timeliness and usefulness. Usually the information sources used are based on data describing reality with a few years delay and abstracting from the latest trends. New methods of refining information from on-line sources allow to use current data in the programming process (as well as in the evaluation), which adequately describe the rapidly changing reality.