FORESIGHT WHY? WHAT? HOW? by Sergio Azzopardi

THE KEY IS TO PUT PEOPLE AT THE CENTRE OF THE UNION’S POLICIES. WHY? WHERE DOES KNOWLEDGE COME FROM? THE MEANS VS. THE END The three main functions of the European Foresight Knowledge Sharing Platform are: To mobilise FORESIGHT AS INTELLIGENCE for EU policy, mainly research and innovation policy; To FOSTER EXCHANGES OF EXPERIENCES between Member States and regions; and To consolidate and BETTER STRUCTURE the Foresight knowledge base. THE KEY IS TO PUT PEOPLE AT THE CENTRE OF THE UNION’S POLICIES. http://forlearn.jrc.es/index.htm

WHAT? SYSTEMATIC | PARTICIPATORY | INFLUENCE WHAT MAKES FORESIGHT DIFFERENT? SYSTEMATIC | PARTICIPATORY | INFLUENCE « FORESIGHT COVERS ACTIVITIES AIMING AT: THINKING, DEBATING, SHAPING THE FUTURE » CORDIS | Science and Technology Foresight http://www.cordis.lu/foresight/definition.htm

HOW?

RATIONALES | OBJECTIVES | BENEFITS SETTING THE OBJECTIVES RATIONALES | OBJECTIVES | BENEFITS QUALITY TV FOR KIDS What are the rationales? What are the objectives of such an exercise? What are the potential benefits and outcomes of the exercise? What are the limitations of foresight in this context? DOES FORESIGHT REPLACE OTHER RESEARCH?

HOW? DESIGNING AN EXERCISE RUNNING THE PROCESS FOLLOW-UP « IF ONE DOES NOT KNOW TO WHICH PORT ONE IS SAILING, NO WIND IS FAVOURABLE. » SENECA

1. DESIGNING AN EXERCISE CLEARLY DEFINE: CONSIDER: - FOCUS & OBJECTIVES - TIME-HORIZON - OUTCOMES - SCOPE [TOPIC & PERSPECTIVE] - APPROACH [TD|BU|PD|PC] - TIME-FRAME CONSIDER: - CONTEXT [ENVIRONMENT, RESEARCH] - RESOURCES [COST, FUNDING, HR] - SET-UP [TEAM & COMMUNICATION] - METHODOLOGIES CHALLENGES & PITFALLS DESIGNING AN EXERCISE

2. RUNNING THE PROCESS MANAGING THE PARTICIPANTS - PROCESS [PLAN, LEARNING EFFECT] - TIME - RELATIONSHIPS PARTICIPANTS - IDENTIFY - ENGAGE - CONSULT PROMOTING THE EXERCISE CHALLENGES RUNNING THE PROCESS

3. FOLLOW-UP DISSEMINATE RESULTS EVALUATION DIFFUSE GOOD PRACTICE - REAL-TIME - POST HOC DIFFUSE GOOD PRACTICE ONGOING FORESIGHT FOLLOW-UP

SEARCH FOR INFORMATION

LOOK OUT FOR ... GUIDES ACTIVITIES NETWORKS ACTORS Practical online guides discussing various issues related to Foresight. Practical online guides to conducting a foresight exercise Platforms sharing foresight knowledge, activities, results... by theme, region... National, European, International & Commercial Entities involved in Foresight. NETWORKS ACTORS ftp://ftp.jrc.es/pub/EURdoc/eur21310en.pdf

THE END HAPPY FORESIGHTING! THANKS FOR YOUR ATTENTION

SOURCES CORDIS |SCIENCE & TECHNOLOGY FORESIGHT THIS PRESENTATION IS BASED ON CORDIS |SCIENCE & TECHNOLOGY FORESIGHT http://www.cordis.lu/foresight/home.html THE FOR-LEARN ONLINE FORESIGHT GUIDE http://forlearn.jrc.es/guide/0_home/index.htm PRACTICAL GUIDE TO REGIONAL FORESIGHT IN THE UNITED KINGDOM ftp://ftp.cordis.lu/pub/foresight/docs/cgrf_uk_2003.zip