Changing the future: from foresight to innovation Dr.ir. Jan de Wilt Innovation Network Netherlands

Innovation Network Reinventing agribusiness and rural areas FTA conference, Seville, 2006 Innovation Network Reinventing agribusiness and rural areas Why created? Goals Organisation and funding How do we work? Examples Results and evaluation

Why was Innovation Network created? FTA conference, Seville, 2006 Why was Innovation Network created? Urgent need for drastic innovation of agriculture, agribusiness and rural areas Poor implementation of results from previous foresight exercises

FTA conference, Seville, 2006 Goals Develop new paradigms and concepts for agriculture, agribusiness and rural areas Bring these concepts into practice as the start of a transition process

Organisation and funding FTA conference, Seville, 2006 Organisation and funding Independent with own board Funding by Ministry of Agriculture Budget € 4,5 million per year Evaluation every 5 years

How do we work? Clear targets Small, high level staff FTA conference, Seville, 2006 How do we work? Clear targets Small, high level staff Typical network organisation Recognition of innovative concepts Not afraid of conflicts Intensive use of the media

FTA conference, Seville, 2006 Steps Explore necessary paradigm shifts and generate groundbreaking concepts Build networks of stakeholders around those concepts Create room (“free ports”) for experimentation/pilots Transfer ownership of concepts to stakeholders

Foresight tools used Creativity Future workshops, visioning FTA conference, Seville, 2006 Foresight tools used Creativity Future workshops, visioning Expert opinion Participatory appoaches Causal analysis Stakeholder analysis, sustainability analysis, social impact analysis Roadmapping Backcasting, technology roadmapping Economic analysis Cost benefit analysis

Challenge: Transition to sustainable agriculture in Deltametropole FTA conference, Seville, 2006 Challenge: Transition to sustainable agriculture in Deltametropole

Example 1: Agriculture in seaports FTA conference, Seville, 2006 Example 1: Agriculture in seaports

Example 2: Glasshouse as heat collector FTA conference, Seville, 2006 Example 2: Glasshouse as heat collector

Example 3: Ocean Farming FTA conference, Seville, 2006 Example 3: Ocean Farming

Results 2000-2005 24 innovative concepts FTA conference, Seville, 2006 Results 2000-2005 24 innovative concepts 7 concepts successfully implemented 17 concepts still in development phase 2 award winning concepts Programme will be continued 2006-2010

FTA conference, Seville, 2006 Impact Debate in society on new paradigms and concepts (using free publicity by media) Coalitions between parties from different domains (e.g. agriculture and energy) Feasibility studies and business cases around new concepts Pilots in practice, with innovators in the lead

Enquiry among stakeholders in 2005 FTA conference, Seville, 2006 Enquiry among stakeholders in 2005 About 1000 respondents 80% of respondents qualified results as good or excellent High appreciation for innovative character of concepts Tension between long term ambition and short term results