1. FORESIGHT WHY? WHAT? HOW?
by Sergio Azzopardi

2. 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.

3. 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

4. HOW?

5. 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?

6. 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

7. 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

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

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

10. SEARCH FOR INFORMATION

11. 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

12. THE END HAPPY FORESIGHTING!
THANKS FOR YOUR ATTENTION

13. SOURCES CORDIS |SCIENCE & TECHNOLOGY FORESIGHT
THIS PRESENTATION IS BASED ON
CORDIS |SCIENCE & TECHNOLOGY FORESIGHT
THE FOR-LEARN ONLINE FORESIGHT GUIDE
PRACTICAL GUIDE TO REGIONAL
FORESIGHT IN THE UNITED KINGDOM
ftp://ftp.cordis.lu/pub/foresight/docs/cgrf_uk_2003.zip