The Right Client Sponsor

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The Right Client/ Sponsor

• Should
• have a clear understanding how could foresight
  contribute to his strategic objectives
• provide well defined terms of reference
• have Realistic expectations
• provide sufficient time to complete the exercise
• be Institutionally (politically) strong enough to
  ensure implementation of results there is no
  greater disappointment than if results remain
  just a report in a bookshelf
• be either financially strong enough to cover a
  majority of the budget or able to collect funds
  from other sources
• be stable enough to survive (maintain high level
  of interest) at least for the whole exercise and
  a substantial part of implementation
• From Foresight - organising and managing a
  foresight exercise. Karel Klusacek
• Technology Centre AS CR, Prague, Czech Republic
• klusacek_at_tc.cas.cz. Training course Technology
  Foresight for Practitioners
• 4-8 October 2004, Prague