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Foresightand the CEE Regionin the knowledge
based EU 25 economy
Dr. Günter Clar European Commission Research
DG guenter.clar_at_cec.eu.int
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EU25and itsneighbours
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The context

• The new Internal Market in a globalised
  economy- new roles for all economic actors in an
  EU 25
• The Lisbon Strategy (Competitiveness and Social
  Cohesion) - a new role for the EU
• The European Research and Innovation Area - a new
  role for all EU, national and regional RTDI
  actors
• New European Governance (beyond the Convention)-
  new roles for all actors in society
• The future of future looking activities
  structural, integrating approaches (policies,
  actors, trans-)

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Wider Europe NeighbourhoodCOM 2003, 104

• Integration - not only into the Europ. Research
  Area
• New Framework for relations with the EU25
  Eastern and Southern Neighbours Russia, Ukraine,
  Moldova, Belarus, and the Southern Mediterranean
  countries
• Based on the multilateral and bilateral
  co-operation activities of the past, this policy
  will be taken forward via country and/or regional
  strategic action plans.
• Foresight co-operation could play an important
  strategic role in making this policy a success,
  in giving strategic orientation to all measures
  mentioned in the Commission Communication.

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2nd Northern Dimension Action Plan for 2004-06,
COM 2003, 343

• EU15, Estonia, Iceland, Latvia, Lithuania,
  Norway, Poland, Russia
• Setting out strategic priorities specific
  objectives, indicating the priority actions to be
  pursued to achieve these objectives, it covers 5
  priority sectors
• economy, business and infrastructure
• human resources, education, scient research,
  health
• environment, nuclear safety and natural
  resources
• cross-border cooperation and regional
  development
• justice and home affairs.

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Foresight - part of theKnowledge Management
Tool-Set

• Based within a wider context of
  future-orientedco-ordination and communication
  activities in a society
• a purposefully organised process bringing
  together expectations of diverse actors about
  possible developm. paths, to formulate strategic
  views about the future taking into account broad
  social and economic developments
• the process involved in systematically attempting
  to look into the longer term future of ST, the
  economy and society with the aim of identifying
  the areas of strategic research and the emerging
  generic technologies likely to yield the greatest
  economic and social benefits.

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Key elements of a Foresight activity

• Analysing developments and trends providing a
  pool of strategic knowledge on the (societal)
  relevance of present and possible future (ST)
  actions
• Thinking the future developing scenarios for
  desirable socio-economic developments
• Debating futures stakeholder participation
  (different sectors and governance levels)
  enlarging and improving decision basis
• Shaping a chosen future contributing to
  strategies, policies, priority setting and
  investments (in the public and private domain)

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Co-operation in Foresight Type ActivitiesStrengt
hening Strategic Basis for Developm.

• Developing (Regional, RTDI, etc.) policies is
  based on (implicit or explicit) visions of the
  future of science, technology, and society as a
  whole
• Co-operation in developing this visions,
  delivering strategic knowledge to all actors
  involved and affected, will contribute
  naturally to the open co-ordination necessary
  for moving towards a European Research Area, and
  for achieving the Lisbon goals.
• no centralised approach interpreting the
  significance of the strategic knowledge, and
  transforming it into concrete implementation
  measures will be strongly influenced by local
  resources and priorities.

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Promoting Synergies RTDI, Regional Rural
Development, Cohesion, Policies

• Decrease widened disparities (HR, ST, BERD),
  strengthen RTDI and RTDI administration
• Better co-ordination between Lisbon/Gothenburg
  and Economic and Social Cohesion policies
• RTDI a Structural Funds priority develop
  innovative capacity employment via integrated
  strategies
• ERDF/ESF Innovative Actions, RIS() (more than
  100 regions), RISI, RINNO, INTERREG
• needed more Foresight in mainstream activities
• FP 456 IRE / PAXIS networks, RITTS, trans-reg
  innov. projects / trans-nat. innov. Strategies,
  ...

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Organisation of Foresight Support viaDG Research
(DG RTD)

• Responsibility of Unit K2 Science Technology
  Foresight links with the IPTS
• Think tank for DG RTD and other EC services
  Provide input to EU research innovation (RTDI)
  policies, and the policy fields influenced by
  them
• Promote a European Area for TA/TF Interconnect
  and support activities at European, national and
  regional level, in co-operation with other
  related actors
• Support development of institutions
  methodologies, promote dissemination and use of
  results
• Implement activities supporting the development
  and implementation of RTDI policies

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Activities to build upon

• The STRATA projects covering actual and future
  Member States and Candidate Countries developing
  a framework and structuring the policy dialogue
• The High Level Expert Group recommendations for
  the way forward
• The Country Guides for Regional Foresight Basis
  for mobilising support of regional actors, and
  designing tailored, region specific actions all
  over Europe
• Successful exercises and the networks
  establishedmotivating new adepts and
  facilitating new endeavours

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A systems approach to support co-operative
Foresight activities in Europe

• Awareness raising, information, guidance for
  sponsors, practitioners, users (Support to High
  Level Expert Groups, Conferences, networking,
  guidance documents,)
• A Foresight dimension throughout the whole EU
  Research Framework Programme (FP6)
• Stimulation of foresight activities in thematic
  priorities and structural support activities
• ERA-nets for linking national and regional
  programs
• Creation of a Knowledge Sharing Platform
• Direct actions of the JRC-IPTS (scientific
  support)

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On Foresight and Foresight Support

• ERA, 6th Framework Programme fp6.cordis.lu/fp6/ho
  me.cfm
• Foresight, unit RTD K-2 www.cordis.lu/foresight
• Conference and studies Europes regions shaping
  the future www.regional-foresight.de
• EU Innovation Policy europa.eu.int/comm/enterpris
  e/innovation
• EU Reg Policy europa.eu.int/comm/regional_policyE
  nlarg Ext Relat europa.eu.int/comm/enlargement
  europa.eu.int/comm/external_relations/ceeca/tacis
• Structural Funds, Cohesion Funds, Related Funds
  for Candidate and Neighbour Countries (TACIS,
  PHARE, CARDS, MEDA etc.)