In Romania, the variety of actors involved in foresight activities has determined a mixture of objectives and rationales. The implementation of a foresight pilot exercise in Romania was itself an objective in order to have ‘process’ benefits such as building foresight capacities, networking, developing a culture of democratic, social dialogue, etc. In addition, although substantiating better RTDI policies in order to increase economic competitiveness in the light of the Lisbon objective is a primary concern, the foresight pilot exercise in Romania was designed for identifying and addressing weaknesses regarding the communication between the relevant stakeholders.
EFMN Brief No. 62 – Technology and Innovation in Romania 2015