Briefs

 

 

EFP Brief No. 172: Future Scenarios for the Spanish Sustainable Development Model

This brief report describes a scenario design exercise undertaken to study the future evolution of the sustainable development paradigm and its possible implications for the Spanish development model. For this [...]

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EFP Brief No. 171: Research Priorities for Digital Creative Industries in Europe

With creativity and strategy, the CReATE project designed and implemented a novel strategic cluster development approach integrating Strategic Policy Intelligence tools (such as foresight and impact assessment) and direct innovation [...]

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EFP Brief No. 170: France 2025

The national foresight study “France 2025”, completed in March 2009, aimed at identifying economic, social, technological and environmental trends up to 2025 – on global scale as well as at [...]

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EFP Brief No. 169: Foresight Toolbox for Small and Medium-sized Enterprises

“Foresight-Toolbox für den Mittelstand” is a research project to evaluate the specific needs of and identify suitable methodological approaches for strategic planning in small and medium-sized enterprises (SMEs). The project’s [...]

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EFP Brief No. 168: Forward-looking Activities in Support of ERA Vision 2020

As a part of the Ljubljana Process of governance of ERA, which was launched by the EU Commission and Council in May 2008, a common 2020 vision for the European [...]

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EFP Brief No. 167: The World in 2025

DG Research’s Directorate for Science, Economy and Society in collaboration with the Bureau of European Policy Advisers launched a foresight exercise on “The World in 2025”, which resulted in a [...]

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EFP Brief No. 166: Developing National Priorities for the Forest-Based Sector Technology Platform

In 2005, a national foresight process was conducted in Finland to support the development of the Strategic Research Agenda of the European Forest-Based Sector Technology Platform. The national process was [...]

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EFP Brief No. 165: Global Technology Revolution China

The purpose of this study was to identify emerging technology opportunities that the Tianjin Binhai New Area (TBNA) and the Tian-jin Economic-Technological Development Area (TEDA) in Tianjin, China could incorporate [...]

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EFP Brief No. 164: FinnSight 2015 – A National Joint Foresight Exercise

In 2005, the Finnish government took a decision in principle on the development of a national strategy. This decision spurred the two main funding agencies – the Academy of Finland [...]

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EFP Brief No. 163: EFONET: Assessment of Energy Foresight in the EU

Within the EFONET Coordination Action, an analysis of the state of the art of energy foresight activities in the EU countries has been carried out in order to assess the [...]

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