The foresight objectives should reflect goal alignment and the mutual benefits and interests of the interested actors.
a balance along this dimension had to be achieved to ensure that the process would contribute to the attainment of foresight objectives
but did not substitute the actors of this latter arena. 3. 2. Foresight objectives in the context of the three governance arenas We choose to focus our analysis on Foresight in connection with policy
in order to provide support in the definition of Foresight objectives within the field configurations. Foresight objectives have been defined by 27 as follows:
Foresight in support to priority-setting. Priority-setting supports the identification of common future actions and the efficient allocation of resources 28.
All three Foresight objectives have a particular significance in relation to the governance arenas. In other words, Foresights for research policy purposes, can be characterised by their positioning in the governance arenas vs.
i e. their tailoring using the arenas for governance Foresight objectives matrix. 4. Knowledge dynamics in European research and innovation system Policy-making in arenas of strategic orientation,
Table 2 Foresight objectives in relation to the arenas of governance. Arenas of governance Foresight objective Priority-setting Networking Building visions Strategic orientation Macro policy priority setting National/EU level stakeholders networks Overall political
consensual foresight objectives and diversity considerations are complementary perspectives which are needed both in attempts to enhance the performance of innovation systems:
This is not surprising as one of the important foresight objectives are the priority-setting and common vision-building.
) Table 2. Foresight objectives in relation to the arenas of governance. Arenas of governance Foresight objective Priority-setting Networking Building visions Strategic orientation Macro policy priority-setting National/EU level stakeholders networks Overall political
by Downloaded by University of Bucharest at 05:02 03 december 2014 778 H. van Lente Table 3. Lessons of the sociology of expectations for Foresight objectives of foresight Lessons of sociology of expectations Expectations are drawn from repertoires Expectations
it has enabled the enhancement of foresight objectives (Cachia et al. 2007) and reduced the burdens of cost and time (Gordon and Pease, 2006.
Table 5. Foresight objectives Main objective Sub-objectives Increase societal and economic well-being Economic growth and national competitiveness Societal well being, covering social, environmental, cultural
Furthermore, if one regards foresight as a creative process (Salo et al. 2004), then it may be impertinent to fix foresight objectives
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