and policy-makers have expressed in exploring alternative and even conflicting interpretations of the future (Kuosa 2010;
In this setting, where policy-makers are almost bound to be taken by surprise, horizon scanning can serve as a systemmati approach to support the early identification and collective exploration of emerging issues.
and engage policy-makers and other stakeholders in creative networking that facilitates the implementation of later action plans (Brummer et al. 2008;
From the process perspective, this type of direct engagemeen in workshops helps expose policy-makers to the diversity of issues at stake.
Participants, especiaall policy-makers, found that they could express and explore their ideas freely and interactively.
But if the policy-makers in these areas are autonomous, or represent different‘administrative silos, 'it may be difficult to shape broad policies that they would be committed fully to,
and aligned with the agendas of policy-makers. In particular, linkages to prevalent issues that were already on the radar of policy-makers were seen to contribute to the usefulness of the exercise.
Seen from this perspective, the BEPA exercise suggests that although the issues as such may be known, they merit renewed attention
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