Some advances in the practice of foresight. Paper presented at EU US Seminar: New Technollog Foresight, Forecasting & Assessment Methods, held 13 14 may 2004, Seville, Spain.
such as the issue of the continuous involvement of users and the discrepancy between theory and practice in this respeect Although the user-driven innovation paradigm advocates an open perspective
Furthermore, there is a lack of integration of best practices and available methodologies, methood and tools into interdisciplinary user-driven innovattio research (e g. in the living lab setting)( Feurstein et al.,
4 5) attribute this discrepancy betwwee theory and practice mainly to the lack of empirical evidence on the benefits of userinvollvemen and user-oriented strategies compared to traditional research and development.
and was inspired by design practices. An example of one of the archetypes is Patricia (see Table 1). Patricia is 40 years old, a manager in a major international firm,
In Policy Evaluation in Innovation and Technology Towards Best Practices, pp 225 253. OECD: Paris. Silverman, R 1986.
, systems, rules and practices in response to grand societal challenges. This introductory paper provides an overview of selected conference contributions and the perspectives in
This edition of the conference focussed on the need and potential of FTA to address disruptive transformations in global and national structures, systems, rules and practices in response to grand societal challenges.
One particular feature of the 2011 FTA Conference was the organisation of two invitation-only sessions devoted to good practice in foresight for policy.
of good practices. Cuhls, Bunkowski and Behlau provide a case study of the Fraunhofer Institutes'action-oriented foresight process of using global challenges to identify and implemeen research themes for future markets.
conflicts may occur between new democratic practices, technological expertise and scientific freedom. On the other hand, as the future is unpredictable,
From this brief introduction about the environment of governance social engagement and foresight, it can be seen that the discussion about intangibles should be focused more on state-of-the-practices than the state-of-the-art.
From Theory to Practice, Brasilia, Brazil, 16 7 december 2010. Horton, A. 1999)‘ Forefront: a simple guide to successful foresigght'Foresight:
From Theory to Practice, Brasilia, Brazil, 16 7 december 2010. Jouvenel, B. 1967) The Art of Conjecture.
Concepts and Practice, pp. 3 23. Cheltenham, UK: Edward Elgar. Miles, I.,Keenan, M. and Kaivo-Oja, J. 2002) Handbook of Knowledge society Foresight.
Concepts and Practice, pp. 44 88. Cheltenham, UK: Edward Elgar. Porter, A l.,Ashton, W. B.,Clar, G.,Coates, J. F. et al.
The question remains how that transformation is related to policy practice, that is, how deeply the quantitative transformation of resource inputs has affected the design of the policy process.
What are its defining characteristics and practices: for which purposes is funding allocated, and which mechaniism are deployed?.
Toward Better Practices, pp. 61 76. OECD: Paris..(2008) OECD‘Reviews of Innovation policy: China',Synthesis Report.
In 1982, to fit the new‘Good Manufacturing Practice'regulations announced by the government, the manufacturing facilities of local SMES were upgraded (Zheng 2001:
and followed the Good Manufacturing Practice rules to upgrade their machinery facilities, in the 1990s,
in order to comply with the Good Manufacturing Practice regulations. But until the late 1990s, there was no institution
The Good Manufacturing Practice regulations were launched in 1982 to force the local SMES to upgrade their manufacturing capabilities.
and business planning practices. If grand challenges are to be operationalised as rationales for STI policy interventions,
and positively transformatiiv innovation practice to develop, and if it does so, the supporting roles that FTA might play, especially in relation to newly established EU instruments.
challenges via the adoption of forward-looking, collaborative routines and practices. This capacity-building role sees FTA PROCESSES potentially contributing to all innovation system functions by directly affecting the mind-sets and attitudes of individuals and the routines and capabilities of organisations.
and understanding future solutions that run counter to mainstream practices. This can be a first step in trying to overcome certain lock ins and path-dependencies along specific socio-technical trajectories.
and practice for thinking about the future something that is often termed a‘foresight culture'Enhance the standing
and business planning practices. FTA has played already some role in the old instruments, e g. in setting the strategic research agendas in ERA NETS and the European Technology platforms,
as well as regular interactions among stakeholders that allow active engagement and understanding of foresight philosophy and practices.
and trust building through regular interactions among stakeholders that would allow an understanding of foresight philosophhy roles and practices.
and practices in response to challennges There is a need to enhance anticipatory, absorptive and adaptive capabilities and capacities in society to address continuous as well as disruptive change and challennge (Ko nno la et al. 2012a).
As a joint infrastructure, networks are of major benefit in facilitating the exchange of experiences, setting up training activities and communities of practice.
systemic and structural transformation of organisations'premises and practices, with the ultimate goal of handling current and future technological, economic and societal challenges in line with the goals defined by the organisation.
Dervin, B. 1998)‘ Sense-making theory and practice: An overview of user interests in knowledge seeking and use',Journal of Knowledge management, 2: 36 46.
The responsible practice of science was recognised as vital to the integrity of science and education,
socio-technical transformation. 1. Introduction Since the 1960s, the results of R&d practices have increasinngl been approached as knowledge inputs in the construuctio of science and technology policies.
Following this line of practice, the paper introduces a methodology for roadmapping systemic transformations. The IPRM method combines roadmapping and the forward-looking evaluation of policy development paths.
Thus policy design aims to increase the resilience of the policy practices in the systemic contexts by allowing space for policy experimentation.
and the analysis of the wider societal setting and to enable systematic analysis of future-oriented ideas that could spring either from technological development, policy practices or more generic societal development.
The structure of the systemic transformation roadmap is presented in Fig. 1. This roadmap depicts the impacts of the objects under scrutiny (e g. new industrial practice and emerging service business) in an overall systemic level.
IPRM endorses the positioning of the policy practices in a dynamic socio-technical context, and weighs the policy practices in relation to the conditioning factors.
It also enables one to visualize and communicate the logic of the policy decisions. The third level is sectoral development, with an emphasis particularly on emerging solutions,
The advantage of this practice is that the enabling technologies are assessed also as evolving constructs and not as singular‘black boxes'.
At the level of products and solutions, the support for collaborative R&d and facilitation of commercialization of research results were assessed as the main innovation policy practices.
In addition, diffusion of innovations often depends on changes in infrastructure, information systems, organizational practices and social institutions.
new forms, new practices'.'In: Stapleton, G.,Howse, J. and Lee, J. eds) Diagrams 2008, pp. 127 40.
Smits, R.,Kuhlmann, S. and Shapira, P.,eds,(2010) The Theory and Practice of Innovation policy:
the dimensions of co-ordination and related barriers. 2. 1 Key functions in research programming and related barriers The implementation of transnational research programmiin builds largely on programming practices executed at national
For instance in Europe knowledgeshaarin platforms offer tools, good practices and informattio on the current (through mapping of existing programmes), planned (through policy documents) and possible future7 state of research priority setting and research systems.
and finally selecctio of projects to be funded with a transnatiiona programme Insistence on using national peer review rules Different national practices in form,
The OECD (2003) has identified vertical coherennc as a general long-term policy objective ensuring that the practices of agencies
in order to implement and evaluate the programme seem to call for sharing best practices Figure 4. Foresight as an integrator of different functions of transnational research programming.
systematic exchange of information and good practices on existing programmes and activities. identification and analysis of common strategic issues. planning and development of joint activities between national and regional programmes. implementation
Theory and Practice'.'London: Routledge. Choo, C. W. 2001)‘ Environmental scanning as information seeking and organizational learning',Information Research, 7/1<http://choo. fis. utoronto. ca/IR/choo choo
Implications for European and international risk management practices',Food Control, 20: 345 56. Mendonc¸A s.,Pina e Cunha, M.,Ruff, F. and Kaivo-oja, J. 2009)‘ Venturing into the wilderness:
and cumbersame changes in existing organizational structures and practices (Anderson 2005). 3. Case: Facing the future In 2008 9,
by doing so, provide pointers to actions that may be executed best in a loosely coordinated fashion.
Dervin, B. 1998)‘ Sense-making theory and practice: An overview of user interests in knowledge seeking and use',Journal of Knowledge management, 2: 36 46.
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