Michael Keenan, Fabiana Scapolo
PILOT PROJECT TO SCOPE THE
ESTABLISHMENT OF A EUROPEAN
FORESIGHT ACADEMY
EUR No: 21406 EN, Year: 2004 a link
List of Available Reports: EC, DG JRC - IPTS, ESTO network a link
"Foresight practice today stands at a crossroads. It can develop significantly further, diffusing into ever new areas and situations. Or it can retreat as a passing fad that has had its day for the time being, with a possible return in 2020. The determining factors on the direction that will be followed are manifold, and include the demonstrable usefulness of Foresight in policy and investment decision-making, and the development of a community of practice committed to Foresight as a process. At the time of writing, such a community of practice is beginning to emerge in Europe."
11 Jul 2005
8 Jul 2005
Genesis, Euforia
This important e-publication (European Foundation, 2001) helps in understanding the genesis of the Euforia project and will be of great interest to those involved in the many aspects of Knowledge Society research and reflection.
Living conditions, working conditions
and industrial relations in the
knowledge society
Summary of workshops
Dublin, 13-14 July and 27-28 November 2000
EUROPEAN FOUNDATION
for the Improvement of Living and Working Conditions
(an autonomous body of the European Union, created to assist the formulation of future policy on social and work-related matters)
http://www.eurofound.ie/publications/files/EF0123EN.pdf
"The European Foundation for the Improvement of Living and Working Conditions organized two research workshops in 2000 related to the emerging knowledge society. The challenge of the workshops was to produce new ideas for the Foundation's Four Year Rolling Programme 2001-2004 by putting together three future oriented project areas. The first area covered the Foundation's own project on the New Forms of Work in the Information Society, especially development of atypical work, telework, flexitime, flexispace, flexi contract and virtual company. The second area covered the work done by the Commission related to the development of information society, especially the strategic challenge to make Europe "the most competitive and dynamic knowledge-based economy in the world." The third innovative area consisted of national technology foresights projects from selected European, Asian and African countries.
This report is a summary of the workshop speeches, group works and discussions."
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The Euforia project, web site
The Project poster (gif)
Living conditions, working conditions
and industrial relations in the
knowledge society
Summary of workshops
Dublin, 13-14 July and 27-28 November 2000
EUROPEAN FOUNDATION
for the Improvement of Living and Working Conditions
(an autonomous body of the European Union, created to assist the formulation of future policy on social and work-related matters)
http://www.eurofound.ie/publications/files/EF0123EN.pdf
"The European Foundation for the Improvement of Living and Working Conditions organized two research workshops in 2000 related to the emerging knowledge society. The challenge of the workshops was to produce new ideas for the Foundation's Four Year Rolling Programme 2001-2004 by putting together three future oriented project areas. The first area covered the Foundation's own project on the New Forms of Work in the Information Society, especially development of atypical work, telework, flexitime, flexispace, flexi contract and virtual company. The second area covered the work done by the Commission related to the development of information society, especially the strategic challenge to make Europe "the most competitive and dynamic knowledge-based economy in the world." The third innovative area consisted of national technology foresights projects from selected European, Asian and African countries.
This report is a summary of the workshop speeches, group works and discussions."
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The Euforia project, web site
The Project poster (gif)
7 Jul 2005
Foresight in the Lisbon process
XTREME EUFORIA: COMBINING FORESIGHT METHODS a link
Rafael Popper, Werner B. Korte
Keywords: Foresight methods, Knowledge Society, Europe and the Lisbon objectives.
(EU-US SEMINAR: NEW TECHNOLOGY FORESIGHT, FORECASTING & ASSESSMENT METHODS. Seville 13-14 May 2004)
"The EUFORIA project was launched to explore the Knowledge Society and new ways of organising, designing and managing foresight activities. The combination of several 'hard' (performance indicators, critical influences analysis) and 'soft' (literature review, brainstorming, panels, workshops, Delphi and scenario building) techniques was carried out in a multi-cultural and cross-regional setting to achieve further insights and gain experiences with respect to the strengths and weaknesses of different individual and combined approaches for goal achievement as part of foresight activities."
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Euforia, Knowledge Society Foresight Reports
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The knowledge society in Greece: current situation and future trends
"Scenarios for the development of a KS in Greece
Background
Based on the current situation and the major drivers and trends characterising the course of Greece to the Knowledge Society, three scenarios were developed:
- the “Awakening” scenario where social change and radical reconsideration occurs and the conditions are created for the trends to have positive impacts and for the negative impacts to be tackled,
- the “Lethargy” scenario with no major changes from today (business as usual), and
- the “Nightmare” scenario where the characterising trends lead to negative impacts due to ineffectiveness of measures, no real change and other external factors with severe consequences."
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Rafael Popper, Werner B. Korte
Keywords: Foresight methods, Knowledge Society, Europe and the Lisbon objectives.
(EU-US SEMINAR: NEW TECHNOLOGY FORESIGHT, FORECASTING & ASSESSMENT METHODS. Seville 13-14 May 2004)
"The EUFORIA project was launched to explore the Knowledge Society and new ways of organising, designing and managing foresight activities. The combination of several 'hard' (performance indicators, critical influences analysis) and 'soft' (literature review, brainstorming, panels, workshops, Delphi and scenario building) techniques was carried out in a multi-cultural and cross-regional setting to achieve further insights and gain experiences with respect to the strengths and weaknesses of different individual and combined approaches for goal achievement as part of foresight activities."
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Euforia, Knowledge Society Foresight Reports
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The knowledge society in Greece: current situation and future trends
"Scenarios for the development of a KS in Greece
Background
Based on the current situation and the major drivers and trends characterising the course of Greece to the Knowledge Society, three scenarios were developed:
- the “Awakening” scenario where social change and radical reconsideration occurs and the conditions are created for the trends to have positive impacts and for the negative impacts to be tackled,
- the “Lethargy” scenario with no major changes from today (business as usual), and
- the “Nightmare” scenario where the characterising trends lead to negative impacts due to ineffectiveness of measures, no real change and other external factors with severe consequences."
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