31 Jul 2009
An inspiring source for the future strategy of the EU
European Commission. Luxembourg: Office for Official Publications of the European Communities 2009 — 28 pp. a link
"Foresight and Forward looking activities have
a long tradition in the European Commission.
Today several Directorates-General have
available the competencies or studies that
allow them to better seize the challenges of
the future. The European Union Research 7th
Framework Programme integrates Foresight
and Forward looking activities within the thematic
field “Socio-economic Sciences and
Humanities” (SSH).
Good European governance is also based
upon Foresight and Forward looking exercises:
analysis of societal trends in the world
and in the Union, setting-up of reference and
alternative scenarios, identification of potential
breakthroughs (“wild cards”) are all elements
that allow decision-makers to highlight
their choices under a new perspective.
Reflexive or operational, qualitative or quantitative,
participative or based on the expert’s
opinions, Foresight and Forward looking activities
find their place in the European system.(...)
The advantages and disadvantages,
the benefits and costs of different
political, economic, social or technological
options as well as their economic, social and
environmental impacts can be estimated."
EC, DG for Research - SSH
21 Jun 2009
Latvijai ir nepieciešama
vajadzīgs forsaits - prast mērķtiecīgi veidot nākotnes priekšstatus atbilstoši pasaules līmenim,
jārealizē inovācijas - prast jaunveidot un pārdot atbilstošas tveramas / netveramas lietas pasaules līmenī.
Aiming Frameworks
FRAMEWORK/S IS A SET OF STRUCTURES SUPPORTING SYSTEMIC AND CONSTRUCTIVE MENTAL ACTIVITIES TO PERFORM THE JOB AT HAND
(Riga-Hannover-Brussels)
10 Jun 2009
Experienced dealing with futures
24 May 2009
29 Apr 2009
Creating
- to identify - scoping the job at hand
- to collect intelligence and choose strategic directions - ways and domains of interacting with people and knowledge artifacts
- to analyze known things (relevant to the strategic directions) and add new /remove elements and structures to things changing their qualities and ideas
- to synthesize new bodies, gains and outputs, providing deliverables - creating results (intangible and tangible) to be transferred to people - with obvious value for suppliers and users
31 Mar 2009
26 Feb 2009
Emerging professions:
This is a project (the FP6 of the EU) aiming at building up a framework to qualify TT-managers with whole recognition in Europe
Objectives
Conference: Technology Transfer - Title, Profession, System or Action! (Riga, 24-25 February, 2009)
FINAL REPORT WP3 / WP4, October 2008
see pdf file
30 Jan 2009
31 Dec 2008
29 Nov 2008
Knowledge policies for Europe
Investing in European Research
Expert Group for the follow-up of the research aspects of the revised Lisbon strategy (LEG)
- 5th report 'Lisbon Strategy: Between revolution and illusion' (synthesis report)
available at:
http://ec.europa.eu/invest-in-research/monitoring/leg_strategy_en.htm
'The "Expert Group for the follow-up of the research aspects of the revised Lisbon strategy (LEG)" was created by the European Commission (DG RTD) in 2006 to give support in analysing and monitoring the research aspects of the revised Lisbon strategy.
The group focuses its work on the following activities:
- critical review of the research and innovation sections of Member States' National Reform Programmes and Progress Reports
- analysis of ongoing and emerging trends in R&D at MS and EU level
- identification of new challenges for the development of R&D policies with a particular focus on ERA
- analysis of the policy instruments used to coordinate R&D policies between Member States and between Member States and the Community
- provision of advice towards the development of an enhanced knowledge policy'
31 Oct 2008
What is WAY-IN of BLOG POSTS for us?
We are interested to share/market/trade our ideas and knowledge. Social media websites and tools are agreeable instruments to support our personal, business, community’s and other objectives (see: A framework for Social Media Marketing). Blogs & blogging way is between most accepted and easiest means to make it big. However, let’s imagine how often you/me/we seriously consider options of selecting successful, short ways of blogging to drive toward the intended goals?
Considering from both the writer and reader viewpoint, we can perceive a blog post as an issue created for and made available to other people. The blog post has the quality (or the interest) that makes us to notice both this post and author’s blog and want to read and think on its content.
Below is a short list (6 categories) of the qualities of blog posts that might be identified by an individual / team who read, interact, for instance, with Social Media Today (SMT) and other SM.
I would like to call the quality as a ‘way of the interest’ or way-in of a blog post.
An interested party can choose by its own preference and understanding how much and what qualities are to be selected to form a way-in list.
I have found ways-in of blog posts that also occupy my interest:
A description of an unfavourable situation
An expression of doubts about something
A marketing oriented explanation
A success story
A call to act for change
A positive idea worth pursuing further
For the given case, our task may be to identify the main (2-3) ways-in of a blog post during and after writing/reading it. My thoughts and reflections that found and marked main ways-in of SMT seven blog posts (articles) are illustrated in this table (pdf file)
Using this list, the identification of ways-in and marking those (with * in written) could be a value, like commenting and rating a blog post by knowledge production.
To work with way-in lists related to corporate/individual blogging on SMT and other sites may be inspiring and exciting, adding value exercises. One can also use the blog post comments and feedbacks together with reflections on ways-in for new approaches and evaluations. But don’t talk about all this now. Through way-in we may obtain a quite simple and, you may check, constructive (inter-mental & intra-mental) approach. Enjoy easy reading and rethinking on shared ways-in! That might be adaptable to many needs.

