The fourth Mutual Learning Event of the 𝐄𝐲𝐞 𝐨𝐟 𝐄𝐮𝐫𝐨𝐩𝐞 project took place in beautiful Budapest on April 7-8th 2025, focusing on “𝐅𝐨𝐫𝐞𝐬𝐢𝐠𝐡𝐭 𝐟𝐨𝐫 𝐋𝐨𝐧𝐠-𝐓𝐞𝐫𝐦 𝐕𝐢𝐬𝐢𝐨𝐧𝐢𝐧𝐠 𝐚𝐧𝐝 𝐏𝐫𝐢𝐨𝐫𝐢𝐭𝐲 𝐒𝐞𝐭𝐭𝐢𝐧𝐠.”
The event featured presentations on European and national foresight exercises, highlighting diverse practices in shaping long-term visions and setting strategic priorities. These insights fueled lively discussions during two interactive sessions.
Over twenty participants from diverse stakeholder groups joined the event held in Budapest, Hungary: Eye of Europe partner organizations, representatives from the European Commission, R&I funding agencies, representatives of governmental bodies.
Presentations
- Opening and Introduction to the Eye of Europe project | Radu Gheorghiu, coordinator of Eye of Europe project
- Introduction to Forward-looking Activities and Policy Making | Attila Havas (CERS, Hungary)
- Introduction of the MLE4 context, objectives and agenda | Lenka Hebáková (TC Prague, Czechia)
- Foresight for European R&I Priorities | Nicola Francesco Dotti, EC’s DG for Research and Innovation: Common R&I Strategy & Foresight Service
- Building anticipatory governance as a core element of policymaking across OECD countries | Julia Staudt
- Malta: Foresight and Visioning in the R&I policy cycle | Jennifer Cassingena Harper, Insight Foresight Institute
- UK: Discussing strategies for positioning a country or region as a leader in specific R&I domains | Luke Georghiou, University of Manchester
- Romania: Digital Transformation in the Romanian Public Administration: Scenarios and Associated Digital Roles for Civil Servants | Bianca Dragomir, Institutul de Prospectiva
- Hungary: The Priorities and the Methodology of the Programme Strategy | Péter Racskó, NRDI
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Read more: MLE event page on Futures4Europe
