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Eye of Europe Mutual Learning Event | Foresight for Long-Term Visioning and Priority Setting

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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

Eye of Europe’s first Mutual Learning Event | Emerging Practices in Foresight for Research & Innovation policy

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The first Mutual Learning Event (MLE) took place on May 23, 2024 in Bratislava, Slovakia as part of the Horizon Europe project Eye of Europe, which aims to contribute to the maturing of a vibrant Research and Innovation (R&I) foresight community in Europe and to support the integration of foresight practices into R&I policy-making.

Forty participants from partner organizations and external representatives of ministries, governmental bodies, R&I funding agencies and the European institutions gathered in the premises of the Government Office of the Slovak Republic.

This MLE, organized by Technology Centre Prague (TC), focused on the identification of emerging needs and approaches in the practice of foresight for research and innovation. To this end, the MLE in Bratislava was structured along the following phases:

  • Eye of Europe’s vision and main building blocks, presented by project coordinator Radu Gheorghiu
  • The context and role of this MLE, and a brief overview of other mutual learning events that took place since 2020, presented by Michal Pazour 
  • Showcasing preliminary results of the Stocktaking of the organisation of R&I Foresight activities in the European Research Area (ERA), by Simone Weske. The presentation highlighted key benefits of the R&I foresight activities, constraints and bottlenecks, as perceived by the survey respondents.
  • Four country studies – Slovakia, Finland, Austria and Sweden – have brought interesting insights and comparisons related to R&I foresight uptake and potential for improvement:
    Slovakia: Research and Innovation System and the potential for R&I Foresight |Michal Habrman, Government Office of the Slovak Republic
    Finland: Finnish national foresight ecosystem | Juha Kaskinen, FFRC University of Turku Finland
    Sweden: Leading from the Future in Sweden | Joakim Skog, Vinnova Sweden
    Austria: R&I foresight | Christian Naczinsky, Austrian Ministry of Education
  • Discussions in four participant groups on emerging functions and approaches of R&I foresight. Overall, the group discussions touched on the dynamics of R&I foresight demand and supply and on the diversification of tools and methods for establishing dialogue with policy-making.

    This video created by the event host, Výskumná a inovačná autorita (VAIA), offers a glimpse into the spirit of both the MLE and the R&I foresight masterclass that preceded it.

Find out more on the MLE event page on futures4europe.eu