Briefs

 

 

EFP Brief No. 62: Technology and Innovation in Romania 2015

In Romania, the variety of actors involved in foresight activities has determined a mixture of objectives and rationales. The implementation of a foresight pilot exercise in Romania was itself an [...]

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EFP Brief No. 61: Malta’s Marine Sector 2020

With Europe’s move towards adopting a common integrated maritime policy, a strong need was felt in 2002 for Malta to explore ways of re-assessing its maritime sector in terms of [...]

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EFP Brief No. 60: Rural Ireland 2025

Ireland has set ambitious goals for the development of its rural regions. This foresight exercise asks if the goals of state policy for rural Ireland will be achieved on the [...]

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EFP Brief No. 59: Knowledge Society in Germany 2015

The EUFORIA foresight project on Germany is part of the European four-year work programme: Analysing and Anticipating Change to Support Socio-Economic Progress 2001-2004. In the framework of this programme the [...]

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EFP Brief No. 58: The Household Horizon 2012

Based on in-depth research on selected domains the Institute for the Future predicts major changes in household behaviour. These changes will, for example, materialize in new ways how we will [...]

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EFP Brief No. 57: Greece’s Path to the European Knowledge Society

In the context of its four-year work programme, Analysing and Anticipating Change to Support Socio-Economic Progress 2001-2004, the European Foundation for the Improvement of Living and Working Conditions launched EUFORIA [...]

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EFP Brief No. 56: The Region of Lecco Industrial System 2015

Funded by Regione Lombardia and implemented in collaboration with Technocora, this initiative takes up where the EU funded Fo-MoFo projet left off in 2002. The title ‘FoMoFo’ is a reference [...]

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EFP Brief No. 55: ‘AGENCE FUTURE’ Futures Conversations around the Globe

Insight into the variety of everyday as well as specialist conceptualizations of the future is a necessary condition for mature and successful foresight practice. Agence Future or AF is a [...]

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EFP Brief No. 54: Spanish Nuclear Energy Futures 2030

The purpose of this exercise was to identify the main technologies that would influence the development of nuclear energy in Spain up until 2030. The picked up information is supposed [...]

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EFP Brief No. 53: European Manufacturing Visions ManVis 2020

Europe has set itself the goal of becoming the most competitive economy in the world by the year 2010. Manufacturing is one of its strongest economic sectors. It provides a [...]

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