Posts Tagged ‘demographic change’
Wednesday, February 29th, 2012
The projected demographic change and the resulting necessity of a longer working life represent considerable challenges for (1) the individual quality of life and work of employees, (2) the innovative capacity and productivity of companies and (3) the negotiability of the welfare state. As its goal, the foresight project set out to analyse the concrete situation and development potential of the working world in the Province of Salzburg and depict the options for taking action at the micro-level (individual), meso-level (organisations) and macro-level (socio-political actors) in the form of scenarios. The project placed particular emphasis on transferring research results into practice.
EFP Brief No. 206_Future strategies for ageing management in Salzburg Province
Tags: aeging management, demographic change, scenarios, working life, working patterns
Posted in Austria, brief, FP7 Themes, Geography, Health, National, Regional, Socio-economic sciences and the humanities, Time Horizon, until 2030 | Comments Off
Sunday, May 22nd, 2011
Through a renewed mandate in 2005 aimed at strengthening the coordination of research efforts in Europe, the Standing Committee on Agricultural Research (SCAR) launched a foresight process to consider the prospects for agriculture in 2015 – 2020 and to help identify political answers to the challenges raised. In July 2006, the European Commission’s Directorate-General Research set up a Foresight Expert Group to support SCAR in identifying long-term research priorities to support a European knowledge-based biosociety. The group was given the remit to formulate possible scenarios for European agriculture in a 20-year perspective allowing for the identification of evidence required (for more robust policy approaches) and innovation needs in the medium to long-term.
EFMN Brief No. 142_ Agrifutures in Europe
Tags: arts, climate, converging technologies, demographic change, developing countries, education, environmental sustainability, migration, mobility, regional development, safety, services, sustainability
Posted in brief, Energy, Environment (including climate change), EU, Food, agriculture and fisheries, biotechnology, FP7 Themes, Geography, Health, Security, Socio-economic sciences and the humanities, Time Horizon, until 2020 | Comments Off
Saturday, May 21st, 2011
Manufacturing in Europe is facing challenges that may impact on its performance in the near future: the emergence of international competitors, new technologies allowing the emergence of new business models, increased off-shore and relocated activities. The aim of this study was to provide policy-makers with a long-term vision of European manufacturing, its characteristics, its place in the EU economy, in the world and the main challenges it will be facing. Its purpose was to identify, on the basis of current demographic, environmental, technological, economic and social trends, and possible scenarios, the likely bottlenecks, unsustainable trends and major challenges that European manufacturing will have to face over the coming 30 years. From this, implications for various microeconomic policies, notably for industrial policy, were explored, contributing to the mid-term review of industrial policy in 2007 by the European Commission’s Directorate-General for Enterprise and Industry.
EFMN Brief No. 137_ Manufacturing in Europe
Tags: arts, chemicals, climate, consumption, demographic change, enlargement (EU), globalisation, manufacturing, mobility, plastics, services, software, terrorism, textiles
Posted in brief, Energy, Environment (including climate change), EU, Food, agriculture and fisheries, biotechnology, FP7 Themes, Geography, Nanosciences, nanotechnology, materials, new production technologies, Socio-economic sciences and the humanities, Time Horizon, Transport (including aeronautics), until 2035 | Comments Off
Saturday, May 21st, 2011
The purpose of the present brief is to explore how foresight studies perceive, interpret and handle the EU’s role in the world. The examination of its role can be interpreted in different ways, can include a wide range of perspectives, and can apply to various levels of reference (political, social, economic, technological, scientific etc.). We have focused on the concerns and challenges the European Commission has noted as of major importance in the coming years.
EFMN Brief No. 133_EU_’s_Role
Tags: arts, climate, demographic change, developing countries, globalisation, marine, migration, mobility, safety, terrorism, vehicle
Posted in brief, Energy, Environment (including climate change), EU, Food, agriculture and fisheries, biotechnology, FP7 Themes, Geography, Security, Socio-economic sciences and the humanities, Time Horizon, Transport (including aeronautics) | Comments Off
Friday, May 20th, 2011
In FAZIT (research project for current and future-oriented information and media technology and its use in Baden-Württemberg), present and future demand and applications for innovative information, communication and media technologies are being explored. The objective is to identify key drivers for new markets and innovations in the ICT sector in Baden-Württemberg, Germany, which are important for further regional development. The different activities are intended to bring together actors in a regional innovation sys-tem, both from the ICT sector and traditional industries. A final roadmap for “new markets in the ICT sector in Baden-Württemberg” is intended to integrate the milestones, which can be strategically used by State decision-makers.
EFMN Brief No. 113 – FAZIT Baden Wuerttemberg
Tags: building (housing), demographic change, education, health care, IST, IT, media, regional development, roadmap, sensors, services, social science, software
Posted in brief, FP7 Themes, Geography, Germany, Health, Information and communication technologies (ICT), Regional, Socio-economic sciences and the humanities, Time Horizon, until 2020 | Comments Off
Friday, May 20th, 2011
The purpose of this scenario exercise is to support the Dutch national government in the development of policies on spatial planning, natural resources, and quality of the physical environment. By exploring how various aspects of the living environment and land use in the Netherlands may develop in the long run (2040), the study aims to show when and where current policy objectives may come under pressure and which new issues may emerge.
EFMN Brief No. 108 – Dutch Environment
Tags: cities, climate, consumption, demographic change, demography, education, gas, housing, migration, mobility, natural resources, safety, services, water
Posted in brief, Energy, Environment (including climate change), Food, agriculture and fisheries, biotechnology, FP7 Themes, Geography, Health, National, Netherlands, Socio-economic sciences and the humanities, Time Horizon, Transport (including aeronautics), until 2020, until 2040 | Comments Off
Friday, May 20th, 2011
In the year 2000 the German Ministry of Education and Research initiated a programme inviting German cities to create principles and models for their long-term development. In cooperation with scientific institutions and experts, the cities were not only supposed to envisage possible or likely future scenarios, but also were asked to think about the goals they wanted to accomplish and criteria to evaluate their progress. All in all, the research network functioned as a research and learning laboratory. Not only cities participating in the exercises were able to profit from Cities 2030, but also cities and regions not participating in the programme benefited from the exchange of ideas and concepts.
EFMN Brief No. 106 – Cities 2030
Tags: cities, demographic change, education, factory, mobility, services, social change, sustainability
Posted in brief, Environment (including climate change), FP7 Themes, Geography, Germany, National, Socio-economic sciences and the humanities, Time Horizon, until 2030 | Comments Off
Friday, May 20th, 2011
By 2022, Ireland will be celebrating 100 years of self-government. The Public Service 2022 project was launched to consider what kind of Ireland could exist by then, and what kind of public service might emerge. The idea behind the project was to identify and ex-amine trends and drivers of change both for Ireland and for the public services over the coming years. It was intended to present some of the options and choices which exist in improving the capacity of the public service to help design, respond to and implement poli-cies that are determined by government.
EFMN Brief No. 103 – Ireland Public Service 2022
Tags: consumption, demographic change, education, environmental sustainability, media, services, sustainability
Posted in brief, Energy, Environment (including climate change), Food, agriculture and fisheries, biotechnology, FP7 Themes, Geography, Information and communication technologies (ICT), Ireland, Nanosciences, nanotechnology, materials, new production technologies, National, Socio-economic sciences and the humanities, Time Horizon, until 2020 | Comments Off
Friday, May 20th, 2011
The automobile industry is one of the most important industries in Germany and one of the key areas for R&D. To hold this position the industry has to face two challenges: 1st, changing parameters in and for industrial production like minimizing the time to market or shortened product life cycles; and 2nd, demographic change. The purpose of the study was to identify need for action and to present sub-sectors in which ICT could take a supportive role for industrial production.
EFMN Brief No. 93 – Changes in German Production
Tags: aging population, artificial intelligence, automotive, construction, demographic change, demography, education, human resources, IT, media, migration, mobility, safety, SME, work force
Posted in brief, FP7 Themes, Geography, Germany, Health, Information and communication technologies (ICT), Nanosciences, nanotechnology, materials, new production technologies, National, Socio-economic sciences and the humanities, Time Horizon | Comments Off
Friday, May 6th, 2011
Knowledge Society Foresight Euforia was a developmental project aimed at identifying and understanding issues and developments of ‘knowledge society’ (KS) at the level of EU15 as a whole, and it also exercised the emergence of a KS in three countries representing different paths: Finland, Germany and Greece. Outputs should be applied to assess implications of a KS for areas of living conditions, working conditions and industrial relations. New ways of organising, designing and managing foresight activities were to be explored.
EFMN Brief No. 50 – Knowledge Society Foresight
Tags: demographic change, IST, knowledge economy, knowledge society, mobility, recycling, services
Posted in brief, FP7 Themes, Health, Information and communication technologies (ICT), Nanosciences, nanotechnology, materials, new production technologies, Socio-economic sciences and the humanities | Comments Off
