Foresight

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Foresight
Training Course on Technology Foresight for
Practitioners, 06-10 October, Prague Organized by
United Nations Industrial Development Organization
From National Innovation System towards
European Innovation Network 2004 2014
Valentinas Snitka Lithuania
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NIS Foresight Objectives

• Increase awareness of NIS
• Identify major gaps (weaknesses) in NIS
• Develop clear and shared vision of future NIS
• Recommendations for Government on improvement of
  NIS
• Provide a background for new Innovation Policies
  and Instruments

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NIS Foresight Methodology

• Analysis of current situation (based on existing
  statistics and innovation policy evaluation
  reports)
• Brainstorming (inception phase)
• Panels
• Scenarios
• Road mapping

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NIS Foresight Organisation and Management

• Project team
• Steering Committee
• Tender for executive team
• Working groups and panels
• Dissemination of results
• Project evaluation

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NIS Foresight Output and Outcomes

• Outputs
• Project report
• Leaflets
• Web-site
• Final conference
• PR actions

• Outcomes
• National Programme on NIS development
• Increased innovation activity
• Better wired innovation system
• Better understanding of NIS
• Training courses on NIS
• Regular benchmarking of innovation policy

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NIS Foresight Workplan
Month Activities Milestones 1 Project team
Steering Committee 1 Tender Call 2 Executive
team 2 Selection of experts 3 Kick-off seminars
presentation 4 Analytical background 4 Consult
ancies with main stakeholders 5 Identification
of institutions to be involved 6-12 Project
implementation 13 First discussion of results
(internal) 14 Final report policy
recommendations 15 Dissemination of
results 16-18 PR actions, discussions of project
continuation
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NIS Foresight Estimated cost for Lithuania



500.000 Euros
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