Technology and Innovation Foresight for Bulgaria and Romania ForeTech

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Technology and Innovation Foresight for Bulgaria
and Romania(ForeTech)

• Technology Foresight Improved Public Policies
  for Citizens within ERA
• International Conference
• 12 February 2003, Bucharest

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MEMBERS OF THE CONSORTIUM OF FORETECH

• Applied Research and Communications Fund (ARC
  Fund), Bulgaria Coordinator
• The Foundation Romanian Centre for Small and
  Medium-sized Enterprises, Romania
• Hellenic Project for Wider Application of RD -
  HELP-FORWARD, Greece
• School of Slavonic and East European Studies,
  University College London
• Policy Research in Engineering, Science and
  Technology (PREST), the Victoria University of
  Manchester
• Technology Centre AS CR, the Czech Republic
• Ministry of Education, Hungary

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THE MISSION OF THE FORETECH PROJECT IS

• TO INTRODUCE FORESIGHT ACTIVITIES IN TWO NACS
  BULGARIA AND ROMANIA
• TO BUILD UP CAPACITY AND COMPETENCE ON FORESIGHT
• TO CONTRIBUTE TO THE POOL OF KNOWLEDGE ON
  FORESIGHT IN EUROPE
• TO ELABORATE RECOMMENDATIONS TO POLICY-MAKERS FOR
  SPECIFIC MEASURES TO SUPPORT ST POLICIES IN NACS

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PROJECT IMPLEMENTATION

• TIME FRAMEWORK 20 MONTHSStart date October 1,
  2002
• End date May 31, 2004
• IMPLEMENTATION IN THREE STAGES

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STAGE ONE AWARENESS RAISING AND CAPACITY
BUILDING

• SET UP OF THE MANAGEMENT STRUCTURE OF THE
  PROJECT Steering Committee and Steering Groups
• DESK RESEARCH OF THE ECONOMIES OF BULGARIA AND
  ROMANIA AND IDENTIFICATION OF IDENTICAL SECTORS
  FOR PILOT FORESIGHT ACTIVITIES
• SET UP OF NATIONAL AND INTERNATIONAL EXPERT
  PANELS INVOLVING FORESIGHT PRACTIONERS
• NATIONAL AND INTERNATIONAL EVENTS AIMING AT
  RAISING AWARENESS, CONSESUS BUILDING AND
  DEVELOPMENT OF FORESIGHT CAPACITY

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STAGE TWO ELABORATION OF A COMMON
METHODOLOGICAL FRAMEWORK

• DESK RESEARCH ON THE SECTORS FOR THE PILOTS
• ELABORATION OF A COMMON METHODOLOGY FOR THE
  PILOTS BASED ON THE EXPERIENCE OF THE CONSORTIUM
  PARTNERS
• RUNNING TWO FORESIGHT PILOTS FOR TWO IDENTICAL
  SECTORS IN BULGARIA AND ROMANIA

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STAGE THREE COMPARATIVE ANALYSIS

• COMPARATIVE ANALYSIS OF THE NATIONAL FORESIGHT
  PROGRAMMES IN THE FOUR NACS PARTICIPATING IN THE
  PROJECT - HUNGARY, THE CZECH REPUBLIC, ROMANIA
  AND BULGARIA
• ELABORATION OF RECOMMENDATIONS
• SETTING UP A REGIONAL NETWORK - FORESIGHT
  BRIDGE

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PROJECT LINKS

• LINKS WITH THE IRC IRE NETWORK
• LINKS WITH THE ITCB
• LINKS WITH THE GERMAN AGENCY FOR TECHNICAL
  COOPERATION GTZ
• LINKS WITH THE FISTERA THEMATIC NETWORK, IST
  PROGRAMME
• LINKS WITH E-FORESEE

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Round-up of Activities in Bulgaria

• International launching conferenceOctober 3,
  2002 in Sofia, BulgariaParticipants 92
  participants government bodies and public
  agencies (30), business associations (28), RD
  organisations (33), NGOs (14), business (9),
  international organisations (4)
• Awareness raising- October 4, 2002 a seminar
  for the RTD community- Articles on Foresight -
  web-site www.arc.online.bg/foretech/- Working
  meetings with the Coordination Centre for
  Information, Communication and Management
  Technologies- Working meetings at the Bulgarian
  Academy of Sciences for initial nomination of
  biotechnology experts - Working meeting at the
  Ministry of Education and Science - Elaboration
  of a background paper on e-government- January
  31, 2003 a seminar for biotechnology experts

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Activities planned in Bulgaria until end of March
2003

• February 14, 2003 second meeting with the
  biotechnology experts to identify the focus of
  the foresight exercise in Bulgaria and setting up
  a team for elaborating a background paper on
  biotechs in Bulgaria
• February 21, 2003 first meeting on e-government
  - with experts from the state administration
• February 28, 2003 third meeting with the
  biotechnology experts and second meeting on
  e-government - with IT experts from the business
  community
• March 7, 2003 - third meeting on e-government -
  with experts from the RD community
• March 14, 2003 - forth meeting on e-government -
  with experts from the NGOs