Strategic Foresight Working Group

The Strategic Foresight Working Group was launched by EURADA, following the proposal made by the Regional Development Agency of Murcia (INFO Murcia) for analysing strategies, methodologies, tools and instruments from the point of view of innovation ecosystems governance and priorities. It has been acknowledged that we are living at a crucial moment for regional competitiveness due to Brexit, Covid-19, and the Russian invasion of Ukraine; therefore, this situation made it necessary to intervene in the methodology of data collection including strategic foresight and technological tools to be aware of the trends and opportunities within the sector. This new initiative seeks to anticipate skill shortages, assess needs and weaknesses in the local supply chains, detect vulnerabilities or strategic points, prepare evidence-based anticipatory policymaking and investment, as well as disseminate knowledge to industrial sectors and companies working within it.

Main objective of the programme/policy

This new initiative seeks to anticipate skill shortages, assess needs and weaknesses in the local supply chains, detect vulnerabilities or strategic points, prepare evidence-based anticipatory policymaking and investment, as well as disseminate knowledge to industrial sectors and companies working within it.

Specific objective of the programme/policy

The specific objectives of this new Working Group are the following: Mapping EURADA’s members’ initiatives in order to understand what we have achieved in this field, Researching on the European Panorama in order to learn about what the other organisations are doing with particular emphasis on the regional-place-based approach, Creating value added to be shared with other potential structural collaborators. The work of the WG will be structured around 4 consecutive moments: mapping of the actions of the member RDAs; external information meetings with the European Commission and Parliament, OECD, and other European organisations; internal meetings among members; and presentation of the outcomes.