Jonathan cowie, former head of science policy and books, institute of. Goscience conducts its horizon scanning activities in conjunction with the cabinet office through the jointly run horizon scanning programme team initiative. One of the best how to books is george day and paul schoemakers 2006 book. Futures and foresight and horizon scanning includes a set of tools to help you. Pinpointing the future of digital convergence what lies at the centre. There are introductory sessions that you can book from 20 minutes to an. Government horizon scanning parliament publications.
Its focus is the future rather than the present and its purpose is to identify the strategic issues that will be important. This blog is a place for policy makers, stakeholders and academics to connect with findings from the government office for science futures, foresight and horizon scanning programme. The government office for science gos has guides and training. A wide ranging description of horizon scanning, also surveying uk expertise. If you wish to learn more about the art of hs then come along to one of the heads of horizon scanning meetings run by go science and or join up to the dstls futures community of practice. Horizon scanning 2014 cabinet office and goscience response to. Only go outside for food, health reasons or work but only if you cannot work from home. Horizon scanning horizon scanning is a systematic method for. How many other possible ways could there be to get to your destination. The early roots of the foresight programme go back to the. The futures toolkit page 3 looking ahead horizon scanning is a technique for looking ahead. Horizon scanning in foresight why horizon scanning is only a. Horizon scanning in government the web site cannot be found.
The government office for science is part of the british government. We advise the prime minister and members of the cabinet, to ensure that government policies and decisions are informed by the best scientific evidence and strategic longterm thinking. How can you get traction between the scanning results and the actual decision s. Pdf innovation tool kit horizon scanning researchgate. Related content and links about gos futures, foresight and horizon scanning. Mostly, these will be different from the issues that are important today. For a description of horizon scanning please see go science s futures toolkit. Develop effective communication and training for policymakers the hsc runs formal futures training through csl make futures contribution to go science thinking and outputs capability the hsc works across go science to build futures into everything we do agenda setting how can we. What will the developments identified in this book mean for our economy. Affairs defra published a horizon scanning strategy for science that. Find out how a debate at the centre for ageing better made our colleague. New medicine horizon scanning this template has been developed in consultation with ipha, hse, nccp and the ncpe. The futures toolkit was assembled for goscience by waverley consultants.
Horizon scanning supports the process of building organisational resilience and is one. In march 2014, the cabinet offices horizon scanning secretariat and the government office of science s horizon scanning centre were merged to form the horizon scanning programme team. Go science horizon scanning centre by andrew staines on. I would like a physical centre where all members could be welcome and could come.
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