European foresight networks – building innovation capabilities in

Latvia

BALTIC DYNAMICS 2007

International Partnership for Innovation:

Opportunities and Challenges

Dr. Arturs Puga

Our experience: Baltic Dynamics 2004 - Baltic Dynamics 2007

• Foresight is innovation in Latvia

• To be involved in European and Global Foresight you should act and interact through international Foresight Networks

• Year 2007 - Latvian Foresight Network of Specialists and Practitioners (FSPT) is emerging

• Framing FSPT objectives: From academic approach to entrepreneurial and innovative use of foresight in SME’s

Entrepreneurship, knowledge management and foresight process combined

Towards Latvian Foresight Network: 2003-2007

Latvian Council of

Science

Latvian Ministry of Agriculture

Ministry of Agriculture,

Latvian Academy of

Sciences,

Latvian Academy of

Agricultural and

Forestry Sciences

agreed on the

cooperation

within the

Foresight network

of specialists and

practitioners

2007

Forward Studies

Unit

Latvian Technological

Center

Latvian Academy of Sciences

Latvian Union of

Scientists

Latvian Academy of Agricultural and

Forestry Sciences

Banking Institution

of Higher Education

Riga Technical University

University of Latvia

European networks used by Latvian foresight joining the European Foresight area and the global futures community

• The EC, DG RTD, and Joint Research Centre-IPTS supported initiatives

• EC, DG Enterprise and Industry, IRE• The European Foresight Monitoring

Network• SCAR Agricultural Foresight• COST A22 • Shaping Tomorrow Foresight Network,

etc.

The foresight (project)organization

THE ORGANIZATIONOrganizationsin the world

outside

The core teamA leader

STAKEHOLDERS

Team members

champions

Experts promoters PEOPLE

Practitioners

Networking and knowledge management

KM - ‘a set of systematic and disciplined actions’ in order “to obtain the greatest value from the knowledge available to it’ (see KM definition: Marwick A, 2001)

a role of frameworks !

Networking and knowledge management

• In October 2007, a workshop will be held on research challenges and synergy between Latvian foresight specialists (Focus on foresight organization in rural SME’s)

• How to enable/enhance entrepreneurship, knowledge management and foresight for ‘preferable futures’ (Lisbon and post-Lisbon objectives)?

Thanks

http://www.forsaita-studijas.org