Government Foresight Activities in Finland I Dr Ulla Rosenström

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1 Government Foresight Activities in Finland I Dr Ulla Rosenström

2 Finnish government looks into the future 1. Finnish Government Future Report 2. Description of the Finnish policy-making Every 4th year environment 3. The ministries future reviews 2. New: National Foresight Approach (continuous)

National Foresight Approach SELECTS A THEME AND

environment for the ministries future reviews

3 National Foresight Approach SELECTS A THEME AND SUBMITS A REPORT TO PARLIAMENT INFLUENCE 2. ELECTIONS GOVERNMENT Government Future Report Description of the Finnish policy-making environment for the ministries future reviews THE MINISTRIES FUTURE REVIEWS INFLUENCE GOVERNMENT PROGRAMME

4 4 Government Future Reports

5 Finnish Government Future Reports Once during each electoral period, the Government submits to Parliament a report on Finland s future challenges and prospects. Parliament Committee for the Future responds to the Government Future Reports. Finland has had this tradition for past 20 years. Previous Government Report on Future was completed in 2009: Government Foresight Report on Long-term Climate and Energy Policy: Towards a Low-carbon Finland The preparation of Government Report on the Future: well-being through sustainable growth started in 2011, the dialogue is going on right now

Future report process Foresight phase Research and evalutions Foresight themes from experts Regional hearings Analysis: 2030-website Questionnaires

6 Future report process Foresight phase Research and evalutions Foresight themes from experts Regional hearings Analysis: 2030-website Questionnaires Workshops Online discussions Strategy phase Other national strategies and programmes Foresight themes Foresight Future report Implementation Experimentation

7 Interactive web-report in Finnish, Swedish, and English

8 Description of the Finnish policy-making environment

9 Description of the Finnish policy-making environment (for the ministries future reviews) Joint effort of all ministries, coordinated by the Prime Minister s Office Crowd sourcing in April 2014 Published June 2014 as HTML5 with active promotion and communication

10 Contents of the 2014 descpription of the Finnish policy making environment 1. Global situation, where is the world going 2. Economy 3. Environment and natural resources 4. Education, learning and innovations 5. People and well-being 6. Enabling state

11 Ministries future reviews

12 Ministries future reviews Produced regurly before elections since 2003 Each ministry makes them independently PMO coordinates: common structure, visual style and promotion Publication in October 2014 Selection of most important horizontal themes/problems for state of the art report for the elections/next Government

13 New National Foresight Approach Cooperative and continuous foresight

14 Why are we bringing foresight actors together in Finland? Information What is going to be important in the future Cooperation We need to bring all foresight actors together Communication And make sure the knowledge/views are available 14

15 NATIONAL FORESIGHT WORK: COOPERATIVE AND CONTINUOUS FORESIGHT Need, vision, coordination Means of enhancing cooperation Use, decision-making Political reviews/ briefs Foresight Group PMO General secretary National foresight network (incl training and international cooperation) Foresight forums (national + intl) Platform to share knowledge? Whole society Govnt/ strategic Research Ministries future reviews Committee for the Future International perspective Government Strategy processes Risk management! Finnish Govnt Future Report Communication!

16 Means/actors Foresight group: Inspires, steers/cheers and focuses the contexts of the foresight work Secretariat in the Prime Minister s Office National foresight network (PMO + Sitra, all)(meetings and yammer) Foresight forums organised by the network and changing partners as lead organisation Platform to collect knowledge/signals/views: possibly Team Finland/Future Watch, experimenting 16

17 Building blocks and customers of the national foresight approach The Tulevaisuuskartasto.fi future atlas SOCIETY ACTORS PARTICIPATING IN THE FORESIGHT APPROACH Education Foresight reviews POLITICAL DECISION- MAKING Forums Picture of international situation commissioned from experts

18 Information is useless unless somebody is using it!

Finlands government s work & report on the future. Ulla Rosenström Chief Senior Specialist

Finlands government s work & report on the future Ulla Rosenström Chief Senior Specialist Finnish government looks into the future 1. Description of the Finnish policy-making environment for the ministries