“ Ministers for the Future”, designated by each Member State at the invitation of Vice-President Šefčovič, meet informally at least once a year. The EU-wide Foresight Network has two levels. This includes topics like open strategic autonomy, resilience and our capacity to achieve the green, digital and fair transitions. Its objective is to develop synergies that draw on public administration foresight capabilities, by bringing together intelligence and foresight expertise from all Member States and the European Commission for strategic exchanges and cooperation on forward-looking issues relevant to Europe’s future.
The launch of an EU-wide Foresight Network was announced in the Commission’s 2020 Strategic Foresight Report. The report introduced resilience dashboards that act as monitoring tools for policymakers.Ģ020 Strategic Foresight Report EU-wide Foresight Network It did so by analysing the EU’s resilience across four dimensions: social and economic, geopolitical, green and digital. The 2020 Strategic Foresight Report, ‘Charting the course towards a more resilient Europe’ discussed the first structural lessons learnt from the COVID-19 crisis, and explained how foresight can help strengthen Europe’s long-term resilience in an era of fundamental and rapid change. It has also identified 10 areas where the EU can strengthen its capacity and freedom to act. The 2021 Strategic Foresight Report, The EU’s capacity and freedom to act’, presents a forward-looking and multidisciplinary perspective on important trends that will affect the EU towards 2050, including: climate change and other challenges, technological transformations, pressure on democracy and values, as well as shifts in the global order and demography. It also outlines 10 areas of action key to maximise synergies and reduce tensions between both transitions towards 2050. It highlights the key role played by digital technologies in Europe’s five strategic and most greenhouse gas emitting sectors: energy, transport, industry, construction, and agriculture. The 2022 Strategic Foresight Report: ‘Twinning the green and digital transitions in the new geopolitical context’, focuses on the interplay between Europe’s twin transitions, also taking into account the disruptive and changing geopolitical landscape in which these transitions are happening. This exercise is conducted through a participative and cross-sectoral foresight process, led by Commission services in consultations with Member States, discussion with the European Strategy and Policy Analysis System (ESPAS) and external stakeholders. The Commission produces an annual Strategic Foresight Report, which informs the Commission Work Programmes and multi-annual programming exercises. It also works with international partners, and develops partnerships that draw on Member States’ public foresight capabilities through the EU-wide Foresight Network. The Commission is building close foresight cooperation and alliances with other EU institutions, notably in the context of the European Strategy and Policy Analysis System (ESPAS). The Commission’s Strategic Foresight Network ensures long-term policy coordination between all Directorates-General. The Secretariat-General and the Joint Research Centre lead the implementation of the mandate (the latter drawing on its internal foresight capacities).
Part of Vice-President’s mission is to lead the efforts to embed strategic foresight at the heart of EU policymaking. Vice-President Maroš Šefčovič is the first ever member of the College of Commissioners in charge of strategic foresight. Ultimately, it will help us act in the present to shape the future we want. Strategic Foresight is not about predicting the future it explores different possible futures, alongside the opportunities and challenges they might present.
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