SCAR Foresight process: 5 studies in series

• Disseminating and implementing the SCAR Foresight results
  • Focus on multiple levels
  • Spread awareness
  • Presentation of results and recommendations
  • Write reflection paper and/or “declaration”

• Preparing the next SCAR Foresight study
  • Brainstorm on a topic, with input from WGs and SCAR members
  • Create guidelines
  • Prepare Terms of Reference (ToR)
  • Adoption of the ToRby the SCAR Plenary

Foresight importance

• Adapts continuously to new challenges, takes up cross-cutting issues, feeds the strategic planning process of research policy making, provides “food for thought” and gives advice to political decision makers.
• Highlight sweak signals as well as future opportunities to provide input for a more integrated research system for primary production and the broader agriculture, forestry, and bioeconomy in Europe.
• Has resulted in a high number of joint activities between Member States, such as the implementation of SCAR working groups, ERA-Nets and Joint Programming Initiatives with a widescope.
• The Foresight process is a pillar of SCAR.

Planned activities

• Disseminate the 5^th SCAR Foresight results and recommendations.
• Brainstorm towards 6^th SCAR Foresight with input from WGs,