SCAR Foresight Group & SCAR Foresight Task Force (SCAR Foresight)

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Mission and aims

Chair:

Elke Saggau (DE)

Members of the group

4 countries (DE, IT, DK, FR)

Mandate:

Permanent

Members of the task force:

7 countries (DE, IT, DK, FR, IE, BE, HU)

Mandate of the task force:

temporary during a foresight study

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Overview members SCAR Foresight – update March 2022

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,