Transcript The Destree Institute

FUTURREG
Futures for Regional Development
Kick-off Meeting
19 September 2005
Cardiff Business Shool, Cardiff University
FUTURREG is funded by the INTERREG IIIC Programme
Wallonia
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one of the three regions and of the six federal entities
of Belgium,
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15.000 km2,
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3,3 millions inhabitants,
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budget of the Wallonia Government : 5,5 billions €.
The Destree Institute
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a research center, created in 1938, based in Namur,
Charleroi and Liège (B),
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an independant think tank, a non-profit organization,
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a public decision making support for long term
regional development,
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a foresight experience since 1987 and focus point of
several international and European networks,
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core team of 8 staff members and structured
cooperations with several research and consultancy
organizations at regional and european levels.
Some participations of The Destree Institute
to foresight exercises (1)
Local, regional, interregional exercises
- Charleroi 2020 (B)
- Luxembourg 2010 (B)
- Wallonie 2020 (B)
- Mission Prospective Wallonie 21 (B)
- Nord-Pas-de-Calais 2020 (F)
- « Vision 2020 - Large Region » (B, F, D, Lux)
- Wallonia’s Enterprises’ Policies Foresight
- Expert’s studies for the future Objective 3 for Wallonia,
etc.
Some participations of The Destree Institute
to foresight exercises (2)
European level foresight exercises
- Bueprints
for foresight actions in the regions-coaching
of Transvision Blueprint (transborder visions for Large
Region and SeeForesightT Areas)
- Knowledge Regions : Meta-Foresight and SPIDER
- Expert of DG REGIO for the next generation of Structural
Funds (2007-2013)
- Foresight of the Internet in the process of 2005 Tunis
WSIS, etc.
Starting from the acquis of the foresight exercises
conducted in Wallonia :
The Regional Foresight College : A new process of collective learning
ProspEnWal
The Blueprints Initiative
FOR-RIS
AGRIBLUE
UPGRADE
Blueprints
for Foresight
Actions
in the Regions
TRANSVISION
TECHTRANS
Starting from the acquis of the foresight exercises
conducted in Wallonia :
The Regional Foresight College : A new process of collective learning
ProspEnWal
Integration to international and
European foresight networks
World Future Society
The Millennium
Project and the
European intiative
(EUMPi)