Horizon Scanning - useful links

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Government's mandate for horizon scanning

• OSI Horizon Scanning Centre
  

  The Office of Science and Innovation has established a Horizon Scanning Centre within its Foresight Directorate.

  The Centre's aims are:

• To inform departmental and cross-departmental decision-making;
• To support horizon scanning carried out by others inside and outside government;
• To spot the implications of emerging science and technology and enable others to act on them.

• Guidelines on Scientific Analysis in Policy Making
  mandated Government departments and agencies to:

• think ahead and indentify early the issues on which they need scientific advice and early public engagement, and where the current evidence base is weak and should be strengthened
• get a wide range of advice from the best sources, particularly when there is uncertainty
• publish the evidence and analysis and all relevant papers.

Specific government websites for registering an interest and reviewing past or current horizon scanning activities

• Visions of the future
  This is the Department of Trade and Industries Foresight Programme to bring people, knowledge and ideas together to look ahead to the future and prepare for it.
• Environment and food issues
  Department for Environment, food and Rural Affairs - Horizon scanning website.
• Health Issues - National Horizon Scanning Centre.
  This is currently run under contract by the University of Birmingham for the Department of Health

European developments

• European developments
  Community Research and Development Information Services. Details European supported research and insight into the national research and innovation systems in each member state.