Abstract
The definition of an effective innovation policy is a major challenge in developing countries, a task that has
become more complex as increasing attention is being paid in policy issues to inclusive development, raising
quite different requirements for what an innovation system should deliver, and how it should therefore be
organised.
It is argued that foresight is an appropriate instrument to shape innovation systems and support policymaking
processes, thus, foresight has attracted interest in developing countries. However, the ability to effectively
exploit its results is hampered by the limitations of their governance systems to take into account the
complexity in the definition of public policies. In such a context, foresight needs to be more thoroughly integrated
into the policy making process to be effective.
Attempts to engage excluded indigenous or poor peasant, communities in development plans have also been
made and in this context, foresight activities in these communities have been conducted, but the consultations
have not been strategic and forward-looking enough to connect to policy-making beyond the specific local
settings.
In this paper, we propose a novel interconnected multilevel approach containing two elements of policy
making to support innovation for inclusive development: a) the close interplay between foresight and policy
making, and b) the linking of local community-level to national level foresight. Such an approach is well suited
for using foresight to inform and guide policy to frame the national innovation system that can attend both
economic and social development goals.
Originalsprache | Englisch |
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Seiten (von - bis) | 186-196 |
Seitenumfang | 11 |
Fachzeitschrift | Technological Forecasting & Social Change |
Volume | 128 |
DOIs | |
Publikationsstatus | Veröffentlicht - 2018 |
Research Field
- Societal Futures
Schlagwörter
- Foresight
- Parallel Foresight
- Multilevel foresight
- Innovation systems
- Inclusive Development
- Research and innovation policy