The Foresight Centre is a think tank at the Estonian Parliament (Riigikogu) that analyses long-term developments in society and identifies emerging trends and potential development pathways. By exploring a range of possible futures, the Centre creates alternative scenarios to support evidence-based policymaking and strategic planning. Its research covers key areas that shape Estonia’s future, including education, healthcare, the economy, labour markets, social welfare, technology, and the environment. Through its analyses, the Foresight Centre helps decision-makers anticipate change and prepare for the challenges and opportunities ahead.

FUTURESILIENCE

• Mapped existing policy relevant European R&I findings with high potential to inform policy making for economic and social resilience, and to help address societal challenges and integrated them into a knowledge base.
• Set up a toolbox and guideline for a scenario proccess that helps to stress test the usefulness of these policy solutions for a specific context and challenge 
• Implemented 10 pilot cases called 'Future Resilience Labs ' that conduct this participative scenario process with multiple stakeholders to develop tailored strategies for their local context and challenges. Lab topics range from climate change related natural disasters via migration and integration, housing and spatial mobility issues to cybersecurity threats, labor skill shortages and health system challenges.

Based on the Lab results and process experiences the project will generate a Knowledge Base of the successfully tested research findings with high capacity to inform policy actors and a Toolbox of methods for testing policy relevant research findings with participatory Foresight approaches at the center.

This project receives funding from the European Union’s Horizon Europe research and innovation programme under grant agreement No 101094455.