Strategic Foresight Report Flashcards
What is the focus of moving towards a “Europe of investments”?
A. Ensuring all Europeans can contribute to the transition
B. Shifting production and consumption towards sustainability
C. Catalyzing financial flows for the transitions
D. Making public budgets fit for sustainability
Answer C
Catalyzing financial flows for the transitions
Which report focuses on the interplay between Europe’s green and digital transitions?
A. The 2023 Strategic Foresight Report
B. The 2022 Strategic Foresight Report
C. The 2021 Strategic Foresight Report
D. The 2020 Strategic Foresight Report
Answer B
The 2022 Strategic Foresight Report
What is the purpose of the European Strategy and Political Analysis System (ESPAS) conference in 2022?
A. To inform initiatives in the Commission Work Programme
B. To prepare the 2023 Strategic Foresight Report
C. To develop cooperation within the EU-wide Foresight Network
D. To implement the Commission’s Strategic Foresight Agenda
Answer A
To inform initiatives in the Commission Work Programme
Within the prioty areas of the Strategic Foresight Report , what is the purpose of developing a new European social contract?
A. Strengthening cooperation with key partners
B. Boosting the EU’s offer on the global stage
C. Renewed welfare policies and focus on social services
D. Supporting shifts in production and consumption
Answer C
Renewed welfare policies and focus on social services
What does the 2023 Strategic Foresight Report aim to achieve through policy initiative?
A. Addressing challenges in democracy and social cohesion
B. Analyzing key trends and emerging issues
C. Catalyzing financial flows for the transitions
D. Strengthening the links between social and economic dimensions
Answer D
Strengthening the links between social and economic dimensions
Which technique in Strategic Foresight involves identifying a preferred direction and creating a shared understanding of the preferred future?
A. Megatrends analysis
B. Horizon scanning
C. Visioning
D. Scenario planning
Answer C
Visioning
What is the purpose of the annual Strategic Foresight Report produced by the Commission?
A. To highlight the achievements of the European Union
B. To provide an overview of geopolitical conflicts
C. To inform the Commission Work Programmes and multi-annual programming exercises
D. To outline the historical developments of EU policies
Answer C
To inform the Commission Work Programmes and multi-annual programming exercises
What is a key focus of the Next Steps outlined?
A. Developing the Commission’s Strategic Foresight Agenda
B. Preparing the 2023 Strategic Foresight Report
C. Implementing the EU-wide Foresight Network
D. Building foresight capacity in Member State administrations
Answer D
Building foresight capacity in Member State administrations
What is the distinction between foresight and strategic foresight?
A. Foresight predicts the future accurately, while strategic foresight shapes the present.
B. Foresight focuses on historical data, while strategic foresight focuses on emerging issues.
C. Foresight is reactive, while strategic foresight is proactive.
D. Foresight explores different possible futures, while strategic foresight embeds foresight into policy-making and prepares for the future
Answer D
Foresight explores different possible futures, while strategic foresight embeds foresight into policy-making and prepares for the future
What is the purpose of complementing civil protection with civil prevention in the Strategic Foresight ?
A. Boosting the EU’s offer on the global stage
B. Reinforcing generational fairness at the heart of policymaking
C. Reinforcing the EU’s toolbox on preparedness and response
D. Ensuring all Europeans can contribute to the transition
Answer C
Reinforcing the EU’s toolbox on preparedness and response
What is the objective of boosting the EU’s offer on the global stage?
A. Catalyzing financial flows
B. Strengthening cooperation with key partners
C. Strengthening democracy
D. Reinforcing the support for transitions
Answer B
Strengthening cooperation with key partners
What is the goal of the Commission’s efforts to embed strategic foresight?
A. To strengthen global power structures
B. To enhance evidence-based reactive policy-making
C. To eliminate grassroots politics
D. To support transitions to a green, digital, and fairer Europe
Answer D
To support transitions to a green, digital, and fairer Europe
What is the role of the Commission’s Strategic Foresight Network?
A. To lead the efforts of embedding foresight in the Secretariat-General
B. To ensure long-term policy coordination between all Directorates-General
C. To coordinate policy between Member States
D. To implement the mandate of the Joint Research Centre
Answer B
To ensure long-term policy coordination between all Directorates-General
What are the four dimensions across which the EU’s resilience was analyzed in the 2020 Strategic Foresight Report?
A. Economic, environmental, technological, and political
B. Social, economic, geopolitical, and technological
C. Social and economic, geopolitical, green and digital
D. Social, environmental, geopolitical, and technological
Answer C
Social and economic, geopolitical, green and digital
How does strategic foresight contribute to policy-making?
A. By avoiding discussions about potential opportunities
B. By informing the design of new initiatives and policies, and preparing for potential challenges
C. By predicting the future with high accuracy
D. By focusing exclusively on current challenges
Answer B
By informing the design of new initiatives and policies, and preparing for potential challenges
What is the main goal of the EU-wide Foresight Network?
A. To advocate for immediate policy changes
B. To conduct scientific research on climate change
C. To facilitate collaboration on forward-looking issues relevant to Europe’s future
D. To provide real-time updates on economic trends
Answer C
To facilitate collaboration on forward-looking issues relevant to Europe’s future
What is the output of megatrends analysis in Strategic Foresight?
A. A preferred direction for policy design
B. A set of stories of plausible futures
C. A future-scape or visual mapping of new signals of change
D. A story of the future and a plan of action
Answer D
A story of the future and a plan of action
Within the recomendation of the Strategic Foresight, what is the purpose of shifting policy and economic indicators towards sustainable and inclusive wellbeing?
A. Strengthening cooperation with key partners
B. Complementing civil protection with civil prevention
C. Making public budgets fit for sustainability
D. Ensuring all Europeans can contribute to the transition
Answer D
Ensuring all Europeans can contribute to the transition
Which publication is prepared annually as part of the Commission’s Strategic Foresight efforts?
A. Annual Strategic Foresight Report
B. Horizon Scanning Report
C. Megatrends Analysis Report
D. Visioning Report
Answer A
Annual Strategic Foresight Report
Which program identifies opportunities to reduce Europe’s regulatory burden and assesses the fitness of existing EU laws for the future?
A. Regulatory Fitness and Performance Programme
B. Megatrends Analysis Program
C. Horizon Scanning Program
D. Strategic Foresight Program
Answer A
Regulatory Fitness and Performance Programme
What is the main goal of strategic foresight?
A. Exploring, anticipating, and shaping the future to better inform policy-making
B. Reacting to emerging issues without planning
C. Shaping the present based on historical data
D. Predicting the future accurately
Answer A
Exploring, anticipating, and shaping the future to better inform policy-making
How does Strategic Foresight guide the Commission in achieving its ambitions?
A. By predicting future events with accuracy
B. By focusing solely on short-term actions
C. By analyzing past trends and patterns
D. By conducting foresight exercises and analyzing key trends and emerging issues
Answer D
By conducting foresight exercises and analyzing key trends and emerging issues
Within the prioty areas of the Strategic Foresight Report , What is the role of the Single Market in the EU’s transition?
A. Ensuring social cohesion
B. Catalyzing financial flows
C. Strengthening democracy
D. Championing a net zero economy
Answer D
Championing a net zero economy
What is the main goal of Horizon scanning in Strategic Foresight?
A. To conduct interviews with policymakers
B. To analyze pattern shifts and interacting trends
C. To develop a preferred direction for policy design
D. To systematically scan and collect events and trends to create a future-scape
Answer D
To systematically scan and collect events and trends to create a future-scape
What is a challenge addressed in the Strategic Foresight regarding funding for
sustainability?
A. Availability of funding challenged by strategic policy priorities
B. Erosion of social cohesion
C. Threats to democracy
D. Shifting policy and economic indicators
Answer A
Availability of funding challenged by strategic policy priorities
Who leads the implementation of the strategic foresight mandate?
A. The Secretariat-General
B. Vice-President Šefčovič
C. European Commission officials
D. Senior officials from national administrations
Answer A
The Secretariat-General
Who has been tasked with leading the Commission’s efforts to embed
strategic foresight into its work?
A. President von der Leyen
B. Vice-President Šefčovič
C. Vice-President von der Leyen
D. President Šefčovič
Answer B
Vice-President Šefčovič
What is the objective of the EU-wide Foresight Network?
A. To develop synergies and cooperation on forward-looking issues relevant to Europe’s future
B. To promote cultural exchanges among Member States
C. To advocate for immediate policy changes
D. To strengthen the capacity of national administrations
Answer A
To develop synergies and cooperation on forward-looking issues relevant to Europe’s future
How is the Commission’s Long Term Vision for Rural Areas informed by Strategic Foresight?
A. By predicting future trends
B. By analyzing short-term policy goals
C. By focusing on past achievements
D. By developing foresight scenarios for 2040
Answer D
By developing foresight scenarios for 2040
Who meets informally at least once a year to discuss and agree on the main strategic priorities for the Commission’s strategic foresight agenda?
A. The Ministers for the Future
B. European Commission officials
C. Vice-President Šefčovič
D. Senior officials from national administrations
Answer A
The Ministers for the Future
Proposal for a quiz question:
When is the HERA crisis operation mode activated?
A. When HERA declares an emergency
B. When the Commission declares an emergency
C. When Council declares an emergency
D. When at least 3 Member States declare an emergency
Answer: C, on proposal of COM
