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Practical Guide to Regional Foresight in Bulgaria to be published in April 2005

The Guide is especially oriented to those involved in forward planning and strategy development at regional and other sub-national territorial levels (though much of the material will be equally relevant to smaller countries as well). It is aimed specifically at potential Foresight practitioners and users.

It sets out to explain how regional Foresight (also known as prospective territoriale) can be implemented so as to provide valuable inputs to strategy and policy planning in regions, municipalities or localities, as well as to mobilise collective strategic actions.

The Guide is produced under the framework of the ForeTech initiative, supported by the European Commission’s Research Directorate General STRATA Programme (Strategic Analysis of specific Policy Issues). It is a Bulgarian translation of the Practical Guide to Regional Foresight template developed under the FOREN project (Foresight for Regional Development Network), likewise supported by the STRATA Programme. The Bulgarian version of the Guide has further been enriched with the foresight experience gained and capacity built under the pilot ForeTech – Technology and Innovation Foresight for Bulgaria and Romania initiative and the lessons learnt. A number of issues treated in the Guide have been developed specifically for Bulgaria accounting for the local specifics and regional context.

The Practical Guide to Regional Foresight in Bulgaria will be available at ARC Fund’s head office to regional stakeholders, foresight organizers and/or practitioners, as well as to end users.