Horizon Scanning Centre

Background

In its Science and Innovation Investment Framework 2004-2014, the Government committed to establishing a Centre of Excellence in Horizon Scanning, to be based in the Foresight directorate of the Office of Science and Technology. Work on establishing the Centre started in November 2004. Its output will feed directly into cross-government priority-setting and strategy formation. The work of the Centre will be strongly informed by the science base and by the best of existing work in Government, the private sector and elsewhere.

Aim and Scope

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
  
  

The three work-streams of the Centre are:

• Regular cross-Government strategy horizon scans, to underpin existing horizon scanning and inform cross-Government priorities
  
• Project work with stakeholders: demand-led opportunities for joint working on specific issues with stakeholders (departments or groups of departments)
  
• Provision of tools and support to spread good practice in departmental horizon scanning, including providing advice, brokering agreements and creating synergies that make the best use of resources and facilitate capacity-building.
  
  

For access to more information on the centre's activities click here.

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