LNELS 2005

"Latvia towards Knowledge Societies of
Europe: new options for entrepreneurship and employment achieving the goals of the Lisbon Strategy"

The LNELS project
as of 2005

Entrepreneurial Foresight Network (EFN) was born from the LNELS project (see: http://arturspuga.blogspot.com/2004/07/about-blog-objectives.html)

The knowledge blog provides the platform (shared context / Ba place) for thinking, conversation, conversion, research and the project activities.

The latest project information is to be posted both
on EFN and LNELS blogs.
It is for Latvians, Europeans, everybody interested in the research model.

Strategy for continuing development
The project has been developed in phases.
Key Milestones

• Workshops (the LNELS team) aimed at the project resources
  and outcomes scoping


• Identification of research priorities


• Setting up website and learning space
  http://www.geocities.com/forwardstudies/


• Publishing information in scientific bulletins and newspapers


• Mapping stakeholders and collaborators


• The project's presentations (available on-line)
  to create insight into European foresight research and activities
  meeting the Lisbon objectives


Phase 2 - Scanning and Research in Panels (August - December 2003)


• Designing Panels


• Establishing Project Database


• Background intelligence gathering


• Foresighting on the selected topics with focus on the mid-term horizon (workshops, brainstorming via Internet, participation in European foresight exercises, Delphi)


• Publishing online journale "Forsaits Latvijā" (Foresight in Latvia)


• Drafting an article "Social challenges facing Latvia: problems of identification.
  Foresight research outputs"


Phase 3 - Synthesis of Panels (January - July 2004)


• Evaluating Panels


• Synthesis of findings - a set of Entrepreneurial Foresight Basics


• Final version of the contribution to the collection of articles "Latvia in Europe: Visions of the Future" (in Latvian and English, published by BCSS, Latvian Academy of Sciences)


• Building the project's Knowledge Platform - Entrepreneurial Foresight Network


Phase 4 - Networking in Europe (August - December 2004)


• Validation of the project framework and first outcomes presented in international conferences and workshops in Europe


• Co-organizing the international conference"Knowledge Society and Implementation of the Lisbon Strategy in Europe and Latvia"


• Collaboration with KnowledgeBoard (European KM Community)


• Knowledge blogging


• Report on the project, under contract with the Latvian Council of Science (04.1096) "Latvia towards Knowledge Societies of Europe: New Options for Entrepreneurship and Employment Achieving the Goals of the Lisbon Strategy".


Phase 5 - New Knowledge Platform for Strategic Thinking and Entrepreneurial Capabilities (January - December 2005)

A foresighted planning implies research on/implementation of the developmental project up to the end of 2010