UNIDO Technology Foresight Training Program
The courses are organized by the UN and are free for selected participants, but participants will
have to pay their own travel and accommodation costs.
The UNIDO 2005 Training Programme on Technology Foresight, composed by 4 modules of courses, will
take place as follows:
- Module 1: Technology Foresight for Organizers, to be held in Gebze (Turkey) 21-25 November
2005;
- Module 2: Technology Foresight for Practitioners, to be held in Prague (Czech Republic) 3-7
October 2005;
- Module 3: Technology Foresight for Decision-Makers, to be held in Budapest (Hungary) 9
November 2005; and
- Module 4: Technology Foresight for Corporate Managers, to be held in Bratislava (Slovakia)
17-20 October 2005.
The training programme pursues efforts to develop national and regional capabilities to organize
and conduct technology foresight programmes for countries in Central and Eastern Europe (CEE)
and the Newly Independent States (NIS).
The courses will be offered to professionals, officials and managers as well as
representatives of enterprises responsible for applying technology foresight as an
instrument for strategic decision-making in technology development and innovation.
During the courses, leading international experts, deeply involved in foresight exercises
world-wide, will deliver lectures and introduce participants to:
principal foresight experiences and good practices
case studies as a reference and inspiration for organizing
foresight exercises;
guided hands-on exercises in organizing foresight programmes; and
networking of experts and institutions in the region for TF initiatives.
Due to limited seats available, applications are welcome at earliest convenience. Please
also disseminate this announcement to relevant potential interested professional and
institutions.
For further details and for the online application form, please visit the following web site:
http://www.unido.org/foresight/2005
The courses are organized in cooperation with the governments of the Czech Republic, Hungary,
Slovakia and Turkey.
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