european environment agency / flis blossom meeting / 17-18 june 2013 / copenhagen dr. ana jakil...
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European Environment Agency / FLIS Blossom meeting /17-18 June 2013 / Copenhagen
Dr. Ana Jakil Federal Chancellery of Austria
Department for Environment, Sustainability and Transport
Need for an overview of the use of forward-looking information in the country and reflection about the Blosson case study in Austria
1. FLI in the Federal InstitutionsRecent Practices
Division of responsibility between policymaking (Ministries) and policy analysis (federal agencies, institutes, external consultancy, universities)
Sustainable Europe Research Institute (SERI)
Joanneum Research – Policies Wegener Center, Graz University of Natural Resources and
Life Sciences (BOKU) Alpen-Adria University Technical University Vienna Technical University Graz Institute of International Political
Affairs etc.
Austrian Federal Environment Agency (UBA)
Austrian Institute of Technology (AIT) Austrian Conference on Spatial Planning
(ÖROK) Austrian Institute of Economic Research
(WIFO) Central Institute for Meterology and
Geodynamics International Institute for Applied
Systems Analysis (IIASA) Austrian Academy of Sciences (ÖAW) Institute of Advanced Studies (IHS)
1. FLI in the Federal InstitutionsRecent Practices
Federal Ministry of Transport, Innovation and Technology – 2012-2013 - Urban Megatrends / Transnational Foresight process to identify societal
challenges in face of global megatrends / Strategic Research Agenda – 2008-2010 – E-Trans 2050 / Future visions of the Austrian Energy System / Options and strategies for the sustainable Austrian energy system
BMLFUW / BMASK / BMWF– 2009-2010 - Implications of a persistent low growth path – a scenario analysis /
reference scenario with an AGR of the Austrian GDP of 2.0%, low-growth scenario with an aver-age growth rate of 0.55% per annum until 2025 / policy scenario / measures
ÖROK– 2009 Spatial Scenarios Austria 2030 / by Rosinac & Partner / ÖAR / scenarios for
environment, 4 integrated spatial scenarios (overall growth, competition, security and risk), SWOT for sectoral and spatial policies / Austrian Spatial Development Concept 2011
trends: heterogeneity of futures research approaches, qualitative methods, participatory approaches, long-term focus, multi-stakeholder collaboration, increased use of FLI in policymaking
2. Barriers to Using FLI in PolicymakingInstitutional Barriers
no governance mechanisms for interministerial /intersectoral and vertical exchange and integration of the Foresight activities and of their use in the sectoral policies
only ad hoc interministerial cooperation on futures questions
no systematic training in Government Foresight, lacking in-house methodical capacity at the Ministries
late involvement of policymakers in the FL activities
financial and time restraints
no overview of generation and use of the FLI for development and implementation of environmental policies across sectors =) only sources of information: FLIS Blossom, EFP
2. Barriers to Using FLI in Policymaking Cognitive Barriers
1. Time Horizon: structural preference of the present in democracies, neoliberal paradigm
2. Spatial Horizon: state/local centred perspective, absolute notion of space
3. Issue Horizon: issue centred perspective, sectoral compartmentalisation of regulatory responsibilities
4. Dynamic Horizon: trend thinking, cultural contempt, overenthusiasm of everything new
5. Power Horizon: policymaking as rationality projects and policies as bounded invariable outputs
6. Ethical Horizon: I will if you will mentality
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3. Federal Chancellery of Austria
• responsible for coordinating general government policy of the Federal Government and the Federal constitution.
• has responsibility for special matters such as regulatory impact assessment, sustainability coordination, women and equality, European policy.
• Federal Chancellor is „primus inter pares“
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3. Federal Chancellery of Austria
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Federal Chancellor Werner Faymann
Cabinett of the Federal Chancellor
Federal Minister for Women and Civil Service
Bureau of the Federal Minister
State Secretary Josef Ostermayer
Bureau of the State Secretary
Division I:
General Matters
Division II:
Women and Gender Equality
Division III:
Civil Service and Administrative Innovation
Division IV:
Coordination
Division V:
The Constitutional Service
Division VII:
Federal Press Service
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3. Federal Chancellery of Austria Division IV: Coordination
Department IV/2
Environment, Sustainability,
Transport
Department IV/3
Financial Control of the European
Regional Development Fund
Department IV/4
Spatial Development and Regional Policy
Department IV/6
Security Affairs
Department IV/8
Finance, Agriculture
Division
EU General Matters, OECD, Economy, Employment, Social Affairs
Department IV/1
Economy, Employment,
Energy
Department IV/5
General matters of Austria’s
membership in the EU, matters concerning the
EC, social affairs, health
Department IV/7
General issues of the OECD,
Science and Research,
Technology, Education
• Strategic policy unit consisting of 7 “mirror departments”
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4. Federal Chancellery of Austria Interest in the FLI
Improving policy development and implementation; using Foresight as a vehicle
Exploring applicative potential of Government Foresight for:
1. policies (strategies, action plans, progress reports, funding)
2. ex-ante policy instruments (regulatory impact assessment, strategic environmental assessment)
3. strategic coordination
• Promoting systematic interministerial/intersectoral/multilevel exchange on Government Foresight
• Promoting continuous, structured and methodically robust generation and use of Government Foresight
6. Federal Chancellery of AustriaInformation Needs on the FLI
• Evaluation of added value and impacts of FLI for developing and implementing robust regulative and policy frame (Government Foresight ordered by issues, methods, spatial/temporal horizon, institutions and application area)
• Analysis and improvement of coordinating mechanisms and practices for vertical and horizontal integration of the FLI into policymaking
• Assessment of the necessary methodical capacity building and training measures for exercising and using Government Foresight
• Government Foresight Networking Database (competencies and references of institutions)
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5. 2010 FLIS Blossom Case Study Austria Perception at Federal Level
Usefulnes: valuable input on the FLI and its use in the environmental policymaking in Austria; increased comparability of institutional practices with other EU MS
Challenges: ongoing revision, better dissemination, participatory approach, enhanced issue and spatial horizon (social dimension), definition of FLI/Foresight, evaluation of the use of FLI for ex-ante and ex-post policy instruments; synergies with the similar EU projects (e.g. EFP, LIAISE)
Thank you for your attention.
Contact:
Dr. Ana Jakil
Federal Chancellery of Austria
Department for Environment, Sustainable Development and Transport
Ballhausplatz 1, 1014 Vienna
phone: +43 1 531 15-2193