What do we mean by foresight?

Skills Foresight has been defined as a 'systematic, participatory, future intelligence gathering and medium-to-long-term vision-building process aimed at present-day decisions and mobilising joint actions'1. In simple terms, it is a tool which supports the design and implementation of policies with a medium- to long-term perspective.

By helping to anticipate and understand future developments in a policy area or sector, or in the system as a whole, foresight s...