Foresight in Strategic Planning and Technology Foresight in Kazakhstan: making Decisions about Long-term Investment in Science, International Experience

Yelena Shevchenko and Victor Stukach

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Abstract: Development of the national science, technology and innovation (STI) strategy is a complicated process associated with a high level of uncertainty. Establishment of efficient framework for STI policy planning in Kazakhstan is an essential element of the sustainable policy planning system. From a perspective of future management, foresight provides a basis for decision-making process by identifying key areas for a long-term investments and assessing long-term perspectives of science, technology, economy and society. Foresight allows setting up future priorities by focusing on different aspects of anticipated changes. The main purpose of this paper is to investigate the role of foresight in the decision-making process and to elaborate recommendations on effective integration of national foresight results into the process of STI policy planning in Kazakhstan.

Keywords: foresight; forecast; future studies; government policies; STI priorities; strategic policy planning; emerging issue analysis; priority setting; S&T program planning; strategic planning system; International Experience foresight. (search for similar items in EconPapers)
JEL-codes: O2 O21 O3 O32 O33 (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Date: 2017-02, Revised 2018-03
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Published in Scholars Journal of Economics, Business and Management (SJEBM) e-ISSN 2348-5302 Economics, Business and Management, 2018, 53.10(2018): pp. 240-249

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