The rural regions of Europe will undergo radical change over the next two decades.Successful rural are as will achieve a sustainable balance between economic, social and environ mental aspects of development on the basis of a fully diversified knowledge based rural economy that includes...

In 2003 the European Commission set up an expert group on energy R&D statistics in order to investigate the situation in Europe. Available statistics, in particular those of EUROSTAT and the International Energy Agency, were analysed with respect to their structure, level of aggregation,...

DG Research commissioned an Expert group in the end of 2003 to develop "blueprints" for how to effectively initiate foresight processes in regions facing different types of challenges. Five blueprints aimed at foresight practitioners (i.e., regional stakeholders championing or initiating...