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Table 5 The Netherlands’s AG level under the new framework

From: Anticipatory governance for newcomers: lessons learned from the UK, the Netherlands, Finland, and Korea

Criteria

The Netherlands capability and system

Foresight system

- Two planning bureaus including the Central Planning Bureau in charge of horizon scanning

[But] The present-day policy-making tends to rely more on evidence-based forecasting for each issue cluster, not the horizon data. It means scanned outputs tend to be short-sighted while neglecting to explore novel and unexpected issues.

Networked system

- Internal workshops with experts and advisory group composed of the government officials from ministries

- Citizen and stakeholder’s participation on project through workshops and open internet site

- Issue clusters facilitated by creative group thinking exercises

Feedback system

- Networked bodies as an evaluator and reviewer during the project implementation

[But] It is hard to find feedback system after a project is finished and the final is released.

Continuity system

- Two published major reports of horizon scanning.

- [But] Since 2012, no scanning report has been published by the Dutch government alone.

- Now, most of horizon scanning functions of the Netherlands are as a part of the European Union’s horizon scanning activities.