Foresight panel
A foresight panel operates in connection with the working group that coordinates government analysis, assessment and research activities. The panel coordinates the government’s joint foresight activities and serves as a cooperation network for the ministries in their work related to preparation of the Government foresight report.
Objectives and tasks
The objective of the working group is to consolidate the work and coordination of joint foresight activities in government. The panel communicates and liaises in government in matters related to foresight and participates in the formulation of the Government foresight report.
The panel and its members tasks are to:
- advance processes related to foresight activities in their ministries;
- coordinate the preparation of the ministries’ futures reviews;
- communicate foresight information in their ministries and the ministry’s administrative branch;
- identify foresight needs;
- engage their ministries in the formulation of the foresight report in ways that will be determined separately; and
- submit a proposal for each government term for coordinating the drafting of a description of the context of operations or other foresight work as the basis for the futures reviews of the ministries.
Composition (e-mail: [email protected])
Prime Minister's Office
Chair: Jouni Varanka, Ministerial Adviser
Ministry for Foreign Affairs
Johanna Ketola, Senior Researcher
deputy member: Maria Ågren, Senior Researcher
Ministry of Justice
Minna Branders, Chief Expert
deputy member: Vava Lunabba, Head of Unit
Ministry of the Interior
Leena Seitovirta, Senior Specialist
deputy member: Hanna-Miina Sihvonen, Senior Specialist
Ministry of Defence
Terhi Ylitalo, Senior Specialist
deputy member: Marikaisa Tiilikainen, Ministerial Adviser
Ministry of Finance
Tiina Kevätjärvi, Senior Specialist
deputy member: Markku Stenborg, Senior Ministerial Adviser
Ministry of Education and Culture
Tomi Halonen, Councellor of Education
deputy member: Petri Haltia, Ministerial Adviser
Ministry of Agriculture and Forestry
Elina Nikkola, Ministerial Adviser
deputy member: Pasi Valli, Ministerial Adviser
Ministry of Transport and Communications
Vera Kojo, Senior Ministerial Adviser, Development Planning
Ministry of Employment and the Economy
Tiina Tikka, Development Manager
deputy member: Seppo Kangaspunta, Ministerial Adviser
Ministry of Social Affairs and Health
Riikka Pellikka, Senior Specialist
deputy member: Pasi Pohjola, Strategy Director
Ministry of the Environment
Tanja Suni, Research Director
deputy member: Juha-Pekka Maijala, Senior Engineer
Permanent experts
Antti Pelkonen, Science Specialist, Prime Minister's Office
Secretaries
Vice Chair: Jaana Tapanainen-Thiess, Chief Expert, Prime Minister's Office
Ossi Piironen, Chief Expert, Prime Minister's Office
Venla Kuuluvainen, Expert, Prime Minister's Office