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
Prime Minister's Office
Chair: Jouni Varanka, Ministerial Adviser
Ministry for Foreign Affairs
Ossi Piironen, Senior Researcher
deputy member: Kaisa Oksanen, Senior Researcher
Ministry of Justice
Venla Salmi, Research Director
deputy member: Hanna-Leena Iso-Ketola, Senior Planning Officer
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
Markus Rahkola, Senior Specialist
deputy member: Markku Stenborg, Senior Ministerial Adviser
Ministry of Education and Culture
Tomi Halonen, Councellor of Education
Ministry of Agriculture and Forestry
Elina Nikkola, Ministerial Adviser
deputy member: Pasi Valli, Ministerial Adviser
Ministry of Transport and Communications
Tiina Kaunisto, Senior Ministerial Adviser, Development Planning
deputy member: Anna Similä, Senior Ministerial Adviser
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: Liisa-Maria Voipio-Pulkki, Strategy Director
Ministry of the Environment
Tanja Suni, Research Director
deputy member: Juha-Pekka Maijala, Senior Engineer
Permanent experts
Ines Gullichsen, Senior Specialist, Prime Minister's Office
Peter Westerstråhle, Senior Specialist, Prime Minister's Office
Antti Pelkonen, Science Specialist, Prime Minister's Office
Secretaries
Vice Chair: Jaana Tapanainen-Thiess, Chief Expert, Prime Minister's Office
Jenni Lahtinen, Project Coordinator, Prime Minister's Office