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TRAINING COURSE
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21-24 SEPTEMBER 2015
FORESIGHT AND STRATEGIC PLANNING 4-day programme
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Shaping the present, mapping the future. This course examines advanced methods for mapping emerging security challenges. It explores the fundamentals of strategic planning, planning methodologies, and policymaking under uncertainty. Specifically, it exposes participants to foresight methodologies and the strategic planning process, including the circumstances under which specific tools may be applied.
Dr Gustav Lindstrom Dr Lindstrom is the Head of the Emerging Security Challenges Programme at the GCSP. He currently represents the GCSP on the Executive Academic Board of the European Security and Defence College and serves as the co-chair of the PfP-C Emerging Security Challenges Working Group.
Key benefits for you As a participant, you will have an opportunity to: • Learn about different foresight and strategic planning methodologies, including their respective benefits and shortcomings; • Identify barriers and drivers to the implementation of policies based on foresight results; • Gain insights on global trends and emerging security challenges;
Dr Christina Schori Liang Dr Schori Liang is a Programme Advisor and Senior Fellow at the Emerging Security Challenges Programme at the GCSP. She regularly lectures at universities and defence academies, including at the NATO Defense College and the European Commission.
• Access an extensive network of experts in international affairs, law and security as a GCSP alumnus.
Faculty profiles Speakers include GCSP’s international faculty composed of academics and practitioners with broad experience in international affairs, security policy, diplomacy and military affairs, as well as high-level international guest speakers from civil society, government, academia and international organisations.