FOCUS - FOCUS Results

FOCUS Project Results:

FOCUS will deliver the following new knowledge and products as tangible input for the planning of security research in contribution to the EU's comprehensive approach:

Thematic scenarios and plausibility-probed reference scenarios with maps of options, hypertext-based (described on different levels of abstraction, accessible on each level). This will enable users from different audiences to start at different levels of descriptions, working down to the required level of detail.
A toolkit for scenario planning of tracks and roles for security research associated with future EU roles. This will be in the form of an applied solution in the form of a knowledge space where IT services can be orchestrated to provide a flexible, personalized and on-demand platform to perform analysis, design, communication, storage and evaluation of scenarios in the specific context of security research planning.
A security research roadmap proposal in the form of a systematic compilation and focusing of scenario descriptions, expert knowledge and further foresight results as well as calibration of opposed expert opinions and expectations as well as divergent outcomes of the scenario foresight process.

Downloads:

The public deliverables, milestones, symposium/workshop reports and other documents of the FOCUS project are available in the downloads section. The download section also includes:

Overview table of FOCUS steps and results/output:

Comprehensive approach	Natural disasters & global environmental change	Critical infrastructure & supply chain protection		EU as a global actor based on the wider Petersberg Tasks	EU internal framework
Common scenario foresight methodology and strategy for integration of results
Foresight tool repertory (identification, summary and assessment of publicly available tools)
Working version of IT-based Knowledge Platform, with "scenario tools workbench" as current front end and definitions of scenario foresight processes
Environmental scanning and problem space description	Environmental scanning and problem space description		Environmental scanning and problem space description	Environmental scanning and problem space description	Environmental scanning and problem space description
Summary of problem space descriptions with proposed cross-cutting key drivers Policy brief: FOCUS project newsletter no. 3
Scenario foresight process completed	Scenario foresight process completed		Scenario foresight process completed	Scenario foresight process completed	Scenario foresight process completed
Context scenarios: Future EU roles	Context scenarios: Future EU roles		Context scenarios: Future EU roles	Context scenarios: Future EU roles	Context scenarios: Future EU roles
Syllabus of scenarios for "EU 2035" security roles
Implementation of so-far tools (e.g. online questionnaires) and results in the further development of the IT-based Knowledge Platform	Implementation of so-far tools (e.g. online questionnaires) and results in the further development of the IT-based Knowledge Platform		Implementation of so-far tools (e.g. online questionnaires) and results in the further development of the IT-based Knowledge Platform	Implementation of so-far tools (e.g. online questionnaires) and results in the further development of the IT-based Knowledge Platform	Implementation of so-far tools (e.g. online questionnaires) and results in the further development of the IT-based Knowledge Platform
Alternative futures: Scenarios for future security research in support of future EU roles	Alternative futures: Scenarios for future security research in support of future EU roles		Alternative futures: Scenarios for future security research in support of future EU roles	Alternative futures: Scenarios for future security research in support of future EU roles	Alternative futures: Scenarios for future security research in support of future EU roles
Thematic scenario portfolio for "security research 2035"
Implementation of results in the further development of the IT-based Knowledge Platform	Implementation of results in the further development of the IT-based Knowledge Platform		Implementation of results in the further development of the IT-based Knowledge Platform	Implementation of results in the further development of the IT-based Knowledge Platform	Implementation of results in the further development of the IT-based Knowledge Platform
Addressing of cross-cutting aspects and capabilities, including ethics issues (with some cross-theme foresight work)
Comprehensive scenario assessment questionnaire
Total assessment of scenario drivers
Information, results and requirements from related projects
Plausibility probe and input into reference scenario process	Plausibility probe and input into reference scenario process		Plausibility probe and input into reference scenario process	Plausibility probe and input into reference scenario process	Plausibility probe and input into reference scenario process
Plausibility-probed reference scenario syllabus with wiki implementation Policy brief: FOCUS project newsletter no. 5
End-user memorandum on/evaluation of the reference scenarios
FOCUS conclusions for "Security Research 2035"
Roadmap for the planning of "Security Research 2035, including European Security (Research) Glossary This is a light version of the roadmap, implemented on the IT-based Knowledge Platform. The full version of the roadmap is available to registered users. (The Deliverable describing the full roadmap is public and available here.) The FOCUS roadmap proposal for the planning of "Security Research 2035" is geared towards implementation of anticipated research requirements as they arise from the FOCUS reference scenarios, as well as from analysis of cross-cutting (cross-scenario) aspects and transversal issues that are scenario-independent. The roadmap moreover provides a knowledge landscape for the systematic selection of overall FOCUS content and results.
Generic curriculum model for education and training required in the reference scenarios and by the roadmap (for registered users)
Final version of IT-based Knowledge Platform (The Deliverable describing the platform is available here)

FOCUS is part of the network of the
European Foresight Platform:

Special issue dedicated to FOCUS results - now available online