The ultimate objectives of TRIGGER are to provide EU institutions with knowledge and tools to enhance their actorness, effectiveness and influence in global governance; and to develop new ways to harness the potential of public engagement and participatory foresight in complex governance decisions, thereby also tackling emerging trends such as nationalism, regionalism and protectionism. These overall objectives are designed to be measurable, realistic and achievable within the 36-month duration of the project. The TRIGGER consortium is composed of 14 partners, including four partners from non-EU countries.
*This project has received funding from the European Union’s Horizon 2020 research and innovation programme under grant agreement number 822735.
Results
TRIGGER will achieve its objectives thanks to the combined effort of four research sub-groups:
(i) a group focused on global and EU governance, which will create an unprecedented Atlas of Global Governance REGulation and Europe’s AcTORness (AGGREGATOR);
(ii) a group focused on the relationship between governance and emerging technologies;
(iii) a group dedicated to strategic foresight and public engagement, which will use new techniques such as AI-enabled sentiment analysis and innovative public engagement methods to develop a tool on Co-Creating the European Union (COCTEAU); and
(iv) a group specialised in dissemination and communication. All major deliverables will eventually merged into a toolkit dedicated to Public Engagement for Responsive and Shared EU Strategies (PERSEUS), which will be released at the end of the project.
ISINNOVA role
- ISINNOVA develops the Permanent Observatory for Public Engagement (POPE), that offers a map of the continuous evolution of theories and tools for public engagement, with a specific focus on large scale engagements, such as in global decisions. In particular, ISINNOVA will focus on public engagement in future-oriented scenario interactions with respect to policy making and other stakeholder actions.
- ISINNOVA will also contribute to framing, moderation and reporting of the TRIGGER participatory foresight exercises, in cooperation with ISI-Fraunhofer and involving experts and EU-level stakeholders in planned workshops.
Partners
CEPS, ISI, SPI, ISINNOVA, EPFL, ETLA, EUI, FUB, TUM, POLIMI, ESIDG, EMEA, CARI.
