International Law

Australia 2020 summit: scenario planning on a national scale?

The Rudd Government is convening an Australia 2020 Summit at Parliament House on 19 and 20 April to help shape a long term strategy for the nation?s future.

The Summit will debate and develop long-term options for the nation across 10 critical areas. It is not clear whether the summit will actually do scenario planning.

The objectives are described as:

• To harness the best ideas across the nation
• To apply those ideas to the 10 core challenges that the Government has identified for Australia ? to secure our long-term future through to 2020
• To provide a forum for free and open public debate in which there are no predetermined right or wrong answers
• For each of the Summit?s 10 areas to produce following the Summit options for consideration by government
• For the Government to produce a public response to these options papers by the end of 2008 with a view to shaping the nation?s long-term direction from 2009 and beyond.

Full post as published by David Jacobson's External Insights on February 04, 2008 (boomark / email).