anticipatory governance

Today, governance has become one of the broadest interdisciplinary concepts in the literature of administration and policy-making in the world, and various fields in government and governance, from the economic and industrial sector to the social fields, try to apply this knowledge. “Anticipatory governance” is a way of decision-making that constantly examines the horizon of changes that require adaptation in our plans and behavior. The research is "applied" in terms of purpose and "qualitative" in terms of nature with an exploratory approach. The community of this research is articles in the field of "Anticipatory governance" jointly or separately. The method of collecting information is a document-library method with a Meta-synthesis method for extracting factors. By using the method of Meta-Synthesis of codes, themes and categories of "anticipatory governance" were extracted. The findings of this research show that predictive anticipatory has five dimensions: "Cultural", "Network", "Foresight", "Policymaking" and "Feedback", which is shown in the conceptual model of the research. At the end, a number of suggestions have been provided for those in charge of governance affairs.

The acceleration of science and technology development and the expansion of international communications in the twenty-first century have presented the world with numerous complexities and uncertainties in terms of global, regional, and national governance and policymaking. The Millennium Project identified the most significant challenges facing the millennium and their long-term prospects, as well as provided solutions to incorporate these perspectives into decision-making through the use of futures studies and broad participation of futurists and researchers. The Millennium Project's 15 global challenges are briefly discussed in this paper, utilizing previous studies (mostly published by the Millennium Project) and a descriptive-analytical research method. It first discusses the benefits of foresight in decision making.  The strategies and activities proposed by global experts to integrate global perspectives and foresight with global decision making will then be reported based on the Millennium Project results. Finally, after reporting on some countries' efforts to integrate foresight and decision making, some suggestions for how to link foresight and long-term perspectives with policy making in Iran are made. The findings of this paper can leverage incorporation of foresight into policy formulation and governance, as well as develop what is referred to as 'anticipatory governance' for Iran's context.