ICESCO Holds Training Session in Strategic Foresight, AI

The Center for Foresight and Artificial Intelligence at the Islamic World Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization (ICESCO) concluded, in Tunis, its training session, “Introduction to Strategic Foresight and Artificial Intelligence.” 

The session was organized in cooperation with the Tunisian National Commission for Education, Science and Culture, and the Tunisian National Center for Educational Technologies. The event reflects the Organization’s commitment to promoting a culture of forward thinking in its Member States, anticipating future events, and fostering innovation in governance and educational systems.

The session targeted directors and officials from the Tunisian Ministry of Education, pursuant to a memorandum of understanding signed in February 2025 between ICESCO and the Tunisian National Center for Educational Technologies. 

The MoU provides for equipping specialists with a solid foundation in foresight concepts and methodologies and introducing them to the transformative potential of artificial intelligence in policy planning and educational reform.

The three-day session was supervised by Dr. Kais Hammami, Head of ICESCO’s Center for Strategic Foresight and Artificial Intelligence. Participants benefited from practical sessions and group exercises which focused on exploring the concepts of strategic foresight, highlighting its basic principles and tools, conducting scenario-building exercises, and designing flexible and adaptable strategies by using real data and analyzing emerging trends to envision the future. 

In addition, the session cast light on the intersections between foresight and AI by exploring the nature of their relationship and how to rely on AI tools to draw accurate and realistic future scenarios.