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Africa foresightXchange Johannesburg (South Africa), 30 Nov - 1 Dec 2015 This event brought together government officials anddevelopment practitioners from 12 African countries to share experiences andexplore opportunities for foresight in Africa. Prominent speakers, practioners and participants discussedpractice and potential of foresight, focusing on the need for inclusivevisioning, resilient planning and public innovation for development in theregion. A UNDP - CPSI collaboration. by UNDP Public Service 5 months ago UNDP PUBLIC SERVICE @UNDPPUBLICSERV · 5 MONTHS AGO [ #Africa foresightXchange] Stay tuned via #fsXc hashtag. #foresight #SouthAfrica #inno4dev HT art by #KeriMuller pic.twitter.com/nAfnhHqjfi South Africa has important and unique experience with the use of strategic foresight and scenario planning. In the 1990s, UNDP collaborated with several African governments on strategic foresight. UNDP Public Service @UNDPpublicserv 6 MONTHS AGO Looking forward to the #Africa foresightXchange. Check out @UNDPSouthAfrica work on #PublicService: za.undp.org/content/south_… #fsXc @cpsi_sa Foresight in one of the four workstreams of UNDP's Global Center for Public Service Excellence (GCPSE). In 2014 and 2015, GCPSE organised foresight events in Tonga, Rwanda, Maldives, Kazakhstan, New York, Papua New Guinea and Mauritius. https://storify.com/UNDPpublicserv/africa-foresightxchange

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Africa foresightXchangeJohannesburg (South Africa), 30 Nov - 1 Dec 2015 This event brought together government officials

anddevelopment practitioners from 12 African countries to share experiences andexplore opportunities for

foresight in Africa. Prominent speakers, practioners and participants discussedpractice and potential of foresight,

focusing on the need for inclusivevisioning, resilient planning and public innovation for development in

theregion. A UNDP - CPSI collaboration.

by UNDP Public Service 5 months ago

UNDP PUBLIC SERVICE @UNDPPUBLICSERV · 5 MONTHS AGO

[#Africa foresightXchange] Stay tuned via #fsXc hashtag. #foresight #SouthAfrica #inno4dev HT art

by #KeriMuller pic.twitter.com/nAfnhHqjfi

South Africa has important and unique experience with the use of strategic foresight and scenario planning. In

the 1990s, UNDP collaborated with several African governments on strategic foresight.

UNDP Public

Service@UNDPpublicserv

6 MONTHS AGO

Looking forward to the #Africa foresightXchange. Check out @UNDPSouthAfrica work on#PublicService: za.undp.org/content/south_… #fsXc @cpsi_sa

Foresight in one of the four workstreams of UNDP's Global Center for Public Service Excellence (GCPSE). In 2014

and 2015, GCPSE organised foresight events in Tonga, Rwanda, Maldives, Kazakhstan, New York, Papua New

Guinea and Mauritius.

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UNDP Public

Service@UNDPpublicserv

6 MONTHS AGO

Our #foresight activities in #Africa: #Rwanda (youtu.be/hpmQt_gXGMQ) #Mauritius(storify.com/UNDPpublicserv…) #fsXc #inno4dev @UNDPAfrica

Tanja Hichert@TanjaHichert

5 MONTHS AGO

Thrilled to be part of Africa foresightXchnge #fsXc. Expecting some good conversations andlearnings twitter.com/undppublicserv…

The foresighXchange was opened by Ms. Thuli Radebe, CEO of the Centre for Public Service Innovation (CPSI),

and Mr. Walid Badawi, Country Director of UNDP South Africa.

UNDP PUBLIC SERVICE @UNDPPUBLICSERV · 5 MONTHS AGO

Ms Radebe (CEO, @cpsi_sa) kicking off #Africa foresightXchange: #Foresight - a critical element of

#innovation #fsXc pic.twitter.com/9NN1lI2Hup

Ms. Radebe captured the essence of foresight in a brilliantly personal manner.

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UNDP PUBLIC SERVICE @UNDPPUBLICSERV · 5 MONTHS AGO

.@Walidbadawi (Country Dir. @UNDPSouthAfrica): UNDP Innovation Facility made this regional

#fsXc possible. #inno4dev pic.twitter.com/4fjmLF5YYI

Mr. Badawi emphasized the importance of foresight in a SDGs implementation environment.

UNDP Public

Service@UNDPpublicserv

5 MONTHS AGO

Fascinating: #Ghana's ambition for a 40 year long-term #strategy: ghana.gov.gh/index.php/medi…@UNDPGhana @cpsi_sa @UNDP_innovation #fsXc

Mr. Brito shared some important lessons from African foresight activities 20 years ago, which are still extremely

valid.

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UNDP PUBLIC SERVICE @UNDPPUBLICSERV · 5 MONTHS AGO

Jose Brito (ex Minister, #CapeVerde) presents lessons learnt of the UNDP #African #Futures

Program in the 90s. #fsXc pic.twitter.com/bBkxEx2ayS

UNDP Public

Service@UNDPpublicserv

5 MONTHS AGO

#Foresight: a constituency among political & administrative #leadership, #change mindset,engagement & greater #responsiveness key. #fsXc

UNDP Public

Service@UNDPpublicserv

5 MONTHS AGO

Brito: the biggest enemy of a #foresight exercise: business as usual. Mindset and behaviourchange vs. "ostrich" reaction. #fsXc #inno4dev

A key lesson learned during the African foresight exercises in the nineties, according to Mr. Brito, is the tendency

to see the future as 'business-as-usual'. It is a well-known fact, born out by reserach, that people have a

conginitive bias to see the future as not significantly different from the past or the present. From this point of

view, change is always incremental and manageable. We tend to spend more time and energy on reconstructing

reality in these terms then we spend anticipating and preparing for real change, disruptions and shocks. Sohttps://storify.com/UNDPpublicserv/africa-foresightxchange

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beware of 'foresight' and scenario building that simply reproduce the past and the present, the 'used future'. As

one of Jim Dator's 'Laws of the Future' has it: "Any useful statement about the future should appear to be

ridiculous".

UNDP PUBLIC SERVICE @UNDPPUBLICSERV · 5 MONTHS AGO

Don't let the future happen to you. Foresight for empowered futures! #fsXc #inno4dev HT Jose

Brito pic.twitter.com/8EUa29tcUd

After the kick-off, Marc Lepage talked to Mr. Jose Brito and Ms. Tanja Hichert, two experienced foresight

practioners, about past en present foresight experience in Africa. Marc UNDP's Knowledge & Innovation advisor in

Africa.

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PIERRE

SCHOONRAAD @PSCHOONRAAD

· 5 MONTHS AGO

@marclepage engage former Foreign Affairs Min Cape Verde José Brito & @TanjaHichert on

Foresight #fsXc @cpsi_sa pic.twitter.com/2AwWsYYyvq

UNDP PUBLIC SERVICE @UNDPPUBLICSERV · 5 MONTHS AGO

#Foresight experiences and applications being discussed at the #Africa #fsXc. See

foresightfordevelopment.org pic.twitter.com/dM0Su39wcm

Identifying the next big thing in technology is just one application of foresight. Mr. Brito highlights the

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relationship between alternative futures and national visions ('preferred future') and the importance of an

inclusively formulated and widely shared vision of the future.

Arndt Husar@ArndtHusar

5 MONTHS AGO

Brito: the National #Vision needs to be a shared one, as all actors (not just Gov't) have to act on itwith their own #strategies. #fsXc

Up next was Arndt Husar. He gave an overview of GCPSE's work on foresight and its bearing upon the other three

pillars of GCPSE's work, nl. leadership, motivation and innovation. Arndt is Deputy Director of GCPSE.

PIERRE

SCHOONRAAD @PSCHOONRAAD

· 5 MONTHS AGO

@ArndtHusar on 'New Public Passion' guiding the work of the @UNDPpublicserv #fsXc @cpsi_sa

@UNDP_innovation pic.twitter.com/KZ7K1FTcUL

Tanja Hichert@TanjaHichert

5 MONTHS AGO

.@ArndtHusar now presenting on the work of @UNDPpublicserv Themes: Motivation (New PublicPassion), leadership, foresight, innovation #fsXc

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Tanja Hichert@TanjaHichert

5 MONTHS AGO

Strategic Foresight for public service in Africa #fsXc Some excellent points by @ArndtHusar

Tanja Hichert@TanjaHichert

5 MONTHS AGO

List of foresightXchange work so far. Last item is today and tomorrow here in SA cc@aloha_futures @UNDPpublicserv #fsXc

Tanja Hichert@TanjaHichert

5 MONTHS AGO

Some great @UNDPpublicserv publications on strategic foresight. Find them hereundp.org/content/undp/e… @FFDAfrica #fsXc

Next up, Mr. Simon Springett. Simon drew attention to the potential of foresight to focus energy and resources on

realising the preferred future instead of remedying the deficiencies of the past or present. Simon is UN Resident

Co-ordinator and UNDP Resident Representative in Mauritius.

Pierre

Schoonraad@PSchoonraad

5 MONTHS AGO

Simon Springett UNDP Mauritius: 'Foresight is looking @ excellence in future not criticisingpresent' #fsXc @cpsi_sa @UNDPpublicserv

Some impressions by participants during the opening sessions:

Tanja Hichert@TanjaHichert

5 MONTHS AGO

Exploring strategic foresight for public service innovation in Africa; Sweden has a Minister for theFuture #fsXc twitter.com/ianbirrell/sta…

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UNDP Public

Service@UNDPpublicserv

5 MONTHS AGO

[Article] #Sweden's Minister of the #Future Explains How to Make Politicians Think Long-Termmotherboard.vice.com/read/swedens-m… #futures #fsXc

Marc Lepage@marclepage

5 MONTHS AGO

Jose Brito (ex Minister, #CapeVerde) presents lessons learnt of the UNDP #African #FuturesProgram in the 90s. #fsXc cc @UNCapeVerde

Peter van de

Pol@PetrusPol

5 MONTHS AGO

'Taking charge of our own future': #Foresight 4 inclusive #visioning, #resilient planning & public#innovation in #Africa #fsXc

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CPSI SOUTH AFRICA @CPSI_SA · 5 MONTHS AGO

UNDP Country Director @Walidbadawi with CPSI CEO opening the UNDP regional foresight

exchange workshop #fsXc pic.twitter.com/wmMTmQDl9Q

Mr. Bongani Matomela moderated presentations and discussion by Dr. Nii Moi Thompson and Ms. Sherin Taha on

case studies of participatory planning. Bongani is Programme Manager Governance UNDP South Africa.

Tanja Hichert@TanjaHichert

5 MONTHS AGO

Ghana facing a 'demographic imperative' for long-term planning. Just concluded nationalconsultative process involving opposition also #fsXc

Marc Lepage@marclepage

5 MONTHS AGO

Dr Thompson DG of @ndpcgh at #fsXc #Africa "we should have planned 40 years ago: let's planfor the 40 years ahead" #foresight cc @UNDPGhana

Dr. Thompson was adamant: national development visions don't belong to the government. They should be

owned by all, because everybody has a stake and a role in implementing the vision. This, of course, is one of the

key factors of making change happen.

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CPSI SOUTH AFRICA @CPSI_SA · 5 MONTHS AGO

Getting ready for session 3 presentations of case studies on participatory Foresight and Planning

#fsXc pic.twitter.com/S0fh0JLCNO

UNDP Public

Service@UNDPpublicserv

5 MONTHS AGO

Glimpses of what happened at the #Mauritius foresightXchange - Towards an Innovative CivilService: storify.com/UNDPpublicserv… #fsXc

Marc Lepage@marclepage

5 MONTHS AGO

With support from @UNDPEgypt @MCIT_News #ITI #Egypt applying foresight to anticipate anddesign human capital development programmes #fsXc

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UNDP Public

Service@UNDPpublicserv

5 MONTHS AGO

Sherin Taha (ITI #Egypt) expands on massive opportunities in the #IT sector: 300k new graduates/year. #demography #fsXc #tech @itichannel2

UNDP PUBLIC SERVICE @UNDPPUBLICSERV · 5 MONTHS AGO

#Ghana's long-term plan will use drones & 3D modelling, making #futures work & #planning

tangible. #fsXc #inno4dev pic.twitter.com/FS6RJq8do8

After the presentation and discussions, which gave participants a vivid impression of the amazing range and

depth of foresight practice and experience in Africa, it was time to go back to the basics. Peter van de Pol

presented some of the basic principles all applications of foresight share and discussed some of the most

important implications. He also categorised the most important applications of strategic foresight in three

groups: 1) create inclusive visions of the preferred future, 2) strengthen resilient and adaptive planning capacity,

and 3) explore opportunities for public innovation. Peter is senior advisor at GCPSE.

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UNDP Public

Service@UNDPpublicserv

5 MONTHS AGO

Our presentation at the #Africa foresightXchange: cpsi.co.za/wp-content/upl… #fsXc

UNDP Public

Service@UNDPpublicserv

5 MONTHS AGO

What if? This question - built into our brains - is at the heart of strategic #foresight. #adaptive#governance #fsXc #alternative #futures

Tanja Hichert@TanjaHichert

5 MONTHS AGO

.@PetrusPol talking about 'traditional' long-term strategic planning vs. 'newer' foresight methods &approaches #contingency #adapt #fsXc

Tanja Hichert@TanjaHichert

5 MONTHS AGO

. @PetrusPol "Foresight should lead to Insight should lead to Action" Application for governmentagencies. #fsXc

UNDP Public

Service@UNDPpublicserv

5 MONTHS AGO

#Foresight needs to lead to #insights and then #action! Engaged and committed #stakeholderscan ensure that we can "land the plane". #fsXc

UNDP Public

Service@UNDPpublicserv

5 MONTHS AGO

Three areas of application for #PublicSector #foresight: inclusive #visioning, resilient #planning,and public #innovation. #fsXc #inno4dev

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PIERRE

SCHOONRAAD @PSCHOONRAAD

· 5 MONTHS AGO

@PetrusPol #fsXc how 2 use Foresight 2 guide impl. of Nat. Vision in envrnmt of uncertainty -

resilient policies pic.twitter.com/Stb8fnZoZ5

Time for some action. Participants selected the foresight area they wanted to work on (visioning, planning or

innovation) and Peter put them firmly in a future situation to explore...

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UNDP PUBLIC SERVICE @UNDPPUBLICSERV · 5 MONTHS AGO

Now exploring each of these areas of application with participants. #fsXc

pic.twitter.com/Krgwlmt6MT

... but didn't allow them to become too comfortable. To make the most of foresight, peope's cognitive bias needs

to be disrupted to make sure they move beyond the 'used future'. Participants were given 'wild cards' - major

disruptive events that are unexpected but plausible - and had to reconsider, once again, the 'scenario' they were

settling on.

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UNDP PUBLIC SERVICE @UNDPPUBLICSERV · 5 MONTHS AGO

Wild cards have upset our #plan, #vision & service #innovation. The room is buzzing with new

#insights now... #fsXc pic.twitter.com/DoTrXgbDI1

CPSI South

Africa@cpsi_sa

5 MONTHS AGO

Watch: #FsXc Day 1 discussions on sustainability of Foresight projects; the case of Ghana...fb.me/3SyI2QsK8

Mr. Brito and Ms. Tanja Hickert wrapped up the first day with highlighting some of the key insights of the first day.

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NAMI TAGAWA @NAMITAGAWA · 5 MONTHS AGO

Be ambitious to challenge our future! Jose Brito #fsXc #inno4dev #foresight #Africa

pic.twitter.com/R8EmRr2d11

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NAMI TAGAWA @NAMITAGAWA · 5 MONTHS AGO

Scenario making is a gentle art of reperception @TanjaHichert #fsXc #Africa #inno4dev

pic.twitter.com/sIT2vZyiN4

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NAMI TAGAWA @NAMITAGAWA · 5 MONTHS AGO

#foresight enables us to be drivers of changes instead of victims of changes @PetrusPol #fsXc

#Africa #inno4dev pic.twitter.com/38zD8dBb7R

Day 2 kicked off with the big guns. A powerful panel of internationally renowned experts first gave presentations

on their work or preoccupations before answering questions from the audience.

Marc Lepage@marclepage

5 MONTHS AGO

Day 2 of #Africa #foresight event @mindofafox "frequency of extreme events is becoming morecommon" #fsXc #COP21

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PIERRE

SCHOONRAAD @PSCHOONRAAD

· 5 MONTHS AGO

#fsXc powerful panel with @lofioramonti Chantellibury Illbury, Lamin Manneh - Rwanda, John

Kruger RSA Planning Com pic.twitter.com/WiUbWzrkcy

UNDP Public

Service@UNDPpublicserv

5 MONTHS AGO

#Africa foresightXchange Day 2: high powered panel discussion now kicking off with @LMManneh@mindofafox @lofioramonti @npcSA. #fsXc

Tanja Hichert@TanjaHichert

5 MONTHS AGO

Day 2 of @UNDPpublicserv Regional foresightXchange for Development in Africa. Superb sessionwith @mindofafox and @lofioramonti #fsXc

First up was Ms. Chantell Ilbury, author of Mind of a Fox - Scemario Planning in Action and Games Foxes Play -

Planning for Extraordinary Times. Chantell gave us an up to date overview of scenario planning in South Africa.

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PIERRE

SCHOONRAAD @PSCHOONRAAD

· 5 MONTHS AGO

12 global flags identified by @mindofafox to take note of in Foresighting #fsXc @cpsi_sa

@UNDPpublicserv pic.twitter.com/7xwzszEBuy

Pierre

Schoonraad@PSchoonraad

5 MONTHS AGO

@mindofafox on kind of leadership we need: curiosity, passion, authenticity, agility. #fsXc

Marc Lepage@marclepage

5 MONTHS AGO

@lofioramonti #fsXc "long term planning should be centered on our natural system & socialcohesion"

Next up: Prof. Lorenzo Fioramenti, who made a strong and passionate case for planning beyond such lazy

constructs like GDP growth. Lorenzo is Professor of Political Economy at the University of Pretoria (South Africa)

and the founding director of GovInn (Center for Government Innovation). He has authored two seminal books

How Numbers Rule the World: The Use and Abuse of Statistics in Global Politics and Gross Domestic Problem:

The Politics Behind the World’s Most Powerful Number.

Lorenzo warned us to think twice before we frame our exploration of alternative futures in terms and concepts

everybody take for granted, like GDP as a reliable indicator for development. Again, foresight is about moving

beyond the 'used future'. One of the major contributions of foresight could be the identification of much morehttps://storify.com/UNDPpublicserv/africa-foresightxchange

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powerful and useful concepts to realize development.

Reimagining, reframing... all these are important key words of alternative future thinking.

UNDP PUBLIC SERVICE @UNDPPUBLICSERV · 5 MONTHS AGO

Lorenzo Fioramonti giving us a reality check on #GDP and illusions of #growth. #sustainable

#development. #fsXc pic.twitter.com/xrDqiKGoQK

Tanja Hichert@TanjaHichert

5 MONTHS AGO

Land degradation costs South Africa 58% of its GDP, but we don't account for it @lofioramontibdlive.co.za/opinion/2015/1… #fsXc

UNDP Public

Service@UNDPpublicserv

5 MONTHS AGO

.@lofioramonti: we need to be courageous & audacious with our long-term #planning to attainholistic dev't for #Africa. #GDP #fsXc #futures

After the though provoking presentation of Lorenzo, Mr Lamin M. Manneh gave a presentation of the importance

of foresight for development and the foresight work of UNDP and GCPSE in Rwanda. Lamin emphasized the

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importance of countries, leaders and people to be in the driving seat of change if the SDGs are to deliver on their

promise of the future. Lamin is UN Resident Coordinator and UNDP Resident Representative in Rwanda.

MARC LEPAGE @MARCLEPAGE · 5 MONTHS AGO

at #fsxc #Africa @LMManneh citing @HelenClarkUNDP on #foresight "..adapting the next move to

leverage new potential" pic.twitter.com/PTFmgQfKGe

UNDP Public

Service@UNDPpublicserv

5 MONTHS AGO

.@LMManneh /@UNDPRwanda: #foresight being mainstreamed thru the new govt's #InnovationFund & capacity devt by @GovernanceRw. @ashyaka #fsXc

Marc Lepage@marclepage

5 MONTHS AGO

John Kruger from @Presidency_DPME on foresight & tools for planning in South Africa #fsXc

After Lamin, John Kruger took centre stage. John gave a presentation of the organization of development

planning in the South African government and discussed some opportunities and challenges to adopt more

foresight inspired approaches in a typical government planning outlay.

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UNDP PUBLIC SERVICE @UNDPPUBLICSERV · 5 MONTHS AGO

#SouthAfrica's national #planning system: data & #prospective analysis / #foresight. HT John Kruger

@npcSA #fsXc pic.twitter.com/jsr4WZ7Kvk

Tanja Hichert@TanjaHichert

5 MONTHS AGO

Innovation, transformation and sustainable futures in Africa conference, Dakar, June 1-3, 2016africanstudies.org/dakar-2016 HT @laurap18 #fsXc

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NAMI TAGAWA @NAMITAGAWA · 5 MONTHS AGO

Drivers into a new world; globalization/digitalization/individualization/technology conversion

@mindofafox #fsXc pic.twitter.com/dvGQdfuB0n

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UNDP PUBLIC SERVICE @UNDPPUBLICSERV · 5 MONTHS AGO

Adekanye Lanre (Min. of Budget & National Planning, #Nigeria) requesting a #fsXc on #Vision2020.

@UNDPNigeria pic.twitter.com/T3ZkGmwibs

UNDP Public

Service@UNDPpublicserv

5 MONTHS AGO

Challenges experienced by #SouthAfrica's @npcSA: qualitative analysis capabilities andinstitutionalisation of #foresight exercises. #fsXc

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UNDP PUBLIC SERVICE @UNDPPUBLICSERV · 5 MONTHS AGO

Integrated approaches & new #governance models needed for #SDGs. @lofioramonti #fsXc

#WOGA pic.twitter.com/6RHk6VKpPP

Tanja Hichert@TanjaHichert

5 MONTHS AGO

"Demographic dividend in Africa: Prospects, opportunities and challenges" conference happeningright now uaps2015.princeton.edu #fsXc

Marc Lepage@marclepage

5 MONTHS AGO

Imagine a country genuinely committed to pursuing the sustainable development goals #SDGstheguardian.com/sustainable-bu… by @lofioramonti #fsXc

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Marc Lepage@marclepage

5 MONTHS AGO

MT @sspringett1 #Mauritius Strategic Foresight Xchange: instrument for an innovative CivilService govmu.org/English/News/P… #inno4dev #fsXc

UNDP PUBLIC SERVICE @UNDPPUBLICSERV · 5 MONTHS AGO

.@PSchoonraad: Where would we begin to shift the conversation away from #GDP? Set ways &

mindsets. #fsXc pic.twitter.com/mz5qKiFXqb

Now that's a thought! Lorenzo gives an example of how to make future thinking more inclusive: make scenarios

available through apps and invite people to share their insights and feedback. Traditional experts tend to fall

victim to 'group speak' and recreate the 'used future'. Alternative perspectives, knowledge and experiences are

needed to truly move beyond the idea of the future as 'business-as-usual'.

UNDP Public

Service@UNDPpublicserv

5 MONTHS AGO

.@lofioramonti: We can use scenarios in very creative ways! Feedback on #scenarios via app?Continuous dialogue! @PSchoonraad #fsXc

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UNDP Public

Service@UNDPpublicserv

5 MONTHS AGO

Change ≠ linear. We need to expand our capacity to trigger different conversations. & engageunusual suspects. #collaboration #fsXc #WAD2015

Tanja Hichert@TanjaHichert

5 MONTHS AGO

.@lofioramonti says civil society must apply pressure and push for long-term planning andperspectives #Short-termismMustFall #fsXc

The plenary part of the foresightXchange was finished on a high. Afterwards, the international participants visited

the premises of CPSI to see some of the amazing service innovations the Center is working on. Although much of

the innovation was technology-enabled, the main focus was on the quality of the service experience from the

citizen point of view or on exciting news ways to redesign public services.

Afterwards, participants held discussions with representatives of UNDP of how they could pilot or expand

foresight activities for visioning, planning and innovation.

UNDP PUBLIC SERVICE @UNDPPUBLICSERV · 5 MONTHS AGO

#fsXc delegates exploring the @cpsi_sa interactive exhibit on #PublicService #innovation. #UNDPpsi

pic.twitter.com/9hH58BiuHu

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