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South Africa Node Update Presentation to MP-PC July 2009, Chicago reflections on 2008/9 Global: • Global financial crisis • Bio-physical realities: climate change and resource-based economies • China & Africa? • Regional politics Local: • Inequality, instability, and ethnocentrism: The challenge of the Second Economy continues and peaks • Urbanisation • 2010 World Cup spotlight • New political administration (emphasis on social development & delivery) • National Planning Commission • COFISA wrap-up and “foresight agency” initiative • Presidency scenarios, Dinokeng scenarios Node: • SA-SOFI (ups & downs) – refine & update (HSRC partner) • “FFWD” conceptualisation (Rockefeller support) • SA - Global Millennium Prize pilot (COFISA support) • Strategic alliances: Presidency, IERI, DST, Wits, IFR, AFI, regional • 1st Strategy session • Node central: admin & project staff, sort out website •German intern – several other requests received! “future” plans Strategic objectives: Projects: • Create open platform – human and virtual • FIC: public sector capacity – created futures, policy connection, building the capacity infrastructure (e.g. linked to NPC) • Building profile of a mega-futures tool / feedback loop (incl. SASOFI) • Innovation: Looking into different futures models – e.g. eastern and indigenous approaches to futures • FFWD (Foresight for Development online) establishment • HSP (Horizon Scanning Project) • GMP mainstream • SA-SOFI linkage with Presidency / NPC How it all holds together? SA-NODE: •Leadership / oversight •Admin & Fin •Coordination / mgmt •Repository function “to galvanise and mobilize southern African experts and networks for global futures activity / collaboration” NETWORKS: •SA Network (web-group) •Regional networks (FFWD) •MP Network (SOF) •Expert groups (Delphis) •Partnership (HSRC, IERI, Wits, IFR, AFI, Presidency, ..) EXPERTISE: •Knowledge (FFWD) •Information (Scanning) •Tools & methods (SA-SOFI, FRM) •Analysis (BTM) OUTREACH: •GMP (GET phase) •Universities challenge (M-level) •Seminars & events… •Publications •Communication, Media stat •Website “to deepen expertise in futures amongst institutions and individuals” “spreading a culture of futures thinking in the region” MP linkages… Global MP: Nodes: • SOFI • Building national futures capacity • Dictionary and any other content / tools development towards building local futures capacity • Regional futures research • Promoting of FRM v3.0 & State of the Future • … • FFWD: Nodes in / dealing with Africa, other developing nations / regions (Africa, SEA, South America) • Promote African Nodes & linkages • GMP (Mexico & other Nodes with experience to share) • BRIC(s) • …