Building the future together

Robin Bourgeois GFAR Secretariat

ISPC 12th Meeting Rome, September 14-16, 2015

Background: GFAR Constituent Assembly

Foresight at GFAR

Food for thought: foresight, CGIAR and GFAR

CONTENT

The GFAR Constituent Assembly

• Vision: “The Global Forum makes agri-food research and innovation systems more effective, responsive and equitable, towards achieving Sustainable Development outcomes”

• Mission: “Partners in the Global Forum, at national, regional and international levels, advocate for, and catalyse Collective Actions that strengthen and transform agri-food research and innovation systems”

• “A GFAR collective action is a multi-stakeholder programme of work at national, regional or international level, initiated by three or more partners and prioritized by the Global Forum, always including producers and with a particular focus on women and youth.

• Partners agree to commit and generate resources together, in actions or advocacy that strengthen and transform agri-food research and innovation systems towards shared demand-driven development aims and which add value through their joint actions.

• The Global Forum’s collective actions and their outcomes must be publicly recognized as contributing to the objectives of the Global Forum and the GCARD Road Map. Progress must be reported and shared with other partners through the Forum.”

Why? The state of foresight in AR4D

What do we know: current practices

Global Futures Studies are more quantitative, less inclusive

National Futures Studies are more qualitative, more inclusive

Absence of LDCs

Absence of FOs/CSOs

The state of foresight in FARD New challenges/priorities for agricultural

research and public policies

The Futures of Food and Nutrition Insecurity

Who will be farming and how?

Policies and societal values as drivers of changes

Produce more vs produce differently

Consumers’ attitudes and behaviours

Foresight at GFAR: the ethics of foresight

Using the future to change the present to change the future (going beyond pre-activity to pro-activity)

Leveling the playing field so that all Partners in GFAR can engage in shaping research and policies with a future-oriented perspective

Engaging Partners in GFAR in building the future through collective actions

Foresight at GFAR: the strategy

Under GFAR MTP Outcome 1: “Farmers and national stakeholders empowered and informed to better negotiate their own agricultural futures”

Output 1: “Operational forward thinking platform addressing key challenges for the future and related research priorities”

Output 2: “Regional foresight capacities enhanced for greater self-determination”

Output 3: “Output 1.3 Key future agriculture questions addressed, leading to national and regional options for research and policy priorities”

How to do it: The Global Foresight Hub (GFH) is a global hub with the objectives of developing GFAR constituencies’ capacities to engage in foresight and shape the future

The Global Foresight Hub: towards collective action

2013-2015

Output 1.1 Operational forward

thinking platform addressing key

challenges for the future and

related research priorities

Preparation of inputs for the GCARD2 foresight sessions

The series “The Futures of Agriculture” (48 Briefs)

Production of a glossary of terms commonly used in Futures Studies

Output 1.2 Regional foresight

capacities enhanced for greater

self-determination

Foresight prioritised in FARA MLTP; AARINENA strategic foresight

YPARD Foresight Ambassador trained and involved in implemention

Engaging Asia and Pacific young professional in forwards thinking

Developing farmer organisation capacities to engage in foresight

(Grassroots foresight)

Inclusion of foresight in workshops, meetings, conference at various

levels around the world

Output 1.3 Key future agriculture

questions addressed, leading to

national and regional options for

research and policy priorities

Foresight sessions at GCARD2 leading to the grassroots foresight

initiative

Collaboration with CGIAR for the development of foresight capacities

(CIFOR GCS Forest tenure security project and CRP AAS)

Contribution to foresight sessions at CGIAR Integrated Systems

conference

The need to improve foresight: Foster more exchange among practitioners Adress regional and sectorial imbalances

Increase interactions with decision makers

The Global Foresight Hub

O1.Forward Thinking Platform O2. Foresight Academy

O3. Policy dialogue platform

The Global Foresight Hub

The Grassroots Foresight Initiative in a nutshell

Empowering farmers’

organisations through foresight

Farmer-led Bottom-up Actionable

• Farmers as doers • Capacity building

• Global dialogue • Local initiatives

• Global priorities • Local action plans

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GFI in …

So far: INHERE in Indian North Himalayan region, PAKISAMA in the Philippines South of Palawan Island, API in Indonesia Boru community of Flores Island, CNOP in Cameroun in the Gamboma region, CNOP in Gabon in the Mtou region and CNOP republic of Congo in the Nkolmefou region. Aiming at more in Eastern Africa, Western Africa and LAC. Pending on resources

Food for thought

Where foresight fits: content

“Agri-food system Programs”

“Global integrating programs”

Provide new options Respond to challenges

Identify new challenges Assess new options

Strengthening foresight in the CGIAR

Identify new challenges Identify new options

Respond to challenges Provide new options

Identify new challenges Identify new options

Respond to challenges Provide new options

Where foresight fits: process

“Agri-food system Programs”

“Global integrating programs”

• Scenario building skills • System thinking capacities

• Adjust/Adapt modeling skills • Scenario building skills

Nested scenarios at multiple scales

Strengthening foresight in the CGIAR

Embed technology in scenario development

Embed research in policies and investments

Building the future together

Stimulating collective actions to build the future

What are the roles of ISPC, Consortium Office and GFAR Secretariat?

Reaching outside the CGIAR

CGIAR

Agri_food system

programmes

Global integrating

programmes

GFH

Forward Thinking Platform

Foresight “academy”

Policy Dialogue Platforms

Partners in GFAR

Donors and fundations

YPARD

Private sector

Regional fora

Higher Education

Advisory Services

NGOs

International organisations

Consumer associations

Farmers organisations

Consortium Office

GFAR Secretariat

ISPC