NetworkWeaving - #Week13: The role of political #Champions
My #2025 #Week13 #belatedupdate #networkexperiment #thepowerofongoingconnection #makingtheinvisiblevisible
💫 Thank you to the following people in the week commencing 7th April for inspiring me in our #fieldandmovementbuilding #conversations & #collaborations - and being so generous with your time & insights as we share, explore and build together!
🩵 Elizabeth Cousens - United Nations Foundation: #Reordering, #pivots and the #future of the #multilateralsystem including the role of the #DFG and upcoming #UNSpecialEnvoyonFutureGenerations - now even more important then ever
🩵Andrew Mace - Gates Foundation - impact of current #UK and #US aid cuts on capabilities for #innovation and #reimagination
🩵Dr. Lydia Kostopoulos (PhD) Abundance Studio - the changing nature of the #foresightmarket and learning from her about how #GenAI prompts both support #foresightwork and activate the #humanpraxis requiring #judgement and #imagination
🩵Deša Srsen and Erica Bol - European Commission: discussing #IGF Strategy - read my paper here on Intergenerational social cohesion is a strategic foundation for a powerful EU future
🩵Ruth Shaber, MD and Graça Fonseca from #FuturaFoundation: activating a #FutureGenerations Movement in #Portugal through hashtag#coalitionbuilding, g#nationaldialogues and #mainstreaming #futuresliteracy, with a focus on the h#transformativepower of young women
🩵Arianna Jimenez - Freedom Together Foundation: how #foresight intersects with the hard work of building #democracy and #civicactivism - and #empoweredinfrastructure to #reimagine, centre #hope and #mobiliseaction
🩵Alexandre Caldas and Jason Jabbour UN Environment Programme: exploring how to embed #futures and #foresight into #StrategicPlanning with leaders and enabling new cross-system dialogue - Also explored post #sdg framework - see summary video here: https://lnkd.in/ekSiYV3a
💫You can read the full #Dispatches 2 about the conversation with Alexandre Caldas on what could replace the #SDGs => using #DFG principles to integrate foresight and #intergenerational perspectives into what comes next
💫A special mention to the many inspiring #Kenyan #senators and #officials who made the #KenyaSenate #FuturesCaucus #StrategicForesight Retreat so powerful. The wonderful Senators: Ledama Olekina, Senator Crystal Asige, Hamida Kibwana Senator Karungo wa Thang'wa and Senators Margaret Kamar, Wakili Hillary Kiprotich Sigei, Mwenda Gataya Mo Fire as well as officials too many to mention ably led by Jeremiah Nyegenye Brenda Ogembo, PhD, Linda Chavera. The combination of interest, commitment and ability to make change in service of current and future generations was indeed impressive. Where Kenya goes, I hope many other countries follow.
💫 The wonderful Jamaican Permanent Representative to the UN, Brian Wallace, cofacilitator of the #UNDeclarationOnFutureGenerations gave an inspiring opening message to the #Kenyan senate leaders - see it below for a 2 minute masterclass in supporting political leadership on #longtermism and #futuregenerations.
💫 And on that topic, watch the video below that for my insights from those few days together in the #MasaiiMara - including the importance and value of #political allies when building a #futuregenerationsmovement. (And for the full dispatch #3 read here)