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MOST INTERGOVERNMENTAL COUNCIL
REPORT ON ACTIVITIES IMPLEMENTED BY THE SECRETARIATSINCE THE
12TH SESSION OF THE IGC (1-2 June 2015)
Intergovernmental Council of the Management of Social
Transformations (MOST) Programme13th session
Kuala Lumpur, 16-17 March 2017 Agenda Item 2
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*Research Pillar*Intergovernmental Forums Pillar *Knowledge
Brokering Pillar
Implementation of the three main pillars of MOST within the
38/C
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Pillar1/ResearchResearchReports
•“Vinculando alos varones conellogro delaigualdad degenero en
AmericaLatinayelCaribe’’,CLACSO,January2016
•“Stateoftheartreview:InterculturalDialogueandSocialtransformation’’,Author:DrNoraRatzman,January2016
•‘’PoliticalparticipationofAfrodescendantyouthinLimon’’,Authors:Charaf
AhmimedandSofiaQuesada-Montano,April2016
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‘’FramingMigrationasaStrategicIssueforSHSProgramming’’,MOSTSecretariat,April2016
•“SustainabilityScienceFramework”,UniversityofSouthampton.June,2016
•"HistoriesandHumanitiesintheArabregion“,ACSSandCISH(Byblos),September2016.
•’Enjeux etdéfis desmobilités africaines auXXIe siècle,Afrique
centrale’’,Author:DrPapaDemba Fall,CODESRIA,Sept2016
•‘’Migrationasadevelopmentchallenge’’,MOSTSecretariat,November2016
Policy-orientedscientificevents
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UNESCO-NOPOORRoundtable‘’MeasuringPovertyandBeyond,Paris,France,1July2015
•WorldSocialScienceForum,September2015,Durban,SouthAfrica,12-15September2015
•FirstGlobalConferenceonAnticipation’’,Trento,Italy,5-7Nov2015
•VIIConferenceofSocialSciencesinLatinAmerica&theCaribbean,Medellin,Colombia,9-10Nov2015
•SymposiumonSustainabilityScience(SuS)&the2030agenda,Paris,France,5-6April2016
•4thWorldHumanitiesForum(WHF),Sejon
City,RepublicofKorea,27-29October2016
•UNESCOSocialandHumanSciencesEventattheCOP22,Marrakech,Morocco,11Nov2016
•UNESCO-CLACSOSymposium‘’ContemporarychallengesinLAandtheCaribbean,Paris,France,15December2016
•’SecondSymposium:Thematicsymposium’’,Jakarta,Indonesia,19-21December2016
Publications
•2016WorldSocialsciencereport,ISSCandIDS,UNESCO
•MOSTDiscussionPapersseries:“SetAdrift”,DeportationexperienceMarshalIslands
•MOSTDiscussionPapersseries:“InterculturalDialogueandSocialTransformation’’
•MOOConClimateJustice,SHSSector,Rabat,Morocco,May2016
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Pillar 2/MOSTintergovernmental forums
MOSTMinisterialForums
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The1rstMOSTForumofMinistersofSocialDevelopmentforCentralAfrica,Yaoundé,Cameroon,24-26October2016
Events&Interagencycooperation MOSTstatutorymeetings
I.UNDESA/MOSTeventon‘’Incorporatingeconomicandenvironmentalperspectivesinsocialpolicymaking’’,3and4June2016
II.54th
sessionoftheCommissionforSocialDevelopment(CSocD),UNHeadquarters,NewYork,US,3-4February2016UNpartnership(DESA&UNRISD)/Bilateralmeetings(UNRISD&UNDESA)/InteragencymeetingstostrengthenMOST’sroleintheSDGsIII.55th
sessionoftheCommissionforSocialDevelopment,UNHeadquarters,NewYork,US,1-6February2017StrengthenedUNESCO’spositioninaplenarypanel‘’PromotingIntegratedPoliciesforPovertyeradication,SDGs’’MOSTco-organized2eventswithICSW,IASSW,Finland&UNRISD
-TheExtraordinarySessionoftheIGC,UNESCOHeadquarters,14November2015,electedthenewBureauanddelegatedauthoritytoadoptMOSTstrategy
-MeetingoftheBureauoftheIGC,UNESCOHeadquarters,27-28January2016,endorsedComprehensiveMOSTStrategy
-MeetingoftheIGCBureau,UNESCOHeadquarters,15-16September2016
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Pillar3/KnowledgeBrokeringPillar
Organization ofMOSTschools
ImplementationoftheUNESCOInclusivePolicyLabOrganizationofFuturesLiteracy
Labs
-MostSchool‘’Researchforpublicpoliciesongenderequality’’,ElSalvador,SanSalvador,2016
-MOSTSchool‘’LocalSocialGovernance:AllianceBuildingandEmpowerment’’,Chengdu,China,24-26October2016
-MOSTSchoolon‘’InclusiveCities:SDGsandYouthLeadershipintheArabregion’’,Beirut,Lebanon,21-22July2016
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MOSTSchoolon‘’Methodologiesforinclusiveyouthpolicies’’,Havana,Cuba,12-15July2016
-MostSchoolon‘’Diplomacy,globalgovernanceandthepost-2015internationaldevelopmentagenda’’,Moscow,Russia,28-30October2015
-MOSTForesightSchool,MongolianUniversityofScienceandTechnology,UlanBator,Mongolia,29September2015
SouthEastAsia-Cambodia,Malaysia,TimorLeste:multidimensionalpolicyagendasforinclusivesocialdevelopment(Activityn9230)-Brunei,thePhilippines,andMalaysia:‘’ValorizingEvidenceonInclusiveSocialdevelopmenttoAchievetheSDGs’’(Activityn13008)-Indonesia:OperationoftheSouthEastAsiaarmoftheUNESCOInclusivePolicyLab(ActivityN11131)
Futureon-the-groundprojects:-
LACandSouthern&WestAfricaregions
-GLOBAL:completede-infrastructureoftheLabplatform
- ImaginingAfrica’sFuture,Rabat,Morocco,June25-26,2015-
RethinkingEducation,Bangkok,ThailandSept1-3,2015-
TheFutureofMongolia,Ulaanbaatar,Mongolia,Sep20–Oct2,2015-
FuturesLiteracy‘’AdvancingaCommunityofPracticeinAfrica–
TheFutureofUrbanizationandWaterinNorthAfrica’’Rabat,Morocco,Dec4-5,2015-
SocialTransformations,Tunis,Tunisia,3-4March,2016-
‘’WhatDevelopmentforWhatUruguay?’’Montevideo,Uruguay,March28-30,2016-
‘’ReframingMobilityandIdentity:theFutureofAfrica?’’Paris,France,July4-5,2016-
YouthForum,Paris,October26-28,2016-
DevelopingtheCapacityof(Young)LeaderstoUsetheFuture,Antipolo
City,Rizal,Philippines,13-16November2016
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*MOST Ministerial Forums*MOST Schools*UNESCO Inclusive Policy
Lab*MOST Futures Literacy Labs
Implementation of innovative activities responding top the
priorities defined by
the IGC within the 38/C
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MOSTMinisterialForumsCameroon
Evaluation
-Economic,social,political,environmentaldriversofmigration-Importanceofformulatingpoliciesbasedonresearch-Enthusiasticsupportforthecoordinationofregionalnetworks,allowingforumtobepartofabroaderprocess,connectingwithMOSTschools/researchnetworks/otherinitiativespartoftheAgenda2030-
StrengthenedthecooperationwithUNsysteminCameroon,theUNDESA,UNEP
The1rstMOSTForumofMinistersofSocialDevelopmentforCentralAfrica,Yaoundé,Oct24-26,2016.Focusedon‘’Insecurityandmigration:ImpactonWomenandYouth’’
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MOSTSchools
5MOSTSchools
-MostSchool‘’Researchforpublicpoliciesongenderequality’’ElSalvador,SanSalvador,1-4March2016
-MOSTSchoolon‘’Methodologiesforinclusiveyouthpolicies’’Havana,Cuba,12-15July2016
-MOSTSchool‘’LocalSocialGovernance:AllianceBuildingandEmpowerment’’,Chengdu,China,24-26October2016
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MOSTForesightSchool,MongolianUniversityofScienceandTechnology,UlanBator,Mongolia,29September2015
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MostSchoolon‘’Diplomacy,globalgovernanceandthepost-2015internationaldevelopmentagenda’’,Moscow,Russia,28-30October2015
-MOSTSchoolon‘’InclusiveCities:SDGsandYouthLeadershipintheArabregion’’,Beirut,Lebanon,21-22July2016
Observationsonthe5MOSTSchools
The
successoftheprocessdependsheavilyontheinitialidentificationofcapableandcommittednationalpartners
-71%ofparticipantswerewomen-MOSTSchoolsweregivenhighmarks(91%
satisfied,94%wouldrecommend)
-Civilsocietyrepresentativesareeagerusersofresearch-Amajorityofparticipantsindicatedthattheworthofresearchinpolicymakingwasrecognized
intheirworkplaces
Differentfrequencywithwhichresearchisusedbetweenpolicymakersandrepresentativesfromcivilsociety
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UNESCOInclusivePolicyLab
Onlineservice:E-infrastructureGLOBAL:e-infrastructureofthelabplatformcompletedandlaunched,Feb2017(globalonlineservice+4regionalarms)-WorkconcernsboththeglobalonlineserviceoftheLaband4regionalarms-Developedinthefirsthalfofthe38C/5
On-the-ground2016-2017Programme:4regions
SouthEastAsia
-Cambodia,Malaysia,TimorLeste
:multidimensionalpolicyagendasforinclusivesocialdevelopment(Activityn9230)
-Brunei,thePhilippines,andMalaysia:‘’ValorizingEvidenceonInclusiveSocialdevelopmenttoAchievetheSDGs’’,Improvingresearchandevidenceininclusivepolicyandplanningprocesses(Activityn.13008)-Malaysia:Financialsupporttoactivitiesn.9230andn.13008)
-Indonesia:OperationoftheSouthEastAsiaarmoftheUNESCOInclusivePolicyLab(Activityn.11131)
FundedbyUNESCOandUNPRPD
Futureon-the-groundprojects
Southern&WestAfrica-OperationoftheSouthernAfricanarmoftheUNESCOinclusivePolicyLab(Activityn.11132)
LAC-CentralAmerica:Operationfo
theCentralAmericanarmofUNESCOInclusivePolicyLab(Activityn.11126)
Improvingavailability,accessibilityandusageofresearchandevidenceininclusivepolicy,tosupportSDG’simplementation
Emphasisonsupportingpublicinstitutionsinthedesignofinclusivepolicies
Supportingnationalcounterpartsinframingjoined-upandmultidimensionalinclusivepolicyagendas
Inclusion-proofing/inclusion-auditingselectnationalpolicies
Concerned with:
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FuturesLiteracyLabs-
9thUNESCOYouthForum,Paris,France,October26-28,2016-
‘’ReframingMobilityandIdentity:theFutureofAfrica?’’Paris,France,July4-5,2016-
WhatDevelopmentforWhatUruguay?Montevideo,Uruguay,March28-30,2016-
RethinkingEducation,Bangkok,Thailand,Sept1-3,2015-
TheFutureofMongolia,Ulaanbaatar,Mongolia,Sep20–Oct2,2015-
DevelopingtheCapacityof(Young)LeaderstoUsetheFuture,Antipolo
City,Rizal,Philippines,13-16November,2016-
Morocco:ImaginingAfrica’sFuture,Rabat,June25-26,2015-
FuturesLiteracy‘’AdvancingaCommunityofPracticeinAfrica–
TheFutureofUrbanizationandWaterinNorthAfrica,Rabat,Morocco,Dec4-5,2015-
SocialTransformations,Tunis,Tunisia,3-4March,2016
4mainpurposes
I.Empowerparticipantsbyhelpingthemlearnabouttheiranticipatoryassumptions
II.Inthelab,usecollectiveintelligencetoanalyzeimportantissues
III.ApplytheorytopracticeofFuturesLiteracy
IV.Providetheopportunitytotestandevaluatearangeofdifferentconfigurationsandprocesses,inordertoimprovethequalityandunderstandingoftheFLLs
Evaluationonthe9activitiesorganizedduringthereportingperiod:
-Differenttypesofparticipants(youthparticipants,universityresearchers,governmentpolicymakers)-Provedbeingeffectivetools
for:I.buildingcapacityII.RethinkingkeychallengesIII.DevelopingcommunitiesofpracticeandresearchIV.Advancingthedesignknowledgeofthelabs
Planned:-
Co-publicationwithRoutledge,‘’TransformingtheFuture:Anticipationinthe21rstCentury’’,willprovideindepthanalysisof30FLLsrunbyUNESCOsince2012
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