Futures Capacity-Building across the UN

The purpose of this agreement is to execute support activities in relation to two specific initiatives aiming to strengthen joint future-oriented analysis, knowledge transfer and leadership in the scope of the Common Agenda. The first experiment will contributeto the articulation of Madagascar Common Country Assessment 2022, while the second will follow-up on Madagascar youth forum on development, employment and entrepreneurship to support youth engagement, understanding and ownership on the future of work for the young generations of Malagasy people. More specifically, the two initiatives can be summarised as follows: Initiative 1: CCA system thinking and futuring Under RC/UNCT global coordination, Programme Management Team in Madagascar will run a series of system-analysis and foresight workshops together with UNGP, UNITAR and UNDESA, in the context of updating Madagascar CCA (Modules 2 and 4 of the Concept Note in Annex 1). This system thinking exercise will reflect on the 4 Ps of sustainable development, i.e., prosperity, people, planet and peace. This initiative will inform UNGP’s forthcoming second foresight training for DCO. Initiative 2: Foresight exercise on youth employment In the context of a larger national effort to build foresight capacity at the governmental level, RC/UNCT with support from ILO, other UN agencies and UNGP, and in collaboration with the Government of Madagascar, will promote a foresight activity on the future of youth work with a strong engagement of Malagasy youth (Concept note in Annex 2).

Project symbol

MDG/22/04/UNO

Admin unit

CO-Antananarivo

Start date

07/10/2022

End date

31/12/2022

Total allocation

30000

Total expenditure

Status

Closed

29577

Development Partners

United Nations Office for Project Services

Country/Countries

Madagascar

Outcomes

Outcome 3: Economic, social and environmental transitions for full, productive and freely chosen employment and decent work for all