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

*Research Pillar*Intergovernmental Forums Pillar *Knowledge Brokering Pillar

Implementation of the three main pillars of MOST within the 38/C

Pillar1/ResearchResearchReports

•“Vinculando alos varones conellogro delaigualdad degenero en AmericaLatinayelCaribe’’,CLACSO,January2016

•“Stateoftheartreview:InterculturalDialogueandSocialtransformation’’,Author:DrNoraRatzman,January2016

•‘’PoliticalparticipationofAfrodescendantyouthinLimon’’,Authors:Charaf AhmimedandSofiaQuesada-Montano,April2016

• ‘’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

• 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

Pillar 2/MOSTintergovernmental forums

MOSTMinisterialForums

• 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

Pillar3/KnowledgeBrokeringPillar

Organization ofMOSTschools ImplementationoftheUNESCOInclusivePolicyLab

OrganizationofFuturesLiteracyLabs

-MostSchool‘’Researchforpublicpoliciesongenderequality’’,ElSalvador,SanSalvador,2016

-MOSTSchool‘’LocalSocialGovernance:AllianceBuildingandEmpowerment’’,Chengdu,China,24-26October2016

-MOSTSchoolon‘’InclusiveCities:SDGsandYouthLeadershipintheArabregion’’,Beirut,Lebanon,21-22July2016

- 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

*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

MOSTMinisterialForumsCameroon

Evaluation

-Economic,social,political,environmentaldriversofmigration-Importanceofformulatingpoliciesbasedonresearch-Enthusiasticsupportforthecoordinationofregionalnetworks,allowingforumtobepartofabroaderprocess,connectingwithMOSTschools/researchnetworks/otherinitiativespartoftheAgenda2030- StrengthenedthecooperationwithUNsysteminCameroon,theUNDESA,UNEP

The1rstMOSTForumofMinistersofSocialDevelopmentforCentralAfrica,Yaoundé,Oct24-26,2016.Focusedon‘’Insecurityandmigration:ImpactonWomenandYouth’’

MOSTSchools

5MOSTSchools

-MostSchool‘’Researchforpublicpoliciesongenderequality’’ElSalvador,SanSalvador,1-4March2016

-MOSTSchoolon‘’Methodologiesforinclusiveyouthpolicies’’Havana,Cuba,12-15July2016

-MOSTSchool‘’LocalSocialGovernance:AllianceBuildingandEmpowerment’’,Chengdu,China,24-26October2016

- MOSTForesightSchool,MongolianUniversityofScienceandTechnology,UlanBator,Mongolia,29September2015

- 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

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:

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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