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Break-out session 2 Group 3: Capacity development . Chair: Gordon, Christopher Rapporteur/ presenter: Sepo Hachigonta Transition Team member: Heide Hackmann. What do we mean by Capacity Building?. Researchers Supporting mechanisms for researchers Institutions Decisions makers
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Break-out session 2Group 3: Capacity development Chair: Gordon, Christopher Rapporteur/ presenter: Sepo Hachigonta Transition Team member: Heide Hackmann
What do we mean by Capacity Building? • Researchers • Supporting mechanisms for researchers • Institutions • Decisions makers • Systemic • Development partners • Practicing community Any Future Earth Support projects should have a capacity building component
What work is on-going in the region? • Open society foundation (Curriculum) • CCAA- climate change adaptation • START • SARUA • GARP • CODESA (Research and action +REDD) • ANSTI • CCAFSS • AfriCANclimate – EU • Cornege • TRECCE • MASMA List is Endless
Missing capabilities of existing initiatives as relates to Future Earth • Mapping the landscape to learn best practices • Research in transformational praxis • Capacity building in Transformation praxis • Capacity Building of academic researchers of Africa (Ourselves) to understand the Future Earth vision
Who are the key actors? Which additional actors need to be engaged? • Open society foundation (Curriculum) • CCAA- climate change adaptation • START • SARUA • GARP • CODESA (Research and action +REDD) • ANSTI • CCAFSS • AfriCAN climate – EU • Cornege • TRECCE • MASMA • African academe of science • List is Endless
Gaps and Needs for Future Earth • Integrated science • Ensuring that capacity building is integral and cross cutting among all future earth programmes • Platforms for sharing information - ICT • Looking at success stories • Use of joint degrees to be encouraged. • Isolated project vs. coupled/ consortium funding • Funders to target leadership building • Leadership training • Brain drain /gain • Mapping and assessment of who is doing what - future earth to fill identified gaps
New capabilities needed in context of Future Earth • Development of experts* who can work in trans disciplinary sectors • Science, policy research capacity • Science management • Enhancing community of practice (COP) • Need for up-scaling and out scaling • Need for integration • Monitoring effectiveness of policies • Influencing science and tech training- Educators • Capacity to collaborate • Knowledge mediation • Tool to monitor policy effectiveness • Communication skills
Take Home Message Capacity Building is a long tern activity Possible role for FE in resource mobilization Success of Future Earth depends on systemic Capacity Development driven by Africans for Africans