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Enhancing Capacity Building for Future Earth: Strategies and Collaborative Approaches

This session discusses the critical importance of capacity building in the Future Earth framework. It explores the roles of researchers, institutions, decision-makers, and development partners in fostering systemic capacity development within Africa. Key ongoing initiatives like CCAA, START, and SARUA demonstrate the need for integrated, cross-cutting capacity building. Participants will assess current gaps, identify key actors, share best practices, and propose strategies for effective engagement and collaboration. The overarching goal is to empower African communities to address environmental challenges sustainably.

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Enhancing Capacity Building for Future Earth: Strategies and Collaborative Approaches

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  1. Break-out session 2Group 3: Capacity development Chair: Gordon, Christopher Rapporteur/ presenter: Sepo Hachigonta Transition Team member: Heide Hackmann

  2. 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

  3. 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

  4. 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

  5. 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

  6. 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

  7. 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

  8. 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

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