Asia-Europe Strategies for

the Earth Summit 2012

1st Scenario Planning Workshop 

Yogyakarta, Indonesia 17-18 July 2011

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IntroductionObjectives ProcessMethodFollow up

Making it happen

New and emerging challenges:

Economic crisisLimits of economic growthSlow response to climate changeFear of global development agendaEnergy and food insecurity

Making it happen

Responses:

Growth in developing countriesReduction in povertyIncrease of integrated programmesNew ideas and leadershipNew institutional frameworks

Making it happen

The Earth SummitUnited Nations Conference on Environment and Development in Rio de Janeiro, BrazilAgenda 21Johannesburg Plan of Implementation

Making it happen

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5g8cmWZOX8Q

Programme

3 workshopsGroup of 30 experts Foresight methodology (scenario building)

Scenario building

a process of analysing possible future events by considering alternative possible outcomes (scenarios)

presents consciously several alternative future developments

3 workshop in Bangkok

assessing all IFSD and IEG options: pros and conspositioning outcomes for Rio+20

2 workshop in Stockholm

presenting outcomes of the first workshop

integrating research outcomes

deepening futures on the base of recent developments

in IFSD and IEG creating alternative option

1 workshop in Yogjakarta

IFSD&IEG: state of play Megatrends analysis exploring alternative futures predefined by existing IFSD and IEG options

Agenda for 1st workshop

Introduction to the Rio+20IFSD and IEG Reform optionsMegatrends analysisFinancial constraintsScenario buildingLesson learnt from Johannesburg

Contribution to the dialogue

High-Level Dialogue on the Institutional Framework for Sustainable Development

being organized by the Government of the Republic of Indonesia and the UN Conference on Sustainable Development (UNCSD or Rio+20) Secretariat

having frank and open discussion on the options for strengthening the institutional framework for sustainable development

formulating concrete proposals that could be taken up for consideration and possible adoption at Rio+20

Follow up

2nd scenario building workshop in October 2011

Strategy planning workshop in February 2012

Formulating policy brief for Rio+20 targeted at government representatives