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  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  AfriCAN climate – 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