Partos Future Exploration
We live in volatile, uncertain, and complex times. In many ways, traditional approaches of global development are too slow to keep up with today’s mounting global challenges. So, how do we navigate an age of uncertainty and complexity? How can we make global development future-proof and resilient to deal with the challenges of our time?
Partos has recently started a future exploration for both its members and Partos as a whole. This is a strategic, creative, and participatory process to define “dynamic and adaptive future pathways” that can withstand uncertain and complex futures. These pathways will be designed together, primarily with members of Partos as well as with international development professionals - facilitated by Butterfly Works, Fonkeling, and the Resilience lab of TU Delft. The main outcome of this exploration will be a strategic roadmap for Partos and its members.
This roadmap will consist of a number of critical focus domains, accompanied by a series of activities that Partos will undertake for and together with its members. For each domain, several future triggers will be defined that will function as, metaphorically speaking, ‘beacons in the fog’, shedding light on and guiding the way for potential future pathways.
In several interactive sessions, we have already explored in more depth important themes like: Shifting the Power, Shrinking civic space, Digital challenges and opportunities, Funding and financing for development, Engagement and inclusion, Climate change and Migration.
The Journey
As part of the Partos Future Exploration, Partos and Disrupt Development embark on a journey to seek answers. We voice development professionals from Partos members, front-running innovators, and disruptors and dive into the ins- and outs of the future of development and its implications for Partos. In this first podcast episode, we sat down with the Director of Partos, Bart Romijn. We talk about the unique role of Partos for the future of development, why this exploration is needed, and in what ways the outcomes will support Dutch Development NGOs. Tune in!