Agenda for the final 3-day workshop for the pilot ALICT course, organized by Gesci.org at the African Union Headquarters. About 70 participants from 5 different countries in souther and eastern Africa.

1.
Policy
Coherence:
Policy
Coherence
is
defined
by
the
OECD
as
the
systematic
promotion
of
mutually
reinforcing
policy
actions
across
government
departments
and
agencies
creating
synergies
towards
achieving
the
agreed
objectives1
.
Knowledge
Society:
Knowledge
societies
are
based
on
the
understanding
that
knowledge
forms
a
major
component
of
any
human
development
endeavour.
A
Knowledge
society
creates,
shares
and
uses
knowledge
for
the
prosperity
and
well-­‐being
of
its
people.
(UNESCO,
Towards
Knowledge
Societies
2005)
Creating
knowledge
for
the
community
has
been,
and
continues
to
be,
an
essential
part
of
the
human
experience.
While
individuals
embark
on
knowledge
creation
on
a
daily
basis
as
parents
teach
children
life
skills,
friends
explore
new
physical
places
or
virtual
worlds,
farmers
test
out
new
methods
in
the
face
of
climate
change,
and
so
on,
building
a
national
platform
for
systematic
knowledge
creation
and
sharing
is
a
challenging
proposition.
Doing
so
requires
deep
policy
coherence
between
often
disparate
government
ministries.
No
longer
can
education
of
a
nation’s
youth
be
developed
in
a
silo
without
considering
how
this
can
help
or
hinder
innovation,
nor
can
national
innovation
be
pursued
without
coordination
with
ICT
infrastructures.
The
Industrial
Revolution
of
the
18th
Century
drastically
transformed
life
as
we
began
to
mechanize
activities
that
had
formerly
taken
extreme
amounts
of
man-­‐
hours.
We
are
currently
in
the
midst
of
the
Knowledge
Revolution.
With
the
creation
of
the
Internet,
which
is
still
quite
new
after
less
than
20
years
of
being
a
public
and
commercial
entity,
life
is
changing
once
again.
Thanks
to
our
perpetually
present
external
mind—the
Internet—human
knowledge
no
longer
has
to
be
based
on
memorization
of
facts.
Instead,
we
need
to
shift
our
collective
efforts
towards
interpreting
huge
amounts
of
data
never
before
available,
innovating
life
in
the
age
of
digital
technology
and
resource
constraints,
and
continuing
the
human
hunt
for
a
deeper
understanding
of
the
world.
If
we
want
to
stay
ahead
of
the
game,
and
enhance
national
and
human
development,
we
have
to
create
policy
coherence
in
a
knowledge
society.
We
need
to
ensure
that
all
our
policies—from
education,
to
science
and
innovation,
to
ICT,
and
even
commercial
law—are
mutually
reinforcing
for
maximum
effectiveness,
in
order
to
transition
into
this
new
era
of
human
life:
the
knowledge
age.
1
Definition
retrieved
from
Trinity
College
Dublin’s
website
on
July
16,
2012

2.
Day
1
|
Monday,
August
27,
2012
9:00
AM
Session
1
|
Welcome
speeches
11:00
AM
Break
11:15
PM
Session
2
|
Building
Policy
Coherence
Towards
a
Knowledge
Society
11:40
PM
Session
3
|
At
the
Crossroads
of
Futures
Thinking
and
Policy
Making
12:00
PM
Lunch
1:00
PM
Session
4
|
Scenarios
And
Recommendations,
360°
View
3:00
PM
Break
3:15
PM
Session
5
|
Scenarios
And
Recommendations,
Travel
the
Region
4:15
PM
Session
6
|
Plenary
Session
5:00
PM
Adjourn
Day
2
|
Tuesday,
August
28,
2012
9:00
AM
Welcome
Back
9:30
AM
Session
7
|
National
Knowledge
Society
Future
Vision,
2032
10:45
AM
Break
11:00
AM
Session
8
|
National
Knowledge
Society
Future
Vision,
2032
11:30
PM
Session
9
|
Plenary
session
12:00
PM
Lunch
1:00
PM
Session
10
|
National
Policy
Coherence
Roadmaps
to
a
Knowledge
Society
3:00
PM
Break
3:15
PM
Session
11
|
National
Policy
Coherence
Roadmaps
to
a
Knowledge
Society
4:00
PM
Session
12
|
Plenary
session
5:00
PM
Reception
and
Adjourn
Day
3
|
Wednesday,
August
29,
2012
9:00
AM
Welcome
9:30
AM
Session
13
|
Networked
Collaboration,
pathway
to
regional
policy
coherence
10:45
AM
Break
11:00
AM
Session
14
|
Networked
Collaboration,
pathway
to
regional
policy
coherence
12:00
PM
Lunch
1:00
AM
Session
15
|
Overview
of
regional
policy
coherence
roadmap
1:30
AM
Session
16
|
Plenary
session
2:30
AM
Session
17
|
IFTF
and
GESCI
closing
comments
3:00
PM
Extended
Break
4:00
PM
Awards
ceremony,
evening
cocktail,
and
cultural
programme

3.
Day
1
will
focus
on
welcoming
ALICT
participants
to
the
workshop
with
speeches
in
the
morning.
We
will
then
dive
into
the
futures
portion
of
the
workshop.
Our
first
action
will
be
to
move
away
from
thinking
about
education,
ICT
infrastructure,
and
STI
in
silos,
and
towards
seeing
them
as
parts
of
a
bigger
whole:
knowledge
societies.
Using
a
fun
and
interactive
process
we
will
gain
a
complete
view
of
our
national
scenarios
and
policy
recommendations,
followed
by
an
exercise
to
learn
about
our
neighbors’
scenarios.
Sessions
1,
August
27
WELCOME
SPEECHES
9:00
AM
Join
us
as
we
open
up
the
ALICT
workshop
with
speeches
by
the
African
Union,
GESCI
and
MFA
(Finland)
to
celebrate
your
hard
work
and
commitment
over
the
past
7
months.
Session
2,
August
27
BUILDING
POLICY
COHERENCE
TOWARDS
A
KNOWLEDGE
SOCIETY
11:15
AM
This
workshop
will
build
upon
previous
assignments
from
the
ALICT
course
by
ultimately
building
national
and
regional
roadmaps
to
lead
us
into
a
future
of
policy
coherence
in
a
knowledge
society.
But
before
we
can
dive
into
building
our
roadmaps,
join
Patti
Swarts
from
GESCI,
as
she
explores
the
meaning
of
policy
coherence
in
a
knowledge
society.
Session
3,
August
27
AT
THE
CROSSROADS
OF
FUTURES
THINKING
AND
POLICY
MAKING
11:40
PM
Throughout
the
ALICT
course
we
embarked
on
an
exploration
of
futures
thinking.
Join
Tessa
Finlev
from
Institute
for
the
Future,
as
she
reminds
us
of
the
importance
and
potential
of
using
futures
thinking
to
build
policy
coherence
and
sustainable
futures.
She’ll
also
explore
the
history
of
futures
thinking
within
Eastern
and
Southern
Africa.
Sessions
4,
August
27
SCENARIOS
AND
IMPLICATIONS,
360°
VIEW
1:00
PM
To
build
policy
coherence
in
a
knowledge
society
we
need
to
have
a
complete
view
of
our
core
ALICT
pillars,
and
how
they
interact.
In
country
teams
we
will
embark
on
individual
missions
to
gather
insights
and
stories
from
our
fellow
country
members
on
their
pillar
scenarios
and
policy
recommendations.
Equipped
with
personal
note
taking
templates
and
game-­‐like
instructions,
we’ll
move
about
the
room
and
build
a
360°
view
of
our
national
knowledge
societies
of
the
future.
Session
5,
August
27
SCENARIOS
AND
IMPLICATIONS,
TRAVEL
THE
REGION
3:15
PM
Once
we
have
a
complete
view
of
our
national
scenarios
and
knowledge
society
futures,
we’ll
now
move
about
the
room
and
listen
other
countries
as
they
share
their
national
scenarios
and
policy
recommendations.
Session
6,
August
27
PLENARY
SESSION
4:15
PM
We’ll
close
out
the
day
by
coming
together
and
sharing
insights
and
learnings
from
day
1.

4.
Day
2
will
focus
on
building
national
policy
coherence
roadmaps
to
a
knowledge
society.
Interactive
sessions
will
allow
each
member
to
contribute
equally,
thus
providing
as
broad
and
complete
a
perspective
on
national
policy
coherence
as
possible.
We
will
open
up
the
day
by
jumping
right
into
2032
and
building
national
future
visions,
and
we’ll
close
with
a
fully
charted
path
to
get
there.
Knowledge
society
futures
will
be
a
composite
of
the
alternative
scenarios
created
in
the
country
reports,
moving
our
understanding
of
individual
core
pillars
from
the
ALICT
course
to
a
knowledge
society
as
a
whole.
The
policy
coherence
roadmaps
to
a
knowledge
society
will
incorporate
short-­‐,
mid-­‐,
and
long-­‐term
action
steps—both
easy
and
difficult.
As
we
chart
our
path
towards
our
future
vision,
we
will
pay
attention
to
the
insights
and
recommendations
that
came
out
of
our
national
reports.
Session
7
and
8,
August
28
National
Knowledge
Society
Future
Vision,
2032
9:30
AM
To
chart
a
path,
first
you
must
understand
your
destination.
In
country
teams
we
will
join
facilitators
in
breakout
rooms
to
build
future
visions
of
our
knowledge
societies,
our
respective
destination.
We’ll
focus
on
2032,
far
enough
out
to
see
the
future
through
the
next
generations’
eyes.
Remember,
this
is
not
a
pie-­‐in-­‐the-­‐sky
activity;
rather
we
are
building
aspirational,
yet
realistic
futures
that
we
can
then
design
policy
to
achieve.
Session
9,
August
28
Plenary
session
11:30
PM
Coming
back
together
we’ll
hear
from
each
country
about
their
2032
knowledge
society.
Sessions
10
and
11,
August
28
National
Policy
Coherence
Roadmaps
to
a
Knowledge
Society
1:00
PM
Breaking
into
three
sub-­‐country
groups
we
will
build
national
policy
coherence
roadmaps
designed
to
take
us
towards
our
2032
knowledge
society
vision.
Equipped
with
roadmap
templates,
we
will
work
in
groups
to
identify
short-­‐term,
mid-­‐term,
and
long-­‐term
action
steps,
as
well
as
pinpointing
what
can
be
done
more
easily,
and
what
will
be
more
difficult
to
accomplish.
In
an
energetic
round
robin
style
exercise,
country
sub-­‐groups
will
co-­‐create
three
separate
roadmaps
structured
to
build
policy
coherence
across
the
pillars
and
participant
expertise.
Session
12,
August
28
Plenary
session
4:00
PM
To
close
out
day
2
we
will
all
join
together
and
hear
from
country
representatives
on
their
national
roadmaps.

5.
Day
3
will
focus
on
collaboration
and
networking
among
countries.
Just
as
each
pillar
from
the
ALICT
core
modules
cannot
be
discussed
in
a
silo,
nor
can
a
country.
We
will
need
to
reach
out
to
our
neighbors,
for
their
support
and
policy
synergies,
in
order
to
be
successful
as
we
build
knowledge
societies.
Day
3
will
focus
on
building
a
regional
roadmap
in
a
fun
and
energetic
activity
designed
for
maximum
networking
and
collaboration.
We
will
close
the
conference
with
an
awards
ceremony
and
the
presentation
of
certificates
of
completion.
Session
13
and
14,
August
29
Networked
Collaboration,
pathway
to
regional
policy
coherence
9:30
AM
Policy
coherence
doesn’t
stop
within
our
borders.
For
truly
sustainable
and
successful
policy
we
need
the
support
of
our
neighbors.
Let’s
move
beyond
a
national
roadmap
and
build
a
regional
perspective
on
policy
coherence
in
a
knowledge
society.
Taking
advantage
of
having
everyone
from
the
course
in
one
room
together,
and
equipped
with
national
action
steps
and
roadmaps,
we
will
search
the
room
for
regional
collaborators.
Your
individual
mission:
find
someone
from
each
of
the
countries
present
to
collaborate
on
action
step
from
your
roadmap.
Our
group
goal:
fill
in
a
complete
regional
policy
coherence
roadmap.
Session
15,
August
29
Overview
of
regional
policy
coherence
1:00
PM
We’ll
come
back
together
and
review,
in
a
complete
group,
what
our
regional
road
map
to
policy
coherence
looks
like.
Session
16,
August
29
Plenary
session
1:30
PM
We
will
hear
from
the
room
about
any
final
insights
and
last
thoughts.
Session
17,
August
29
Closing
comments
2:30
AM
IFTF
and
GESCI
will
close
out
the
facilitated
futures
workshop
with
some
final
thoughts.
Awards
Ceremony,
Cocktail
Hour,
And
Cultural
Programme
4:00
PM
After
seven
months
of
intensive
work—online
and
off—covering
topics
as
wide
as
education,
leadership,
and
ICT,
and
completing
work
as
different
as
a
traditional
academic
report,
alternative
scenarios,
and
leadership
journals,
we
can
now
take
a
moment
to
acknowledge
each
other
for
a
job
well
done!
Congratulations!!

6.
About
…
GESCI
GESCI
is
an
international
non-­‐profit
technical
assistance
organisation.
We
are
a
trusted
advisor
to
governments,
development
agencies,
academia,
private
sector
and
civil
society
organisations
working
to
address
key
educational
challenges
of
equity
and
access,
relevance
and
quality
through
the
innovative
use
of
technology.
GESCI’s
work
in
the
education
sphere
extends
beyond
formal
education
or
schooling
to
encompass
non-­‐formal
education,
life
–long
learning
and
skills
and
professional
development
in
any
field.
Our
work
aims
to
promote
the
development
of
knowledge,
skills
and
values
through
learning
and
the
application
of
such
knowledge
or
skills
to
innovation
for
socio-­‐economic
development.
Since
its
inception,
GESCI’s
work
has
been
in
developing
countries
in
Africa,
Asia
and
Latin
America,
assisting
these
countries
to
effectively
use
and
integrate
ICT
for
teaching,
learning
and
skills
development.
Most
of
our
work
is
with
Ministries
in
charge
of
education,
science
and
technology,
innovation
and
vocational
training
and
their
related
agencies.
We
usually
work
in
partnership
with
civil
society,
the
private
sector
and
development
agencies.
We
also
offer
consulting
or
advisory
services
to
development
agencies.
About
the
…
ALICT
Course
Policy
incoherence
and
misalignment
in
the
Education,
ICT,
Science,
Technology
and
Innovation
(STI)
sectors,
and
a
lack
of
effective
leadership
to
address
this
issue,
has
been
identified
as
one
of
the
greatest
obstacles
to
the
development
of
knowledge
societies
in
Africa.
Socio-­‐economic
development
depends
on
well
developed
and
implementable
Education,
ICT
and
STI
policies
that
compliment
one
another
and
advance
each
sector’s
goals.
The
ALICT
course
will
build
the
capacity
of
future
African
leaders
to
contribute
effectively
to
the
development
of
knowledge
societies
by
imparting
new
leadership
skills
to
them.
These
new
leadership
skills
will
provide
participants
with
the
attitudes,
ideas,
management
tools,
and
strategies
to
act
as
change
agents,
assisting
their
ministries
and
organisations
to
develop
coherent
and
well
aligned
polices
in
Education,
ICT
and
STI.
About
…
The
Institute
for
the
Future
The
Institute
for
the
Future
is
an
independent,
nonprofit
strategic
research
group
with
more
than
40
years
of
forecasting
experience.
The
core
of
our
work
is
identifying
emerging
trends
and
discontinuities
that
will
transform
global
society
and
the
global
marketplace.
We
provide
our
members
with
insights
into
business
strategy,
design
process,
innovation,
and
social
dilemmas.
Our
research
spans
a
broad
territory
of
deeply
transformative
trends,
from
health
and
health
care
to
technology,
the
workplace,
and
human
identity.
The
Institute
for
the
Future
is
located
in
Palo
Alto,
California.

7.
Day
1:
27th
August
2012
Time
Activity
Description
Facilitators
09:00
–
11:00
Hrs
Welcome
Speeches
Welcoming
speeches
from
African
Union,
GESCI
and
MFA
(Finland)
GESCI
Team
11:00
–
11:15
Hrs
Coffee/tea
break
11:15
–
11:35
Hrs
Speech:
Building
Policy
Coherence
Towards
a
Knowledge
Society
Patti
Swrats
will
talk
about
what
is
meant
when
we
say
policy
coherence
towards
a
knowledge
society.
She
will
finish
by
welcoming
Tessa
to
the
stage.
Patti
Swrats
11:40
-­‐12:00
Hrs
Speech:
At
the
Crossroads
of
futures
thinking
and
policy
coherence
Tessa
Finlev
will
discuss
how
futures
thinking
can
be
used
for
policy
making,
drawing
from
examples
in
Eastern
and
Southern
Africa
as
well
as
reviewing
the
steps
we
have
taken
within
the
ALICT
course
Tessa
Finlev
12:00
-­‐
13:00
Hrs
Lunch
13:00-­‐13:20
Hrs
Activity
Process/Directions
Tessa
will
bring
the
group
together
and
use
a
PPT
to
explain
the
process
filling
out
the
scenario
and
policy
recommendation
templates
Tessa
Finlev
13:20-­‐15:00
Hrs
Interactive
Activity
and
Networking
In
country
teams
we
will
embark
on
individual
missions
to
gather
insights
and
stories
from
our
fellow
country
members
on
their
pillar
scenarios
and
policy
recommendations.
Equipped
with
personal
note
taking
templates
and
game-­‐like
instructions,
we’ll
move
about
the
room
and
build
a
360°
view
of
our
national
knowledge
societies
of
the
future.
IFTF
and
GESCI
team
15:00
–
15:15
Hrs
Coffee/tea
break
GESCI
and
IFTF
team
will
have
to
grab
country
representatives
and
explain
to
them
individually
the
up
coming
presentation
roundtable
process
15:15-­‐15:30
Hrs
Activity
Process/Directions
Tessa
will
bring
the
group
together
and
use
a
PPT
to
explain
the
process
for
the
next
interactive
activity
Tessa
Finlev
15:30
-­‐16:15
Hrs
Interactive
Activity
and
Networking
Once
we
have
a
complete
view
of
our
national
scenarios
and
knowledge
society
futures,
we’ll
now
move
about
the
room
and
listen
other
countries
as
IFTF
and
GESCI
team

8.
Time
Activity
Description
Facilitators
they
share
their
national
scenarios
and
policy
recommendations.
10
minutes
each
16:15
-­‐
17:00
Hrs
Plenary
We’ll
open
the
floor
harvest
insights
and
highlights
from
the
day’s
activities.
IFTF
and
GESCI
team
Day
2:
28th
August
2012
Time
Activity
Description
Facilitators
09:00
–
09:30
Hrs
Welcome
Back,
recap
and
review,
upcoming
activity
process
Using
a
PPT
We’ll
describe
the
up
coming
future
vision
process
and
the
importance
of
a
name.
IFTF
team
09:30
–
10:45
Hrs
Interactive
activity
In
country
groups
we’ll
go
through
traditional
sticky
scenarios
to
create
a
future
vision
for
national
knowledge
societies
in
2032.
We’ll
end
with
a
title
for
the
activity
IFTF
and
GESCI
team
10:45
–
11:00
Hrs
Coffee/tea
break
11:00
-­‐
11:30
Hrs
Interactive
activity
continued
Use
this
half
hour
to
come
to
a
group
consensus
over
the
future
vision
name
IFTF
and
GESCI
team
12:00–
13:00
Hrs
Lunch
13:00-­‐13:20
Hrs
Activity
Process/Directions
Use
PPT
presentation
to
walk
through
the
upcoming
activity
process.
IFTF
team
13:
20
-­‐15:00
Hrs
Interactive
activity
Country
groups
will
build
their
national
roadmaps
using
table
top
templates
and
sticky
notes
IFTF
and
GESCI
team,
participants
15:00–
15:15
Hrs
Coffee/tea
break
15:15-­‐16:00
Hrs
Interactive
activity
continued
Country
groups
will
build
their
national
roadmaps
using
table
top
templates
and
sticky
notes
IFTF
and
GESCI
team,
participants
16:00
-­‐17:00
Hrs
Plenary
Country
groups
will
report
out
on
their
country
roadmaps.
GESCI
team

9.
Day
3:
29th
August
2012
Time
Activity
Description
Facilitators
9:00–9:30
Hrs
Welcome
back,
recap
and
review,
upcoming
activity
process
Using
a
PPT
we
will
review
the
instructions
and
desired
outcomes
for
the
upcoming
activity
IFTF
team
9:30
–
10:45
Hrs
Interactive
activity
Taking
advantage
of
having
everyone
from
the
course
in
one
room
together,
and
equipped
with
national
action
steps
and
roadmaps,
we
will
search
the
room
for
regional
collaborators.
Your
individual
mission:
find
someone
from
each
of
the
countries
present
to
collaborate
on
action
step
from
your
roadmap.
Our
group
goal:
fill
in
a
complete
regional
policy
coherence
roadmap.
We’ll
use
a
wall
sized
roadmap
and
sticky
noted
to
capture
the
action
steps.
IFTF
and
GESCI
team
10:45–
11:00
Hrs
Coffee
&
Tea
break
11:00-­‐12:00
Hrs
Interactive
activity
continued
Same
as
above
IFTF
and
GESCI
team
12:00–
13:00
Hrs
Lunch
13:00-­‐13:30
Hrs
Overview
of
regional
roadmap
We’ll
take
30
minutes
to
review
or
collaborative
success
from
the
previous
activity
and
what
our
regional
roadmap
looks
like
IFTF
team
13:30-­‐14:30
Hrs
Plenary
Session
The
floor
will
be
open
for
final
thoughts,
reflections,
and
takeaways
IFTF
and
GESCI
team
14:30-­‐14:40
Hrs
Closing
comments
IFTF
will
take
a
few
minutes
to
thank
the
group
and
give
some
closing
comments
IFTF
Team
14:40-­‐15:00
Hrs
Closing
comments
GESCI
will
close
off
the
conference
GESCI
Team
15:00–
16:00
Hrs
Extended
Coffee
&
Tea
break
16:00-­‐
????
Hrs
Awards
ceremony,
evening
cocktail,
and
cultural
programme
GESCI
Team