Governing in an Age of Emergence

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“A Way Forward”. This is an expedition into #NextGenGov that puts forward three core provocations:

An urgent call to build a new statecraft for the age of uncertainty and risk.
A recognition that we are operating in a new context of shared vulnerabilities, risks and interests which require new models of societal and transnational innovations.
An acknowledgment that the mere response to the immediate set of cascading crises is not enough, we need to scaffold the transition to a new human contract with the world around us.

In this context, this paper is the beginning of a journey, it is a request to not only reflect on the ideas put forward and to participate in the discussion on policy options, but an invitation to co-create new transitional governmental alliances for the transition we face as humanity.

A Way Forward was initiated and inspired by Achim Steiner’s Future of Development (FoD) COVID-19 High-Level Strategy Lab dialogue hosted on 22 April & May 12 2020. It expands on the ongoing exploration of the Future of Governance, led by the United Nations Development Programme︎︎︎ (UNDP) and Dark Matter Labs︎︎︎.

It aims to bridge the discussions initiated in the FoD lab and the hundreds of conversations we have hosted or participated in over the last few weeks. Ours is a multi-dimensional expedition, seeking new paradigms for wellbeing and value creation.

This is a beta version of our initial findings. We aim to evolve them over the next few months of this expedition.

Future of Development - High Level Strategy Lab: COVID-19

Future of Development (FoD)
COVID-19 High-Level Strategy Lab

A Way Forward

Three Horizons and Beyond

Horizon 1

Horizon 2

Horizon 3