UNGP - Futurecast
UNGP - Futurecast

FutureCast will help you and your team explore risks and opportunities in an election context by engaging various stakeholders in thought-provoking and inclusive discussion.

Participants respond to questions that trigger conversations about how the future might evolve during and after an electoral period. This page will help you create and run your own version.

The edition developed by UNGP in collaboration with the Copia Institute and Leveraged Play is at pilot stage. It builds on their lessons learned supporting analysis around national elections. Any resemblance to real life events is purely coincidental.

1.PREPARE

Customise your own game

People
Lead facilitator with an optional partner

Some experience in foresight needed

Time
2-3 hours

Materials
Preparation guide, Context cards, Questions sheet

2.PLAY

Facilitate and Play

People
2-4 facilitators
10-20 participants

No experience in foresight needed

Time
1.5  hours

Materials
Facilitation guide, Workshop slides, Board, Note-taking sheet

3.LEARN

Analyse and Share the results

People
1 facilitator
5-20 participants

Some experience in foresight needed

Time
2-3 hours

Materials
Sensemaking slides, Results template

UNGP - Futurecast
UNGP - Futurecast

1.
PREPARE

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Define

Determine the scope, purpose and which participants to include

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CustomiSe

Set the time horizons, context cards and game questions

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UNGP - Futurecast
UNGP - Futurecast

2.
PLAY

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TRAIN

Train your facilitators

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10 – 20 participants
90 minutes

ROUND 1

Short term

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10 – 20 participants
90 minutes

ROUND 2

Medium term

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ROUND 3

Long term

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EACH ROUND HAS 5 STEPS

STEP 1
Each group discusses and answers their question

STEP 2
Groups trade papers, read previous group’s answer

STEP 3
Each group discusses and answers the follow-up

STEP 4
Each group shares the question and follow-up answers with the room

STEP 5
Participants quickly debrief: most surprising or interesting observations?

QUESTION A

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QUESTION B

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FOLLOW-UP B

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QUESTION &
FOLLOW-UP B

GROUP A

QUESTION B

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QUESTION A

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FOLLOW-UP A

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QUESTION &
FOLLOW-UP A

GROUP B

EACH ROUND
HAS 5 STEPS

STEP 1
Each group discusses and answers their question

UNGP - Futurecast
UNGP - Futurecast
UNGP - Futurecast
UNGP - Futurecast

STEP 2
Groups trade papers, read previous group’s answer

UNGP - Futurecast
UNGP - Futurecast
UNGP - Futurecast
UNGP - Futurecast

STEP 3
Each group discusses and answers the follow-up

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UNGP - Futurecast
UNGP - Futurecast
UNGP - Futurecast

STEP 4
Each group shares the question and follow-up answers with the room

UNGP - Futurecast
UNGP - Futurecast

STEP 5
Participants quickly debrief: most surprising or interesting observations?

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Debrief

Gather insights from
the three rounds

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UNGP - Futurecast
UNGP - Futurecast
UNGP - Futurecast

3.
LEARN

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Iteration

Improve for the next session

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Sensemaking

Generate insights on the game process and its results

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Share

Share your learnings with key stakeholders

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