African Futures Institute

The overall goal of the AFI was to support development in African countries through strengthening capacity for long-term perspective studies. Specifically, the AFI provided technical support to African countries to develop the NLTPS as a process aimed at institutionalizing long-term approaches to development planning. More specifically, the objectives of the AFI were to enhance the capacity of national planning institution to define, quantify and develop long-term development objectives and integrated strategies to achieve them, strengthen national capacities to undertake broad-based national dialogue, develop and expand knowledge required to link long-term objectives and medium term planning and development frameworks. As a result, the impact of the project reflected in enhanced capacity of African countries to undertake broad-based long-term perspective studies for policymaking and planning and increase their alignment to the PRSP and other policy instruments.

The activities of the AFI included: (i) technical support to countries in the design, formulation and operationalization of long-term perspective studies, taking into account the PRSP and MDG; (ii) training to expand the knowledge and skills required for long-term strategic management and planning; (iii) research aimed at improving the NLTPS framework and improve analytical approaches and strategies for their implementation; (iv) communication and dissemination to provide wide and user-friendly access to their outputs. The AFI will leverage its relationship with UNDP to establish and build partnerships with donors, countries, and other development partners.