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Horizon Scanning Activity Planning
The SCAR Strategic Plan 2011-2016 calls for a "Horizon Scanning" activity every four or five years to support SCAR's leadership role in Antarctic science and to assist the organization in planning future directions and resource allocations. The Horizon Scanning effort must be coordinated with the Antarctic Conservation Strategy process and scheduled to inform preparation of the next Strategic Plan for SCAR. At the XXXII SCAR Delegates' Meeting, held in July 2012, it was agreed to form an Action Group to begin planning and fundraising for a "Horizon Scanning" activity to be tentatively held in 2014 coinciding with the SCAR biennial meetings in New Zealand. It is expected that the activity will enhance SCAR's position as a leader in international Antarctic and Southern Ocean science. The outcomes from this process will support development of SCAR's next Strategic Plan. Organizations with a polar mission and/or a global mission with a polar aspect should be engaged in the activity. Experts in strategic planning and "futures" predictions outside the polar community should be engaged.
A SCAR Action Group has been tasked with managing the first steps in the process of a Horizon Scan and is now taking responses for your input about how best to create a robust framework and process for collectively identifying future directions in Antarctic science and science advice to policy makers. To be clear, this request is not for input to the Horizon Scan itself, which will be implemented over the next two years or so, we are asking you to help us plan a process that will have greatest impact and participation.
We have now allocated all the requests for online participation - you can still have a say via the the Community Questions online form.
We will consider all responses in the meeting if given until 9 AM (GMT), 18th December.
Beyond the 18th of December, this form will still be open, for you to provide your responses which will be considered by the Committee at a later date.
If you have any further questions, please email horizonscanning@lists.scar.org
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