The five-phase process
Disruption, Inclusion and Participation
Drawing on the principles of Feminist Participatory Action Research, the design roadmap will apply the process flow of Theory-U, which helps build a journey from exploration to strategic focus.
Avoiding the urge to formalize foregone conclusions or to proceed along the current strategic track, the Theory-U invests in active listening to move outside of the “Institutional bubble”. It emphasises critical reflection, on both successes and challenges, and helps to shape a three-dimensional view of the future using tools like visioning and prototyping before drawing up the framework.
The strategic process will offer creative, safe spaces, often through use of technology, to make the process inclusive, engaging and fun. It will be implemented over five complementary phases.
Phase 1
The Co-initiation phase is about setting the parameters of the process in a collaborative way, under the leadership of the Committee for Strategy, Investment and Policy (C-SIP).
Phase 2
The phase invests time into listening and understanding lived realities and contexts of the people IPPF serves, before mapping out trends and shaping an understanding of the future.
Phase 3
Having listened to stakeholders and shaped a joint vision for IPPF, this phase is about developing the final strategic framework and results framework.
Phase 4
Having agreed the ambitious new direction of the federation, the next step will be to think through how it will be done, by developing Business Plans and budgets, at all levels.
The ultimate aim is to be ready to implement from day one of the new strategic period, 1 January 2023.
Launch
Phase 4 will end with the formal launch of the strategic framework and new business plan 2023-2028, at the General Assembly in November/December 2022. The launch also marks the 70th birthday of IPPF.
Phase 5
The last phase acknowledges that the strategic process will continue to evolve past 1 January 2023. The Secretariat will plan more learning evaluations, reviews and opportunities to stimulate-thought leadership.
