Identified strategic entry points, including for the CO Gender Equality Strategy (details can be provided on request) Generated inputs for the upcoming revision of the National Gender Equality Strategy by the Senate Committee on Women and Gender Equality (details can be provided on request) Learnings on conducting foresight studies with outcomes directly linked to a policy document Managing partnership for a participatory foresight exercise Conducting workshops with representatives of local communities

This work generated inputs for the revision of the National Gender Equality Strategy by the Senate Committee on Women and Gender Equality as well as to identify strategic entry points for CO Gender Equality Strategy.

Open data, Issue mapping (Signals database) - We identified about 330 far, soon, and immediate signals that are disrupting the system for gender equality and women's empowerment. Data systematization and community engagement played a crucial role.)  Collective intelligence, interviews - The local team and expert group identified core systems dynamics based on the signals and the domain map. These insights formed the basis for an intentional and focused set of activities emphasizing divergence or thinking that goes beyond “business as usual” and the everyday. Inputs and insight were collected through collective-intelligence workshops (Dream Labs) in four diverse regions of the country to analyze signals and emulate drivers of change and scenarios. Collective imagination (Telegram-bot survey) - We designed and ran an online engagement to co-create snapshots of the future with the help of a Telegram chatbot. Telegram is the most popular instant messaging app in Uzbekistan (analog of WhatsApp). Socioeconomic data was used in an objective assessment and identification main trends and basic validation of subjective assessments

Artificial Intelligence – Analyze gathered signals, identify patterns, highlight trends, and create summaries Collective Intelligence – validated and refined drivers of change, create stories around the drivers of change, draft scenarios – conducted through a series of workshops and sessions with UNDP staff, partners, and community representatives in four regions of Uzbekistan Foresight, Future Analysis – Futures and Foresight are used as the main framework tool used in this exercise. This methodology is based on the framework designed by futurists and developed by the University of Houston Horizon Scanning – to identify weak and strong signals about the futures – identified and analyzed more than 300 signals Systems Thinking - Futures framework is combined with the Double Diamond design principles of iteration. Our approach leverages systems thinking to enhance classical futures and foresight tools and methods, and the design principles of the double diamond approach to expand the parameters of investigation. It was designed to consider the priority areas identified by the UNDP to advance systemic and transformative changes in gender equality and women's empowerment in Uzbekistan.

An interesting feature has been the interplay of various data collection and collaboration tools and platforms. For this exercise we took an ambitious participatory approach by conducting collective intelligence sessions with the community representatives in four regions of Uzbekistan. We also launched a Telegram-bot to get inputs online. So we could cover broad demographics, account range of opinions, and cater various needs. Thus, assumptions and synthesis we made could be validated and corrected along the process.