SOCIAL

CONFLICTS IN
EMERGING
COUNTRIES
RELATED TO
SUSTAINABILITY
Center for Strategic Thinking
and Foresight, Universidad
Externado de Colombia.
Francisco Javier Osorio PhD
12 october 2020
 • 1. The issue is that Social conflicts in emerging
countries, provoked by the omission of public
administrations in social inclusion.
• The problem is significant because it has not
allowed the generation of a joint long-term
territorial vision for the Quality of Life of the
Population.

• 2. The territorial foresight approach

strengthens decision-making based on 1) long-term
consensual course (bet scenario), 2) interaction with
the environment, 3) stakeholder interests, and 4)

Background
definition of future public policy.
• All four aspects lead to a minimization of social
conflict.

• 3. A robust political deviation of public

administrations in emerging countries is that when
they come to power, they do not need to consider
the citizens anymore;
• however, they modify their behavior in the face of
international sanctions. The OECD's participation
can be the mechanism to consolidate the
generation of joint visions based on public policy
recommendations of the organism.
Objective
Social conflicts in emerging countries have
increased considerably in recent years.
Public administrations do not respond to these
behaviors' critical problems, and the population
suffers from not being heard.
In this way, sustainable development is committed.

There is a way Developing

out:
Territorial Foresight for the creation of
shared visions for the future.
 Articulating visions of sustainable
territorial development at the sub-
national level is a challenge
throughout emerging countries .

Main Territorial foresight as a

issues in mechanism of generation of

shared visions and long-term
sustainable development.

discussion
Latin America in this Post
Pandemic era on recovery plan
What´s next
• From our Center, in the coming months,
we will continue with the philosophical
(epistemological) reflection on the
processes of the methodology concerning
the Latin American Voluntary Foresight
Model (MPVLA) to support the decision-
making of our leaders in the public and
private sectors.
• Free download:
• https://authors.elsevier.com/c/1bhFJ3jdJah
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PROSPECTIVA
EN LA POLÍTICA
PÚBLICA
Centro de Pensamiento
Estratégico y Prospectiva
Universidad Externado de
Colombia