More than 60 people from 24 countries on 5 continents, including Unit leaders and representatives of GS partners, participated in the workshop Co-creating a new future – GSIF new strategic planning, held in Rome from 7 to 9 September. 

The participants gathered to reflect and co-design – using the Theory of Change methodology – the GSIF’s new strategic planning, aligned with the Congregation’s Calls to Action. The workshop represented a key step of the process that started in early 2022 with the strategic plan evaluation. The process has continued through input collection, articulation of 4 Horizons and long-term outcomes, and stakeholder mapping, in consultation with partners from the grassroots and other Congregational offices. 

Thanks to the engaging and constructive contribution of each participant, grounded on deep listening, generative conversation, and creative sharing, the backward mapping of the Horizons and Long-term outcomes began to identify which changes will be required to cause the desired change that GSIF wants to achieve in the next 6 years.