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Strategic foresight and futures thinking provide creative yet structured ways to think about and plan for the future. They include identifying what is driving change and the implications that those drivers have on the decisions we make today. The Pacific Pathfinder is a guide and toolkit for Pacific policy analysts and planners involved in strategic planning. It contains tools to help gather intelligence about the future, explore dynamics of change, describe our future, create alternative scenarios, and develop and test strategy. The Pacific Pathfinder builds on our Pacific strengths, traditions and knowledge of how to navigate strategically toward a desired future.

Culture is a key areas for SPC, and the Social Development Programme (SDP) has lead responsibility for the portfolio. Part of this work is to develop organisational capabilities that include knowledge of Pacific cultures and their critical relevance to our work with our members. This guide is not all encompmassing but rather aims to equip us with some basic cultural knowledge of the Pacific countries and communities we serve.