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'''The Millennium Project''' is an independent international [[think tank]] with 40 "nodes" around the world that gathers and accesses information on [[futurology|futures studies]] that produces the annual ''[[State of the Future]]'' report since 1997 and the Futures Research Methodology series Versions 1-3.
'''The Millennium Project''' is an independent international [[think tank]] with 40<ref>[http://www.millennium-project.org/millennium/nodes.html The Millennium Project-Nodes]</ref> "nodes" around the world that gathers and accesses information on [[futurology|futures studies]] that produces the annual ''[[State of the Future]]'' report since 1997 and the Futures Research Methodology series Versions 1-3.


The Project was formed by the [[Futures Group International]], the [[Smithsonian Institution]], the [[United Nations University]], and the [[American Council for the UNU]] via a three year [[feasibility study]] in 1992 funded by the [[United States Environmental Protection Agency]], [[United Nations Development Programme]], and [[UNESCO]]. Since the beginning of operations in 1996, nearly 5,000 futurists, scholars, decision-makers, and business planners from over 50 countries have contributed with their views to the Millennium Project research.
The Project was formed by the [[Futures Group International]], the [[Smithsonian Institution]], the [[United Nations University]], and the [[American Council for the UNU]] via a three year [[feasibility study]] in 1992 funded by the [[United States Environmental Protection Agency]], [[United Nations Development Programme]], and [[UNESCO]]. Since the beginning of operations in 1996, nearly 5,000 futurists, scholars, decision-makers, and business planners from over 50 countries have contributed with their views to the Millennium Project research.
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The Project now has "Nodes" in about 50 countries, including two others that are global/functional nodes: Cyber Node and the Arts/Media Node. Nodes are independent organizations (composed of both organizations and individuals from different institutional categories - government, corporations, NGOs, universities, individuals, and UN or international organizations - which acts like a transinstitution) which co-operate with each other and the Project to provide an international perspective on futures research.
The Project now has "Nodes" in about 50 countries, including two others that are global/functional nodes: Cyber Node and the Arts/Media Node. Nodes are independent organizations (composed of both organizations and individuals from different institutional categories - government, corporations, NGOs, universities, individuals, and UN or international organizations - which acts like a transinstitution) which co-operate with each other and the Project to provide an international perspective on futures research.


== Objectives ==
==Miscellaneous==
; Purpose:
:Improve humanity's prospects for building a better future.

; Mission:
:Improve thinking about the future and make that thinking available through a variety of media for feedback to accumulate wisdom about the future for better decisions today.

; Vision:
:A global foresight network of Nodes, information, and software, building a global collective intelligence system recognized for its ability to improve prospects for humanity. A think tank on behalf of humanity, not on behalf of a government, or an issue, or an ideology, but on behalf of building a better future for all of us.<ref>[http://millennium-project.org/millennium/overview.html The Millennium Project-About us]</ref>


== History ==
The Millennium Project was founded in 1996 after a three-year feasibility study with the United Nations University, Smithsonian Institution, Futures Group International, and the American Council for the UNU. It is now an independent non-profit global participatory futures research think tank of futurists, scholars, business planners, and policy makers who work for international organizations, governments, corporations, NGOs, and universities. The Millennium Project manages a coherent and cumulative process that collects and assesses judgments from over 2,500 people since the beginning of the project selected by its 40 Nodes around the world. The work is distilled in its annual "State of the Future", "Futures Research Methodology" series, and special studies.

The Project was initiated by the Smithsonian Institution, The Futures Group International, and the United Nations University (UNU). It was created through a three-year feasibility study funded by the U.S. EPA, UNDP, and UNESCO, in which participated over 200 futurists and scholars from about 50 countries. Phase 1 of the feasibility study began in 1992 with funding from U.S. EPA to identify and link futurists and scholars around the world to create the initial design of the Project and conduct a first test on population and environmental issues. In 1993/94 during Phase II, a series of reports were created on futures research methodology and long-range issues important to Africa, funded by UNDP. Phase III, conducted in 1994/95 under the auspices of the UNU/WIDER and funded by UNESCO concluded with the final feasibility study report. Today, the Project accomplishes its mandate by connecting individuals and institutions around the world to collaborate on research to address important global challenges. Since 1996, about 2,500 futurists, scholars, decisionmakers, and business planners from over 50 countries contributed with their views to the Millennium Project research.

The project is not a one-time study of the future, but provides an on-going capacity as a geographically and institutionally dispersed think tank. It was selected among the 100 Best Practices by UN Habitat, among best 7 foresight organizations by US Office of Energy, eleven of the thirteen annual State of the Future reports were selected by Future Survey as among the year's best books on the future, and the international journal Technological Forecasting & Social Change dedicates several entire issues to the annual State of the Future.<ref>[http://millennium-project.org/millennium/overview.html The Millennium Project-About us]</ref>

== Structure ==
=== Planning committee ===
* <big>Board of Directors</big>
:• Ambassador John McDonald
:• Philippe Destatte
:• Elizabeth Florescu
:• Jerome Glenn
:• Theodore Gordon
:• Concepcion Olavarrieta
:• Charles Perrottet
:• Cristina Puentez-Markides

* <big>Staff</big>
:• Jerome Glenn, Director of the Millennium Project, Washington, D.C.
:• Theodore J. Gordon, Senior Fellow Millennium Project, Founder, The Futures Group International, Old Lyme, CT, USA
:• Elizabeth Florescu, Director of Research, the Millennium Project, Calgary, AB, Canada
:• Wes Boyer, Chief Information Officer, the Millennium Project, Washington, D.C.
:• Hayato Kobayashi, Research Assistant, the Millennium Project, London, UK
:• Kelley Glenn, Executive Assistant, the Millennium Project, Washington, D.C.
:• John Young, Senior Research Associate, the Millennium Project, Washington, D.C.

* <big>Planning Committee</big>
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:• Ali Ameen Kuwait Oil Company (KOC), Ahmadi, Kuwait, Node Chair
:• Alper Alsan, All Futurists Association of Turkey, Istanbul, Turkey, Node Chair
:• Mohsen Bahrami, Amir Kabir University of Technology and National Research Council of Iran, Tehran
:• Eleonora Barbieri Masini, Pontifical Gregorian University, Rome, Italy
:• Jerome Binde, Director, Office of Analysis and Forecasting, UNESCO, Paris, France
:• Peter Bishop, Program for the Study of the Future, University of Houston, Clearlake, Texas
:• Hector Casanueva Ojeda, Director-Executive CELARE, Santiago, Chile
:• Frank Catanzaro, Partner, Arcturus, Maui, Hawaii, Cyber-Node Chair
:• Jose Cordeiro, Sociedad Mundial del Futuro Venezuela, Caracas, Venezuela
:• Catherine Cosgrove, Futurist, Montreal QC, Canada
:• George Cowan, Santa Fe Institute, Santa Fe, New Mexico, USA
:• Cornelia Daheim, Z_punkt GmbH The Foresight Company, Cologne/Germany, Chair of the German Node
:• Francisco Dallmeier, Biodiversity, Smithsonian Institution, Washington, D.C., USA
:• Philippe Destatte, Director, The Destree Institute, Namur, Wallonia, Belgium, Brussels-Area Node Chair
:• Nadezhda Gaponenko, Russian Institute of Economics, Policy and Law, Moscow, Russia
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:• Lydia Garrido Luzardo, Facultad Latinoamericana de Ciencias Sociales, Montevideo, Uruguay Node Chair
:• Michel Godet, Conservatoire d'Arts et Metiers, Paris, France
:• Blaz Golob, President, Bled Forum on Europe (Foresight & Policy making), Slovenia, Ljubljana
:• John J. Gottsman, Clarity Group, San Francisco, CA
:• Miguel A. Gutierrez, Globalization, Inter Universities relations, Buenos Aires, Argentina
:• Hazel Henderson, Futurist Author and Consultant, St. Augustine, Florida, USA
:• Arnoldo Jose de Hoyos, PUC-SP Sao Paulo Catholic University, Sao Paulo, Brazil
:• Reyhan Huseynova, Azerbaijan Future Studies Society, Baku, Azerbaijan
:• Zhouying Jin, Chinese Academy of Social Sciences, Institute of Quanti-Econoics & Techno-Economics, Beijing, P.R. China
:• Geci Karuri-Sebina, Specialist, SA Ministry of Finance, Pretoria, South Africa
:• Juha Kaskinen, Finland Futures Academy, Finland Futures Research Centre, Turku, Finland
:• Anita Kelleher, Designer Futures, Inglewood, WA, Australia
:• Kamal Zaki Mahmoud Sheer, Director, Futures Research and Study Center, Cairo University, Cairo, Egypt
:• Milan Maric, Director, S&T Montenegro, Podgorica, Node Co-Chair
:• Shinji Matsumoto, Chair of Japan Society for Future Studies (JSFS) Node, Tokyo, Japan
:• Hind Al Mualla, Head of Innovation, Knowledge and Human Development Authority, Dubai, UAE, Node Chair
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:• Pavel Novacek, Palacky University, Olomouc, and Charles University, Prague, Czech Republic
:• Concepcion Olavarrieta, Nodo Mexicano. El Proyecto Del Milenio, A.C., Mexico City, Mexico
:• Youngsook Park, KOREA 2050, Seoul, Korea
:• Charles Perrottet, The Futures Strategy Group, Glastonbury, CT, USA
:• Cristina Puentes-Markides, Pan American Health Organization, Washington, DC
:• David Rejeski, Woodrow Wilson International Center for Scholars, Washington, D.C., USA
:• Saphia Richou, Prospective-Foresight Network, Paris, France
:• Stanley Rosen, Toffler Associates, Los Angeles, CA
:• Mihaly Simai, Director, World Institute of Economics, Budapest, Hungary
:• Katindi Sivi Njonjo, Programme Director, Society for International Development, Nairobi, Kenya, Node Chair
:• Mohan Tikku, Futurist & Journalist, New Delhi, India Node Chair
:• Rusong Wang, Director, Urban Systems Ecology, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Beijing, P.R. Chiana
:• Paul Werbos, National Science Foundation, Arlington, VA
:• Ibon Zugasti – Prospektiker, Instituto Europeo de Prospectiva y Estrategia
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* <big>Planning Committee Demographics</big><ref>[http://millennium-project.org/millennium/plancom.html The Millennium Project-Planning Committee]</ref>
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! Organizations !! !! International Representation !!
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| Universities || 11 || North America || 15
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| Governments || 5 || Asia || 9
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| NGO/Institutes || 14 || Europe || 13
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| Corporations || 10 || Africa || 2
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| International Organizations || 4 || Latin America || 6
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=== Nodes ===
:The Millennium Project Nodes are groups of individuals and institutions that connect global and local views. Nodes identify participants, translate questionnaires and reports, and conduct interviews, special research, workshops, symposiums, and advanced training.
:Memorandum of Understanding-Definition of a node and its relationship to the Millennium Project as-a-whole.
:Current Nodes of the Millennium Project include<ref>[http://millennium-project.org/millennium/nodes.html The Millennium Project-Nodes]</ref>

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:• Argentina (Buenos Aires)
:• Arts and Media
:• Australasia (Perth/Sydney, Australia)
:• Azerbaijan (Baku)
:• Bolivia (La Paz/Santa Cruz)
:• Brazil (Sao Paulo)
:• Brussels-Area (Brussels)
:• Central Europe (Prague, Czech Republic| Bratislava, Slovak Republic| Warsaw, Poland)
:• Canada
:• Chile (Santiago)
:• China (Beijing)
:• Colombia (Bogotá)
:• Cyber Node, Internet
:• Dominican Republic (Santo Domingo)
:• East Africa (Nairobi, Kenya| Dar es Salaam, Tanzania| Kampala, Uganda)
:• Egypt (Cairo)
:• European Nodes Initiative
:• Finland (Helsinki)
:• France (Paris)
:• Germany (Cologne/Berlin)
:• Greece (Thessaloniki)
:• Gulf Region (Kuwait)
:• India (New Delhi and Madurai)
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:• Iran (Tehran)
:• Israel (Tel Aviv)
:• Italy (Rome)
:• Japan (Tokyo)
:• Kenya (Nairobi)
:• Korea (Seoul)
:• Malaysia (Kuala Lumpur)
:• Mexico (Mexico City)
:• Montenegro (Podgorica)
:• New Zealand (Wellington)
:• Peru (Lima)
:• Romania (Bucharest)
:• Russian Federation (Moscow)
:• Silicon Valley (US)
:• South East Europe (Ljubljana, Slovenia)
:• South Africa (Pretoria/Johannesburg)
:• Spain (San Sebastián)
:• Turkey (Istanbul)
:• United Arab Emirates (Dubai)
:• United Kingdom (London)
:• Uruguay (Montevideo)
:• Venezuela (Caracas)
:• Washington, DC (coordinating office)
|}

=== Sponsors and Affiliated Institutions ===
:The Millennium Project has sponsors who contribute funds and in-kind support.
* <big>Current and Previous Sponsors</big>
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:• Academy of Scientific Research and Technology, Egypt (2013)
:• Alan F. Kay & Hazel Henderson Foundation for Social Innovation, St. Augustine, FL (1996–2000)
:• Amana Institute, São Paulo, Brazil (2004)
:• Applied Materials, Santa Clara, California (2002–09)
:• Argentina Ministry of Agriculture (2012)
:• Army Environmental Policy Institute, Arlington, Virginia (1996–2011)
:• Azerbaijan State Economic University (2009-2013)
:• City of Gimcheon (via UN Future Forum, South Korea) (2009–10)
:• Deloitte & Touche LLP, Cleveland, Ohio (1998–09)
:• The Diwan of His Highness the Amir of Kuwait (2010–11)
:• Ford Motor Company, Dearborn, Michigan (1996–97, 2005–06)
:• Foundation for the Future, Bellevue, Washington (1997–98, 1999–2000, 2007–08)
:• General Motors, Warren, Michigan (1998–2003)
:• Government of the Republic of Korea (via UN Future Forum) (2007–08)
:• The Hershey Company (2008–09)
:• Hughes Space and Communications, Los Angeles, California (1997–98, 2000)
:• Kuwait Oil Company (via Dar Almashora for Consulting) (2003–04 )
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:• Kuwait Petroleum Corporation (via Dar Almashora for Consulting) (2005–06)
:• Ministry of Communications, Republic of Azerbaijan (2007–11)
:• Ministry of Education and Presidential Commission on Education, Republic of Korea (2007)
:• Monsanto Company, St. Louis, Missouri (1996–98)
:• Montenegro Ministry of Science and Technology (2012)
:• Motorola Corporation, Schaumburg, Illinois (1997)
:• Pioneer Hi-Bred International, West Des Moines, Iowa (1997)
:• Rockefeller Foundation (2008–11; 2013)
:• Shell International (Royal Dutch Shell Petroleum Company), London, United Kingdom (1997)
:• UNESCO, Paris, France (1995, 2008–10)
:• United Nations Development Programme, New York, (1993–94)
:• United Nations University, Tokyo, Japan (1992–95, 1999–2000)
:• U.S. Department of Energy, Washington, D.C. (2000–03)
:• U.S. Environmental Protection Agency, Washington, D.C. (1992–93, 1996–97)
:• Universiti Sains Malaysia (2011)
:• Woodrow Wilson International Center for Scholars (Foresight and Governance Project), Washington, D.C. (2002)
:• World Bank (via World Perspectives, Inc. 2008 and GEF Evaluation Office 2012)
|}

* <big>Collaborating Institutions</big>
:• The Smithsonian Institution, provides scholarly resources and conference/meeting space
:• World Future Society, provides a network of futurists and some scholarships for Millennium Project Planning Committee members attending the annual conferences
:• UNESCO, provides inkind support on special projects

* <big>Affiliated Institutions</big>
:Are Institutions that contribute some kind of service to the Project, independent of those associated with Project Nodes, and beyond personnel participation in research.
:• CIM Engineering, Inc., provider for all Millennium Project's cyberspace and Internet needs (Web hosting, listserves, wikis, etc.)
:• George Washington University, through GWTV, provides the MILLPROJ private listserv for project management<ref>[http://millennium-project.org/millennium/sponsors.html The Millennium Project-Sponsors]</ref>

== Products ==
Millennium Project products include: Futures Research Methodology; the annual State of the Future reports, Environmental Security studies; State of the Future Index; a six part series Africa in 2025; World Leaders on Global Challenges; and other researches available at Books and Reports and Special Studies.<ref>[http://millennium-project.org/millennium/overview.html The Millennium Project-About us]</ref>

* <big>Primary products</big>
:The Millennium Project's primary products include:
:• On-going assessment of what are the most significant long-range issues and opportunities, as well as focused analysis of policies and agencies to address them;
:• Communications network of futurists and scholars with an international information system of futures research that provides public access;
:• The annual State of the Future report (based on an integration of others' forecasts and the Project's own work, and built on the foundation of the previous years' reports);
:• Special studies such as Future Issues of Science and Technology, Futures Research Methodology, Middle-East Peace Scenarios, Environmental Security, Education and Learning to the year 2030, Future Global Ethical Issues, Lessons and Questions from History, and Future of Africa;
:• Advanced training in the methodology and analysis of critical issues, opportunities, and challenges of the future.

== On-going program ==
=== 15 Global Challenges ===
:- Excerpt from 2012 State of the Future -

:The 15 Global Challenges provide a framework to assess the global and local prospects for humanity. Their description, with a range of views and actions to addressed each, enriched with regional views and progress assessments are updated each year since 1996 and published in the annual State of the Future. The short description of the challenges appears in the print version of the report, while a detailed, more complex one is on the CD that accompanies the report. The detailed version of the Global Challenges available in the CD's Chapter 1 are totaling over 1,300 pages. For each Challenge, there is a more comprehensive overview, alternative views or additional comments from participants on the overview, regional perspectives and relevant information from recent literature, a set of actions with a range of views from interviews with decisionmakers to address the challenge, additional actions and views on those actions, and suggested indicators to measure progress or lack thereof.

:The Challenges are interdependent: an improvement in one makes it easier to address others; deterioration in one makes it harder to address others. Arguing whether one is more important than another is like arguing that the human nervous system is more important than the respiratory system. These Challenges are transnational in nature and transinstitutional in solution. They cannot be addressed by any government or institution acting alone. They require collaborative action among governments, international organizations, corporations, universities, NGOs, and creative individuals. Although listed in sequence, Challenge 1 on sustainable development and climate change is no more or less important than Challenge 15 on global ethics. There is greater consensus about the global situation as expressed in these Challenges and the actions to address them than is evident in the news media.

:We welcome input on the description and update of the challenges. Your updates will help improve the next edition of the State of the Future report. Please enter your updates in the form provided at the end of each challenge.

* <big>15 Global Challenges</big><ref>[http://millennium-project.org/millennium/challenges.html The Millennium Project-15 Global Challenges]</ref>
# How can sustainable development be achieved for all while addressing global climate change?
# How can everyone have sufficient clean water without conflict?
# How can population growth and resources be brought into balance?
# How can genuine democracy emerge from authoritarian regimes?
# How can policymaking be made more sensitive to global long-term perspectives?
# How can the global convergence of information and communications technologies work for everyone?
# How can ethical market economies be encouraged to help reduce the gap between rich and poor?
# How can the threat of new and reemerging diseases and immune micro-organisms be reduced?
# How can the capacity to decide be improved as the nature of work and institutions change?
# How can shared values and new security strategies reduce ethnic conflicts, terrorism, and the use of weapons of mass destruction?
# How can the changing status of women help improve the human condition?
# How can transnational organized crime networks be stopped from becoming more powerful and sophisticated global enterprises?
# How can growing energy demands be met safely and efficiently?
# How can scientific and technological breakthroughs be accelerated to improve the human condition?
# How can ethical considerations become more routinely incorporated into global decisions?

=== State of the Future Index(SOFI)===
:- Study initiated and conducted by Theodore J. Gordon -

:The State of the Future Index is composed of several indicators to help understand and illustrate the overall outlook for the future—whether the future seems to be improving and how different factors are affecting it. Research on this measure began in 2000, first on a global scale and then on national and regional levels. SOFIs have been constructed for several countries, including Azerbaijan, China, East Timor, Kuwait, South Africa, Turkey, and selected countries of the Americas. The Azerbaijan SOFI was computed over the past year, and some highlights are included in this chapter.

:SOFI’s computation was further developed in 2012 and a new global SOFI has been constructed. Box 2 presents the variables included in the computation of the 2012 SOFI.

:The State of the Future Index was first described in the Millennium Project’s 2001 State of the Future. Since then, the SOFI chapter in State of the Future reports has focused on improvements in the data sources and the method itself. Details on all SOFI reserach and the analysis and supporting data are included in Chapter 2 on the CD that accompany the State of the Future reports.

* <big>Variables included in the computation of 2012 SOFI</big><ref>[http://millennium-project.org/millennium/SOFI.html The Millennium Project-State of the Future Index]</ref>
# Population with access to improved water sources (% of national population)
# Literacy rate (% above 15)
# Levels of corruption (on a scale 0=highly corrupt to 10=very clean)
# School enrollment, secondary (% gross)
# Poverty headcount ratio at $1.25 a day (% world population)
# Number of countries and groups that had or still have intentions to build nuclear weapons
# Total greenhouse gas emissions (106 kt)
# Unemployment, total (% of world labor force)
# Energy efficiency (GDP/ energy)
# Number of wars (more than 1000 killed)
# Population growth (annual %)
# R&D expenditures (% of GDP)
# People killed and injured in terrorist attacks
# Electricity production from renewable sources (% production)
# Prevalence of undernourishment
# Freedom rights (Country Score) (1= most free to 7 least)
# Ecological footprint / Biocapacity ratio
# GDP per capita (constant 2000 US$)
# Voter turnout (% voting population)
# Physicians (per 1,000 people)
# Internet users (per 1,000 people)
# Infant mortality (deaths per 1,000 births)
# Forest lands (% of national land area)
# Life expectancy at birth (years)
# Seats held by women in national parliament (percent of members)
# Economic income inequality (share of top 1%)
# Total debt services (% of GNI)
# Prevalence of HIV (% of population age 15 and 49)

=== Real-Time Delphi(RTD)===
:The Real-Time Delphi is a relatively new and efficient method for collecting and synthesizing expert opinions. The original Delphi technique was developed by the RAND Corporation in the late 1950s. Although it has produced many valuable insights for many around the world, it requires multiple rounds of questionnaires that can take months to complete. The big advantage of the RTD is that it is a “roundless” Delphi. There is no need for an explicit second round. The respondents participate by filling out an online questionnaire, and the results––both numerical and qualitative––are updated as responses are recorded in “real time.” Respondents can––and are encouraged to––revisit the questionnaire as many times as they want. Each time, they are shown their own responses as well as the updated answers of the others, and they can revise and change their own inputs based on this feedback.

:The real-Time Delphi was developed and is continuously improved by Ted Gordon.<ref>[http://millennium-project.org/millennium/RTD-general.html The Millennium Project-Real-Time Delphi]</ref>

:See:
:- Real-Time Delphi Website
:- a description of the method (excerpt from the Futures Research Methodology Version 3.0 )
:- a tutorial for the Real Time Delphi (RTD) narated by Ted Gordon, at http://www.mpcollab.org/learning/course/view.php?id=3
:- a description of some RTD studies conducted by the Millennium Project in 2008-2009 (Chapter 4 of the 2009 State of the Future)

=== Global Futures Intelligence System (GFIS) ===
:The Millennium Project is integrating all of its information, groups, and software into a "Global Futures Intelligence System." GFIS* is The Millennium Project’s new way for you to participate with and have access to all of our resources in one place. Those who buy a one-year subscription can interact with all the elements of the system, make suggestions, initiate discussions with experts around the world, and search through over 10,000 pages of futures research and 1,300 pages of methods. The text has built-in Google translation with 52 languages. MP Node chairs and content reviewers will have free access.
:Instead of publishing the State of the Future once a year, the material is being updated in the Global Futures Intelligence System on a continual basis – the same is true with Futures Research Methodology – you do not have to wait five or so years to get a new version.
On the home page of the GFIS (www.themp.org), you will see a list of the 15 Global Challenges. Each challenge has a menu with ten selections:<ref>[http://millennium-project.org/millennium/GFIS.html The Millennium Project-Global Futures Intelligence System]</ref>

# <b>Situation Chart</b> – briefing on the current situation, desired situation (and range of views where agreement is not clear), and policies to address the challenge.
# <b>Overview</b> – the text from the State of the Future, with a ~two-page executive summary and longer (100+ pages) explanation of the situation and prospects, strategies, regional considerations, range of views, and indicators for that challenge.
# <b>Updates</b> – this lists recent edits, updates, and improvements to the text, who did them and when.
# <b>News</b> - RSS feeds from the best news sources we can find for the challenge.
# <b>Scanning</b> – important information items to address the challenge that do not disappear over time as do the news items; staff and expert reviewers bring these into the system from news feeds, websites, and their own sources. Scanning items are also annotated as their meaning can change over time, and they can also be deletes as more relevant items are found.
# <b>Digests</b> – Just the latest scanning items, edits, and news.
# <b>Real-Time Delphi</b> – questions can be added for rating and comments. As patterns become clear – consensus or multi-modal – they can be added to the situation chart or text of the challenge. New questions can be added anytime from the discussion section or by the leaders of the challenge.
# <b>Discussion</b> – this section is similar to a blog or a listserv, allowing for the creation of specific conversations, and the ability to subscribe to some discussions and not others – allowing the user to get a daily or weekly digest of the specific selected discussions.
# <b>Computer Models</b> – participants can add links to, and use, models relevant to the challenge
# <b>Resources</b> – best websites, books, and videos about the challenge, plus some related papers.

== Miscellaneous ==
Several presentations by the project include their extrapolation and discussions of the future and how various impacts unfold in a segment called "Global Scenarios".<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.millennium-project.org/millennium/scenarios.html |title=Global Scenarios |publisher=The Millennium Project |date= |accessdate=2012-08-13}}</ref>
Several presentations by the project include their extrapolation and discussions of the future and how various impacts unfold in a segment called "Global Scenarios".<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.millennium-project.org/millennium/scenarios.html |title=Global Scenarios |publisher=The Millennium Project |date= |accessdate=2012-08-13}}</ref>


== References ==
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== External links ==
== External links ==
* {{Official website|http://www.millennium-project.org}}
* {{Official website|http://www.millennium-project.org}}
* [https://themp.org/ GFIS]


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For other uses, see Millennium Project (disambiguation).
The Millennium Project
AbbreviationMP
TypeNGO
Legal statusAssociation
PurposeGlobal Futures Research
HeadquartersVirtual Space
Region served
Worldwide
Executive directors
Jerome C. Glenn, Theodore J. Gordon, and Elizabeth Florescu
Websitewww.millennium-project.org/index.html

The Millennium Project is an independent international think tank with 40[1] "nodes" around the world that gathers and accesses information on futures studies that produces the annual State of the Future report since 1997 and the Futures Research Methodology series Versions 1-3.

The Project was formed by the Futures Group International, the Smithsonian Institution, the United Nations University, and the American Council for the UNU via a three year feasibility study in 1992 funded by the United States Environmental Protection Agency, United Nations Development Programme, and UNESCO. Since the beginning of operations in 1996, nearly 5,000 futurists, scholars, decision-makers, and business planners from over 50 countries have contributed with their views to the Millennium Project research.

The Project now has "Nodes" in about 50 countries, including two others that are global/functional nodes: Cyber Node and the Arts/Media Node. Nodes are independent organizations (composed of both organizations and individuals from different institutional categories - government, corporations, NGOs, universities, individuals, and UN or international organizations - which acts like a transinstitution) which co-operate with each other and the Project to provide an international perspective on futures research.

Miscellaneous

Several presentations by the project include their extrapolation and discussions of the future and how various impacts unfold in a segment called "Global Scenarios".[2]

References

  1. ^ The Millennium Project-Nodes
  2. ^ "Global Scenarios". The Millennium Project. Retrieved 2012-08-13.
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