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Revision as of 15:55, 9 July 2015

The Millennium Project think tank is not a part of the United Nations Millennium Project

The Millennium Project
AbbreviationMP
TypeNon-profit
Legal statusAssociation
PurposeGlobal Futures Research
HeadquartersWashington D.C.
Region served
Worldwide
Executive directors
Jerome C. Glenn, Theodore J. Gordon, and Elizabeth Florescu
Websitemillennium-project.org

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 3,500 people since the beginning of the project selected by its 50 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.

About TMP

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.[1][2][3][4][5][6]

It was co-founded and chief executive officer Jerome Glenn in 1996 to explore issues such as clean water, population and resources, and income inequality.

State of the Future

The 2013-14 State of the Future[7] is the most compelling overview of humanity's situation, potentials for the future, and what we should do today - in clear, precise, and readable text with unparalleled breadth and depth. It is the 17th annual report card on the future of the world produced by The Millennium Project, an accumulated intelligence from over 4,500 thought leaders selected by its 50 Nodes around the world. It covers the global landscape with a short overviews with regional considerations of 15 global challenges such as energy, food, water, science & technology, ethics, economics, health, education, organized crime, decisionmaking and foresight, gender relations, demographics, war & peace, and others. Together with the executive summary, they are ideal for busy executives, thought leaders, corporate strategic planners, public policy experts, policy advisors, non-profit issues organizations, teachers and professors of world issues, and anyone interested in a global overview of our prospects for the future – with discussions of problems and potential solutions.

The State of the Future is an unparalleled overview of what is, what ought to be, and how to achieve it, says Jerome Glenn, CEO of The Millennium Project. The 2013-14 edition is the richest array and synthesis of data, information, and intelligent insights that The Millennium Project has ever assembled. Paul Werbos of the National Science Foundation called it The most influential annual report on what we know about the future of humanity. It integrates and distills the rapidly changing global situation in technology, environment, social unrest, development gaps, security, energy, food, organized crime, gender relations, governance, health, education, and more.

15 Global Challenges

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. A short overview is published in the annual State of the Future,while continuous updates and details are available on the Global Futures Intelligence System website: https://themp.org. The 15 Global Challenges are a result of continuous research, Delphi studies, interviews, and participantion of over 4,000 experts from around the world, since 1996 -- see a short history.

The Global 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.

The 15 Global Challenges:

  1. How can sustainable development be achieved for all while addressing global climate change?
  2. How can everyone have sufficient clean water without conflict?
  3. How can population growth and resources be brought into balance?
  4. How can genuine democracy emerge from authoritarian regimes?
  5. How can decisionmaking be enhanced by integrating improved global foresight during unprecedented accelerating change?
  6. How can the global convergence of information and communications technologies work for everyone?
  7. How can ethical market economies be encouraged to help reduce the gap between rich and poor?
  8. How can the threat of new and reemerging diseases and immune micro-organisms be reduced?
  9. How can education make humanity more intelligent, knowledgeable, and wise enough to address its global challenges?
  10. How can shared values and new security strategies reduce ethnic conflicts, terrorism, and the use of weapons of mass destruction?
  11. How can the changing status of women help improve the human condition?
  12. How can transnational organized crime networks be stopped from becoming more powerful and sophisticated global enterprises?
  13. How can growing energy demands be met safely and efficiently?
  14. How can scientific and technological breakthroughs be accelerated to improve the human condition?
  15. How can ethical considerations become more routinely incorporated into global decisions?

References

  1. ^ Jonathan Owen (2014-03-16). "State of the Future report: Humans are doing OK, but nature suffers as a result – and we'll pay for it - Nature - Environment". The Independent. Retrieved 2014-08-06.
  2. ^ 11 September 2007, Julian Borger, The Guardian, Organised crime: the $2 trillion threat to the world's security, Retrieved Aug. 23, 2014, "...relentless rise of organised crime has emerged as one of the most potent threats to the planet's future, alongside global warming and the scarcity of drinkable water..."
  3. ^ 9/10/2007, Justin Bergman, Associated Press, USA Today, Reports says organized crime top problem, Retrieved Aug. 23, 2014, "...The "State of the Future" report ... said organized crime entities generated income from money laundering, counterfeiting and piracy, and the trafficking of drugs, people and arms...."
  4. ^ JONATHAN OWEN, 16 March 2014, The Independent, State of the Future report: Humans are doing OK, but nature suffers as a result – and we’ll pay for it, Retrieved Aug. 23, 2014, "...Report warns that across the world, water, essential for survival, is running low – with water tables falling in every continent..."
  5. ^ ANDREW ZIPERN, November 8, 2001, The New York Times, Rewarding Technology That Benefits Humanity, Retrieved Aug. 23, 2014, "...'State of the Future' analysis ...most effective way to encourage progress in fields without obvious market potential was through incentives like prize money...."
  6. ^ Matthew Yi, Chronicle Staff Writer, November 2, 2001, SFGate (San Francisco Chronicle) UCSF professors win Tech Museum awards, Retrieved Aug. 23, 2014, "A scientist ... $50,000 in prize money for his efforts in using technology to benefit humanity... awards were inspired by the human needs noted in the 1999 State of the Future report..."
  7. ^ State of the Future report home page with full description - http://millennium-project.org/millennium/201314SOF.html#more


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