The Millennium Project
Central European Node
About the Node
Central Institution of the Node is Center for Social and Economic Strategy, Charles University, Prague, Czech Republic. 4C Future chairs the Polish sub-node since 2009.
There are currently three countries participating in the Central European Node: - Czech Republic Pavel Novacek, Node Chair, Director of the Center for Interdisciplinary Studies, Palacky University, Olomouc, Czech Republic - Poland Co-chairs of the Polish sub-node: Piotr Jutkiewicz, Norbert Kołos - 4C Future - Slovakia Ivan Klinec, chair of the Slovakia sub-Node, is secretery and member of council of the Slovak Society for Future Studies, researcher, Institute for Forecasting, Slovak Academy of Sciences, Bratislava, Slovak Republic We invite futurists, scholars, business planners, and policy makers who work for international organizations, governments, corporations, NGOs, and universities from Central European countries to participate in The Millennium Project activities. If you are interested, please do not hesitate to contact us. Node publications and activities- Presentation of CE Node in 2009 on Millennium Project Planning Committee (PDF version) Video"State of the Future 2011" Review The Millennium Project
The Millennium Project is a 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 judgements from its several hundred participants to produce the annual
"State of the
Future", "Futures
Research Methodology" series, and special studies such as the State
of the Future Index, Future
Scenarios for Africa, Lessons
of History, Environmental
Security, Applications
of Futures Research to Policy, and a 700+ annotated
scenarios bibliography. It connects local and global perspectives via regional Nodes (groups of individuals and institutions) in Argentina (Buenos Aires); Australasia (Melbourne, Australia); Azerbaijan (Baku); Bolivia (La Paz/Santa Cruz); Brazil (Sao Paulo); Brussels-Area (Brussels); Central Europe (Prague, Czech Republic, Bratislava, Slovak Republic, and Warsaw, Poland); Canada (Kingston); Chile (Santiago); China (Beijing); Cyber Node, Internet; Egypt (Cairo); Finland (Helsinki); France (Paris); Germany (Essen/Berlin); Gulf Region (Kuwait); India (New Delhi and Madurai); Iran (Tehran); Italy (Rome); Japan (Tokyo); Korea (Seoul); Mexico, Mexico; Peru (Lima); Russian Federation (Moscow); Silicon Valley (US); Slovenia (Ljubljana); South Africa (Pretoria-Johannesburg); Turkey (Istanbul); United Arab Emirates (Dubai); UK (London); Venezuela (Caracas); Washington, DC (coordinating office). The Millennium Project was selected among the "100 Best Practices" by UN Habitat,
best 7 foresight organizations by Battelle Northwest for the U.S. Department
of Energy, and among the "Top Picks" by Future Survey, of the World
Future Society. The purpose of the Millennium Project is to be an international utility
to assist in organizing futures research by continuously updating and improving
humanity's thinking about the future and making that thinking available
for feedback as a geographically and institutionally dispersed think tank. 
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State of The Future reports provide context for global thinking and
potential for better understanding how humanity could work together to
improve the human condition. State of the Future 2011 is now available. Please feel free to browse the abstract. To order please contact us.
For more information visit The Millennium Project web page. ContactIf you are interested in collaboration or wish to receive more information please do not hesitate to contact us
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