Latin American Center of Globalization

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Latin American Center of Globalization Futures
Studies

• Report for the Millennium Project Planning
  Committee Meeting July 2004
• Washington DC USA

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Report from Latin-American Center of
Globalization Future Studies

• Views of the Millennium Project in 5-10 years
• Previous six months work of the Node
• Next years objectives for the Node
• Suggestions for the Project

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Views of the Millennium Project in 5-10 years

• Center of productions and dissemination of
  knowledge about the Futures. With program of
  translation and edition in the more spoken
  languages of the world.
• Several Long Range Program Research with active
  participation of all regions of the world trough
  the nodes.
• Develop a network with users in order to help
  them make their own future studies in their
  regions, countries, local communities, sectors
• Organize a Global conference along to MP Planning
  Committee Meeting every two years with a special
  agenda related to global challenges in different
  places of the world.
• Strengthen cooperation with universities and
  school in order to transfer studies and researches

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- Nodes six-month-previous work

• 1. COURSES Universidad Nacional de La Plata
• 1.1 Visión Estratégica Nacional, by M.A.
  Gutierrez April July 2004
• 1.2. Future Studies Scenarios Research Seminary
  in Universities 2020, by M.A. Gutierrez
  Verónica Peredo, June-August 2004
• Universidad de
  Palerno, Buenos Aires
• 1.3. Futures Research Design of Scenarios, 1er
  semester 2004
• Universidad de La
  Punta, San Luís
• 1.4. Regional Future Scenarios, by M.A.
  Gutierrez Verónica Peredo, August-September
  2004, 1.4. Future Studies, in master in
  Administration and Government Management, 1er.
  Semester 2005
• 2. Conferences Universidad Nacional de La
  Plata, by M.A. Gutierrez,
• 2.1. Latin American and the Challenge of Digital
  Economy,
• 2.2. Future Studies, Vision and Leadership in
  Latin American
• 2.3. Strategic Vision of Science and Technology
  for 21st Century,
• 2.4. Future Studies and Management in Argentina,
• 2.5. The S T in Argentina and MERCOSUR,
  UNLP-ENI May /July 2004
• Secretaria de Ciencia y Tecnologia e
  Innovación Productiva by Carlos Moneta
• 2.6. International Future Scenarios a model to
  set up, December 2003

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nodes six-month-previous work

• 3. Design of Educational Contends On-Line
• (3) Course with 20 mega of information each
• 4. Meetings
• 4.1 CIDOB Barcelona, Center of Information
  Documentation of Barcelona, Carlos Moneta
  Veronica Peredo with Director Joseph Ribera I
  Pinyal, July 2004
• 4.2.Universidad Abierta de Barcelona, Carlos
  Moneta Veronica Peredo with Director of Center
  for International Relations, Sean Golden
• 4.3.Secretaría de Ciencia, Tecnología e
  Innovación with General Coordinator of Programs
  Ing. Oscar Galante about Millennium Project
• 4.4. Undersecretary for Public Management
  Lic. Norberto Ivancich about project on master
  degree course with National Institute for de
  Public Administration, July 2004
• 4.5. Embajador Horacio Basade Director del
  Instituto de Servicio Exterior de la Nación.

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nodes six-month-previous work

• 5. Projects
• 5.1 Prospective Analysis of Energy Market by
  Dr. Carlos Marschoff, Dr. Jorge  H.  Barrera
  Dr. Miguel Gutierrez
• 5.2. TV Series Program Anticipaciones, Lots
  of hands Interview with the Future
• 6. Universities and Institutional Relations
• 6.1 Agreement of Academic Cooperation within
  Undersecretary for Public Management of Argentina
  and American Council for the United Nations
  University The Millennium Project and Latin
  American Center for Globalization and Future
  Studies. Signed by Argentina
• 6.2.Universidad Nacional de Cuyo, working to
  signed an agreement of academic cooperation

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Next six months work of the Node

• 1. Courses
• Universidad Nacional de
  Cuyo
• 1.1 Visión Estratégica Nacional, by M.A.
  Gutierrez August 2004
• Universidad de La Punta, San
  Luís
• 1.2. Regional Future Scenarios, by M.A. Gutierrez
  V.Peredo, August-September 2004
• 1.3. State Nation building in Latin America, by
  M. Gutierrez
• 1.4. Future Studies, in master in Administration
  and Government Management, 1er. Semester 2005
• 2. Meetings
• Preparing proposal for a Workshop in Future
  Studies in Latin America, July of 2005

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Next six months work of the Node

• 3. Projects
• 3.1 Research and Development in Future Studies
  with Universidad Nacional de Cuyo to
• To form an interdisciplinary group in research
  and teaching future studies
• To transfer knowledge, develop a universities
  consortium
• Postgraduate Studies Program
• Set up a network of management and stakeholders
• 3.2 Building Knowledge Tools for the Use of
  Advanced Hydroclimatic Monitoring and Prediction
  in Latin America
• Almost all resource management decisions require,
  implicitly or explicitly, some sort of
  hydroclimatic forecast, forecasts constitute an
  important link between science and society.
• The proposal is to develop a collaborative
  project to address these issues in the context of
  on-going attempts to accelerate application of
  hydroclimatic research, particularly seasonal
  forecasts and remote sensing products .
• Participant Institutions AAAs, Arizona
  University, Buenos Aires University,
  Undersecretariat on Water Resources.

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Next six months work of the Node

• 3. Projects
• 3.3. TV Series working in three TV programs
• Anticipaciones
• Interview with the Future In
  cooperation with Brazil Node
• Lots of hands
• 3.4. Introductory courses on future studies in CD
  and web page
• 3.5 Educative materials for kids
• 3.6. Books
• The Challenge of International Terrorism, working
  to published in Buenos Aires