World Futures Studies Federation
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The World Futures Studies Federation is a global non-governmental organization that was founded in 1973 to promote the development of futures studies as an academic discipline.[http://www.wfsf.org/ World Futures Studies Federation][http://www.wfsf.org/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=46&Itemid=60 WFSF history] Its current president is Dr. Erik F. Øverland, Norway.
== History ==
The Federation was chartered at the 1973 meeting of the International Futures Research Conference.
Past organization president Eleonora Barbieri Masini said in 2005: "The vision of the Federation is just as valid today as it was when the Federation started. It can still perform the role of a modest bridge between people who are concerned with building a humane world."Eleonora Barbieri Masini (2005) [http://www.sciencedirect.com/science?_ob=ArticleURL&_udi=B6V65-4F37M2X-1&_user=10&_coverDate=06%2F01%2F2005&_rdoc=4&_fmt=high&_orig=browse&_srch=doc-info(%23toc%235805%232005%23999629994%23582103%23FLA%23display%23Volume)&_cdi=5805&_sort=d&_docanchor=&_ct=11&_acct=C000050221&_version=1&_urlVersion=0&_userid=10&md5=a5632ef053472fb33390dff710dfc83c Reflections on World Futures Studies Federation]{{dead link|date=March 2019|bot=medic}}{{cbignore|bot=medic}}, Futures, 37 (5), pp.361-369
Relationship with UNESCO
UNESCO financed the participation of nationals of developing countries in the events organized by the WFSF until the end of the 1990s. Subsequently, UNESCO supported the organization of Introductory Courses in Futures Studies in the Asia Pacific Region, e.g. Fiji Islands in 1993; the Philippines in 1994. This was followed by funding for futures studies courses held in Budapest in 1999, 2001, 2003, and 2005.[http://ngo-db.unesco.org/r/or/en/1100000440 UNESCO NGO Database][http://www.wfsf.org/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=50&Itemid=64 WFSF and UNESCO]
Partnerships
The World Futures Studies Federation has partnerships with institutions like Prince Mohammad bin Fahd University (PMU) in Saudi Arabia,{{cn|date=September 2019}} University of Hawaii,{{cite web|title=Jim Dator @HRCFS |url=https://manoa.hawaii.edu/futures-center/ |access-date=2023-06-02}} Turku School of Economics{{cn|date=July 2016}} and RMIT University Global Cities Research Institute, Melbourne{{cn|date=July 2016}} as well as other international groups like Club of Rome.Jim Dator (2005), [http://www.futures.hawaii.edu/publications/futures-studies/WFSFAndI2005.pdf The WFSF and I], Futures, 37 (5), pp. 371-385 The WFSF also is a partner to the European Journal of Futures Research, EJFS.{{Cite web|title=European Journal of Futures Research|url=https://eujournalfuturesresearch.springeropen.com/|access-date=2020-10-18|website=European Journal of Futures Research|language=en}}
References
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External links
- [http://www.wfsf.org/ WFSF official website]
- [https://www.adb.org/publications/futures-thinking-asia-pacific-policy-makers ADB Futures Thinking Guidebooks]
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