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 33 Nodes around the world. The work is distilled in its annual "State of the Future", "Futures Research Methodology" series, and special studies.
Millennium Project Planning Committee meeting in Chicago- July 2009
Current Activities
- Global Climate change Situation Room
- UN World Water Scenarios
- Early Warning System for the Prime Minister’s Office of Kuwait
- International Environmental Security Issues - Monthly Reports
- Online course "Azerbaijan Foresight"
see information about the course at http://abc.az/eng/news_19_10_2009_39367.html - Global Challenges--Updating and improving the Global Challenges Facing Humanity
- Experiments in Second Life
- Global Millennium Prize
- State of the Future Index
Tutorial availavle at http://www.mpcollab.org/learning/course/view.php?id=3 - Futures Dictionary/Encyclopedia
- Real-Time
Delphi (continue development of the technique)
Tutorial availavle at http://www.mpcollab.org/learning/course/view.php?id=3 - Updating Annotated Scenarios Bibliography
- Middle East Peace Scenarios dissemination and discussions
- National State of the Future Indexes (SOFIs)
- Experiments with Collaborative Software
