Central Europe

AC/UNU Millennium Project

Central Europe - 2002 Activities

Report presented at the March 2002 Planning Committee Meeting

Report presented in July 2002 Planning Committee Meeting

Report presented at the March 2002 Planning Committee Meeting

Ivan Klinec, from the Institute for Forecasting, Bratislava, Slovak Rapublic, co-chair of the Central European Node, presented the Node report. Pavel Navocek, from Palacky University, Olomouc, Czech Republic, chair of the node, focused of future activites concerning the Partnership for Sustainable Development study and next steps to take it to organizations/forums that might be interested in sponsoring its implementation.

Report on Activities from July 2001 to March 2002

Central Institution of Node: Center for Social and Economic Strategy, Charles University, Prague, Czech Republic

Cooperative Institutions of the Node:

Center for Multidisciplinary Research, Palacky University, Olomouc, Czech Republic
Civic Futurological Society, Prague, Czech Republic
Futurological Society in Slovakia, Bratislava, Slovak Republic

Main Activities of Node:

Participation in activities of The Millennium Project
Development of future studies in Czech Republic and Slovak Republic
Cooperation with Universities in Czech Republic and Slovak Republic and implementation of future studies and future research in curricula of these institutions
Cooperation with other institutions interested in future studies and future research
Participation in design of governmental and non-governmental long-term and strategic documents and studies
Presentation of The Millennium Project, future studies and future research in media

2002 Work Plan of the Node:

Participation in activities of The Millennium Project
Preparation of Czech and Slovak regional study of The Millennium Project based on evaluation of 15 Challenges and SOFI for Czech Republic and Slovak Republic
Preparation and publication of Report on Activities of Central European Node in years 1997 - 2001
Czech and Slovak edition of the State of the Future at the Millennium
Organization of working conference Slovakia, World and New Millennium - Forecasting, Visions, Strategies on September 2002 in Bratislava
Lecture of Allan Combs: Integral Vision: Jean Gebser, Ken Wilber and Don Beck on April 3rd in Bratislava
Further development of future studies in Czech Republic and Slovak Republic
Participation in design of governmental and non-governmental long-term and strategic documents

1. Participation in Activities of the Millennium Project

Future Issues of Science and Technology - Implications for Management - interviews - 4 interviewes from Czech Republic and Slovak Republic
International Study on Counterterrorism - questionnaires - 7 respondents from Czech Republic and Slovak Republic
Partnership for Sustainable Development Study - further development

2. Development of Future Studies in Czech Republic and Slovak Republic

7 seminars and workshops prepared by Futurological Society in Slovakia in Bratislava on topics of future studies, global problems, terrorism, long-term vision, perspectives and trends of Slovak economy and society
Presentation of The Millennium Project, SOFI and the report 2001 State of the Future at the international colloquium Designing the Future in Europe 2001 in september 2001 in Prague
Presentation of report 2001 State of the Future at the seminar of Futurological Society in Slovakia in Bratislava
Presentation of book John Arquilla, David Ronfeldt: Networks and Netwars a discussion on impacts of September 11, 2001 terrorist attacks on USA at the seminar of Futurological Society in Slovakia in Bratislava
Draft version of project Slovakia 21 - Vision for the 21st Century
Participation in Human Development Economic Conference designed by Civic Futurological Society Prague and Economic University Prague
Participation in activities of Center for Social and Economic Strategy, Charles University Prague

3. Cooperation with Universities in Czech Republic and Slovak Republic on implementation future studies and future research in curricula

Center for Social and Economic Strategy, Charles University, Prague, Czech Republic
Department of Economic Policy, Economic University, Prague, Czech Republic
Center of Interdisciplinary Studies, Palacky University, Olomouc, Czech Republic
Department of Philosophy, Comenius University, Bratislava, Slovak Republic
Department of Political Forecasting, Trnava University, Trnava, Slovak Republic
Department of Forecasting and Synergetics, Matej Bell University, Banská Bystrica, Slovak Republic

4. Cooperation with other institutions interested in future studies and future research

Society for Sustainable Living in Czech Republic
Society for Sustainable Living in Slovak Republic
Slovak Association of Club of Rome
Institute for Forecasting, Slovak Academy of Sciences
Institute for Slovak and World Economy, Slovak Academy of Sciences
Center for Sustainable Development, Bratislava
Slovak Society on Art and Science, Bratislava
Society for Integral Education

5. Participation in design of long-term and strategic governmental and non-governmental documents and studies

Vision of Development of Czech Republic Towards 2015 - long-term document prepared by Center for Social and Economic Strategy, Charles University in Prague together with Council for Economic and Social Strategy of Czech Government
Guide on Map of Priorities of Development of Czech Republic - strategic development document prepared by Center for Social and Economic Strategy, Charles University in Prague
Slovakia 21- Vision for the 21st Century - draft report of long-term vision of development of Slovak Republic towards 2025 designed by experts from Futurological Society in Slovakia
National Strategy of Sustainable Development for Slovak Republic - long-term governmental document prepared by Ministry of Environment of Slovak Government in cooperation with UNDP

6. Presentation of The Millennium Project, future studies and future research in media in Czech Republic and Slovak Republic

Participation as co-authors on book Guide on Map on Priorities of Development of Czech Republic
Participation on work of editorial board of the international Futurological Revue Dialogues with the Future published in Prague
Several articles on The Millennium Project in Czech and Slovak newspapers and journals
Several interviews on The Millennium Project in Czech and Slovak newspapers, journals and radio
Several discussions in radio on topic Future Impacts of September 11, 2001 Terrorist Attacks in USA

2002 Work Plan of Central European Node of MP

Participation in Activities of The Millennium Project - Future Issues of Science and Technology, Partnership for Sustainable Development, International Study on Counterterrorism
Preparation of Czech and Slovak Regional Study of the Millennium Project based on evaluation of 15 Challenges and SOFI for Czech Republic and Slovak Republic - draft version - september 2002
Preparation of Report on Activities of Central European Node in years 1997-2001 - draft version - july 2002
Czech and Slovak edition of State of the Future at the Millennium
Lecture of Allan Combs on topic The Integral Vision: Jean Gebser, Ken Wilber and Don Beck on April 3rd in Bratislava
Organization of working conference Slovakia, World and New Millennium - Forecasting, Visions, Stategies on September 2002 in Bratislava
Further development of future studies and future research in Czech Republic and Slovak Republic
Participation in development of governmental and non-governmental long-term and strategic documents - Slovakia 21 - Vision for the 21st Century and Vision of Development of Czech Republic Towards 2015 Revisted

Report presented in July 2002 Planning Committee Meeting

Pavel Navocek, from Palacky University, Olomouc, Czech Republic, chair of the node, represented the Node at this meeting. Ivan Klinek, co-chair, couldn't attend.

Pavel Navocek presented and distributed to the participants the "Global Partnership for Development" report, that is the result of the study Partnership for Sustainable Development conducted under the auspices of the Millennium Project and the Center for Interdisciplinary Studies, Palacky University, Olomouc, Czech Republic, and the Sustainable Development Index, developed by Pavel Novacek and Peter Mederly.
One feature of the Sustainable Development Index study that was highly appreciated by the participants is that it shows the indicator's countries scores representing them by different colors on the world map. Also, in plus of the agregated Sustainable Development Index, there were calculated Subindexes for 7 issue-areas: human rights, freedom and equality; demographic development and life expectancy; health situation and health care; education, technologies and information; economic development and foreign indeptedness; resource consumption; and environmental quality and environmental problems. The whole study is included in the CD-ROM of the "2002 State of the Future".

He further opened the discussion to see what would be the and next steps to take the report/project to organizations/forums that might be interested in sponsoring its implementation.

He also made some suggestions for the MillenniumProject:
1. hold one of the two Planning Commeettee meeting otside the USA, in the country of one of the Nodes.
2. publish one-study reports in plus of the comprehensive yearly "State of the Future"
3. review and update the 15 Global Challenege very throughly by eventually conducting a round of global interviews and/or global lookout study.

Report on Activities from January 2002 to July 2002

Main Activities of Node:

Participation in activities of The Millennium Project
Development of future studies in Czech Republic and Slovak Republic
Cooperation with Universities in Czech Republic and Slovak Republic and implementation of future studies and future research in curricula of these institutions
Cooperation with other institutions interested in future studies and future research
Participation in design of governmental and non-governmental long-term and strategic documents and studies
Presentation of The Millennium Project, future studies and future research in media

2002 Work Plan of Node:

Participation in activities of The Millennium Project
Preparation of Czech and Slovak regional study of The Millennium Project based on evaluation of 15 Challenges and SOFI for Czech Republic and Slovak Republic
Preparation and publication of Report on Activities of Central European Node in years 1997 - 2001
Organization of 3rd working conference Slovakia, World and New Millennium - Forecasting, Visions, Strategies on November 2002 in Bratislava
Further development of future studies in Czech Republic and Slovak Republic
Participation in design of governmental and non-governmental long-term and strategic documents
Design and launch future studies web site www.futurologia.sk
Publication of report State of the Information Society 2001-2002