Saphia Richou, president of Prospective-Foresight Network, chair of the Franch Node couldn't attend the July 2003 meeting in San Francisco, but sent in the Node's report:

FRENCH NODE - PROSPECTIVE-FORESIGHT NETWORK – JULY 2003 REPORT
Saphia Richou, Chair Millennium Project French Node
Ingénieur d’études et de recherche
Chaire de Prospective Industrielle
LIPSOR - Laboratoire d’Investigation en Prospective, Stratégie et Organisation
2, rue Conté, 75003 Paris  Tel. +33 (1) 58 80 84 55  Fax.+33 (1) 40 27 27 43
mail: saphia.richou@cnam.fr

Previous six month’s work of the French Node

During the course of the last six months, the association Prospective-Foresight Network has imple-mented on its web site the Millennium Project, witch introduces it’s philosophy and 15 Challenges.

The originality of the Millennium Project’s framework, is to allow experts to answer the questionnaires and interviews on line and to send by enclosed documents their results, concerning the fifteen challenges.

This monthly newsletter have been sent to 1200 French and European foresight’s specialists and the website has been seen by 700 persons each month.

Moreover, during these last six months, Prospective-Foresight Network has attempted to motivate  the French Foresight specialists to the Millennium Project in order to make them participate. The prospective-foresight.com ‘s back office is changing to be more efficient. You will discover the new version in September.

Participation in Activities of the Millennium Project :
• Launching of 2002 State of the Future in media - Presentation of The Millennium Project, future studies and future research in media
• Middle East Peace Scenarios - Round 1 - questionnaires
• Translation questionnaire into French language
• Presentation of the questionnaires on the web site and in the monthly newsletters

Cooperation with other institutions interested in future studies and future research
·  Futuribles International association
·  ECRIN association
·  AFPLANE association
·  l’OIPR (Observatoire International de Prospectective Régional)
·  l’IFRI (Institut Français des Relations Internationales)
 

Next six month’s work of the French Node
• Launching of 2003 State of the Future in media in September
• Presentation of the questionnaires on the web site and in the monthly newsletters
• Translation questionnaires into French language
• Presentation of Millennium Project to students and listeners at CNAM in November (the 2003 State of the Future and Futures Research Methodology Version 2.0)
• Usual participation in activities of the Millennium Project (Questionnaires)
 

Saphia Richou
Prospective-Foresight Network
Paris, France