Global Millennium Prize Competition South Africa launched
August 2009
Global Millennium Prize Competition South Africa launched. This pilot of the global GMP competition is being undertaken by the SA Node with the support of the Cooperation Framework on Innovation Systems between Finland and South (COFISA) which is sponsoring the pilot. The competition is being held in South Africa’s Free State province with Grade 10 learners in 10 selected schools in the Kroonstad area. Local winners will be entered into the international competition possibly winning an expense-paid trip to participate in the international GMP winners’ ceremony in Mexico City in May 2010.
If successful, the Node intends to seek ways to roll out the GMP as an annual competition for SA schools. Support is invited towards this.
2009 State of the Future Report released
August 2009
2009 State of the Future report released to the usual acclaim. State of the Future report 2009 presents an in-depth analysis that underlines the need of national policies with great global impact.- Alonso Lujambio, Minister of Education, Mexico; The 2009 State of the Future report updates humanity’s thinking about the future and includes insights and collective intelligence that policymakers and business leaders can use to inform their decisionmaking to create a sustainable and better future.- Michael Stoneking, Partner, Deloitte & Touche LLP
Click here for more information. The report is available locally from the SA Node.
SA Node at 2009 MP-PC and WFS
July 2009
SA Node at 2009 MP-PC and WFS. SA Node chairperson (Geci Karuri-Sebina) and director (Tanja Hichert) participated and presented in Millennium Project Planning Committee meeting in Chicago. The SA Node also sat on the World Future Society Conference‘s International Panel on “Futurists Views from Around the World”
SA Node were invited to participate in WEF's scenario planning initiative
June 2009
Leaders of the SA Node were invited to participate in the Africa session of the World Economic Forum’s Future of Mining and Metals global scenario planning initiative. This is the second time that the Node has participated in WEF’s scenario activities. In 2008, the Node participated in WEF’s Futures Thinking and Practices in Africa - Practitioners’ Review.
